archways, september 2011

GAZING THROUGH ARCHWAYS

This issue of Archways highlights a new era in our school’s

history as we celebrate the opening of the McRae Science

Center and the Faulkner Studios for Art and Music, the

introduction of a new mission statement that recognizes

St. Andrew’s pursuit of artistic and athletic excellence and

service to the world, and the launch of exciting new programs,

activities, and events.

The symbol for the Campaign for Science and Art has

been Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, Vitruvian Man. This

famous drawing has come to exemplify the Renaissance, a

cultural movement marked by heightened interest in science,

art, literature, and intellectual pursuits, and a dramatic

“rebirth” of learning and education. With the opening of

new facilities, a clearly defined mission, and the launch of

innovative new programs, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School has

entered its own Renaissance.

THE GRAND UNVEILINGThe McRae Science Center and The Faulkner Studios

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ALUMNI AWARDS

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IS THERE A FUTURE DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?St. Andrew’s Selected for New Mentoring Program at UMMC

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SERVICE WITHOUT BORDERSThe Guillot Global Fellows Program

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ALUMNI UPDATES AND EVENTS

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The McRae Science Center welcomed its first students on August 15.

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c o n t e n t sMr. and Miss st. andrew’s 3

Graduation 2011 4

Grads GoinG Places 6

Meet st. andrew’s new trustees 7

st. andrew’s ePiscoPal school unveils a new Mission stateMent 8

we love st. andrew’s 34

lonG distance relationshiPs 36

learninG how to learn 42The St. Andrew’s Learning Center

worthy of Merit 44St. Andrew’s Leads the State in Percentage of National Merit Finalists

aP excellence with 45an added twist

St. Andrew’s Students Tie for AP State Scholar

More oPPortunities 49to staMP that PassPort

a chaPter’s end 50

after the Bell rinGs 52

the saints suMMer exPerience 54

st. andrew’s Presents 56arts on the Green

May day 58

PlayinG the Quiet GaMe 60A Hearing Impairment Couldn’t Keep Coach Brian Cronin on the Bench

Good sPorts 62St. Andrew’s Scores its 12th Consecutive All Sports Award

the ties that Bind 68

lookinG Back/ 70lookinG forward

Meredith, the daughter of Bill and Diane Ury of Madison, enrolled in St. Andrew’s as a sophomore, but in that short time she racked up an impressive list of accomplishments in and out of the classroom. Mer-edith competed on volleyball, basketball, soccer, and track teams, contributing to five state championship titles. Several times her teammates voted her MVP, and she was often elected to all-district and all-state teams. Meredith was the gold medal state champion in individual track events eight times, and ran on six relay teams that won gold. In addition to four St. Andrew’s school records, Meredith holds the overall Missis-sippi state record in the 30” 100 meter hurdles. She was a high honor roll student, member of the National Honor Society, Fellowship of Chris-tian Athletes leadership team, and the Chamber Choir, and served as a peer leader. She was a homecoming maid her junior year, and performed in the musical “South Pacific.” Meredith was honored as a 2011 Wendy’s High School Heisman finalist and was chosen one of Mississippi’s “Young Christian Leaders of the Future” by Metro Christian Living magazine. She has traveled to Israel for study and participated in mission trips to Belize, Peru, Brazil, and Kenya. Meredith currently attends Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky, where she received a soccer scholarship.

William Boyles, the son of Randy and Camille Boyles of Ridgeland, also joined the St. Andrew’s student body during his sophomore year. William was an honor roll student who served on the Fellowship of Christian Ath-letes leadership team and a member of the environmen-tal and Latin clubs. An Eagle Scout, William has served as his troop’s junior assistant scoutmaster, as well as on the Sebooney Okasucca Lodge Executive Committee

for The Order of the Arrow, the Boy Scouts of America’s honor society. He is a communicant of St. James Epis-copal Church and was the Mississippi Episcopal Diocese male youth repre-sentative for Province IV and the youth delegate for the Mississippi Episcopal Diocesan Annual Convention, and is a regular volunteer at the Billy Brumfield House. A dedicated athlete, William played on the St. Andrew’s lacrosse, track and field, football, and swimming teams. He served as the football team

chaplain and was the recipient of the Saint Award; he also served as the captain of the swimming team and was selected as Most Valuable Swimmer his sophomore and junior years. William coaches swimming at the Cypress Lake Courthouse and is a counselor at Camp Bratton-Green. William is now a freshman at the Uni-versity of Mississippi. Congratulations to Mr. and Miss St. Andrew’s, Mer-edith Ury and William Boyles.

Meredith Ury and William Boyles were selected by their peers as Mr. and Miss St. Andrew’s 2011.

Mr. and Miss st. Andrew’s

MEREDITH COMPETED ON

VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL,

SOCCER, AND TRACK TEAMS,

CONTRIBUTING TO FIVE

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES.

A DEDICATED ATHLETE,

WILLIAM PLAYED ON THE

ST. ANDREW’S LACROSSE,

TRACK AND FIELD, FOOTBALL,

AND SWIMMING TEAMS.

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AUBREY FLOWERS

AUBREY FLOWERS

KARISSA BOWLEY

PURAV BRAHMBHATT

“There is a fitting passage from Dostoevsky’s mas-terwork The Brothers Karamazov that reads: “You must know that there is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and good for life in the future than some good mem-ory, especially a memory of childhood, of home. People talk to you a great deal about your education, but some good, sacred memory, preserved from childhood, is perhaps the best education. If a man carries many such memories with him into life, he is safe to the end of his days, and if one has only one good memory left in one’s heart, even that may sometimes be the means of saving us. “More than the passages we memorized, the instruc-tions we received, or the grades we earned, it is the select, sacred memories we shared at this school that are the most valuable…I know each person in our graduating class has their own random and vivid memories of our time here, and…such reminiscences will undoubtedly re-enter our consciousness years from now to remind us of how nice it was to be in this place among our friends and mentors. “Classmates…whenever you are lost, let your mem-ories of this place remind you of who you used to be and who you want to become.”

Excerpted from a commencement speech by Aubrey Flowers, 2011 recipient of the Trustees’ Medal for Academic Achievement

“It is customary in the Indian tradition to pay one’s respects to one’s guru before one embarks on any jour-ney, task, or big speech…A guru is a leader; a person of integrity that is fearless and bold. A guru is someone that is willing to courageously lead even amidst oppo-sition and adversity. “Adele Franks was such a leader. She was the first headmistress of this school…[and] in my opinion, Adele Franks’ greatest contribution to this school was her vision of the St. Andrew’s student. Adele Franks was a person who wanted this school to create the lead-ers of tomorrow. “In these four years of high school, we have been influenced by surroundings and events our parents, our peers, and our teachers have found worthwhile or appropriate…Now, as we enter true adulthood, we have the responsibility of making the choices and finding the influences that define who we will become. Regardless of whether we decide to pursue art, history, or basket weaving, we will need to find a guru. The bur-den falls upon us now to pick our gurus wisely so that we can become the leaders we are destined to be.”

Excerpted from a commencement speech by Purav Brahmbhatt, 2011 recipient of the Adele Franks Medal

THE TRUSTEES’ MEDAL FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Presented to the senior who has maintained the high-est GPA over four years, as well as a mature, responsi-ble attitude toward learningAubrey Flowers

THE ADELE FRANKS MEDAL

Presented to the senior who, in the view of the faculty, has demonstrated the same qualities of leadership, ini-tiative, and creative thinking exemplified in the lifelong

achievements of St. Andrew’s founding Headmistress, Mrs. Adele FranksPurav Brahmbhatt

SAINTS’ MEDAL FOR UNSELFISH SERVICE

Presented to the student who views his or her work in terms of where that service will do the most good for the most people within St. Andrew’s and not in terms of personal gain or recognitionKarissa Bowley

AND THE AWARD GOES TO... The outstanding achievements of St. Andrew’s students were recognized on Honors Day 2011. Among all the accomplished students three stand out, meriting special recognition as the recipients of the school’s highest awards. For a complete list of all award winners, please visit gosaints.org/2011honors.

GRADUATION2011MAY 25, 2011 WAS A DAY FOR LAUGHTER, TEARS, AND CELEBRATION AS THE

88 MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2011 GATHERED AT LAKE SHERWOOD WISE TO

CELEBRATE THEIR COMMENCEMENT FROM ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL.

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Dr. Honey east ’89Dr. Honey East is a magna cum laude graduate of Har-vard University and earned her M.D. from the Uni-versity of Mississippi School of Medicine. She is currently completing a fellowship in endocrinology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where she was formerly director of the cardiometa-bolic clinic and served as associate professor of med-icine from 2000-10. Dr. East served on the steering committee for the Campaign for Science and Art and co-chaired the 2010-11 Annual Fund. She has two daughters at St. Andrew’s, Honey Holman (class of 2015) and Ella Bennett (class of 2023), and a son, Jay Bennett, who hopes to join the Pre-K3 program in August of 2012.

suzanne Kotfila

A native of New Orleans, Suzanne Bourgeois Kotfila received her bachelor of science in nursing from Lou-isiana State University. She worked throughout the United States as a traveling nurse for two years before settling in Sacramento, California, where she served as a pediatric oncology nurse at UC Davis Medical Cen-ter. Kotfila relocated to Jackson in 1997 and has since volunteered in almost every opportunity offered by the St. Andrew’s Parents’ Association, including room par-ent, grade coordinator, faculty hospitality, and various fund-raising activities. Kotfila lives in Madison with husband, Ron, and sons Brandon (class of 2014) and Logan (class of 2017).

DaviD MarsH

David Marsh is founder and president of Benchmark Construction Corporation. He was appointed by three different governors to the board of public contractors, serving one term as president, and also served as chair-man of the adjustment and appeals board for the city of

Jackson. A graduate of Millsaps College, Marsh is past president of the alumni council, recipient of the Livesay Service Award, and a member of the Millsaps Sports Hall of Fame. He serves on the boards of the Millsaps Else School of Management, First Commercial Bank, Mississippi Associated Builders and Contractors, and Willowood Developmental Center, and is the chair-man of the building committee for St. Peter’s Catho-lic Church. Marsh was the recipient of the Jefferson Award for Volunteerism and an honoree at the Good-will Industries of Mississippi 2011 Volunteer Salute. Marsh is beginning his third term on the St. Andrew’s board of trustees. He and his wife, Patsy, are the par-ents of Alpha Omega graduates Anna Marsh Selby ’02 and Max David Marsh ’07.

vangela WaDe

Vangela Wade is the owner of The Wade Law Firm, PLLC, in Ridgeland, Mississippi. In addition to her legal practice, Wade provides consulting and training in diversity, cultural competency, and fair employment practices to businesses and organizations. A graduate of Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi School of Law, Wade previously served as a judicial law clerk with the Mississippi Court of Appeals and a special prosecutor with the Madison/Rankin County District Attorney’s Office. Wade is a member of the American, Mississippi, Magnolia, Cap-ital Area, and Madison County Bar Associations, and recently completed a three-year term as the minority-at-large member of the Mississippi Bar Association’s Board of Bar Commissioners. She has served on the boards of the Millsaps College Center for Ministry and Operation Shoestring. Wade and her husband, Thandi, have three sons, including twins Garrison and Chris-tian (class of 2018).

Meet St. Andrew’sNew Trustees

SUZANNE KOTFILADR. HONEY EAST DAVID MARSH VANGELA WADE

Grads Going PlacesClaSS o f 2011

Omair arain

Rhodes College

ebOny arChie

Rhodes College

madeline baliuS

Eckerd College

matthew bear

Mississippi College

dunCan beCker

Tulane University

geOrge bey

Millsaps College

walker blaCkStOn

Birmingham-Southern College

ZaChary bOOZer

Oberlin College

kariSSa bOwley

Rhodes College

william bOyleS

University of Mississippi

Purav brahmbhatt

Northwestern Honors Program in Medical Education, Feinberg School of Medicine

taylOr brame

Millsaps College

larken byerS


kelSey CaSanO

Tulane University

william ChiSm

Yale University

Cadden ChriStie


benjamin COnway

Trinity University

mallOry COnway-lewiS

University of Arizona

kyle CuPPleS

Mississippi State University

kriSten dautenhahn

University of Denver

jaCOb fijman

Louisiana State University

aubrey flOwerS

Rhodes College

Sethelle flOwerS

Rhodes College

Summer fulCher

KIVU Gap Year

emily gaineS

Loyola University

mary ChriStOPher galiCki

Millsaps College

SuSannah green


leah harkey

Hendrix College

jOhnna henry

Hollins University

hannah humPhrey

University of Texas Austin

Sam humPhrey

University of Colorado Boulder

reeve jaCObuS


kyle jenkinS

Rhodes College

ethan jOhnSOn

University of Montana

rebeCCa jOhnSOn


kyle jOneS

Mississippi State University, Honors College

muZamil khawaja

Millsaps College

aShley kinCSeS

University of Southern Mississippi

laura landrum

Pennsylvania State University

CriStina leiS


mary-miChael lindSay

Loyola University

raChel lOwe


CarSOn lyOn

Mississippi College

naveen maniSundaram

Rice University

Sam martin

Millsaps College

Paul mCadOry

New York University

Sharmila mCbatra

Hendrix College

maggie mCdOnald


Savannah mCdOnald

Texas Christian University

kate lee mCdOnnell

Samford University

william mCgee

Jackson State University

Currie mCkinley

Rhodes College

COurtney mCmullan

University of Southern Mississippi, Honors College

meg mendenhall

Davidson College

aShlyn mendrOP


taylOr mitChell


taryn mOrgan

Copiah-Lincoln Community College

lindSay muller

Washington University in St. Louis

geOrge myChaSkiw

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

thea’ myerS

Mississippi State University

atSukO nakaO

Returning to Japan

jOnathan Panter

Arizona State University, Barrett Honors College

hannah Paulding

Washington University in St. Louis

dOuglaSS PeePleS

University of Montana

megan PhilliPS

Baylor University, Honors College

maryam QureShi

Millsaps College

rOyCe reeveS-darby

University of Pennsylvania

Caleb rOSS


taylOr ruShing

Mississippi College

revanth Sanne

Vanderbilt University

lee Sargent


ida lee SChwartZ


Charlie SCOtt


will SimmOnS

Baylor University , Honors College

nate Slater

Florida State University

Chad Smith


viCtOria Smith


greySOn SmOtherS

Millsaps College

elena Stater

University of Southern Mississippi

emilie Street

University of Mississippi, Honors College

ZOe Sullivan

Georgetown University

meredith ury

Asbury University

will vanlandeghem


mailande viSe

Loyola University

kandi walker

Boston University

PeytOn watSOn

Loyola University

buChanan weStOver

Pepperdine University

andrew whitehurSt


jeSSiCa Zehr

Texas Christian University, Honors College

Of the 88 students in the Class of 2011, 41 percent (36) are attending college in Mississippi and 59 percent (52) are attending colleges or pursuing opportunities out of state.

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St. Andrew’s has unveiled a new mission statement that better reflects the purpose of the school and the educational experience offered. The new statement continues to emphasize the Episcopal tradition, as well as the spiritual growth, moral responsibility, and academic excellence that have become synonymous with the St. Andrew’s experience, but adds emphases on artistic and athletic pursuits and service to the world outside St. Andrew’s. “We began with the existing mission statement, ask-ing ‘What do we like or not like about this? What’s missing or not explained clearly?’” says George Penick, head of school. “We realized that St. Andrew’s was already emphasizing art, athletics, and service, but that our existing mission statement fell short in describing that. It didn’t fully explain who we are.” The enhanced mission statement is one component of a larger strategic plan that also includes a new val-ues statement and vision statement. “In order to move forward, we needed to be very clear on what our mission, values, and vision for St. Andrew’s are,” says Penick. “Our values statement expresses what we believe. Our mission statement communicates who we are and what we do, and our vision statement explains what we want and strive to be.” The values, mission, and vision statements were devel-oped based on input from trustees, faculty and staff members, parents, students, and members of the St. Andrew’s Parents’ Association and the St. Andrew’s booster club. Input was gathered over a period of months and discussed at a series of retreats. Several drafts of each statement were written, reviewed, dis-cussed, and rewritten until a consensus was reached that the new statements accurately reflected St. Andrew’s Episcopal School.

“In the months ahead, we’ll be working to develop lesson plans and activities that will help our students internalize the mission, to have it become an organic part of everyday life at St. Andrew’s, similar to the honor code,” Penick says. “These are more than just words on paper. They express and unlock the core beliefs that make St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School.”

The St. Andrew’s Episcopal School Values Statement At St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, as an independent school and a community of growth and personal responsibility, we believe in the following:

• A lifelong dedication to learning•Truth, honesty, and integrity• The dignity of every human being• The pursuit of excellence in all endeavors• The talents and strengths of every individual • Stewardship of the resources of our school, community, and world

• Service to others

And we believe that we are called, with God’s help, to love our neighbors as ourselves and to seek justice and peace in our world.

The St. Andrew’s Episcopal School Vision StatementWritten in 2011, the St. Andrew’s vision statement provides a detailed description of what St. Andrew’s would like to be in 2016, including descriptions of the school’s vision for its curriculum, faculty, students, community, spiritual and religious life, infrastructure, public image, and financial resources.

To view a copy of the entire Vision Statement visit gosaints.org/mission.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal School Unveils A New

Mission Statement

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Less than one year after the ground was broken, the St. Andrew’s community gathered to celebrate the unveiling of the new McRae Science Center and redesigned art, choral music, and band spaces on the North Campus. The 31,000-square-foot science building, which will also house Upper School math classes, was blessed and opened for public tours on August 14, 2011, the day before the new school year started. Also on display were the Faulkner Studios for Art and Music. The stu-dios were named in honor of the late J. Paul and Dee

Faulkner, who made a generous gift to the St. Andrew’s endowment in support of the arts. A key image from the Campaign for Science and Art, Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man is etched in glass in a water feature in the science building’s striking lobby. “That image exemplifies the blend of the scientific and artistic that these new facilities represent,” said Rebecca Hiatt Collins, St. Andrew’s director of insti-tutional advancement. “This unveiling is like a renais-sance, a rebirth of space and light for learning.”

the McrAe science center And the FAulkner studios

unveiling

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LEONARDO DA VINCI’S VITRUVIAN MAN IS ETCHED IN GLASS IN A

WATER FEATURE IN THE SCIENCE BUILDING’S STRIKING LOBBY.

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HAYDEN GUYNES AND JASMINE MCNAIR ARE AMONG THE FIRST STUDENTS TO ATTEND MATH CLASSES IN THE NEW BUILDING.

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THIS PAGE: ARITA BIRWAS, CODY CHRISTE, AND SADAAF MAMOON GET THEIR FIRST EXPOSURE TO THE NEW ANALYTICAL BALANCE IN ONE OF THE WELL-EQUIPPED CHEMISTRY LABS. OPPOSITE PAGE: STUDENTS FIND BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND PHYSICS EVEN MORE ENGAGING IN THE NEW BUILDING.

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THE LOBBY FEATURES A FOUCAULT’S PENDULUM, A DEVICE CONCEIVED AS AN EXPERIMENT TO DEMONSTRATE THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH. THE ACTUAL PLANE OF SWING APPEARS TO ROTATE RELATIVE TO THE EARTH; IN FACT THE PLANE IS FIXED IN SPACE WHILE THE EARTH ROTATES UNDER THE PENDULUM ONCE A DAY.

PHYSICS TEACHER PRICE CHADWICK ‘96 EXPLAINS THE INTRICACIES OF HIS VAN DE GRAAFF GENERATOR TO JAREN REEVES-DARBY AND SADAAF MAMOON.

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MEGHAN TANAKA HONES HER GRAPHIC DESIGN SKILLS IN THE REDESIGNED ART SPACE.

SWAYZE WILLIAMS AND JOHN CHAIN MAKE USE OF THE NEW FAULKNER STUDIOS.

CARLY AND ALEX GOOD HIT A HIGH NOTE IN THE REDESIGNED CHORAL SPACE.

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Big 10 Tire Company /Marcie NoahDunn French FoundationEaton CorporationEntergy Services, Inc.Fizzy Bath Bombz LLCGeorgia Gulf CorporationH. F. McCarty, Jr. Family FoundationLocal 463 Urban KitchenNorthwestern Mutual Life FoundationP. F. Chang’s China BistroSelby and Richard McRae FoundationSt. Andrew’s Episcopal School Band StudentsSt. Andrew’s Episcopal School Class of 2010St. Andrew’s Parents’ AssociationThe Arthur G. Gallagher FoundationThe T. H. Etheridge TrustWealth Management LLCMr. and Mrs. Luke AbneyDr. and Mrs. George E. Abraham IIIDr. and Mrs. John L. Adams, Jr.John D. and Sarah AdamsMeredith and Stephen AgostinelliMr. Luv AgrawalDrs. Naveed Ahmed and Maria Corado-AhmedMrs. Elizabeth Wright AinsworthBill Albright and Elizabeth RankinCharles and Doris AldermanDrs. Imad S. and Risa M. AleithaweMr. and Mrs. Robert H. Alexander, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Jeff AllegrezzaRachel W. AllenDeborah and Sidney AllenMr. and Mrs. Sidney P. Allen, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Christian A. Allenburger, IIIMs. Laurie C. AlleyMr. Tom AllinBetty and John AllinDr. and Mrs. Jeff D. AlmandDr. and Mrs. Eric Amundson

Dr. and Mrs. Michael F. AngelMr. and Mrs. John S. ApplegateOmair and Mina ArainMs. Della R. ArchieMr. and Mrs. George M. Ardelean, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. ArringtonMr. and Mrs. Lester M. Arthur III, Emma and MadeleineMr. and Mrs. Brett A. AshyDrs. Alexander P. and Mirella P. AuchusPhilip and Sophia AzordeganMr. and Mrs. John J. BachLeah and Coyt BaileyH. C. Bailey, Jr. and Joan B. BaileyAlex and Luda BaizatMr. and Mrs. Dwayne D. BallardJane Anna and Bryan BarksdaleDonna and Jim BarksdaleBrad C. BaskinLeigh Earnest BartlettMr. and Mrs. John V. Barton IIMs. Allison M. BeachDr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Beacham, Sr.Leslie and Kay BearMrs. Ann Day BeckerMr. and Mrs. P. Ryan BeckettMr. Sunny BediDr. Charletta Scott BennettMr. David R. Berry, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. George J. Bey IIIClaudia and Rajesh BhagatMr. and Mrs. John H. Biddle, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy L. BirdsallMr. and Mrs. D. Carl Black, Jr.Tom and Beth BlackJustin and Mary Catherine BlackwellMr. Jeffrey R. BlackwoodVoula and Bob BlakeE. J. and Alicen BlanchardTara BlazonaMr. Walter H. BooneBernard and Liza BoothGreg and Cheryl BowenMr. and Mrs. Mark BowenAdrienne Graham and Harry BowieCelia and Charles BowmanMs. Alexandria Bradley

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bradley, IIIPriti and Sudhir BrahmbhattKathryn Roberts BrannanBilly and Wanda BrantleyCol. and Mrs. Allen E. BrewerDr. and Mrs. Marcus Louis BrittonMs. Ann BrockJohn and Kay BrodbeckMr. and Mrs. John W. BrombacherMr. H. Lusby and Dr. Carolyn J. BrownMr. David K. BrownMs. Laura Sanders BrownMr. and Mrs. Garry D. BrownRich and Julia BrownDr. and Mrs. Claude D. BrunsonJordan and Chase BryanChase and Lee Anne BryanMr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. BrysonMinor and Virginia BuchananPaul D. BuckleyVirginia and Jack BurrellDr. and Mrs. Michael R. ByersMr. and Mrs. Anthony H. Bynoe, Sr.Hope and Bill BynumDavid and Lisa CaddleDan and Gail CadoDrs. Arthur L. and Imelda CalimaranMr. Joe CampbellDr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. CarronMr. Carroll CaseJulia and Vernon ChadwickLydia and Price ChadwickLorna and Tom ChainMr. Andrew Hughes ChathamMr. Todd F. ChathamMr. and Mrs. Haresh G. ChatlaniSteven and Erin ChevalierBrad and Julie ChismPatty and Jeff ChristieChip and Wendy ChudyBob and Jeannie ChunnJennifer and Walt ClarkHope C. ClayCarolyn CloudKen Clough and Linda LaClaireBill and Candy Coker

Mrs. Aimee Wardlaw ColeMr. Jordan W. ColeDeb, Hunt and Matt ColemanMarcia M. CollinsRebecca and Deaver CollinsMr. and Mrs. Deaver Hiatt CollinsMr. Kip CollumMr. and Mrs. John A. Conway IIIMr. and Mrs. Jack W. Cooke, Jr.Ms. Rhonda C. CooperEmily CorkernMr. and Mrs. Christopher D. CorleyPhilip CorteseMr. James Oliver Cox, IVAlvin and Yuree CoxMr. William CraigDr. and Mrs. Dennis R. CranfordMr. and Mrs. James H. Creekmore, Sr.Ms. Julie Brandt CrockettFrances and Justin CroftMr. and Mrs. James J. Crongeyer, Jr.Jeff and Kristel CroninMr. Brian P. CroninGreg and Kimberly CroninJudith and Greg CrottyDrs. William and Kimberly CrowderSean CupitDeWayne and Lisa CupplesKen and Wanda CurryBecky Boteler DaltonEdward and Stephanie DalyMr. Chris DanielsPam and Dick DavidDr. and Mrs. Stephen F. DavidsonMs. Montgomery DavisMr. John Randolph DavisCathy DavisMrs. Taylor Morse DavisJudith S. DavisBarney and Betsy DavisMr. and Mrs. Freddie DavisMrs. Mauri A. DavisMichael and Kimberly DavisJennifer and Charlie DeatonMs. Caroline I. DeBeukelaerMr. and Mrs. L. Bruce DeerChristi DeLaughterMrs. Susannah M. deNobriga

St. Andrew’s Episcopal School thanks the generous donors who made the new McRae Science Center and

the Faulkner Studios for Art and Music a reality.


LAUREN OUSBY AND EMMA MCNEILL PREPARE FOR ART CLASSES IN THE FAULKNER STUDIOS

BRUCE SENTER AND MARK MCMILLIN HEAD TO BAND PRACTICE IN THE NEW SPACE.

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Mr. and Mrs. John A. Dent, Jr.Mr. Conor S. DickinsonKane and Betsy DittoClinton and Phyllis DobyDr. and Mrs. Joe DonaldsonMs. Mary Melissa DonaldsonEmily and Jimmy DossettMr. Nelson L. Douglass IIIMs. Theresa DownerMr. and Mrs. Robert D. DrinkwaterOuida and Wayne DrinkwaterMr. William DrinkwaterCindy and David DunbarMs. Katherine Dunbar-SmithDr. and Mrs. Eric Mason DyessHoney East and Gray BennettMs. Karen EavesConrad and Renee EbnerDrake Elder and Sabrina Comola-ElderMs. Caroline EleyMr. Matthew M. EllefsonDr. Elizabeth Fuselier EllisMrs. James S. EllisDr. and Mrs. Richard B. Ellison, Jr.Portia and Mike EspyDr. and Mrs. S. R. Evans, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. John S. EvansMr. and Mrs. Stephen D. EvansDonna and Robert EvansDorothy Bray EverettMark and Patti FanningAubrey H. FarmerRob and Virginia FarrJan and Lawrence FarringtonRivers FikeAllison and Haley FisackerlyRev. Paige and Mr. Peter C. FisherMr. and Mrs. Stanley D. FlintMs. Whitney Lehr FlynnMr. Tom Beck and Ms. Lisa FlyntJames C. FoleyMary Ann and Dr. John Fontaine IVGib and Ellen FordKelly FosterMs. Pamela Maria FranklinDr. and Mrs. William D. FrazierChristopher Friedrich and Jennifer ShoresDrs. Richard Gagne’ and Elise Morse-Gagne’Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Gaillet, Elizabeth, Robert and CarolineDr. Stan GalickiJoey and James GarnerDr. and Mrs. Jeffrey GarrettMr. and Mrs. Mark W. GarrigaJason GatesMr. and Mrs. Arness R. GeorgetownDr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Gerrets, Jr.

Drs. Michael and Sara H. GleasonMr. Lov Kumar GoelMs. Sangita GoelParvesh and Neelam GoelDolly and Wesley GoingsEthan GoldbergDrs. Venkata N. and Krishna J. GoliMr. and Mrs. Jeff GoodMr. and Mrs. Henry G. GoodwinDr. and Mrs. B. Heath GordonJan R. GraeberMr. Kenneth James Graeber, Jr.Mr. Greg Riggins GraeberBeth and Collier GrahamJohn W. GravesThe Rt. Rev. and Mrs. Duncan M. Gray, Jr.Mrs. Stephanie GrayHelen GreenMr. Paxton S. Green, Jr. and Ms. Colendula GreenMr. and Mrs. Albert H. GreenColeman and Tisha GreenJoshua GreenSherry Stribling GreenerMr. and Mrs. Jason S. GreenerCurt GriffinAdam GriffinAvinash and Vinita GulanikarJennifer GunnAlison and Richard GuynesKelly and Lawrence HaberMr. Josh HaileyMr. and Mrs. Lee S. HallDrs. Ashton and Joyce Wade HammeMs. Pamela L. HancockMr. and Mrs. David R. HardyMr. Creighton HardyDrs. H. Louis and Alison HarkeyDr. Bill and Alice HarperMyriam and Bob HarrisMr. and Mrs. B. E. HarrisonChristopher HartfieldThe Harth FamilyIra and Andrea HarvelMr. and Mrs. James E. HarwellDorothy and John HawkinsMiss Haley HawseyMr. and Mrs. Keith A. HawseyMarla Harbor and Erik HearonTina Louise HeitmannLeah HendrixMr. John and Dr. Kristi HendrixSandra S. HindsmanCynthia HogueOuida and James HollandRuthie HollisMr. and Mrs. W. H. Holman, IIIRuth L. HolmesMr. Lou HoltJessica, Christina and Melissa HolyMr. William Yerger Hooker

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Hoster, IIAleathia M. HosterElizabeth B. HosterDr. and Mrs. Bo HuangDavid HudeTom and Terri HudsonCalvin Travis Hull, Jr.Ashley W. and John E. Hullender IIIMr. and Mrs J. Clayton HumphreyMr. and Mrs. George HunterRobert and Melissa HutchisonMr. Segun and Dr. Lola IdowuJeanna Kathryn IlesSandra and Miguel InterianoStuart M. IrbyMr. and Mrs. Robert B. Ireland IIIIris and John IsaacsCaldwell and Bill IsraelThe Jeffrey Jackson FamilyMr. and Mrs. Reeve G. Jacobus, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. C. Jeffery JamesMichael and Gloria JaquesMary W. JenkinsCliff and Nicole JenkinsMr. and Mrs. Charles G. Johnson, Sr.Thaddaus and Denise JohnsonMr. Scott Albert JohnsonWalter and Amber JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Ross JohnsonEdwin B. JohnsonMs. Richerish JohnsonElta and Jim JohnstonMr. Jason B. and Dr. Priscilla Almond JollyDr. Warren and Gennie JonesMr. Winston JonesLeland H. Jones IVMr. and Mrs. Van JonesJames S. and Renee S. JonesEmily JonesMr. and Mrs. John Griffin JonesMs. Fran KeaneMr. Robert John Keane, Jr.Elizabeth and Adam KecklerDr. and Mrs. Kevin K. KeenJim and Charlene KeithMarty Hitt KellyMrs. Carla KellyEdie and Tom KelseyMr. and Mrs. Warren D. KennedyDr. and Mrs. P. Benjamin KerrDrs. Majid Khan and Israh AkhtarDr. Akif A. Khawaja and Mrs. Nabila AkifMs. Susan F. KingMr. Vernon E. KingHannah and Burney KingBruce and Amanda KirklandStephen and Marlo KirkpatrickTaylor KitchingsKathy Harrell KnightJohnny Kochtitzky

Meredith M. KochtitzkyDr. and Mrs. Ronald P. KotfilaMrs. Katie Kroose-JonesKenne KunathHarriet KuykendallRachel M. LadnerLouise L. LamptonDr. John and Julie LanconMr. Alan LandrumCarl and Susan LandryDavid and Bobette LangHolly and Alan LangeBetsy Bradley and Robert LangfordEric LantripIke and Jayne LaRueMr. and Mrs. Edward E. Lawler, Jr.Eason and Ellen LeakeMs. Rebecca LeeEdmund LeeWellington T. P. LeeDrs. Robert B. and Scottye S. LeeMr. and Mrs. Marco J. LefloreMary E. LeoKevin and Michelle LewisMs. Tara LewisThe Liechty FamilyAndrew and Charlane LilesSheila LindleyMr. and Mrs. Charles R. Lindsay, Jr.Sherry Cate ListonMr. and Mrs. Thomas Dale Little, Jr.Marshall and Michelle LoebCliff and Alison LongMr. and Mrs. John Michael Louis, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Love IIIJim and Vicki LoweryMonte and Beverly LuehlfingMary Beth LukeTippy and Louis LyellMr. Chad MacumberMaria and James MaddenDarin, Brooke, and Brooks MaierMr. Drew MalletteMs. Ashley V. J. MallinsonBarbara and Andrew MallinsonJanie and Steve MaloneyDr. and Mrs. Ojus Malphurs, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. MaplesMs. Renee’ MarbleDavid and Patsy MarshAnn MarshallDrs. Lori and Derek MarshallMr. and Mrs. Precious Martin, Sr.Mr. John L. MaxeyPaul J. May and Susan WarrenLarry MayOwen MayfieldDr. Robert T. McAdory, Jr. and Ms. Pamela PapeMrs. Shirley L. McAllister

Erin and Cody McCainDavid and Traci McCainMr. and Mrs. Ken McCarleyMr. and Mrs. Richard D. McCartyDrs. Danny B. and Hazel G. McCaughanCharles and Lisa McClintockDr. Sara Jane Doby McCrarySharon and Mark McCreeryRay McDanielMs. Anne Loflin McDonaldMr. Boty McDonald and Dr. Laura FraneyMr. and Mrs. Michael J. McDonaldRay McFarlandRobert and Annette McGeheeDrs. H. Scott McGregor and Tanya Walker-McGregorMs. Maureen McGuireLori McIntireMr. and Mrs. Barney McKeeMr. and Mrs. Shawn McKeeDrs. Eric C. and Jamie H. McKinleyMrs. Margaret P. McLartyLyn and David McMillinDr. and Mrs. Michael R. McMullanMr. Luther A. McNabb and Dr. Anita BasuDr. Obie M. McNair and Dr. Rosie Walker-McNairPaul McNeillDr. and Mrs. William C. McQuinnNora Frances and Vaughan McRaeMichael T. McReeMr. and Mrs. Jon MeachamRichard and Christa MeeksMr. and Mrs. Clarence MeltonJudy MenistMr. Richard T. and Dr. Kristen H. MillerDr. and Mrs. Thomas P. MillsRichard and Mary MillsElizabeth MitchellMs. Betty MitchellBryan and Sabrina MitchellDrs. J. Blake and Elizabeth MitchellMark C. and Anita K. Modak- TruranMisty and Clark MonroeSteve and Anne MontagnetMr. and Mrs. Sidney MontgomeryMr. and Mrs. R. Wilson Montjoy, IIDr. and Mrs. Robert L. MooreMr. and Mrs. John D. MooreMr. and Mrs. R. Keith MorganLt. Col. and Mrs. William R. Morgan, Jr.

Dr. John L. Moriarity, Jr. and Dr. Risa MoriarityFrances and Cooper MorrisonLynda MorseMr. and Mrs. David S. MorseSallie MoseleyDr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Mosley, Jr.Marty and Rajita MossDr. Michael Shoemaker Moyle and Dr. Christine Franzese MoyleChuck and Wendy MullinsMs. Sarah MurphyDr. and Mrs. Stanley C. MusickMr. and Mrs. Carter B. MyersDr. and Mrs. Walter P. NeelyDr. and Mrs. William T. Neely, IIITaylor NeelyAmy and Chris NeelyOlivia and John NeillMelissa P. NevilleMrs. Priyanka NewkirkMr. and Mrs. Steven O. NjemanzeLady NoelThe Very Reverend and Mrs. Edward F. O’ConnorMr. and Mrs. David J. O’DonnellKevin O’MalleyLeonore O’MalleyAlaine and Keith ObertThe Doug Odom FamilyTucker and Margaret OlanderDr. and Mrs. Olatunji OluwatadeDr. Manuel Ong and Shari OngDr. and Mrs. Craig P. OrgeronBeth and Steve OrlanskyMr. Gleb and Dr. Olga OstrovskyThe Rev. Luther and The Rev. Janet OttCalvin and Barbara OusbyScott and Amanda OverbyLeanna Range OwensWill and Joyce PalmerJames Y. and Sheila PalmerMs. Kate ParkerMiss Elise ParkerDr. and Mrs. Wilson McNeil ParryRajesh and Ami PatelVishal PatelBabu and Anita PatlollaMr. and Mrs. Stanley E. PatrickDr. Randy PattersonSteven and Cindy PattersonMr. and Mrs. John PaxtonDr. and Mrs. Robert W. PearigenJoyce PeckMrs. Cameron Billups PedenGrace PeiDr. and Mrs. George D. Penick, Jr.Betsy PetersonMr. David Pharr and Dr. Michelle Petro PharrGinny PhillipsDr. and Mrs. W. James Phillips

Mr. and Mrs. Rubel L. PhillipsReverend and Mrs. Roger V. PhillipsDr. and Mrs. Steve PollockGayle and Jim PooleCullam and Mandy PopeBill and Alecia PorchMr. and Mrs. Timothy W. PorterMr. and Mrs. Jason L. PoulsonJulie and Tom PowellLauren E. PowellMichael and Alla PozdnikovThe Rev. Gregory and Deborah ProctorMichelle Allen PurdyMr. and Mrs. Chris PurserMr. and Mrs. Alex PurvisThe Qu FamilyMr. and Mrs. Frank QuiriconiDrs. Naseem A. and Faiza N. QureshiRavi and Whitney RajuSeshadri and Sybil RajuAnne B. RanckPatrick RandBobby and Maria RappaiMr. Robert Eugene Ratelle, Jr.Alden Marie Wofford RaulstonMr. and Mrs. Joe RayChris and Carolyn RaySara and Bill RayGary, Tammy, Dickson and Miley RayThe Reeves-Darby FamilySarah and Ross ReilyRebecca ReimersJohn and Trisha ReimersFred A. ReimersFrederick ReimersWill, Michelle, Bruce and Alex ReimersJoey and Alice ReinMr. Wells Phillip RichardsPatsy RicksNancy RivasRobert RivesDan and Holli RoachDavid and Leah RoarkMr. and Mrs. Stephen M. RobertsScott and Marcie RobertsonMr. and Mrs. E.B. Robinson, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. E. Barney Robinson IIIMr. and Mrs. John W. Robinson, IIIMrs. Marie T. RobyMichael and Karen RodgersMs. Rita Roxanne RollinsMs. Jane Stewart RoperReverend and Mrs. Carl J. RossMr. Rishi A. RoyBert and Tammy RubinskyAndrew RueffMrs. Kitty RushingDavid and Cathey RussellAndrew C. SampsonS. Aaron Samuels

Mr. and Mrs. C. Ted Sanderson, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Santangelo, Jr.Cathy Jones SchulzMr. and Mrs. Richard B. SchwartzTom Scott and Dessie ScottKathy ScottMr. and Mrs. C. Christopher Scott IVMr. and Mrs. Jon D. SeawrightThe Sethi FamilyMs. Amy SharpeSandra and Jim ShelsonThe Rev. Drs. Connie and Joey SheltonDrs. Vishwanath and Veena ShenoyThe Shepard FamilyMr. Vignesh ShettarMr. Sandesh ShettarMr. and Mrs. Edward T. SimmonsNoel and Kristy SimmsBrad and Jennifer SinclairDr. Chardo SmithNorwood and Robin SmithJane and Bill SmithAngie and Stan SmithMs. Carrie V. SmithBeth and Steve SmithDr. Richard A. and Mrs. Colleen C. Y. SmithGeorge Brannon SmithDr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Snypes, Sr.Stewart and Erica SpeedMr. and Mrs. Leland R. SpeedDr. and Mrs. Steven E. SpeightsSeetha and Asoka SrinivasanGautam Srinivasan and Allison GassnerKaren StambaughMr. Jack N. Starr and Ms. Terry HuntKen and Liz SteereMr. Conor M. Storey, Jr.Drs. William and Joanna StoreyMr. and Mrs. W. Eric StracenerClaire Patrick StrangeRoscoe StriblingDuff and Pat SudduthMike and Linda SullivanPatti and Jerry M. Sullivan, Jr. Drs. Victor D. and Monica SuttonDouglas A. SwayzeAndrew and Mary Linley SweatStella Gray and Phillip SykesWilliam and Michelle SykesMs. Marta Szlubowska-KirkThe Tanaka FamilyDrs. J. Dean and Stephanie TannerTodd and Paula TauzinMary and Chico Taylor

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Drs. Herman A. Taylor, Jr. and Jasmine P. TaylorMr. and Mrs. John L. TaylorPatrick and Laura TaylorMrs. Cathy Tebo-ButterrickMr. and Mrs. John H. Thames, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. David M. ThomasJim and Martha ThomasPhilip and Debra Dorr ThomasStephen L. ThomasMr. and Mrs. Burney F. ThreadgillMs. Jewell ThurberPrzemek TokarskiRobyn TouchstoneMr. and Mrs. Robert L. TouchstoneMr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Townes, Jr.Anne and Chris TravisMr. Taylor TriplettMiss Jennifer TriplettMeriwether Wofford TrucknerBarbara TuminelloTerri D. TurnerLaura and Al UnderwoodMr. and Mrs. William UryDr. and Mrs. Ralph B. VanceWilliam Ashley VaughanMr. and Mrs. John C. VaugheyLeigh and Leah VernonMarcy and Aaron VickDrs. Parminder J. and Vibha VigJonathan and Gillian ViolaDavid and Susan VoisinMs. Heather H. WadeDorsey and John WadeMr. and Mrs. Thandi WadeMr. and Mrs. Bobby WaldenMr. Le’Spencer WalkerRachael M. WalkerMr. Royal and Dr. Evelyn WalkerMs. Ellie WallaceMichael and Barbara WallaceMs. Lane WaltonShannon and James WarnockJason Watkins and Laney Bataille-WatkinsMr. and Mrs. Louis H. Watson, Jr.Mary Margaret WaycasterMr. and Mrs. Clarence G. WeatherspoonCyndee Ritter WeaverMr. and Mrs. W. Alan WeeksMiriam and Tommy WeemsDrs. Roland J. and Lydia E. WeisserDuncan and Heather WelchAshley C. WellsLeslie V. WellsDr. and Mrs. Ralph WellsMr. and Mrs. Robert L. WellsDr. and Mrs. Brock B. WestoverSteve and Marcia WhatleyMr. Steven WhatleyAlbert and Colleen White

Caroline and Andy WhiteMr. and Mrs. Jonathan K. WhiteStephanie White-EspositoHarriet and John WhitehouseMrs. Kathryn WienerChristopher and Holly WiggsKim L. WileyMr. and Mrs. Forrest Ren WilkesMr. Stephen Henry WilkinsonMr. and Mrs. Charles H. Williams, Jr.Nichole and Henry WilliamsElise and Tommy WilliamsBradley and Laurie WilsonDaron and Jan WilsonDavid and Margaret WilsonKaren and Mark WilsonAllison WinsteadRobert P. WiseDr. and Mrs. John D. Wofford, Jr.Dr. John D. Wofford IIIDr. Taylor S. WoffordCelia and Frank WoodDrs. William R. and Bonnie WoodallMr. and Mrs. C. Scott Woods IICandiss WoolvertonRico, Alanna and Jillian WrightMiss Ashley C. WrightMr. Youguo Xu and Ms. Xueyuan WangMr. Benjamin O. W. YarbroughMr. and Mrs. Stephen YehDrs. Tauqeer and Shema A. YousufPhyllis YucatonisMr. David Y. Zapletal

Named Gifts

McRae Science Center Selby and Richard McRae FoundationThe Family of Vaughan and Nora Frances McRae Creekmore/Goings Lecture Hall Meredith and James CreekmoreDolly and Wesley Goings Inspirational Quotations Patty and Jeff Christie Reflection Pool H. F. McCarty, Jr. Foundation Art Studio Mr. and Mrs. W. Wayne Drinkwater Marie Holman Swayze Choral Room Elise, Tommy, Marie Elise, and Swayze WilliamsDouglas A. Swayze

Foucoult’s Pendulum Donna and Jim Barksdale Student Gathering Lobby St. Andrew’s Parents’ Association Water Wall Etching Mr. and Mrs. R. Eason Leake Wireless Communications System Grace and Shinn LeeTrilogy Communications, Inc. Lecture Hall Courtyard Mr. and Mrs. Stewart R. Speed Band Rehearsal Hall Mr. and Mrs. William L. Heard, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. David L. McMillin Biology Long-term Experiment Lab The Paul McNeill Family Chemistry Long-term Experiment Lab The Kotfila Family Elevator Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Mills, Jr. Outdoor Gathering Area Mr. and Mrs. C. Christopher Scott, IV John Scott Applegate Physics Long-Term Experiment Lab Dr. and Mrs. E. J. BlanchardDr. and Mrs. John D. Adams, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Price C. ChadwickMr. and Mrs. Robert D. DrinkwaterWilliam D. DrinkwaterJ. Rivers Fike E. Bennett JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Ken McCarleyLeigh and Leah Vernon Recycling Center Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rodgers Robotics Lab The Reimers Family Entry Corridor and Student Study Lobby Mr. and Mrs. T. Scott Robertson Upper Lobby Balcony Joan B. and H. C. Bailey, Jr. Nautilus Shell Window Drs. Risa and Jack Moriarity Audio Visual Room Allison and Haley Fisackerly

Biology Classroom Lab Equipment Dr. Kimberly and Dr. William Crowder Biology Classroom Lab Equipment Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Vick Chemistry Classroom Lab Equipment Jan and Lawrence Farrington Chemistry Classroom Lab Equipment The Reeves-Darby Family Ensemble Rehearsal Studio Big 10 Tire Company, Inc.Marcie Napoli Noah Faculty and Student Collaboration Area (Pod) Mrs. Cliff Peck Faculty and Student Collaboration Area (Pod) Michelle and David Pharr Faculty and Student Collaboration Area (Pod) Mr. and Mrs. David B. Russell Graphic Design Studio Mr. and Mrs. Phillip S. Sykes Outdoor Balcony Walkway Anne and Chris Travis Physics Classroom Lab Equipment Dr. and Mrs. Richard D. Guynes Palmer Physics Classroom Lab Equipment Mr. and Mrs. James Y. Palmer Technology Server Room Mr. and Mrs. Barney McKee Lobby Paintings Mr. Carroll Case

St. Andrew’s Episcopal School extends a heartfelt “thank you” to the following for their leadership and support:

Campaign Honorary Chairs Joan and Buster Bailey

Campaign Steering Committee Sidney Allen Buster Bailey

Joan Bailey Honey East Bennett Elizabeth Buyan Patty Christie Wayne Drinkwater Cindy Dunbar Renee Ebner Haley FisackerlyWesley Goings Jason Greener Avinash Gulanikar Lyn McMillin Paul McNeill Nora Frances McRae Vaughan McRae Wilson Montjoy Cooper Morrison Janet Ott Bill Ray Mike Rodgers Stephanie Scott Erica Speed Stewart Speed Jasmine Taylor Jan Townes Tommy Williams

Campaign Advisory Committee Donna Barksdale Jimmy Creekmore Meredith Creekmore Kane Ditto Sherry Greener Ellen Leake Grace Lee Andrew Mallinson Bud Robinson David Sanders Gloria Walker

Corporation Campaign Chair Jan Townes

Faculty Campaign Chairs Kathy Brannan Judith Crotty Sandra Hindsman Kathy Taylor

Parent Campaign Chairs Alicen and E. J. Blanchard Vickie and Stephen Snypes

Alumni Campaign Chair Lorna Chain

Grandparent And Parent Of Graduates Campaign Chairs Meredith and Jimmy Creekmore

Campaign Gala Chairs Vickie and Stephen Snypes Kristie and Steven Speights

Board Of Trustees 2009-2010 Bill Bynum Brad Chism Wayne Drinkwater Cindy Dunbar Haley Fisackerly Wesley Goings Avinash Gulanikar Terri Hudson Margaret McLarty Lyn McMillin Nora Frances McRae Christa Meeks Mary Mills Wilson Montjoy Cooper Morrison Edward O’Connor Bill Ray Vonda Reeves-Darby Stephanie Scott

Stewart Speed Jasmine Taylor Anne Travis Tommy Williams

Board Of Trustees 2010-2011 Bill Bynum Patty Christie Wayne Drinkwater Cindy Dunbar Haley Fisackerly Wesley Goings Avinash Gulanikar Mark McCreery Margaret McLarty Lyn McMillin Nora Frances McRae Mary Mills Wilson Montjoy Cooper Morrison Edward O’Connor Jim Phillips Vonda Reeves-Darby Stephanie Scott Beth Magee Smith Stewart Speed Jasmine Taylor Anne Travis Tommy Williams

Building Committee Wayne Drinkwater Wesley Goings Stewart Speed Gillian Viola

Fundraising Counsel Sinclair, Townes and Company

Dean and Dean/Associates Architects Richard Dean

Tim Geddie Robin Brown Matt Haik

Harrell Contracting Group, LLC Bill Keyes Tom Black Rohan Alexis

Owner’s Representative Jason Ellis

Campaign Promotional Materials and Video Marlo Kirkpatrick, Writer Alecia Porch, Graphic Artist John Stockwell, Short Film Director Mark Rich, 3-D Modeling

Head of School George Penick

Head of Finance and Administration Kevin Lewis

Director of Facilities Gillian Viola

Office of Institutional Advancement Rebecca Hiatt Collins, Director

Deborah Allen Elizabeth Buyan Frances Jean Neely Patrick Taylor Jan Wofford

Chief Information Officer Kevin O’Malley

Division Heads Leanna Owens, Lower School Ruthie Hollis, Middle School Julia Chadwick, Upper School

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Farewell to Gillian Viola St. Andrew’s Head of School George Penick describes former Director of Facilities Gillian Viola as, “our version of Moses. Gillian led us to the Promised Land, but she didn’t come in.” Viola’s final project at St. Andrew’s was overseeing the development and construction of the McRae Science Center and the Faulkner Studios for Art and Music. For more than two years, Viola worked with the science and art faculty, architects, and construction firm to design and build facilities that would not only address the teaching methods and curriculum needs of today, but that would prepare St. Andrew’s to address future developments in science and art. As the project was nearing completion, Viola made the difficult decision to relocate to Florida.

Her last day at St. Andrew’s was July 31, just two weeks prior to the grand unveiling of the new spaces. But while Viola missed the public opening, she definitely experienced her own “voilà” moment. “I walked with the science faculty onto the construction site once the building was at a point worth a meaningful visit,” Viola recalls. “I saw their faces as we stopped at each space and they realized that this dream was now a reality, that in a few short months they would be welcoming students into those new spaces. That was the moment a tear trickled down my cheek.”

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Vaughan McRae describes his reaction to being named St. Andrew’s Distinguished Alumnus of the Year as “honored and very surprised,” but for those familiar with McRae’s record of service, leadership, and gener-osity, the recognition comes as no surprise. “At St. Andrew’s, the title of Distinguished Alumnus implies far more than just being well-known. It also car-ries with it a recognition of significant service to soci-ety,” said Head of School George Penick. “In Vaughan McRae’s case, the school is grate-ful to have been the recipient of a large portion of that service. As a parent, a leader, and an incredibly generous donor, Vaughan McRae has given to his alma mater every time it has called on him. The school is incredibly proud to have Vaughan McRae’s name associated with St. Andrew’s.” McRae and his wife, Nora Fran-ces, are the parents of four St. Andrew’s Alpha-Omega graduates, Douglas ’04, Selby ’07, Alexander ’10, and Cameron ’10. McRae has held a number of volunteer lead-ership positions at the school and was instrumental to key mile-stones in St. Andrew’s recent his-tory. He is the former chairman of the St. Andrew’s board of trust-ees, and along with Nora Frances, co-chaired the “Great Expectations” capital campaign, which resulted in the construction of the Center for Performing Arts. Lead gifts for the Campaign for Sci-ence and Art were provided by Vaughan and Nora Fran-ces McRae and their children, and by the Selby and Richard McRae Foundation, a charitable organization founded in the mid-1960s by Vaughan McRae’s par-ents, Richard D. McRae and the late Selby McRae.

A 1978 graduate of Southern Methodist Univer-sity, McRae worked in his family’s business, McRae’s Department Stores, until after the sale of the company in 1995. He has held several volunteer leadership posi-tions in the community, including service on the boards of Millsaps College, the Wilson Research Foundation at Mississippi Methodist Rehabilitation Center, New Stage Theatre, Mississippi Opera, and the Lambda Chi Alpha Educational Foundation.

When he enrolled in St. Andrew’s as a fourth grader, the school was housed in two old homes located next to each other downtown near the state capitol. McRae’s memo-ries of his first year at St. Andrew’s include fire drills that involved

“escaping” via slides mounted outside the windows of the old houses, and landing the role of King Ferdinand in a school play, a part he cherished because, “I got to wear a crown and one of the cutest girls in the class was selected to play Queen Isabella.” When the

“new school” (the current Lower School) opened on Old Canton Road, Vaughan McRae was one of the first students to step foot in its shiny new halls. “St. Andrew’s is much changed since I began in the fourth grade,”

McRae says. “From those two old houses converted into makeshift school buildings, St. Andrew’s has grown to become one of America’s leading college preparatory schools. But the spirit of tenacity, per-severance, and striving to be the best embodied in our motto, ‘we will find a way or we will make one’ has always been and will always be a part of the St. Andrew’s culture.”

“When Vaughan agreed to take the mantle of chair-

man of the board, I think he wondered at the ebullient reac-

tion he received from the other board members. But in that moment, we knew that the course and direction we

had worked so hard to set for the school was in good hands. Vaughan was our only choice. I suppose there’s something about the love for an insti-

tution like St. Andrew’s that makes us all aim for the best.”

Ellen Leake, former chairman of the board, who served with Vaughan McRae

Helping St. Andrew’s Find a Way or Make OneSt. Andrew’s recognizes longtime supporter and dedicated leader Vaughan McRae as the 2011 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.

Distinguished Alumni AwardThe highest honor bestowed upon an alumna or alumnus, the Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes

alumni who have made extraordinary personal achievements, professional accomplishments, and significant contributions that benefit society. Recipients are individuals whose exemplary lives and activities reflect

honor upon St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. One alumna/us will be recognized each year.

“The spirit of tenacity, perseverance, and striving to be the best embodied in our motto, ‘We will find a way or we will make one,’ has always been and will always

be a part of the St. Andrew’s culture.”

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“Google is changing the way people live their

lives and it’s exciting to be even a tiny little part of that. I’d have to say the luckiest thing

that ever happened to me was not getting into

graduate school.”

Andrew Chatham will be forever known in St. Andrew’s lore as the student who scored a perfect 5 on 13 AP exams. But even given his obvious intellect and his outstanding performance as a summa cum laude grad-uate of Duke University, Chatham was not accepted at his top choice of graduate programs. As it turned out, that rejection was his lucky break. When grad school didn’t pan out, Chatham, a com-puter science and economics major with a minor in Japanese, began job hunting. In 2002, he responded to a job list-ing on a message board and landed a position as an engineer with a four-year-old, Palo Alto, Califor-nia-based company that seemed a good fit. The company was Google. “When I started, there were about 450 employees,” Chatham recalls. “People who used comput-ers a lot might have been familiar with it, but Google was far from a household name. We were still excited whenever we were men-tioned on TV. It was exactly the kind of job a new college gradu-ate would be looking for – a lot of very smart people pushing toward exciting goals in a chaotic start-up atmosphere with free soft drinks and candy.” Today, Google employs some 20,000 people and has gone from an obscure technical firm to a company rec-ognized worldwide by a name that’s also become a verb. People no longer just “look something up” on the Inter-net. They Google it. Chatham was assigned to various projects, includ-ing complex technical work that increased the speed at which Google added new web pages from several hours to a few seconds. In 2005, Chatham was tapped to launch Google’s Tokyo office, spending six months in Japan recruiting staff and introducing Japanese engi-

neers to the Google culture. Today, Chatham is based in New York City, where he serves as Google’s senior staff engineer on his most exciting project to date – the self-driving car. On a recent visit to St. Andrew’s, Chatham shared video of a test drive that showed the prototype car driving itself along a California street, stopping at red lights, yield-ing the right of way to pedestrians, and cruising along as its occupants relaxed inside.“It’s an exciting proj-

ect to be a part of,” Chatham says. “In the past, people have asked me what I do at Google and when I’ve tried to explain some of my technical engineering work, their eyes glazed over. When I tell peo-ple, ‘I’m designing a self-driv-ing car,’ they want to hear more.” As a student, Chatham ex- celled in the math and science classes that clearly impact his work as an engineer, but he also appre-ciates the well-rounded education he received at St. Andrew’s. “People have the idea that in this field, you’re supposed to start programming at 12 and sell your first website at 16. I didn’t do that. The strong math and science edu-cation I received at St. Andrew’s

has obviously been useful, but I also studied Latin and I have a strong background in English, which means I have a good vocabulary and communication skills. Those are things you don’t go back and learn in college, especially if you go to engineering school.” All of his skills combined to help Chatham land his dream job. “Google is changing the way people live their lives and it’s exciting to be even a tiny little part of that,” Cha-tham says, adding with a smile, “I’d have to say the luck-iest thing that ever happened to me was not getting into graduate school.”

Blessed are they who fly stand-by

As a high school senior, Andrew Chatham landed the leading role of Jesus in a 1998

St. Andrew’s production of Godspell. Unfortunately, the

performance’s opening night came on the heels of one of

Chatham’s out-of-state college scholarship interviews. When

Chatham missed his flight back to Jackson, the sign in the CPA lobby read, “This performance has been cancelled, as Jesus is

stuck in Cincinnati.”

Googling “Young Alumnus of the Year”

Andrew Chatham ’98

Young Alumni AwardThe Young Alumni Award recognizes and celebrates the achievements of an alumna or alumnus who has made

major contributions to the community, arts, sciences, or business. Alumni who graduated from St. Andrew’s within the past 15 years are eligible for nomination. One alumna/us will be recognized each year.

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“I was flattered that St. Andrew’s realized and rec-ognized my volunteer work for the school, but I was never keeping score,” Lorna Lyell Chain, recipient of the 2011 St. Andrew’s Loyalty Award, says. “I was just doing what I wanted to do and what I loved to do.” Whenever St. Andrew’s has been in need of capa-ble leadership or a willing pair of hands, Chain has answered the call. Her history of volunteer leadership at St. Andrew’s includes serving on the board of trust-ees, as chair of Twinkletoe Mar-ketplace, chair of Saints Day at Lemuria, and Annual Fund grade chairman. Most recently, Chain chaired the alumni drive for the Campaign for Science and Art and served on the steering committee for the inaugural St. Andrew’s Presents: Arts on the Green spring arts festival. Chain has already vol-unteered to chair the 2012 Arts on the Green event. In addition to these high-profile leadership posi-tions, Chain has also served as a room mother, grade coordinator, and selfless volunteer for count-less activities at the school. “A lot of my motivation for serving now is because my own children are students at St. Andrew’s, but I also feel a great sense of indebtedness to those who supported the school when I was a student,” Chain, an Alpha Omega graduate, says. “I’m following a strong family tradition of volunteerism at St. Andrew’s. I had good role models in my parents and my grandparents.” Chain’s family connection to St. Andrew’s spans four generations. The tradition began with her grandpar-ents, Warren and Lorna Reimers, who were support-ers of St. Andrew’s from the school’s earliest days and whose generous gift to the school resulted in the pur-

chase of the land upon which the Lower School now stands. The family legacy also includes Chain’s mother, Tippy Reimers Lyell, who attended St. Andrew’s and served as the school’s first Alumni Association chair-man; Chain and her sister, Louise Lyell Lampton ’84; and Chain’s own children, Alison and John, who are now Middle School students at St. Andrew’s. “As a parent, volunteering gives you a different per-spective on day-to-day life at the school,” Chain says.

“You get to know the teachers, stu-dents, and families who are in-volved with your children. They’re a big influence on your child and the opportunity to get to know them better has meant a lot to me as a parent. “Of course, John is reach-ing that stage when he turns the other way when he sees me com-ing,” Chain adds with a laugh.

“But it’s fun when my kids’ friends are excited to see me at school and come over to say hello.” While St. Andrew’s has grown considerably since Chain was a student, she still feels the same

sense of community today that she loved about the school as a child. “Through volunteering at St. Andrew’s, I’ve met and come to know an unbelievable group of parents, stu-dents, and teachers. Their dedication to the school and to each other is inspiring,” Chain says. “The school is larger now, but that feeling that you’re part of a close-knit community – the same feeling I always loved as a student – has never changed. You feel that closeness and it carries on through the years. It’s something you can’t really explain. You have to come to St. Andrew’s and experience it.”

A Trunk Full of Memories

During Lorna Lyell Chain’s senior year at

St. Andrew’s, the school brought a small circus to campus as a fund-raising event. As the student who

sold the most circus tickets, Chain won the

once-in-lifetime experience of riding an elephant on the Saints football field.

Continuing the Family Tradition

Lorna Lyell Chain ’83 • The St. Andrew’s Loyalty Award

The St. Andrew’s Loyalty AwardThe St. Andrew’s Loyalty Award honors St. Andrew’s alumni who, in deed or action, reflect and recognize the importance of being an alumna or alumnus of St. Andrew’s; who demonstrate pride in their alma mater;

and whose interest and loyalty are evident by their significant, notable and meritorious contributions towards the advancement of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. One alumna/us will be recognized each year.

“As a parent, volunteering gives you a different perspective on day-to-day life at the school. You get to know the teachers,

students, and families who are involved with your children. They’re a big influence on your child and the opportunity to get to know them better has meant a lot to me as a parent.”

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“I’ve heard about the horrors of

war directly from innocent people who

were traumatized and whose family

members were among the thousands who died. No one in the world should have to go through that.

We have to do something to make

sure it doesn’t happen to more people.”

Lucy Perry has made keeping the peace her life’s work. The Brown University graduate lives in Brussels, Bel-gium, the home base from which she travels the world as a specialist in nonviolent communication. “Everywhere we look, we can find examples of situ-ations in which changing our communication patterns can make a big difference,” Perry says. “These situa-tions range from the everyday disputes we encounter in our families, workplaces, or communities all the way up to huge, painful conflicts that are tearing whole countries apart with war and violence.” Perry’s work as a freelance cru-sader for peace is an ever-chang-ing mix of paying jobs and volun-teer projects. She contracts with organizations worldwide to pro-vide training in nonviolent com-munication, offers sessions open to the public, and provides medi-ation services to families and cou-ples. Her projects have included traveling to Cambodia to train social workers how to better han-dle conflict situations with the families they serve, and helping resolve disagreements between vol-unteers and personnel from dif-ferent relief agencies over the best way to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. Most recently, Perry has spent months at a time in Sri Lanka, teaching nonvio-lent communication techniques to citizens recovering from a devastating civil war that ended in 2009. “What we do in all of these situations is focus on universal human needs. We all have physical needs like food, shelter, and physical safety, but there are also the more abstract needs, things that every person in the world wants, like respect, acceptance, security, and to be under-stood and appreciated,” Perry says. “Every single thing that anyone says or does is an attempt to meet some human need. The problem is that in difficult situations,

we’ve learned to focus not on the needs we’re trying to meet, but on what’s wrong with the other person. “In a conflict, it helps if we focus on our needs instead of on how the other person is at fault. A great example of this is in Dr. Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. It resonates with people because the focus is on the dream, the hope, the vision, rather than on complaints, blame, and accusations. “Another important skill is empathy, which involves

discerning another person’s needs, even when they aren’t expressing those needs clearly. They might be using all kinds of harsh language, but if we focus, we become able to hear the deep human needs under-neath all that. It’s not just intellec-tual concepts we’re talking about here. It’s more like learning a new language.” Perry also works part time with Nonviolent Peaceforce, an international organization that protects people in areas of vio-lent conflict worldwide without using weapons. “It’s an alternative to mili-tary peacekeeping,” Perry explains.

“Nonviolent Peaceforce is demon-strating that sometimes it can be more effective to send in people without tanks and guns.”

When asked how she combats the burnout that inevitably comes from trying to make peace in a hos-tile world, Perry describes a scene she witnessed while working with three young men, one from each of the three ethnic groups in Sri Lanka. “They gathered to listen to each other and to talk about some of the most difficult issues that Sri Lankans face,” Perry says. “These are issues so polarizing that the result was almost 30 years of civil war. These three young men were amazed to find that they actually shared a lot of the same needs. Those kinds of moments give me hope.”

Wishing Upon A Star“One of my favorite

St. Andrew’s memories is of spending time alone in the North Campus observatory.

I was working on a project that required frequent observations of a certain star, so I had my own set of keys. Honestly, I

didn’t care enough about that particular star to complete the project, but I did enjoy letting myself into the observatory on dark nights, opening the dome, and marveling at all kinds of

things in the night sky.”

Keeping the Peace Lucy Perry ’92 • The Saints in Service Award

The Saints in Service AwardThis award recognizes St. Andrew’s alumni who demonstrate exceptional service to others and have

made a positive difference in their community. One alumna/us will be recognized each year.

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One of the best ways supporters can show their own love for St. Andrew’s is by contributing to the Annual Fund. The Annual Fund impacts every part of the St. Andrew’s experience, including academics, athletics, technology, professional development, and financial aid. Melissa and Robert Hutchison have graciously agreed to chair the 2011-12 Annual Fund. The Hutchisons have two children, Charley, class of 2018, and Forrest, class of 2021, and are active volunteers at St. Andrew’s. The couple was inspired to chair the Annual Fund because they’ve seen first-hand how much the Annual Fund means to the school. “You cannot visit either campus of St. Andrew’s with-

out seeing the Annual Fund’s impact,” says Melissa Hutchison. “Charley and Forrest have been at St. Andrew’s since pre-K, and in our time here, we’ve seen numerous instances in which the Annual Fund has directly impacted our children’s overall school expe-rience. The Annual Fund is vital to giving our chil-dren the very best education possible, and I want to be sure the St. Andrew’s community knows that every gift, regardless of size, contributes to the growth and devel-opment of all St. Andrew’s students.” When you contribute to the St. Andrew’s Annual Fund, you’re investing in the students and in the future of St. Andrew’s. What’s not to love about that?

Pictured Left: Katelyn Tanaka / Pictured Above: James Minor; Natalie Payne and Bridget Bey; Tanner Menist

Students, alumni, families, faculty, and friends have found countless things to love about St. Andrew’s Episcopal School,

from the simple joy of learning to discovering new artistic and athletic talents, from forming fast friendships to making lasting memories.


Show Your Love for St. Andrew’sIf you’d like to give to the Annual Fund, contact Frances Jean Neely, director of annual giving, at 601.853.6014 or [email protected],

or make a secure donation online at www.gosaints.org.

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It’s easy to understand why current parents and alumni who live in the Jackson area support the St. Andrew’s Annual Fund. After all, they’re able to see first-hand the enhancements the Annual Fund makes in the St. Andrew’s experience. There are a number of alumni, however, who still faithfully support the Annual Fund even though they no longer live in cen-tral Mississippi. “It’s highly unlikely these alumni will ever again live in the Jackson area, or that their children or grandchil-dren will ever attend St. Andrew’s,” says Frances Jean Neely, director of annual giving. “Yet they’ve contin-ued to contribute to the Annual Fund at The 1947 Society level, which means making an annual gift of $1,000 or more. We are so thankful that these alumni consider supporting St. Andrew’s a priority, even though they aren’t here to see first-hand what a differ-ence their gifts make.” Paul Catherwood ’85 left Jackson in 1991, relocat-ing to New York City and then to California, where he now lives in the city of Altadena near Los Angeles. But through all those changes in ZIP code, Catherwood continued to support his alma mater. “An important turning point for me was the untimely death of my St. Andrew’s classmate, Craig Bluntson,

who passed away at the age of 33,” Catherwood says. “Craig was a scholar, an athlete, and blessed with innate leadership skills. I believe St. Andrew’s helped foster those qualities in Craig, and I resolved to make contri-butions in his memory.” Catherwood was “thrilled” to return to campus in 2005 for a reunion of the 1985 St. Andrew’s basketball team and again for a visit in 2008, when he treated his wife to a drive through the North Campus. “I was struck by how much it had changed – the athletic facilities, the academic and fine arts buildings, the mature landscaping,” Catherwood recalls. “I have to confess I was a little envious.” Land Jones ’02 now lives in Arlington, Virginia, but has supported the Annual Fund since his senior year at St. Andrew’s. Jones has also contributed to other fund-raising efforts at St. Andrew’s, including the Campaign for Science and Art. “I’ve given to the Annual Fund since I graduated with the thought that I would contribute what I could every year and hope to increase that amount year after year as I’m able,” Jones says. “I’ve always been grateful for the opportunities that St. Andrew’s provided to me in both academics and extracurricular activities. I hope my small contribution to the Annual Fund can help

provide current students with the same opportunities I enjoyed as a St. Andrew’s student.” “My giving is a small expression of gratitude for all I’ve received for having been part of this school. To a great extent, St. Andrew’s molded me into the person I am today,” Catherwood says. “I still cringe when I think of myself at 15, 16, 17 years old, but St. Andrew’s allowed me to be that cringe-worthy kid, while also challenging me to explore my potential in academics,

athletics, and the arts. The school instilled in me a life-long curiosity and competitive drive, and a fundamen-tal set of values that still serve as my bedrock. Perhaps most importantly, it provided me with a sense of com-munity and lifelong friendships that I’ll always cherish regardless of time and distance. “And as for my children and grandchildren not attending St. Andrew’s,” Catherwood continues with a smile. “Well, you never know.”

“St. Andrew’s instilled in me a lifelong curiosity and competitive drive, and

a fundamental set of values that still serve as my bedrock. Perhaps most

importantly, it provided me with a sense of community and lifelong friendships

that I’ll always cherish regardless of time and distance.” — Paul Catherwood ’85

The 1947 Society Membership in The 1947 Society is your chance to join other benefactors in supporting St. Andrew’s Episcopal School with a tax-deductible gift of $1,000 or more in a single fiscal year. Privileges of membership include: A celebratory evening in your honor • Pre-theatre party and complimentary tickets for the opening night of the spring musical production • Exclusive keepsakes designed especially for 1947 Society members • Pride in knowing that your gift makes a difference for St. Andrew’s • Surprises throughout the year for 1947 Society members

L O N GD I S T A N C ER E L A T I O N S H I P S

S U P P O R T I N G T H E A N N UA L F U N D F R O M A FA R

FAITHFUL ALUMNI LONG DISTANCE

1947 SOCIETY DONORS

PAUL CATHERWOOD ‘85Altadena, California

PETER FISHER ’89 AND PAIGE FORD FISHER ‘89Wellesley, Massachusetts

CREATH GUILLOT ‘75Arlington, Virginia

ELIZABETH MCNEASE HAYS ‘87

Hillsborough, North Carolina

LAND JONES ‘02Arlington, Virginia

ALBERT WILSON LYLE ‘81Basalt, Colorado

JOSH TRAPP ‘93Hernando, Mississippi


Pictured: Kris Manisundaram

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St. Andrew’s is one of two secondary schools chosen for a pilot mentoring program at the University of Mis-sissippi Medical Center (UMMC) designed to encour-age aspiring physicians and ultimately, to improve the quality of healthcare in Mississippi. The mentoring program matches high school juniors and seniors interested in healthcare careers with second-year medical and dental school students and first-year nursing students who serve as their mentors. Over the course of the school year, students from St. Andrew’s Episcopal School and Bai-ley Magnet School will meet with their mentors at least once a month and shadow them as they perform their work at UMMC. While the program will help high school students determine whether a medical career is the right choice for them, it also has a larger, more far-reaching goal. The program is designed to identify, inspire, and train physicians who will be motivated to make a measurable difference in the health and wellness of Mississippi’s citizens. Mississippi has the nation’s highest rates of teenage pregnancy, infant mortality, and sexually transmitted diseases, and the largest percentage of obese adults. “When it comes to the overall wellness of our pop-ulace, Mississippi ranks dead last nationwide. If we’re going to improve those statistics, we need a healthcare

workforce that is community-minded and mission-minded,” says Chris Taylor, project manager for the division of multicultural affairs at UMMC, who coor-dinates the mentoring program. “It’s easy to produce doctors who want to practice in affluent areas, but it’s harder to recruit a healthcare workforce that wants to

make an impact in the poor and rural areas of the state.” With inspiring those mission-minded, future healthcare workers as its goal, the mentoring program will not only introduce students to the clinical side of practicing medicine, but will also emphasize cultural com-petency – the ability to work with and serve people from many differ-ent backgrounds. “If we’re going to reduce health-care disparities in Mississippi, we need healthcare professionals who can relate to diverse populations in

Mississippi,” Taylor says. “We’re not just talking about different races and ethnicities, but different cultures.” Exploring cultural differences is one reason behind the choice of St. Andrew’s, an independent school, and Bai-ley Magnet School, a public school, for the pilot program. While participating students from both schools share the dream of a career in medicine, their backgrounds and reasons for wanting to practice medicine may differ. Through the course of the program, the students will work with each other as well as with their mentors.

IS THERE A

FUTURE DOCTOR

IN THE HOUSE?

ST. ANDREW’S SELECTED FOR NEW

MENTORING PROGRAM AT UMMC

“THIS MENTORING

PROGRAM IS NOT

ONLY ACADEMIC,

BUT IS ALSO

RELATIONAL. IT’S

A RICHER, DEEPER

EXCHANGE.”

Chris Taylor, UMMC

{ a c a d e m i c s }

Ria Goel was selected for the Medical Research Internship Program at UMMC.

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The pairing of the mentors and the students will also be geared toward promoting cultural competency. Where a more traditional mentoring program might match students with mentors of the same race or simi-lar socioeconomic backgrounds, that won’t be the case in the pilot program. “We might pair a young, African American, female student with a gray-haired, white, male mentor. We’re moving past the old role models for mentorships that paired poor with poor, white with white, female with female,” Taylor says. “And when they shadow their men-tors at UMMC, the students will have an opportunity to interact with people who represent their future med-ical peers and their future clientele – people of differ-ent races, backgrounds, and cultures. “If we can bridge those divides in high school, when these students move on to college and to medical school, they’ll have a different mindset because of their partic-ipation in the program,” Taylor continues. “Our goal is to produce a physician, dentist, or nurse who is both medically and culturally competent.” “This program is an excellent fit not only with St. Andrew’s emphasis on the sciences, but also with our tradition of celebrating diversity and our mission of service,” says Chris Harth, director of global stud-ies. “This mentoring program will prepare students to understand and serve the healthcare needs of people from every walk of life, including neighbors in their own state or people in different communities around the world.” UMMC will track the students’ progress throughout the yearlong program and beyond. Participants will com-plete a monthly survey describing what they have learned; results will be used to develop activities for the following month. UMMC will continue to track the St. Andrew’s and Bailey Magnet School students through their college careers, and for those who pursue it, through their medi-cal school experiences and medical careers.

“This program goes beyond the typical shadowing experience,” Taylor says. “Shadowing is academic. This mentoring program is not only academic, but is also relational; relational in terms of not only who the stu-dents are paired with, but also in terms of what they are expected to gain from the experience. It’s a richer, deeper exchange.”

THE MEDICAL RESEARCH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

In addition to the mentoring program, UMMC and St. Andrew’s are working together to create a new intern-ship program that will match students with medical research projects conducted at UMMC. St. Andrew’s students Vineet Aggarwal and Ria Goel were selected for the internship, which will give them the unique opportunity to participate in hands-on medical research at UMMC. “Both the medical research internship program and the mentorship program will allow students to apply their science lessons and laboratory experi-ences from St. Andrew’s to real world situations,” says Chris Harth, St. Andrew’s director of global studies.

“These kinds of experiential learning programs pro-vide extraordinary learning opportunities that simply can’t be duplicated in a classroom and that help set apart the St. Andrew’s experience.”

Students chosen to participate in programs at UMMC include Front Row: Jaren Reeves-Darby, Vineet Aggarwal, Jessica Lee, Michael Modak-Truran and Phillip Qu / Back Row: Amy Kaur, Da’Brianna Milton, Ria Goel and Jesse Bowen / Also pictured: Chris Harth, director of global studies and Sandra Hindsman, chair of the St. Andrew’s science department / Not pictured: Barry Lee and Ria Goel


Following a rigorous application process, nine St. Andrew’s students were chosen to participate in the UMMC pilot program. “After volunteering at Blair E. Batson Hospital last summer, I knew I wanted to pursue a career in pediat-rics,” says senior Amy Kaur. “I believe a doctor should be able to communicate well with patients and help them understand what’s going on. I’m ready to see first-hand how the doctors handle patient care and develop a good bedside manner.” Senior Phillip Qu was already considering a career in

medicine when he participated in a medical mission trip to Nicaragua, where he worked in a makeshift pharmacy. “I felt my calling in that cramped, dark pharmacy,” Qu says. “Every time I handed a filled prescription to a patient, I was overjoyed when his face lit up with hope. I believe this internship will give me useful insight into the world of medicine, and I also hope to learn how doctors handle the emotional duress of caring for sick patients. My trip to Nicaragua was life-changing and this internship program will hopefully allow me to pur-sue my passion for helping others.”

THE ST. ANDREW’S/UMMC TEAM

“THIS MENTORING PROGRAM WILL PREPARE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND SERVE THE

HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF PEOPLE FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE, INCLUDING NEIGHBORS IN THEIR

OWN STATE OR PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AROUND IN THE WORLD.” — CHRIS HARTH

Vineet Aggarwal

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A visit to the St. Andrew’s Learning Center could provide the answer. The Learning Center helps all St. Andrew’s students explore their individual learning styles, build on their learning strengths, and address any areas of weakness. The Learning Center has been a part of the Lower School since 1998 and the Middle and Upper School since 2005, but many students and parents have never taken advantage of its services. The Learning Center staff includes Helen Green, Lower School learning facilitator; Lynda Morse, Middle School learning facilitator; and Beth Arthur, Upper School learning facilitator. “We’re here to help all of our students ‘learn how to learn’ given their particular skills, abilities, and learn-ing differences,” says Morse. “Any student may at some point need assistance from the Learning Center. We assist

everyone from students struggling in particular courses to Honor Roll students who want to improve their over-all performance. Virtually every student can benefit.” The Learning Center works with students who need help in specific subjects, students who need general assistance in improving their study skills or organiza-tional skills, and students working to catch up after extended absences. The Center helps transfer students make a smoother transition to the St. Andrew’s aca-demic program, and helps current St. Andrew’s stu-dents make the transition from Lower School to Mid-dle School. The Learning Center also helps students identify their individual learning styles – for example, a child might be a visual learner, an auditory learner, or a tactile learner

– and offers advice on how to make the most of that

Learning How to LearnThe St. Andrew’s Learning Center

Does that fifth grade student need a math tutor? Could the junior on the Honor Roll do anything to enhance her reading comprehension skills?

Is that bright first grader a visual learner or a tactile learner?

style to enhance academic performance. The common thread in all the services provided is customized, individ-ual attention that helps every student do his or her best. “The Learning Center can assess what a student really needs and would find most helpful,” says Arthur. “For example, we can recommend whether or not a child actually needs an outside tutor before a parent makes that investment.” The Learning Center staff coordinates its work with activities in the classroom and communicates with teachers to work together for the student’s benefit. The Center also allows St. Andrew’s to be proactive in help-ing students. For example, if a student’s classroom per-formance and test scores indicate a weakness in a partic-ular subject, the Learning Center can take steps to help that child improve his or her skills before that weakness becomes a significant issue. Teachers can refer students to the Learning Center, or a parent or student may request the Center’s assistance directly. Basic educational screenings and most services offered are available at no cost. “The Learning Center reduces stress on the student and the family because the help they need is better coor-dinated and their specific situation is better understood,” says Green. “The Learning Center is another example of St. Andrew’s working to help and empower our students.”

Pictured Above: Lower School students benefit from hands-on help at the Learning Center. In 2011, the Middle School and Upper School Learning Centers combined to form the North Campus Learning Center. The North Campus Learning Center began the 2011

school year in renovated space equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and furniture designed to enhance the learning experience.

WHAT’S YOUR LEARNING STYLE?

Most people learn in all the ways listed below, but find that one style seems to “click” more than others. The different learning styles include:

Visual LearnersThese learners think in pictures and learn best from visual displays like diagrams, illustrated textbooks, videos, flipcharts, and handouts.

Auditory LearnersThese students learn best through verbal lectures, discussions, talking things through and listening to what others have to say.

Tactile/Kinesthetic LearnersThese students learn best through a hands-on approach, actively exploring the physical world around them.

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St. Andrew’s Episcopal School again led the state in the percentage of its senior class members who were recognized as National Merit Finalists. Twelve students, some 15% of the class of 2011, earned recognition as National Merit Finalists. Additionally, three students were recognized as National Achievement Finalists. In all, 17% of the Class of 2011 gained finalist status.

Of the 1.5 million student entrants, some 50,000 with the highest PSAT/NMSQT scores qualify for recognition in the National Merit Scholarship Pro-gram. About 16,000 of these high scorers qualify as semifinalists. The National Achievement Scholarship Program recognizes outstanding African American high school students.

St. Andrew’s Leads the State in Percentage of National Merit Finalists St. Andrew’s Students Tie for AP State Scholar

Congratulations to National Merit Finalists (front, from left) Lindsay Muller, Hannah Paulding, Currie McKinley, Meg Mendenhall, Courtney McMullen, Laura Landrum, and Kandi Walker; and (back, from left) Jonathon Panter, Paul McAdory, Kyle Jenkins, Aubrey Flowers, Will Simmons, Omair Arrain, and Royce Reeves-Darby. Ms. Paulding and Mr. Reeves-Darby are National Achievement finalists. Ms. Walker is both a Merit and Achievement finalist. For a complete list of all 48 St. Andrew’s AP Scholars and a list of all 35 State AP Scholars, visit www.gosaints.org/apscholars.

In 2011, St. Andrew’s continued its longstanding tradition of mastery over Advanced Placement exams. This year, 116 students in grades 10 through 12 com-pleted 283 exams in 19 subject areas. 48 of these stu-dents, or 41 percent, scored high enough to be recog-nized as AP Scholars. This year also brought an unexpected twist when the school added two more scholars to the long list of State AP Scholars, the male and female students in Missis-sippi with the highest scores on the greatest number of AP exams. Karissa Bowley ’11 and Hannah Paulding ’11 tied as Mississippi’s female AP State Scholar. In a mathematical long shot, Bowley and Paulding scored

an average of 4.33 on nine exams. Bowley and Paulding bring St. Andrew’s total number of AP State Scholars to 35 of the 39 scholars recognized since the designa-tion’s beginning. St. Andrew’s AP stats are even more impressive when compared with state and national averages. In 2010 (2011 figures have not yet been compiled), just .07% of Mississippi students and 19 percent of all stu-dents nationally who sat for an AP Exam achieved AP Scholar status. Congratulations to St. Andrew’s AP Scholars and the teachers who helped them prepare for their remarkable performances.

{ a c a d e m i c s } { a c a d e m i c s }

Worthy of merit

AP ExcellenceWith an Added Twist

KARISSA BOWLEY AND HANNAH PAULDING

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In 2008, Creath Guillot ’75 pledged $100,000 to the then-new global studies program. In the years since, Guillot has been following the global stud-ies program’s development and working with Chris Harth, director of global studies, to determine how his gift could best be put to work. When St. Andrew’s enhanced the exist-ing travel grants program to include more emphasis on service learning, Guillot knew he had found the pro-gram that resonated with him. Guil-lot’s gift has since been allocated toward the program, which has been renamed the Guillot Global Fellows Grant. St. Andrew’s students who apply for and receive the grant receive up to $2,000 toward service trips to developing countries. “I visited St. Andrew’s and had the opportunity to meet with some of the students who had already

completed service trips through the travel grants pro-gram, and I was blown away by their experiences,” Guillot recalls. “These students were 16 and 17 years old, but their compassion and desire to serve

made them seem so much older. I knew then what I wanted my gift to support.”

The list of criteria for the Guillot Global Fellows Grant includes the desire to take a service-oriented trip, a stipulation that the service project take place in a developing country, and financial need. “I didn’t want the grant to fund a student working for an investment

bank in Milan,” Guillot says with a smile. “I wanted to encourage service that

would give students a chance to really experi-ence life outside their comfort zones. “Most high school students are likely unaware of how the vast majority of the world lives. That’s not a matter

of fault, it’s a matter of opportunity,” Guillot contin-ues. “Sending someone overseas to live in developing country 24/7 for an extended period is not the same as having them complete a two-hour service project then head back to a nice hotel that night. When people are immersed in those living conditions, it can be life-changing. I know what it did for me in my late twenties. Just imagine what it can do for a 17-year-old.”

Based on feedback from the inaugural Guillot Global Fellows, Guillot’s vision is being realized. “The most memorable moment for me was seeing a young man literally jump for joy after receiving a pen. He was so genuinely grateful,” says junior J.T. Kitch-ings, who received a grant to travel to Rwanda. “Seeing poverty like that first-hand makes you, as an American, realize how different things are in other parts of the

St. Andrew’s global studies travel grant program has already enabled dozens of students to experience other cultures and

perform service work around the world. Now, thanks to a generous gift from a St. Andrew’s alumnus, the program has been enhanced to create even more

opportunities for St. Andrew’s students to serve in developing countries.


“I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE SERVICE

THAT WOULD GIVE STUDENTS A CHANCE TO REALLY EXPERIENCE

LIFE OUTSIDE THEIR COMFORT

ZONES.”

The Inaugural Guillot Global Fellows

Vineet Aggarwal, Medical service in Peru • Hannah Arrington, Work with special needs children in ChileSalem Chism, Educational service in China • Brynne Kelsey, Humanitarian work in China

J.T. Kitchings, Humanitarian work in Rwanda • Patrick McKee, Humanitarian work in ChinaMolly O’Brien, Work with orphaned children in Romania • Eve Rodenmeyer, Educational service in Ghana

Jessie Smith, Humanitarian work in Rwanda

S E R V I C E Without

BORDERS T H E G U I L L O T G L O B A L F E L L O W S P R O G R A M

Creath Guillot

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St. Andrew’s offers more international exchange programs than any school in Mississippi. In 2010-11, opportunities for St. Andrew’s students to study, serve, and live overseas grew with the addition of exchange programs in Spain and China. New programs with partner schools in France and India will be piloted in 2011-12. “Our exchange programs comple-ment our language program here at St. Andrew’s,” says Chris Harth, St. Andrew’s director of global studies. “Every modern language in which we offer instruction, including Spanish, French, and Mandarin, can now be studied at a partner school in a coun-try where it is the primary language spoken. We also have related travel options for our Upper School stu-dents studying Italian and German. Such opportunities allow our stu-

dents to communicate and interact with native speak-ers, which is the best way to learn another language.” India is the second most populous country on earth and in 20 years, is expected to surpass China to become

the most populous. Add the country’s growing recognition as an economic powerhouse and the trend toward out-sourcing businesses - including cus-tomer service call center operations – from the United States to India, and it’s clear why St. Andrew’s moved to establish an exchange program there. “One in six people on earth live in India,” Harth says. “While there’s a great deal of business growth there, more people in India live on less than one dollar per day than anywhere else in the world. An exchange program in India offers abundant opportunities for our students not only to learn, but also to serve.”


world where the ‘American dream’ is simply not attain-able. I’m now finding that my desire for material things has greatly diminished. Seeing people who live without clean water, much less an iPod, left its mark.” “My time spent shadowing a Peru-

vian gynecologist influenced me the most,” says senior Vineet

Aggarwal, who applied his scientific and language skills serving in Peru. “Because of my stern par-ents and rigid heritage, the thought unsettled

me. However, I decided to overcome my fears for

the pursuit of knowledge. My experiences helped me to mature

and to look at the world from a new medical perspec-tive. The opportunity helped me to learn about not only the world, but also about myself.” “The experiences that made the most impact on me were the interactions with the people of Ghana, partic-ularly in schools,” says junior Eve Rodenmeyer. “I read [aloud] with the kindest boy I have ever met, Richard Barton, and he told me about his aspirations of moving to America. That day, I did not just do service work. I also made a friend, and changed my belief that North America and Africa were worlds away.”

FACULTY TRAVEL GRANTS St. Andrew’s also continues to offer faculty travel grants, which allow teachers and staff to participate in service and educational work worldwide and incorpo-rate their experiences into their classroom instruction. Dr. Dennis Cranford, director of the Middle and Upper School bands, made his first trip abroad with the help of a travel grant. Cranford traveled to Scot-land, where he met with the music faculty of Carnoustie High School. “We worked together to lay the groundwork for a musical exchange next year,” Cranford says. “Our plan is to compose a new piece featuring national songs of both countries, and present it in concerts by the St. Andrew’s and Carnoustie bands, with some students playing in both groups.” “Our faculty members come back from these trips filled with new ideas for innovative experiences for their students,” says Chris Harth, director of global studies.

“One teacher who has a life-changing experience or a great new idea then has the opportunity to inspire doz-ens of students.” St. Andrew’s welcomes inquiries from donors inter-esting in supporting the faculty travel grants program. Interested sponsors should contact Harth at harthc@

gosaints.org or 601.853.6024.

MEET CREATH GUILLOT Creath Guillot is the founder and CEO of Griffin Head, a Washington, D.C.-area real estate development firm specializing in environmentally friendly projects. St. Andrew’s first Alpha Omega graduate, Guillot was the school’s 2007-08 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year. He is a member of the St. Andrew’s global studies advisory panel, and plans to continue to support and develop the Guillot Global Fellows Grant program through future contributions. Guillot’s own travels have led him to adventures in more than 70 countries worldwide. “This program is an opportunity for me to stay connected with St. Andrew’s in a way that’s meaningful to the school and its students and also taps into something that’s personally important to me,” Guillot says. “I can’t think of a better way to create a legacy for my family at St. Andrew’s.”

Faculty members who received travel grants in 2010-11 include:

Dr. Dennis Cranford, Middle School and Upper School Band Director – Scotland Kelly Foster, Upper School English – Scotland and Rwanda

Beth Graham, Upper School English/English Department Chair – IndiaJackie Lewis, Upper School Math – Ghana • Andrew McLarty, Lower School Chaplaincy – Israel

Angie Smith, Lower School Teacher – Ghana

Found in Translation

Lower School students who wish to pursue additional foreign language study now have the option of learning a different language every day during one-hour, after school sessions.

Monday – Mandarin • Tuesday – Spanish • Wednesday – American Sign LanguageThursday – Arabic • Friday – French

For more information or to sign up, contact Chris Harth at [email protected] or 601.853.6024.

“THAT DAY, I DID NOT JUST DO SERVICE WORK. I ALSO MADE

A FRIEND, AND CHANGED MY BELIEF

THAT NORTH AMERICA AND AFRICA WERE WORLDS AWAY.”

MANDARIN SPOKEN HERE

In addition to its school-wide Spanish program, St. Andrew’s now offers Mandarin from pre-K3

through grade 12. During the 2011-12 school year,

more students will be studying Mandarin at

St. Andrew’s than at any other school in Mississippi, including the universities.

ST. ANDREW’S INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS AND PARTNER SCHOOLS

Typically, the exchange programs see students from St. Andrew’s living and studying in the exchange country for approximately two weeks and students from the overseas school living

with host families and studying at St. Andrew’s for up to three weeks.

China, Kunming Foreign Language School • France, Lycee Victor Duruy Ghana, Hermann Gmeiner International College • India, Sreenidhi International School

Japan, Momoyama Gakuin • Scotland, Carnoustie High School • Spain, Colegio Alarcon

MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO STAMP THAT PASSPORT

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she gave me advice about how to entertain a room full of children, which is a pretty important skill to have if you create children’s books.” Chunn described the most challenging part of her three-decade career as keeping up with ever-changing library technology. “In 1994, I was in charge of the transition of the Lower School library from the card catalog and stamp-ing due dates to the automated library processes used today,” Chunn recalled. “From that point forward, everything changed constantly. I have a friend who left her school library position to teach English because of the tech demands, and I understood completely. We both came to the profession because of a love of lit-erature, but today’s librarians are also information

technology specialists. I was fortunate that at St. Andrew’s, the importance of reading for pleasure is still emphasized.” Closing the book on her long and meaningful career was bittersweet, but Chunn left St. Andrew’s know-ing that she had made an impact on hundreds of lit-tle bookworms. “I will always remember the regular hugs from chil-dren and their pleasure in the things I did for them, like reading aloud, telling them stories, and bringing in won-derful guest authors,” Chunn said. “What will I miss the most? Those hugs and happy smiles. My husband’s career as an attorney may seem more ‘professional,’ but I don’t know that he ever received hugs and applause for his work.”

“My greatest reward was seeing children connect with the world of books. It was so gratifying to recommend a book to a student who loved it and then asked for more like it,” Chunn said. “The recommendations also went in the other direction. When students asked for books they had read or heard about, I often ordered them for our library. In fact, a graduating fourth grader brought me St. Andrew’s first copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. He said, ‘This is the very best book I’ve ever read – you have to have it in the library!’ With such a recommendation, I had to read it myself right away.” Chunn brought many noted and award-winning chil-dren’s authors to the Lower School, but one of her all-time favorite guest authors/illustrators was St. Andrew’s alumnus Bret Ford ’96, who retuned to the Lower

School library to read from his book, Flying Lessons. “For years I had been telling students about authors and illustrators as I read aloud to them, saying that if they loved making up stories and drawing, they might grow up to create children’s books and come back to St. Andrew’s as our guest author, and sure enough, Bret did,” Chunn said. “I was so proud watching him share his book and the process of creating it with the children.” “I was thrilled to be asked to read my book at St. Andrew’s, although I was a little nervous because I remembered Mrs. Chunn getting really good authors to come when she was my librarian, so I knew I had big shoes to fill,” Ford said. “When I admitted to Mrs. Chunn that St. Andrew’s would be my first author visit,

Jeannie Chunn’s Recommended Reading ListRead-aloud picture books: The Biggest Bear, Millions of Cats, Andy and the Lion, Greyling, Lissy’s Friends, To Market To Market, The Frog Prince Continued, Bad Kitty, The Girl Who Wore Snakes, and Mo Willem’s Elephant and Piggie books and Pigeon books / Read-aloud chapter books: Stone Fox, The Dragonling, Wayside School is Falling Down, The Monster’s Ring, Charlotte’s Web, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Personal Favorites: The Giver, Little House on the Prairie, Because of Winn-Dixie, King of the Wind

Cheese, Peas, and Chocolate Pudding“A lot of the stories Mrs. Chunn read to us resurface at odd times in my life. Whenever I worry about cooking a balanced meal, the story Cheese, Peas, and Chocolate Pudding pops into my mind. I still remember Mrs. Chunn reading us that story and talking about the importance of a good diet.” — Bret Ford ’96, author and illustrator of Flying Lessons

“I was fortunate that at St. Andrew’s, the importance of reading for pleasure is still emphasized.”

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Lower School librarian Jeannie Chunn retired in the spring of 2011, closing the book on a 30-year career devoted to introducing St. Andrew’s students

to the beloved friends and magical places found only in children’s literature.

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Finn Little played the roles of Mankind’s Child and a Londoner in New Stage Theatre’s production of A Christmas Carol. The third grader also lent her voice to commercials for the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.

Ebony Archie ’11 is a certified AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps leader. Archie was also selected as a Bonner Scholar by the Bonner Foundation of Princeton, New Jersey. The Bonner Foundation offers college scholarships to students who demonstrate a talent and a heart for service and will help promote a culture of service on college campuses.

Junior Elisabeth Gaillet was the 2010-11 Gatorade/ESPN RISE Mississippi Girls’ Cross-Country Runner of the Year and the Mississippi Association of Coaches Girls’ Cross-Country Runner of the Year. Elisabeth placed first at the Junior Olympics Association’s 3000m and 1500m, set a Junior Olympics regional record in the 3000m, and competed in the Junior Olympics nationals.

Seventh grader Nicholas Winstead attended Space Camp at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Hunts-ville, Alabama, where he received the camp’s highest and most coveted award, The Right Stuff Award.

Senior Pooja Goel set out to determine the long-term effects of Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf oil spill on high school students on the Gulf Coast. Goel surveyed some 130 students for her project, which won first place in behavioral science at the Intel Science and Engi-neering regional and state fairs. Goel went on to com-pete in the International Science Fair in San Diego, Cal-ifornia, and was a regional winner in the Young Epidemiological Scholars research competition in Washington, DC.

Charley Hutchison may be in the sixth grade, but he’s already launched a promising career as a computer pro-grammer. Hutchison designs apps for the iPhone and

Android. His Android app, Doodles, has been down-loaded more than 2,000 times.

Eighth graders Lauren Allen and Tracy Rappai pub-lished a book of Allen’s poetry and Rappai’s illustra-tions titled Me, My Thoughts and You. The girls held a well-attended book signing and reading at Lemuria bookstore. Me, My Thoughts, and You is available at retail locations including Lemuria and the Mississippi Museum of Art and at www.memythoughtsandyou.com. A new project may soon be in the works; Allen recently returned from Trinity College in San Antonio, Texas, where she completed a by invitation-only sum-mer course in short story writing.

St. Andrew’s students excel not only in activities on campus,

but also in self-directed projects outside of school. The students

featured here are just a few of the many who’ve invested their

time and talents in worthwhile projects and activities that have

earned them well-deserved recognition beyond St. Andrew’s.

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CHARLEY HUTCHISON

FINN LITTLE

POOJA GOELNICHOLAS WINSTEAD

ELISABETH GAILLET

TRACY RAPPAI AND LAUREN ALLEN

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The Saints Summer Experience, St. Andrew’s vibrant summer camp program, welcomed more than 600 stu-dents in pre-K through seventh grade to camps that combined learning, friendship, and just plain fun. “In the past, some of our summer camps have been more academically or educationally oriented and oth-ers have been all about having fun,” said Candy Wool-verton, Upper School speech teacher, who served as the Saints Summer Experience director. “This summer was a hybrid. Parents loved it because it wasn’t daycare where the kids sit and color all day, and of course, the campers loved it because it was fun. The Saints Summer Experi-ence was the opposite of a boring, latch-key summer.” The program included Kinder Camp for rising pre-K through first graders, Adventurer Camp for second through fourth graders, and Explorer Camp for fifth through seventh graders, with a summer-long theme of science carried through all three camps. Campers could sign up for the entire summer or attend week-by-week. In addition to daily edu-cational, artistic, and just-for-fun activi-ties, campers performed service projects, welcomed guest speakers, and took field trips to local museums, businesses, and cultural sites. The Saints Summer Experience also included dozens of short-term academic, enrichment, and sports camps focusing on everything from math review to football, cheerleading to chess, babysitting training to the world of Harry Potter. While enrollment varied from week to week, the Adventurer and Explorer camps hosted between 22 and 36 campers every week. In previous years, approximately

10 percent of summer campers have been students at schools other than St. Andrew’s; in 2011, that number was closer to 20 percent. Woolverton credits the camp’s success not only to its programming, but to the enthusiasm and dedication of the 89 St. Andrew’s Upper School students who served as counselors and the 47 faculty members who worked as teachers, supervisors, and program sponsors. “I loved seeing how much even the youngest kids learned in just a few days of Kinder Camp,” said senior

Skylar Menist, who spent her second summer working as a counselor. “They have so much fun, but they’re also learn-ing how to share, how to take turns, and how to be a leader. It’s great to know that we taught them those skills. “I came home every afternoon ex-hausted,” Menist added. “Being a coun-selor has given me so much more respect for teachers.” Woolverton is already planning for next year, studying other camp pro-grams nationwide and searching for new ideas that will enhance the Saints Sum-mer Experience. Based on 2011’s suc-cess, the St. Andrew’s summer program will continue to grow.

“The best feedback we get comes from parents who originally enroll their children for one or two weeks and then come back and ask if there’s a spot for the rest of the summer,” said Matthew Ellefson, Middle School dean of students, who worked with Woolver-ton throughout the Saints Summer Experience. “We had one father who came to pick up his second grader and said, ‘Can someone else please go tell her it’s time to go home? I’m tired of being the bad guy.’”

Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh,There’s no place that I would ratherBe at camp than at St. Andrew’s

With so many things to do here, which will I choose?The Saints Summer Experience

“The opportunity to be with these littlest ones at this time in their lives, to teach them good habits and help those little minds grow, is a gift.” Ellen Ford pre-K teacher and director of the Saints Summer Experience for pre-K campers

Panning for GoldOne of the summer

campers’ favorite field trips was an excursion to Juniker

Jewelry, where the area’s only registered gemologist

explained how people have expressed themselves through jewelry over the

centuries. The gemologist presented every camper with

a semiprecious stone, but the most exciting moment

came when one camper found a fleck of gold worth

50 cents on the jewelry store’s carpet and was

allowed to keep his bounty.

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Last April marked the launch of St. Andrew’s newest fund-raiser, St. Andrew’s Presents: Arts on the Green. The North Campus’s Lake Sherwood Wise provided the backdrop for this colorful spring festival showcasing art, music, and family activities, which raised more than $85,000 for St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. More than 60 artists and exhibitors manned booths displaying jewelry, paint-ings, sculpture, yard art, and other original works. Other Arts on the Green highlights included hands-on art workshops hosted by Ellen Langford, Tony Difatta, and Easely Amused; live performances of the works of Shakespeare by the eighth grade drama class; hula hooping and bubble gum blowing contests; and an appearance by Head of School George Penick in a dunking booth.

“In its inaugural year, Arts On the Green met our every expectation and even exceeded several goals,” says outgoing St. Andrew’s Parents’ Association chairman Cindy Dunbar. “This unique, open air festival was truly a celebration of the visual, dramatic, and musical

arts, all staged perfectly against the natu-ral beauty of Lake Sherwood Wise. We are so appreciative of our event chair Vickie Snypes, her extraordinary committee, and our generous sponsors for bringing this family event to life.”

The event was such a success that planning for the 2012 Arts on the Green is already underway. Kel-lye Montjoy and Lorna Chain will co-chair the sec-ond annual Arts on the Green, scheduled for April 21, 2012.

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An ancient rite of spring spanning several centuries, May Day is one of St. Andrew’s Episcopal

School’s most beloved traditions. This year was no exception as the fourth graders once

again wrapped the Maypoles to the music of “Waltz of the Flowers.” This year’s May Day

celebrated Maurice Sendack’s award-winning book Where the Wild Things Are. Lower School

Wild Things included monkeys, giraffes, crocodiles, lions, and the elusive pink panthers.

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“My parents taught me that if you lose an advantage in life, you just have to work harder to overcome it,” Cronin says. “A hearing impairment was never going to be seen as a barrier in my life.” When he was six months old, Cronin’s parents enrolled him in Magnolia Speech School, where he eventually learned to speak. Cronin went on to attend and excel in Clinton Public Schools and at Madison Ridgeland Academy (MRA). While hearing aids made his experience in the classroom easier, playing the sport he loved posed a challenge. Cro-nin began his serious basketball training as a 13-year-old mem-ber of the Clinton Junior High team. The hearing aids he wore in those days could not be exposed to moisture, including the sweat Cronin was breaking as he raced up and down the court. Cronin went into every game in those days unable to hear a sound. “Because I couldn’t hear the coaches yelling instructions at me, I had to become a better student of basketball and understand the strategy before I ever went into the game,” Cronin says. “I sometimes feel sorry for my own players now, because I really want to know every-thing about this game and I expect them to want to know it, too.” Cronin’s in-depth knowledge of the game paid off. He received basketball scholarships to Holmes Com-munity College, where he still holds a school record for assists in a season and was ranked in the top five in the country in assists per game, and Mississippi Col-lege and played for both schools before transferring to Brigham Young University for his senior year. Following his college graduation, Cronin began a career in sales, but it wasn’t long before he heard the hoops calling. While working full-time for New York

Life, Cronin accepted a part-time position as an assistant basketball coach at MRA. Realizing that he looked for-ward to coaching more than any other part of his work-day, Cronin quit sales and made his passion his fulltime career. In 2011, Cronin entered his third season as the St. Andrew’s varsity and junior varsity boys’ basketball coach. “Many of my friendships, my opportunity to go to col-lege, and other important milestones in my life have come through basketball,” Cronin says. “The game opened so many doors for me. Coaching is my way of giving back.”

His players respect Brian Cro-nin not only as an outstanding coach, but also as a role model. “Coach Cronin had to overcome something difficult to be success-ful and his example motivated us to go the extra mile,” says former Saints player Kyle Jones ’11. “He encouraged us to shoot for the sky not just in basketball, but also in school, in business, in someday being husbands and fathers. He inspired us not just for sports, but also for life. He was my coach and my mentor, and now that I’ve graduated, I’m proud to consider Brian Cronin a friend.” “I don’t know that my current players would say I’m their role model. Very few kids like their coaches while they’re being

coached,” says Cronin. “Today, my players might be saying things about me under their breath or behind my back, but that doesn’t bother me. When you’re a coach, that’s just part of the game.” Cronin pauses, then adds with a laugh, “Besides, I can’t hear them. “In the future, I hope my players will realize I pushed them because I wanted them out of their comfort zones,” Cronin continues. “If you really want to be good, you have to be willing to step out and do things that aren’t easy.”

DOUBLE-TEAMED BRIAN CRONIN’S BROTHER, KEVIN, WAS ALSO BORN DEAF. BUT ASK THE CRONIN BROTHERS TO NAME SOMETHING THAT RUNS IN THEIR FAMILY AND THEY’RE MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND WITH “SPORTS.” KEVIN CRONIN IS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT THE MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.

PLAYING THE QUIET GAME

A HEARING IMPAIRMENT COULDN’T KEEP COACH BRIAN CRONIN ON THE BENCH

WATCHING HIM PUT HIS TEAM THROUGH THEIR DRILLS OR HEARING HIM SHOUT INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE

SIDELINES IN A DOWN-TO-THE-BUZZER GAME, IT’S OBVIOUS THAT SAINTS BASKETBALL COACH BRIAN CRONIN

IS PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS PLAYERS AND ABOUT THE GAME. WHAT’S NOT SO OBVIOUS IS THAT BRIAN CRONIN

IS PROFOUNDLY DEAF. TODAY, CRONIN CAN HEAR THE SHOUTS OF HIS PLAYERS AND THE ROAR OF THE CROWD

THANKS TO SOPHISTICATED DIGITAL HEARING AIDS. BUT CRONIN BEGAN HIS BASKETBALL CAREER IN A WORLD THAT,

FOR HIM, WAS SILENT. HE WAS UNABLE TO HEAR THE URGENT SHOUTS OF HIS TEAMMATES AND COACHES, THE

CHEERS OF THE FANS, OR THE RHYTHM OF THE BALL BOUNCING OFF THE HARDWOOD. BUT WHILE BRIAN CRONIN

WAS BORN DEAF, HE NEVER ONCE CONSIDERED LETTING HIS HEARING IMPAIRMENT SILENCE HIS POTENTIAL.

SHOOTING FOR GOLD BRIAN CRONIN’S BASKETBALL

PROWESS LED HIM ALL THE WAY

TO TAIWAN, WHERE HE REPRESENTED

300 MILLION DEAF AMERICANS AS A

MEMBER OF THE U.S. DEAF OLYMPICS

BASKETBALL TEAM. CRONIN BROUGHT

HOME A GOLD MEDAL FOR HIS

PERFORMANCE ON THE COURT.

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2010-11 ST. ANDREW’S SAINTS ATHLETICS RECORDS

Boys’ Basketball: 14–12 • Girls’ Basketball: 2–23 • Boys’ Bowling: 4th in Region • Girls’ Bowling: 3rd in Region

Boys’ Cross-Country: 2nd in State • Girls’ Cross-Country: 3rd in State • Football: 5–6 • Boys’ Soccer: 14–8, South State Champion

Girls’ Soccer: 13–6–2, South State Champion • Boys’ Swimming: 10th in State 1-6A Competition

Girls’ Swimming: 6th in State, 1-6A Competition • Volleyball: 14–12, District Runner-Up • Powerlifting: 3rd in Region • Tennis: State Champions

Boys’ Golf: 4th in State • Girls’ Golf: 2nd in State • Girls’ Track: 3rd in State • Boys’ Track: 3rd at Regionals

Lacrosse: 2–6 • Baseball: 20–9, Division Champions • Fast Pitch Softball: 10–7 • Slow Pitch Softball: 10–14

GOOD SPORTSST. ANDREW’S SCORES ITS 12TH

CONSECUTIVE ALL SPORTS AWARD

In its second year competing in tough District 3A play, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School captured the Clarion-Ledger All Sports Award for the class, marking the 12th year in a row that St. Andrew’s has won the title. The award is based on a points system, with All Sports points awarded according to finishes in the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) state playoffs. St. Andrew’s amassed points in tennis, boys’ bowling, boys’ golf, boys’ soccer, boys’ swimming, boys’ track, boys’ cross-country, and girls’ bowling for a total of 293 points, edg-ing out 3A competitors St. Patrick (274.5 points) and Corinth (231.5 points). “Winning the All Sports Award in 3A in the MHSAA shows that St Andrew’s athletes are willing to go the extra mile in all sports,” says St. Andrew’s Athletic Director DeWayne Cupples. “This is as tough a district as anywhere in the state. Every week, we compete against outstanding teams and athletes in 3A, and our St. Andrew’s athletes are up to the challenge.”

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1976Cindy Covington Christmas welcomed her ninth grand-child, Madyson Kate Clay, born March 31, 2011. Christ-mas’s son, Van, a chaplain’s assistant with the 101st Airborne from Ft. Campbell, was on R&R from Afghani-stan in July and will return home permanently in January.

1980Elizabeth Magruder Joiner celebrated her daughter Abbey’s graduation from Avery County High School and her enrollment in Savannah College of Art and Design.

1982Edward P. Meadors published a book with Wipf and Stock publishers titled Creation, Sin, Covenant, and Salvation: A Primer for Biblical Theology.

1986Missy Donaldson lives in Jack-son and works as a consultant for Cooke Douglass Farr and Lemons Architects. Donaldson’s daughter, Addie LaRose, is a St. Andrew’s Pre-K4 student. Don-aldson also handles freelance graphic design work for MAD-

design and plays tennis as often as possible.

Arthur Rooks was the subject of an article in The New York Times. The piece focused on a web business and interior design business Rooks launched in Zurich, Switzerland. View the article at http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/arthur-rooks/.

1988Shelly Montgomery (Williams) Johannessen is assigned to the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Cuba, where she lives with her husband, Michael, and 18-month old daughter, Jane-Neves. Johannessen has served for 16 years as a diplomat with the U.S. Department of State; her previous assignments include posts in Moscow, Russia; Minsk, Belarus; Vienna, Austria; and Mosul, Iraq.

1991Carter Myers, president of AnComm, a company ded-icated to empowering students and Shannon Sumrall Rushton ’91 and Scott Sumrall ’96 of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, partnered to add text and e-mail capabilities to the channels of Statewide Helpline services. The AnComm program entitled “Talk About It” allows students to discuss behavioral health issues in a more familiar medium. The project appeared as a case study in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser-vices publication, The Dialogue.

1992Dawn Bishop McLin and her husband, Prentiss, cele-brated the birth of their second daughter, Paige Catherine, on October 11, 2010.

1993Sharla Bachelder was recognized by RE/MAX Dixie Region for the second consecutive year with the Coop-erative Spirit Award. Recipients are chosen by their peers for overall contributions in terms of helpfulness.

Patrick Taylor and his wife, Laura, welcomed their first child, Mary Embry (her friends call her May), on August 31, 2011. May is excited to join the St. Andrew’s class of 2030.

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please e-mail future class notes to [email protected].

1995Maggie Hanbury Gallarno is enrolled in the accelerated bachelor of nursing program at the University of Missis-sippi Medical Center. She will graduate in August of 2012. Maggie lives in Madison, Mississippi, with her husband, Mike, and children, Daniel and Millie.

1996Barrett Hathcock wrote his first book of short stories, The Portable Son, which will be released on November 1. He lives

with his wife and daughter in Memphis, Tennessee, where he works for ALSAC/St. Jude Chil-dren’s Research Hospital.

Caroline Ranck Newkirk and Jim Newkirk ’76 welcomed their first child, Henry Brevard, on September 12, 2010. Car-oline is the statewide underage drinking prevention coordina-tor with DREAM, Inc. and Jim is the webmaster at the Mis-sissippi Department of Health. They live in Ridgeland.

Jennifer White married Vernon Young on September 18, 2010. White is a workforce devel-opment coordinator at Mississippi Children’s Home Ser-vices and her husband works homeland security at Jackson-Evers International Airport. They live in Jackson.

1997Michelle A. Purdy graduated in May from Emory University with her Ph.D. in educational studies. Her dissertation was entitled Southern and Independent: Pub-lic Mandates, Private Schools, and Black Students, 1951-1970. Michelle is assistant professor of race, culture, and equity in the Department of Teacher Education in the College of Education at Michigan State University.

Heather Keith Weathersby and her husband, Troy, celebrated the birth of their son, Troy Elbert Weathersby III, on Feb-ruary 6, 2011.

1998Frances Patterson Croft and Justin Croft ’98 celebrated the birth of a son, Thomas Graves Croft, on January 4th, 2011. Thomas joins big brother Ben. Frances is a prosecutor for the attorney general’s office and Jus-tin works for Cellular South. They make their home in Jackson.

Erin Powell McCain of The Farese Group was named to the sales assistant advisory board for Securities Amer-ica, Inc. McCain was nominated by Paxton Farese, CEO of The Farese Group, and was chosen by a selection

Troy Elbert Weathersby III

Henry Brevard Newkirk

Thomas Graves CroftJennifer White

Madyson Kate Clay Van Christmas

Missy Donaldson

ON THE ROAD AND ONLINE It’s not unusual to find St. Andrew’s alumni pursuing adventures in locations around the world. Several of those alums have shared their adventures via travel blogs and Facebook pages. • Margaret Munford’s ’03 blog, “Peregrine Deviation,” recounts her 13-month journey around the world, including her adventures in Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America. Munford’s final entry includes a breakdown of the costs associated with her life-changing journey. Read all about it at http://whereintheworldismunny.blogspot.com. • Bob Neill ’99 and

friend Drew Schimmel are making their way across South America in a 1976 VW camper van. Follow the adventure on their Facebook page, “There and Back with Bob and Drew,” at www.facebook.com/thereandback. • Anna Catherine Jones ’99 is documenting her internship in Uganda with the Savings and Cooperative Credit Organization (SACCO), an organization fostering the development of African credit unions, on her blog, “Anna’s East Africa Adventure.” Jones’ job description has included writing a human resources manual, training staff on Microsoft Excel, and streamlining loan protocols, all performed under the watchful eye of a security guard armed with a bow and arrow in an office with chickens underfoot. Follow her adventures at www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/acjones81/tpod.html.

Anna Catherine Jones

Patrick and May Taylor

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committee made up of Securities America staff. The board includes eight individuals from across the United States who work to make financial firms associated with Securities America, Inc., better meet their firms’ needs. McCain has been associated with The Farese Group since 2004. She serves as the group’s practice adminis-tration manager.

1999Lindsey Greer graduated with highest honors from the London School of Economics with an LLM in inter-national business law. Greer lives in London, England, where she practices law with Holman Fenwick Willan, specializing in international shipping. http://www.hfw.com/profiles/[email protected]

Sarah Rivlin is a fourth and fifth grade English and social studies teacher at St. Martin’s Episcopal School in Metairie, Louisiana.

2000Sidney Allen and his wife, Kristin, welcomed their first child, Sidney Perry Allen III, on March 21.

2001Tara Melinchuk Blazona and her husband, Edgar, celebrated the arrival of Tyler Lee Blazona on June 28.

Jay Songcharoen married Sha-ron Hong on March 26, 2011.

Both are residents at the University of Mississippi Medi-cal Center in Jackson. He is in general surgery, and she is in internal medicine.

2003Brad Baskin and Leslie Wells ’06 are engaged to be married on April 21, 2012 in Jackson. Baskin is a first-year associate at Markow Walker law firm in Ridgeland and Wells is a part-time graphic arts teacher at St. Andrew’s Upper School.

William Drinkwater is an associate at the law firm of Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes in Jackson.

Andrew Harrison has spent the past two years in Austin, Texas, working for MyEdu, a startup focused on higher edu-cation. He is engaged to Dr. Kelly Tennant. The couple is relocating to Victoria, British Columbia, where she will begin postdoctoral studies in neuro-science and he will work for a website design firm.

2004Susie Clark Bares married Brett Bares of New Orleans on December 29, 2010 in Paris, France. The couple lives in New

Orleans where Susie is a first grade teacher.

Carrie Menist Grunkemeyer married Parker Grunke-meyer on June 25, 2011 in Jackson. Members of the wedding party included Claire Patrick Strange ’03, Alli-son Forman ’04, Emily Thomas ’04, Ashley Wells Hul-lender ’04, Laura Mortimer ’04, Skylar Menist ’12, Tye Menist ’06, and Tanner Menist ’13. The couple lives in Nashville, where Grunkemeyer is a speech-lan-guage pathologist in Metro-Nashville Public School.

Douglas McRae is serving in the Peace Corps in Peru. He worked for two years in rural health promo-tion in the small town of Potrerillo in Piura,

Peru, and currently supports the community health pro-gram from the Peace Corps office in Lima, Peru. McRae recently traveled to the Amazonas region, visiting sites including the pre-Columbian fortress Kuelap (pictured), located high in the Andean cloud forest.

2005Rebecca Brannan and Brooks Vance ’02 were married on May 7th, 2010, in Napa Valley, California. They live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

2006Mallory Markham graduated with distinction from the University of Oklahoma and has accepted a contract to dance professionally with the Columbus Dance Theater in Columbus, Ohio.

Bailey Sanders graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Alabama, where she was a three-year letter woman and coxswain for the Tide’s varsity women’s rowing team. Sanders is now pursuing her mas-ter’s degree in political science at the University of Geor-gia, where she is a teaching assistant.

Ashley Wright completed her first year at the University of Mississippi School of Law and is working as a law clerk at the Tollison Law Firm in Oxford. She is vice president of the law school’s legal fraternity, Phi Delta Phi, and a member of the moot court board.

2007Margaret Clark is pursuing a master’s degree in Greek and Latin languages and literature at the University of Oxford.

Anna Drake is a member of the class of 2015 at Missis-sippi State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

Rivers Fike graduated magna cum laude from Louisiana State University with a bachelor’s of science in petro-leum engineering. He is working as a drilling engineer with Shell Oil in New Orleans.

Ben Johnson lives in Boston and works for a mobile soft-ware development company in Cambridge. During his senior year at Bowdoin, he created an iPhone application called Free Time (www.freetimeapp.com), which was fea-tured by Apple as a New and Noteworthy application. In the first week of downloads, Johnson’s app was down-loaded once every 10 seconds (about 100,000 times) and to date has been downloaded more than 180,000 times from every continent and more than 80 countries.

Sallie Ann Muskett (a student at St. Andrew’s from 2003-2005) graduated from the University of Portland Nursing School. She has spent time caring for children

in Mexico with cleft deformities and in the NICU at the Univer-sity of Washington.

Rubina Sood Sethi and her hus-band, Sunny Sethi, welcomed a son, Satnam Lal Sethi II, on Jan-uary 17, 2011.

2009Elizabeth Fike was accepted into the Mississippi Rural Physician Scholarship Program and was granted direct admission into University Mississippi Medical Center, class of 2013.

IN MEMORIAM

Charles Magruder ’81, who attended St. Andrew’s the 5th – 10th grades from 1973 to 1979, passed away June 14, 2011. He leaves many in the St. Andrew’s family who loved him dearly.

Mrs. Jessie Vinson • 1930-2010The entire St. Andrew’s community was saddened by the loss of Mrs. Jessie Vinson, longtime receptionist and a beloved fixture at the Lower School campus for 23 years. “Jessie knew every student and loved each one. As the first person to greet you in the Lower School, she was the perfect presence as our ambassador,” says Jean Jones Downey, for-mer head of the Lower School. “She was always neat as a pin and classic in her attire – we often wondered if Jessie ever looked rumpled or had a bad hair day. The phone lines could be buzzing and she never displayed frustration with the out-side noise of children or endless questions. Jessie was never too busy to clean up a playground scrape and give a child a hug. I know I speak for the entire St. Andrew’s community in saying we loved her and the touch of elegance and grace she brought to the Lower School.” Jessie Vinson is survived by her husband, Richard Vinson, and son, Mark Vinson, who is a St. Andrew’s alumnus.

Mrs. Susan “Sue” Houghtaling • 1949-2010The St. Andrew’s community is also mourning the loss of Sue Houghtaling, who taught history at St. Andrew’s from 1998-2004 and also served as chair of the history depart-ment. A graduate of Rutgers University and the University of New Orleans, Houghtaling taught at Coast Episcopal School in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and at St. Martin’s Episcopal School in Metairie, Louisiana, prior to joining the St. Andrew’s faculty. After leaving St. Andrew’s, Houghtal-ing taught at Sewickley Academy in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. As a teacher, Houghtaling was both deeply respected and beloved by her students. Recognizing the power of education to transform lives, she approached the teaching of history as an opportunity to show her students not only how his-tory was made, but also their own power to shape the future. Both the 2004 St. Andrew’s yearbook and the 2011 Sewick-ley Academy yearbook are dedicated to her. “Sue had high standards, but was always available to help her students reach those goals,” Julia Chadwick, head of the Upper School, says. “She was committed to the whole child and was always interested in her students’ success outside the classroom. She was one of those well-loved teachers that older students and alumni remembered from their ’younger days.’ I loved working with Sue. Her knowledge and gift for teaching was a gift for all of us.” Sue Houghtaling is survived by her husband, Bruce Houghtaling, former head of the St. Andrew’s Upper School, and their son, Edward “Teddy” Houghtaling ’02.

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Andrew Harrison

Susie Clark Bares

Leslie Wells and Brad Baskin

Sidney Perry Allen III

Satnam Lal Sethi II

Douglas McRae

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Allison Rushing ’05, Taylor Rushing ’11 and Lindsey

Rushing ’08

Sam Martin ’11 and Clara Martin ’09

Meg Mendenhall ’11 and Ann Mendenhall ’09

DeWayne Cupples (staff) and Kyle Cupples ’11

Jessica Zehr ’11 and Andrew Zehr ’10

James Bowley (corporation)and Karissa Bowley ’11

Naveen Manisundaram ’11 and Arvind Manisundaram ’07

Matthew Bear ’11 and Leslie Bear ’63

Oliver Galicki ’08 and Mary Christopher Galicki ’11

Kandi Walker ’11 and Kristi Walker ’09

Laura Landrum ’11 and Alan Landrum ’05

August Slater ’07 and Nate Slater ’11

Lee Sargent ’11 andElizabeth Sargent ’08

Sherwood Colette ’01 and Madeline Balius ’11

Ethan Johnson ’11, Suzannah McGowan-Baroni ’81

and Graham Johnson ’08

Stacey Stater ’05 and Elena Stater ’11

Angie Smith (faculty), Brent Smith ’05, Chad Smith ’11

and Graham Smith ’09

Abbey Smothers ’07 and Greyson Smothers ’11

Patty Peck Christie (board, corporation), and Cadden Christie ’11

Robert Flowers ’07, Sethelle Flowers ’11, Hal Flowers

’06 and Aubrey Flowers ’11

Chris Scott ’79, Stephanie Scott ’79 (board), Charlie Scott ’11,

Jessica Holy ’06, Christina Holy ’10 and Steve Quiriconi ’79

Claire Harkey ’05, Alison Harkey (corporation), Leah Harkey ’11

and Ian Harkey ’08

Andrew Whitehurst ’11 and Claire Whitehurst ’09

Kyle Jenkins ’11 and Shannon Jenkins ’10

George Mychaskiw ’11 and Marianne Mychaskiw ’06

Maureen McGuire (faculty) and Sharmila McBatra ’11

Paul Watson ’78, Peyton Watson ’11 and Henri Paul Watson ’09

Emily Gaines ’11 and Lucy Gaines ’09

David Smith ’00, Jennifer Welch ’99, Victoria Smith ’11 and Kimie Smith ’05 (not pictured Andria Smith ’08)

Megan Phillips ’11 and Jim Phillips ’77 (board)

Lindsay Muller ’11 and David Muller ’08

Vonda Reeves-Darby (board), Royce Reeves-Darby ’11 and

Galen Reeves-Darby ’07

Thea’ Myers ’11 and Jerrod Myers ’09

Aubrey Green ’07, Susannah Green ’11 and Josh Green ’04

Currie McKinley ’11 and Whit McKinley ’82

Blake Johnson ’09, Rebecca Johnson ’11, Al Johnson ’76

and Sid Johnson ’09

THE CLASS OF 2011 INCLUDED 45 MEMBERS WITH SIBLINGS OR PARENTS WHO ARE ALUMNI

OR CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PATRON SAINTS, CORPORATION, OR FACULTY AND STAFF.

OVER 50% OF THE CLASS CLAIMS A TIE TO ST. ANDREW’S.

THE TIES THAT BIND

Madeleine Peeples ’07, Douglass Peeples ’11 and Caroline Peeples

’09 (not pictured Sam Peeples ’04)

NOT PICTURED: Larken Byers ’11, Lyris Byers ’05 / Ashley Kincses ’11, Emily Kincses ’07 /

Cristina Leis ’11, Angela Leis ’07, Robbie Leis ’09 / Mallory Conway Lewis ’11, Bennett Conway

Lewis ’08, Claudette Conway Lewis ’09 / Rachel Lowe ’11, Catherine Lowe ’06 / Will Simmons

’11, William Simmons ’09 / Will VanLandeghem ’11, Lindsay VanLandeghem ’07 / Mailande

Vice ’11, Rachel Vise ’10

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BARBARA ADAMS • FORMER DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI Barbara Adams’ career at St. Andrew’s included serving as a teacher and as director of admissions, so by the time she became St. Andrew’s first director of alumni relations in 1999, she was the obvious choice for the newly created position. “This role was a natural fit for me as there weren’t too many St. Andrew’s alumni that I didn’t already know,” Adams says. “That knowledge certainly made it eas-ier for me, but also lots more fun. My pride in the school was dramatically reinforced as I continued to learn about the amazing accomplishments of our alums. Without question, connecting and reconnecting with former students was my favorite part of the job.” Adams, who held the position from 1999-2005, has some sound advice for Elizabeth Buyan, whose new position as associate director of institutional advance-ment includes alumni relations. “Enjoy taking pride in being able to share in the accom-plishments of our alums, and most of all, have fun.”

ELIZABETH BUYAN ’97 • ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Elizabeth Buyan hit the ground running in her new posi-tion, largely because she already had such a strong con-nection to St. Andrew’s. “Coming back to St. Andrew’s

feels like coming home,” Buyan says. “You spend so much time here as a student that it inevitably becomes an enor-mous part of your identity. Even if you weren’t the most popular kid or the smartest kid, when you return, you feel an inherent sense of warmth and welcome from the faculty, staff, and even the campus itself.” Prior to joining the St. Andrew’s staff, Buyan was executive director of the Mississippi Opera. Her time there saw the hiring of a new artistic director, the suc-cessful inaugural “Dance with the Stars” fund-raiser, and marketing efforts that introduced more Mississip-pians to opera. Buyan brings the same enthusiasm that made her tenure at Mississippi Opera a success to her new role at St. Andrew’s. “As a student at St. Andrew’s, I wasn’t one of those enthusiastic kids full of school spirit, nor did I fully appreciate the extraordinary nature of this institution,” Buyan says. “But the minute my life took me elsewhere and gave me the chance to see St. Andrew’s through objective eyes, I realized just how unique it really is. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to promote St. Andrew’s and the successes of our alumni. “The oddest thing about returning to St. Andrew’s is trying to get used to calling Mrs. Chadwick ‘Julia,’ Mr. O’Malley ‘Kevin,’ or Coach King ‘Burney,’” Buyan adds with a laugh. “That might not ever feel right.”

Looking Forward|Looking Back Archways reminisces with Barbara Adams and introduces Elizabeth Buyan

Barbara Adams Remembers with Pride:

• Developing an active alumni board• Establishing the Alumni Hall of Fame• Publishing the first alumni magazine• Increasing attendance at the Alumni Christmas Party by moving the event off campus and setting a permanent date• Witnessing incredible growth in the number and involvement of Alpha Omega graduates • Hearing success stories from St. Andrew’s alumni

Elizabeth Buyan Is Most Excited About:

“Engaging our alumni and their talents in new and innovative ways for the advancement of St. Andrew’s. The continuance of our tradition of excellence for the next 60+ years is contingent upon the support of our alum-ni. They have directly benefitted the most from this institution, and they are our greatest assets.”

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