T O D A Y

In This Issue: TEACHER FEATURE - Peter Lassey TURF FIELD IMPACT ALUMNI WEEKEND PHOTOS and more

Winter 2011

Fall varsity sports captains observe the American fl ag

during Sarah Khan’s ‘17 rendition of the national anthem

for the turf fi eld dedication on September 25.

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Board of Trustees 2010-2011

President: Mark Tay

Treasurer: Matthew Friel

Secretary: Eric Katz ’84

Alex Auty

Nina Binnie

Phil Cavanaugh

Jameson French

Kate Glasson

Robert Hoy

James Jalbert

Caroline Levine

Holly Malloy

Peter Martin

Lucas Merrow ’81

Susan Noerdlinger

Michael Schafer

Greg Schneider, Head of School

Fred Seigel

Malcolm E. Smith, III

Margaret Talcott

Karen Walsh

Lesli Friel, ex offi cio

Ginger Mathews ’94, ex offi cio

Trustee Emeriti

John Armacost

Charles V. Clement, III

C. Dennis Fink ‘44

O.P. Jackson, Jr.

Joan R. Jarvis

Russell W. Jeppesen

Kennett “Skip” Kendall, Jr.

Michael “Mitch” Ramsey

Raymond “Ray” Ramsey

Richard “Hap” Ridgway

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ts Welcome from Greg Schneider 2

Faculty Profi le: Peter Lassey 4

BA Athletics Timeline 6

FEATURE - TURF FIELD 8

WELCOME

New Trustees 14

New Faculty and Staff 16

BPC COMMUNITY BENEFIT 18

Athletics Update 20

Arts Update 24

Professional Development: Kyle Ridgway 26

Semester Snapshots 27

ALUMNI NEWS

Alumni Weekend 35

Alumni Day Awards 38

Interview with an alumnus: Chris Esposito ‘90 39

Alumni Art 40

Archives: Who, What, When, Where 41

Alumni Class Notes 42

In Memoriam 51

Planned Giving 52

Special thanks to the students in Ms. Russell’s

Advanced Placement Art class whose artwork appears

in various locations throughout this magazine.

Pastel landscape by Mike O’Day ‘11

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Mary Z. Schleyer

Claire deTarr Smith

Owen R. Stevens, D.V.M. ’48

Joan Trimble

Alumni Council 2010-2011

President: Ginger Mathews ‘94

Vice President: Robert Howie ‘72

Secretary/Treasurer: Sharon Fogarty ‘82

Charles Andres ‘70

Ruth Brown Boston ‘52

Chuck Clement ‘00

Bob Gagne ‘57

Melissa Gagne ‘03

Elizabeth Henkel ‘59

Chad Kageleiry ‘78

Larry Littlefi eld ‘65

Rebecca Oliver-Palanca ‘01

Stephanie Robillard ‘89

Kate Ordway Salvati ‘77

Karyn Scharf Morin ‘87

Jonathan Sevigney ‘95

Mark Svenson ‘95

Greg Schneider, Head of SchoolKathryn Strand, Assistant Director of Development and Annual GivingJedd Whitlock, Director of Advancement

Honorary Council Member:

Richard ”Hap” Ridgway

Berwick Academy

31 Academy Street

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www.berwickacademy.org

Marla and Eric Katz ‘84, Trustee and Chair of the Buildings and Grounds Committee,

stand proudly with Head of School Greg Schneider and President of the Board of

Trustees Mark Tay for the Turf Dedication Ceremony on September 25. For more on

this story see page 13.

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Dear Berwick Community,

Our students were blessed with an incredible addition to

our campus this past summer. When it fi rst became clear

that Berwick had a small group of donors who wanted

to make a turf fi eld project possible, I immediately knew

there would be dozens of practical benefi ts: practice time,

drainage, dealing with our climate, and maintenance were

among the appealing aspects of this project. Now that we

have experienced a full season on this fi eld, I know that

I vastly underestimated the intangible and unexpected

benefi ts this initiative would offer in the areas of school

spirit, school pride, and institutional confi dence for the

future. Suddenly our students seem to be turning out

in record numbers for athletic contests, and this fall we

enjoyed a spectacular undefeated EIL run by our Boys

Varsity Soccer team on this immaculate new “home of the

Bulldogs.” Their results were inspirational, but how they

chose to play the game was far more noteworthy.

During the current academic year, our community

is now deeply engaged in our NEASC accreditation self-

study process, which focuses on the Berwick mission with

razor-sharp acuity. This has spurred our trustee Mission

and Culture Committee to review our mission with

virtually every constituent in the school. Not surprisingly,

these conversations lead us quickly back to the founding

concepts of Berwick Academy, which include an

unwavering commitment to

“virtue and useful knowledge.”

The fi rst group that this

committee chose to engage

was the students, and it was

heartening to hear how deeply

they seemed to cherish this

notion of virtue at BA. Within

minutes of engaging our

trustees in a conversation about

what virtue means at Berwick

Academy today, the students

quickly turned to the realm of

athletics. These students were

uniform in their clarity that,

at Berwick, issues surrounding

character and sportsmanship

were so much more critical

than our wins and losses. In

their minds, athletics also

taught them critical lessons

about resiliency, dealing with

disappointment, and learning

how to be competitive in a

very public arena.

As Head of School, I can recite several situations

during my four years at BA that have stood out in this

regard, many of which I have written about in other

places. A few years ago, our Boys Soccer team chose to

forfeit a critical soccer game because they believed the

referee had awarded them a goal that was undeserved. Last

year, I watched our golf captain grit his teeth and accept

a truly unmerited, or at least unsportsmanlike, penalty

for grounding his club in a hazard. He had tripped on

a rocky crag on his way to fi nd his ball, and the club he

was carrying had touched the grass inadvertently. Just this

year, our girls cross country captain forfeited a race she

ran as soon as she realized that she had made a wrong

turn out on the course. When one considers the typical

stories that are routinely covered by the media regarding

sportsmanship, I believe these annual examples truly say

something special about Berwick.

While I am committed to making sure that

athletics is always placed in proper balance with our other

programs, I am also unapologetic for its critical role in

fulfi lling our mission. Certainly in my own life, I learned

many hard lessons on the athletic fi elds. Chief among

them may have been some version of “Hard work does not

guarantee success, but without hard work there is no chance

for success.” The obvious message in that statement about

“practice makes perfect” is fairly obvious to us all, but the

acknowledgment that there would be moments when one

works harder than others and still

fi nds less success has been a more

important pill for me to swallow.

Athletics is an area where we are

all aware of the confl uence of

practice, talent, and even luck.

This blend is neither predictable

nor always fair at fi rst glance.

When considering the

overall mission of the school,

another reason I cherish athletics

is the public nature of its

assessment. Very similar in this

way are music and drama , which

I wrote about extensively in our

last BA Today issue. There is

nowhere for students or coaches

to hide while out on those fi elds

as there is an audience who is

often all too ready to judge the

nuances of the performance.

Teachers and students in the

academic classroom rarely get

forced into this sort of arena,

where the quality of the enterprise

is put on display for everyone to

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judge in such a public way. Coaches by defi nition have

to fi nd ways to make their athletes actually demonstrate

and apply what they know; it is completely ineffectual

for coaches to impart knowledge about athletics out of

context. Sports are constantly practiced and refi ned

through application. Again, this sort of forum is rife with

pedagogical lessons for all in the community.

And so the addition of these fi elds has in fact done

so many things for this community. It has certainly created

an incredible arena for our athletes to compete, and it has

sent a powerful message to the Seacoast about the role of

athletics in “promoting virtue and useful knowledge for the

rising generations” as the Academy’s founders envisioned.

While it is quite likely that no Berwick student will end

up in professional athletics, they will all be forced into

environments where they need to collaborate, compete,

and rebound from disappointment, even when it is not

fair. And while most K-12 day schools drift away from

the traditional independent school model that asks

teachers to also coach, Berwick clings to this challenged

tradition. We know that adults working with students in

varied environments add traction to the teacher/student

relationship in new ways. Our adults are forced to model

their own work ethic, competitiveness, and response to

disappointment in critical ways.

So I close by once again thanking the group of

donors who made these fi elds possible. As others who are

reading this issue may be wondering what kind of impact

a major gift to the Academy could mean, remember this

particular story. The choice to impact change at Berwick

transforms our students in practical ways for sure. Perhaps

even more exciting to consider as a donor are the layers

of impact that these projects have in modes that are

unexpected and unanticipated. I know the experience of

this particular project has me wondering what next surprise

might be awaiting our students in the future. Thanks for

your continued support of BA.

Sincerely yours,

Gregory J. Schneider

Save the

Upper School Musical:

Beauty and the Beast Friday and Saturday,

March 4 and 5 at 7 p.m.

BPC Community Benefi t

Saturday, April 30

Grandparents Day

Friday, May 6

Dance Performance

Friday, May 6 at 6:30 p.m. and

Saturday, May 7 at 3 p.m.

Spring Concerts

May 17, 24, and 26 at 7 p.m.

Senior Arts Night

Thursday, May 19 at 7 p.m.

Woofstock

Friday, June 3 at 4 p.m.

Commencement

Saturday, June 11 at 10 a.m.

Date!

Acrylic painting by Alex Zannos ‘11

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Faculty Profi le:Peter Lassey

by Trestan Matel ‘11 and

Fred Diengott ‘11

Throughout

time, there have been

millions of people living in

America under the infl uence

of perhaps one of the most

intriguing ideas in history:

the American Dream. As

reality has its way, however,

many people are inevitably

let down after pursuing that

dream with such high hopes.

There are those, though, who

live their American Dream

every day, right in their own

surroundings, rather than

setting off in search of the

dream. Among them is Peter

Lassey.

Born in Montana but

raised in Bow, New Hampshire

since the age of two, Mr.

Lassey came from humble

beginnings. The youngest of

three, he was raised in a rather

conservative household with

a truly inspiring history of its

own. His father’s side of the family lived through the Dust

Bowl and liberated a concentration camp in World War

II before moving west to California to make a living. On

his mother’s side were Irish and French immigrants in the

late 1800’s. His great-grandmother left France as a young

woman after experiencing German atrocities in the 1870’s

and came to the U.S. with all of her belongings in a single

trunk. His parents met in Germany during the height of

the Cold War, where his father was stationed in the army

and his mother was teaching English after fi nishing a

three-month tour of the U.S. in a VW camper in the mid-

1960’s. Young Mr. Lassey had a rather typical adolescence

at a Concord public school. It is fair to say his parents

brought their experiences home, not only with artifacts

dating to the 1800’s, but also with their political views.

His family background clearly infl uenced Mr. Lassey’s

interests and sculpted his individual outlook.

In the classroom, Mr. Lassey is a man of business.

He maintains a healthy level of necessary sternness while

maintaining a comfortable atmosphere. These qualities

came out particularly in B period U.S. history class,

consisting of nearly a dozen young men, who at one

moment might be wild with energy and the next be as

drained as their tablet batteries can be. Teaching has never

been a struggle for him simply because he takes such great

pleasure in it. He teaches, hoping that students will “fi nd a

personal connection to history because it has a profound

effect on who we are - as a nation and as individuals.”

Peter Lassey is a man with defi nite passions. After

loading up his high school schedule with history classes, he

continued to pursue this interest in college as he majored in

political science and international affairs at the University

of New Hampshire before earning a master’s degree at

Plymouth State. The subject not only fascinated him but

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also allowed him to examine his own understanding of

political issues. In addition to his academic interests, he

joined the lacrosse and cross-country skiing teams, and by

senior year he discovered his talent on the harmonica.

Upon graduation, the idea of expressing his

passions within a strong community steered him towards

becoming a professor. He made his teaching debut at

Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire,

where he held a position for nine years. It was here that

he fi rst learned of Berwick Academy through athletic

competitions. He participated in the lacrosse program

full stride, coaching for eight of his nine years there, as

well as coaching cross-country skiing for the last four. But

the boarding school experience didn’t quite measure up to

the life he longed to have with his wife Lisa and his two

daughters, Carly and Samantha.

Humble and quietly self-confi dent, Peter Lassey

is nonetheless outspoken. Joining the Berwick Academy

Upper School faculty in 2007, he did not hesitate to

take over a coaching spot for the JV Lacrosse team with

Christopher Mansfi eld or to take the lead in running

the JV Soccer program, a sport in which he had never

previously participated. It became clear that he applies

the same work ethic in athletics as he does in academics.

Mr. Lassey says he likes to think of himself as

“destined to teach the classes I teach at Berwick.” And

who can blame him? The earliest memory of his life he

recalls from a pit stop taken one night during his family’s

relocation to New Hampshire. Opening his innocent eyes,

Mr. Lassey gazed up at the faces of the American greats

carved into Mount Rushmore as they illuminated the sky,

forever leaving an impression on him. With his strong

work ethic, it is evident that he creates his own destiny.

He learned not only from what school and history courses

had to offer, but from art and literature as well. In particular

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand gained his utmost admiration

“for changing the way people think in the middle of the

century” despite having some arguably outdated opinions

by modern society’s standards. He believes in what Ayn

Rand has to say: “to be true to yourself, to be an individual,

and not blindly follow like a sheep.”

Benjamin Franklin once said, “An investment in

knowledge pays the best interest.” Peter Lassey is living

proof. It would be an understatement to say the Berwick

Academy community would be lacking without him.

Coach, advisor, teacher, peer, musician, father, he does it

all.

Pre-Kindergarten Programcoming fall 2011

• A half-day program from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

• One lead teacher and an intern for eight students

• Minimum age four years old by September 1

• Classes in music, library, and physical education

• A playground with varied stations for skill development

BA

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Graphite drawing by Brian Rawn ‘11

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“The trustees believe that athletics in the schools are a practical means of teaching ideals of honorable dealings with other men.” (1933 Berwick Academy Catalog)

The Berwick Academy Athletics Program has a long

and rich history, ranging from beanbag calisthenics to a

nationally ranked ice hockey team. Like most programs

at BA, the programs refl ect the size of the student body

and the structure of the school at the time (high school /

boarding school / country day school).

Gymnastics and calisthenics with

beanbags and music played on a

piano were introduced by 1855. They

were practiced on the top fl oor of the

newly built 1853 Building.

Baseball is the oldest varsity

sport at Berwick Academy.

It was started in 1866 by Dr.

Barrows. The earlier teams

had to travel by trolley or

train for some of their away

games.

Girls played tennis on the Burleigh Davidson tennis courts

in the 1860’s and by the late 1880’s started to participate

in track meets between the grades.

The 1893 football team was

the Academy’s original football

team and the fi rst in Maine on

the schoolboy level. Men from

town were invited to play on

the team. Opponents included

Portsmouth High School,

Lowell Textile Institute, and

the NH Agricultural College at

Durham, now UNH. Football

was played at BA until 1981.

The Berwick Academy

Athletic Association was

founded in 1896 to raise

funds in an unsuccessful

attempt to convert the 1853

Building into a gymnasium.

BA would not get its own

gym until 65 years later in

1960.

The Girls Basketball team

started in 1903, and the Boys

Basketball team started a few

years later. The Girls Athletic

Association was founded in

1907 and, as did the boys,

charged entry fees to their

games to raise funds for

uniforms and equipment.

The fi rst fi eld hockey

team started in 1927.

The girls had to share the

sticks and provide their

own uniforms for the

games. They won the

very fi rst interscholastic

fi eld hockey game to be played in York County. They

disbanded in 1952 but were revived 57 years later, in

2009.

The Ski team started as a

club during the winter of

1938 when students skied

at Bauneg Beg Ski Region.

Girls softball started as a club

in 1939 but didn’t become an

interscholastic team until 1949.

The team disbanded during the

boarding school era and started

again in 1976.

Berwick Academy

Athletics: a timeline

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Cheerleading started at Berwick

in the fall of 1943 and ended in

1966.

Big changes in athletics were

made during the boarding era

between 1957 and 1970. Participation in athletics was

expected, and more varsity teams were formed, including

hockey, wrestling, lacrosse, cross country, and skiing.

The Wrestling team

was formed in 1966 and

disbanded in 1970.

The Boys Ice Hockey team was

formed in 1959. During the

fi rst year, the team found ice

time between Knight’s Pond,

“The Muck” (the Bog), the

UNH hockey rink, and fi nally,

a make-shift rink on the football

fi eld.

The school’s fi rst gymnasium

was built in 1960. Prior to

that, the basketball teams

played their home games

in the town gym at Central

School. The boys’ locker

room was in the basement

of Fogg, and the girls changed in the girls’ bathroom.

The Boys Lacrosse team was

formed in 1965.

Golf was a club until it

became a team in 1974.

During the mid-1960’s, a

faculty member tried to

start a crew team at BA. A

four-oar shell was donated

in 1969 but was never used for competitive rowing. It was

sold in 1975.

The change from boarding school for boys with the

additions of a middle school (1971) and a lower school

(1977) brought many changes in the sports offered to

girls and boys.

There were many fi rsts between 1974 and 1982:

First Boys Golf team (1974)

First Girls Baseball team (1975)

First Girls Basketball team (after stopping in 1950’s)

First MS Hockey team (1975)

First Girls Soccer team (1976)

First MS Boys Baseball team (1976)

First MS Boys Basketball team (1976)

First Girls Intramurals in tennis, skating, x-country skiing,

lacrosse, softball (1978)

First Co-ed Tennis team (1979)

First Girls Lacrosse team (1979)

First Girls Tennis team (1982)

Many Middle School students played on Upper School

junior varsity teams until the fi rst Middle School-only

team started in 1975 with boys ice hockey. Other Middle

School-only teams started in 1987, but most teams were

better developed by

1990 including soccer,

baseball, basketball and

cross-country.

The Swim team started

as a club in 1994 and

became a varsity team in 1995.

The Girls Ice Hockey

team was formed in

1995. A few Berwick

girls played for the boys

Middle School team and

the JV Hockey team

during the 1980’s and

1990’s, but there was

not enough interest in

girls ice hockey to fi eld

a team until 1995.

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The next level of play:

Our new turf fi eldThe clang of a cowbell, the bang of an empty

bucket, and the excited cheers of Bulldog fans were some

of the most electrifying sounds on the Hilltop this fall.

These sounds could be heard from the sidelines of many

athletic contests this season, and although not new, they

are perhaps more energetic, vivacious, and just plain

thrilling than ever before.

What is the cause for all this new energy and

enthusiasm? It is the brand

new, state-of-the-art, synthetic

turf athletic fi eld.

Installed behind the

Jeppesen Math and Science

Center this past summer, the

new turf has created an air of

excitement for our fans, our

athletes, and our coaches. It

has even brought on praise

from the opposing teams.

Overall, the new turf has been

an incredible addition to the

Hilltop.

The 120 x 75-yard turf

fi eld is lined to accommodate

soccer, fi eld hockey, and

lacrosse and features a 40-foot bulldog graphic in the

center of the fi eld. It will accommodate softball and

baseball players during fi eld practice, as well as BA’s

physical education classes. “The fi eld is phenomenal,” says

Athletic Director Rob Quinn. “The blue border around

the perimeter looks amazing. As we continue to work

towards fi elding one of the strongest athletic programs in

the area, this fi eld will accelerate that goal.”

A mini-turf was simultaneously installed between

the Lower and Middle Schools to replace the “dust bowl”

playground for the younger students.

The fi elds were made possible thanks to the

generous contributions

from a small group of

anonymous donors who

were committed to adding

these new surfaces to our

beautiful campus. During

the turf fi eld dedication

on September 25, Head

of School Greg Schneider

expressed his sincere

gratitude to this group of

people:

“Their generosity has

allowed us to capitalize on

an incredible opportunity

to construct this fi eld at a

fraction of the expected

cost based on the

economic environment. Their collective decision to invest

in Berwick in such a visible way sends such a powerful

message to our internal and external community about the

strength and future of this school. I was also proud to see

this project evolve into a true K-12 initiative, as we were

able to add a mini-turf for our Lower and Middle School

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students to enjoy in the center of

campus during recess time. Being a

K-12 family school is essential to

Berwick’s DNA, and I am grateful

to our donors for recognizing this.

I certainly would like to ask all of

you to join me in saying thank you

for the philanthropic support that

made such an amazing opportunity

for our Berwick student-athletes.”

He went on to recognize

one person in particular for his

extraordinary efforts to make the

fi elds possible:

“It was Eric Katz

who fi rst had the courage to ask ‘why not?’ when it

came to this project. Eric is an alumnus and trustee

of Berwick Academy. His father, Arnie Katz, was

an extraordinary President of the Board here, and

Eric has also had three children attend this school.

Needless to say, the Katz’s have been one the most

transformative families in the 220-year history of this

Academy. Eric possesses an extraordinary tenacity

when he sees an opportunity, and every time a

challenge emerged in this project, he found a way to

overcome it. I simply cannot describe how heavily

I have leaned on his expertise in the construction

industry to make this fi eld a reality. Whether it has

been the bidding process or the hundreds of aesthetic

choices that we have made, Eric’s wisdom has not only

made this incredible project a reality, but he has saved

Berwick hundreds of thousands of

dollars through his work. When you

consider all of the details before you

in terms of colors, fencing, netting,

infrastructure, the vision is a result of

Eric’s passion and desire.

Although Eric’s leadership on

this project has been extraordinary,

we should not be surprised, as he has

led major renovations of the Lower

and Middle School previously. His

wife, Marla, has been an equally

positive force for Berwick as an

ambassador of Berwick throughout

the Seacoast area. She has also

Senior forward Jordan Sanford prepares to attack the ball during the fi rst

offi cial game on the turf vs. Pingree. The Bulldogs took home a 6-1 win.

Lower and Middle Schoolers are thrilled with the addition of the mini turf which

sits between the Kendall Lower School and Clement Middle School.

“The turf changed

our intensity

level this year and has

really allowed us to play at

the level of a varsity

team.” - JV Field Hockey

player Shannon Farrell ’12

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“The total transformation of the campus that has taken place

from the time I attended the school never ceases to amaze me.

I am thrilled that our student-athletes now have the chance to

play on the same quality of fi eld the pros use.” - Eric Katz ‘84,

Trustee and Chair of the Buildings and Grounds Committee

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contributed so much of her time to furthering the mission

of this school through her volunteerism and generosity. I

am keenly aware that this fi eld is a result of their combined

passion and support for Berwick Academy.”

CHAMPIONS ON THE TURF

The Boys Varsity Soccer team brought their “A game” the

entire season, going undefeated in the Eastern Independent

League and ending their regular season with an impressive

19-3 record. Of course, the hard work and dedication of

the team and its coaches played an enormous role in the

team’s success; however, there are those who give some

credit to the turf.

Boys Varsity Soccer Coach Patrick Connolly feels

that the size of the turf gave BA a distinct advantage. “I

think the large size of the turf played to our strengths

as we were a sizable, fast, and mature team that had a

reasonably deep bench. Consequently, we were able to

wear down a lot of teams, particularly in the second half,”

says Connolly.

Senior soccer captain Jordan Sanford also sees

benefi ts to the new surface. “Just being on the turf makes

it feel as if we’re even more ready for the game. Our team

has had an amazing season, and even though it’s mainly

the players and the coaches that have gotten us there, the

new turf has made it all the better. It’s so exciting having

the opportunity to play on the turf my senior year and to

go undefeated on that surface,” Sanford says.

Rob Quinn agrees that the turf can enhance the

experience of our athletes during practices and games,

which “will translate into BA becoming even more

competitive within the Eastern Independent League and

NEPSAC.”

JV Field Hockey coach Stacey Sevelowtiz added,

“When the girls fi eld hockey team had time on the new

turf fi eld, whether for games or practice, they absolutely

loved it. You could feel it in their energy level, their

intensity in drills and their overall positive attitudes about

being outside in the sunshine on a surface meant for a

fi eld hockey ball. They worked harder and felt special for

being given such an opportunity. Field hockey is more

fun on turf, and the girls fi gured it out immediately!”

SOMETHING FOR THE YOUNGER STUDENTS

The smaller of the two fi elds sits between the Middle

and Lower Schools and has become the hot spot for

recess and afternoon activities for our younger students.

According to Middle School Director

Rosemary Zurawel, “The mini-turf

supports the twice daily soccer games

that the younger students love to play.

This new play surface is one of the best

and most used gifts we have received

for our students.”

Rosemary went on to praise the

“big fi eld.” “The Middle School teams

have all had a game on the new, large

turf fi eld, and they love it!”

.

“The turf fi eld has defi nitely brought our school’s community closer.

School spirit and commitment to support our sports teams has increased to

a level none of us would have imagined two years ago. Its been a very

strong and meaningful addition to our community.” - Girls Varsity

Soccer captain Lyndsay Brattan ‘11

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being large enough to accommodate two teams practicing

simultaneously.

Thanks to the superior drainage capability of the

turf, teams are able to play games even when the weather

becomes inclement.

Soccer Coach Connolly

knows this fi rst-hand.

“Against Dexter and

again against Landmark,

we were able to host our

games when much of

New England was forced

into postponements.

This kept us from having

to play make-up games

later in the season,” says

Connolly.

SHARING THE TURF

Athletic Director Rob

Quinn is looking forward to hosting Seacoast United

Soccer Camps again this summer and giving those

participants access to the turf. Other summer camps

offered by BA will also have opportunities to play on the

TURF: WHAT IS IT REALLY?

The fi eld on the BA campus is made by Shaw Sportexe,

using a product called PowerBlade HP+ 2.5, a sand/

rubber infi lled system, which is designed to maximize

player speed and performance,

according to the company.

Although it is 100%

synthetic, the turf looks and

feels like real grass.

BEYOND MOWING:

THE ADVANTAGES OF TURF

One of the most obvious benefi ts

of the new artifi cial fi eld is the

reduced maintenance that eases

the burden on our hard-working

buildings and grounds crew.

Our teams will not experience

problems like overgrown grass or unsafe depressions.

The turf can even be snow plowed to give athletes

playing spring sports early access to the playing surface.

The fi eld’s size also makes team practices more effi cient,

“The girls felt a sense of pride and excitement every time

they stepped onto the turf. You

could never question their effort

or intensity while they were

playing on it.” - Rich Weinrebe,

Girls Varsity Soccer Coach

“Student and parent attendance at our athletic events have never been

higher, and the energy and enthusiasm generated by

this project has been amazing” - Greg Schneider, Head of School

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new fi eld. Additional community groups may also have a chance to use the fi eld. “Once we have gone through a complete

year with the turf, we can see where we have down time and possibly rent it out,” says Quinn. The two new turf fi elds have

made an extraordinary impact on the community in just a few short months. Not only have the fi elds enhanced the look and

feel of the campus, but they have also enriched the lives of our students and athletes in so many ways, now and for years to

come.”

Head of School Greg Schneider, “We knew that the turf fi eld was going to be an incredible addition to the athletic

experience at Berwick Academy. Having enjoyed competition on this surface for a full season, I can say that we underestimated

some of the less tangible benefi ts. Student and parent attendance at our athletic events have never been higher, and the

energy and enthusiasm generated by this project has been amazing.”

Turf Dedication CeremonySeptember 25, 2010

On Saturday, September 25, Berwick Academy held an inspiring turf

dedication ceremony. Head of School Greg Schneider recognized

trustees Mark Tay and Eric Katz ‘84 for their leadership and support

of the project and soccer captains Sophie Merrow ‘11 and Jordan

Sanford ‘11 spoke to the audience about their excitement and

enthusiasm for the new fi eld. To conclude the ceremony, Middle

School student Sarah Khan ‘17 sang the National Anthem before

the soccer team kicked off their game.

Eric ‘84 and Marla Katz

Soccer captains Sophie Merrow ‘11 and Jordan Sanford ‘11

Sarah Khan ‘17 (left and below), AD Rob Quinn, Head of School Greg Schneider, President of the Board of Trustees Mark Tay

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Welcoming New Trustees to The Board

New

Trustees

Robert Hoy has been a Berwick Academy parent

since 2004. He and his wife, Paula, have two children,

Laura in grade fi ve and Conor in grade three. He has

served on the School’s Development Committee, chairs

BA’s Investment Committee, and is a member of the Board

of Trustees Executive Committee.

Robert is Managing Director in the Private

Wealth Management Division of UBS in Boston. Over

the last 19 years, he has provided corporate fi nance advice

and investment management advice to corporations,

institutional money managers, private equity fi rms, and

affl uent investors in the U.S. and abroad. He began his

banking career as a fi nancial analyst in the Mergers and

Lesli Friel joins

the Board of Trustees as

an ex-offi cio member

in conjunction with

her role as President of

the Berwick Academy

Parents Association. She

will serve as President of

BAPA for a two-year term

and will attend board

meetings in that capacity.

She lives in Rye, NH, with

her husband, Matt, and

daughters, Kieran, Kate,

and Maggie (currently

in grades six, three, and

kindergarten). Lesli has

been an active member of BAPA over the last seven years,

serving as class representative, Auction Co-Chair, Annual

Fund parent caller, team leader, leadership level caller, and

as a campus tour guide for prospective families through

the Admissions Offi ce. She is a four-year member of

the Seacoast Women’s Giving Circle, a group of women

committed to improving the quality of life in the region

through collective giving and grassroots action. Prior to

moving to the Seacoast area, Lesli lived in New York City

where she earned a BA in marketing from The Fashion

Institute of Technology. She was then employed in the

area of worldwide product development for Estee Lauder

Companies for ten years.

Kathryn Ann

Glasson (Kate)

was born in Hinsdale,

Illinois, and grew up

in Pennington, New

Jersey. Kate received

her bachelor’s degree,

summa cum laude, from

Miami University. After

her undergraduate

studies, she attended

Boston University,

where she received an

M.S., with distinction,

in speech language pathology from Sargent College. Her

graduate studies focused on the evaluation and treatment of

Aphasia and Dysphagia, acquired neurological conditions

caused by traumatic brain injury or stroke.

Prior to beginning her professional career, Kate

decided to serve a two-year term as a consultant to Boston

Head Start, working as an educator and language specialist

for disadvantaged pre-school children in Roxbury and

Dorchester, MA. She then joined Spaulding Hospital

Cambridge in Cambridge, MA, as a speech language

pathologist specializing in stroke/neurology rehabilitation.

Kate also consulted as a brain-injury specialist for the

oncology program of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.

Following her move to Maine in 2001, she managed

rehabilitation departments in Portland and Kennebunk

for Kindred Healthcare. She’s currently a stay-at-home

mother.

Kate lives in York with her husband, Todd

Glasson, and their three children, Will (currently in the

third grade at Berwick), Brooke, and Meredith. She and

her family spend their weekends and holidays during the

winter alpine and nordic skiing in Jackson, NH. Kate is

a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club President’s

Society, York Harbor Reading Room, Agamenticus Yacht

Club, Christ Church of North Conway, and St. George’s

Episcopal Church in York Harbor. She currently serves on

the board of Brixham Montessori Friends School, where

Kate has spent the past fi ve years focusing on fundraising

efforts for the school.

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Acquisitions Department

at The Chase Manhattan

Bank, N.A. and then spent

two years as an associate at

a Mergers & Acquisitions

specialty fi rm in New York

called Dougherty Capitman

& Company. In 1994,

Robert joined Lehman

Brothers in New York,

where he spent the next 15

years serving clients and

growing into senior roles

in the Institutional Capital

Markets and Private Investment businesses of the fi rm.

Robert, Paula, and their three children reside in

York Harbor, Maine. Robert has been actively involved

in the local community since their arrival in York in 2004.

He is a Trustee at The Museums of Old York and serves

as Chairman of their Investment Committee. He is a

member of the Board of Governors of the York Harbor

Reading Room. From 2004 to 2009, he served as a Trustee

at The Maine College of Art, where he was a member of

the college’s Governance Committee and helped lead the

Strategic Planning Task Force. Robert has been active

with the Maine Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and

the York Land Trust in York, Maine. He enjoys coaching

his children’s skiing and lacrosse teams.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston

College in economics and religious studies. He is a

graduate of The Portsmouth Abbey School in Rhode

Island.

new fi tness center

Berwick Academy is thrilled to announce the installation of a brand new workout room in the Athletic Center. Thanks to the generous donation of gym equipment from the Grondahl Family and Planet Fitness, our students, faculty, and staff now have an exciting new place to work out. The donation included four treadmills, free weights, and several weight machines. In addition to the equipment, the room has a new rubber fl oor, which is ideal for working out.

Athletic Director Rob Quinn commented, “We are so thrilled and excited to have this generous gift from the Grondahl Family and the good people at Planet Fitness. Not in our wildest dreams had we imagined this Fitness Center to look as impressive as it does now.”

This project could not have been put together so quickly without the Planet Fitness staff who coordinated the move, which was organized by John Craig, Bill Reed, and John Ober. We would also like to thank Eric Katz ‘84 for lending his expertise in

coordinating the new fl oor installation. Our facility staff here at the Academy did a wonderful job painting the walls and preparing the space for the upgrade. It is our hope that the new facility will

help promote the School’s commitment to wellness while bringing the BA community together in new ways. Additionally, the upgraded equipment offers our athletes an ideal atmosphere for training and preparation for their sports seasons.

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This summer we welcomed one of our own back to campus. Jenni joined

our Development Offi ce as a Development Associate. A graduate of Berwick

(’03) and Simmons College, she has been successful in event planning and

catering at the Wentworth By the Sea Hotel in New Castle, NH, for the

past three years. In this role, she has garnered important technological and

interpersonal skills that will serve her extremely well in the 1791 House. While

at Berwick as a student, Jenni was an exceptional dancer and active member of

this community in so many ways. She brings an incredible charisma, passion,

and familiarity to the School that will be huge assets as we work to reconnect

with our recent alumni and consider creative new technologies in this offi ce.

Her excitement for Berwick’s mission is contagious, and she began her work

in our Advancement Offi ce July 1 of this year.

Karen is a graduate of Yale University School of Nursing and comes to

Berwick from Rochester Hill Family Practice. As a licensed nurse practitioner,

she brings a new level of training and skill to keep our students healthy and

safe. She joins our Support Service team at a moment when major initiatives

are underway to make our records electronic and clarify a number of medical

protocols campus wide. In addition to her roles in interfacing with teachers

and coaches, we are excited to watch Karen evolve into teaching roles across

campus as our K-12 wellness program continues to grow. She represents a

great resource for all sorts of health-related topics for this community.

Jenni Franco ‘03

Development Associate

Karen Chiang

School Nurse

Marguerite joins us as our new Lower School Academic Support Coordinator. A graduate of Elms College, she

also holds master’s and doctorate degrees in educational psychology from American International College. For the

past eleven years, Marguerite has worked at the Curtis Blake

Day School, which is associated with AIC in Springfi eld, MA.

Curtis Blake is a small, independent day school that caters

specifi cally to students with different learning challenges.

Marguerite brings an incredible capacity to work with students,

parents, and teachers as we strive to meet the learning needs

of every Berwick student. In addition to her work with literacy

and academic challenges in our Lower School, she will also

assist us with emotional counseling needs for our youngest

students. She becomes another critical new member of our

K-12 Support Services team. Marguerite also harbors a deep

passion for portrait and landscape painting, and we want to

welcome her to the Seacoast.

Maguerite Genest

Lower School Academic Support Coordinator

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Amy joined us as a part-time employee this year, teaching two sections of

Spanish in our Upper School while offering needed additional staffi ng in our library.

She will also use her talents as a passionate runner to assist our students in coaching

cross country. While holding undergraduate degrees from UNH in both English

and Spanish, she is currently completing her master’s degree in Spanish. She serves

as a graduate teaching assistant at UNH, teaching undergraduate courses while

integrating her passions of literature and the Spanish language. A native of Rochester,

NH, Amy brings an exceptional intellect and love of language to this new role.

Amy Trueworthy

Teaching and Library Staff

Marielle Johnson joins us in the Upper School this year

as a one-year interim replacement in the English department

for Andrew Kasprzak, who is pursuing his graduate degree at

Columbia University this year. Marielle graduated summa cum

laude from the University of Indianapolis and completed her

master’s degree from the University of Vermont this summer.

Her passions for literature, writing, and adolescents are

equally compelling. She has taught in a number of classroom

environments, most recently at Montpelier High School, where

she co-taught a number of upper level English courses. She is a

poet whose work has appeared in Etchings Literary Magazine and in

Wild Onion Review and was also displayed in downtown Montpelier, VT, in honor of 2010 National Poetry Month. She is an

accomplished singer, and we look forward to hearing her talents in this capacity throughout the year. Marielle relocated from

Burlington, VT, to Saco, ME, this summer.

Marielle Johnson

Upper School English

Paper pulp sculpture by Amelia Hazen ‘11

Linoleum cut print by Sam Auty ‘11

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Save the Date!When: Berwick Academy Community Benefi t

Where: The Red Barn at Outlook Farm

South Berwick, ME

When: April 30, 2011

We hope that you will join us in celebrating the

community that is Berwick Academy. Funds raised

from our Community Benefi t will enable the Parents

Association to continue its support of enrichment and

social activities in all three divisions, in addition to

beautifi cation projects on campus.

There are many ways to participate in our Benefi t:

corporate and individual sponsorships; bid or donate to

our online auction (which will run from March 27 to April

15) and our live auction (April 30); purchase a ticket to

our wine raffl e; sponsor-a-teacher. Be sure to attend!

A live auction, the chance to raise your paddle for our

Fund-A-Need, announcements of raffl e winners, delicious

food and drink, dancing, fun, and more surprises await

you on April 30!

We look forward to celebrating with you. For further

information, please feel free to contact the Community

Benefi t Co-Chairs.

Andrea Bristol Jean Jarvis

malted92@comcast.net jean.jarvis1@myfairpoint.net

2010 Community Benefi t

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2010 FUND-A-NEED

The 2010 Community Benefi t, held

last April raised nearly $80,000

for the Fund-a-Need project. The

result was the construction of a

beautiful walkway and granite

staircase leading from the parking

lot between the Kendall Lower

School and Commons Dining

Hall. At the base of the staircase

lies a stunning engraving of the

Academy’s seal. Thank you to all

those who supported this project.

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The Berwick Parent Community continues to raise funds to enrich our community. Thank you for your

continued support. Some examples of support for this fi scal year include:

This entryway was constructed over the summer of 2010 by the same company that installed our new turf fi elds.

Multi-media digital lab

HD video cameras

Poet in residence

Interactive whiteboards

Risers and podiums

Studio piano for practice rooms

Baritone saxophone

Security equipment

Pre-K classroom materials

Upgraded art room

Upgraded audio mics

Projection system

...and much more!

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Fall Sports: Season of Signifi cance by Rob Quinn, Athletic Director

Athletics

Update

You could feel the excitement in the air this fall

on the campus of Berwick Academy. The new turf fi eld

complex was a much anticipated project, and the students

were anxious to both play on it and watch games. The

coaches were thrilled to run practices and prepare our

student-athletes for the season ahead. The parents were

excited to come and watch this all unfold on the Hilltop.

On September 25, our Blue and White weekend, we held

a memorable turf fi eld dedication in front of our students,

faculty, parents, and trustees. This marked the beginning

of a new era in Berwick Athletics.

The Golf team picked up right where they left off

last season, starting fast as they won the fi rst fi ve matches of

the season. The only team that was able to beat our squad

was Portsmouth Abbey, and they registered a hole-in-one

to accomplish that victory. Our Bulldogs ended up in a

three-way tie for the regular season championship along

with Portsmouth Abbey and Pingree. The championship

tournament held at Myopia Club in Hamilton, MA, was a

dominating performance by our team, pulling away from

Pingree and fi nishing with a nine-stroke victory. Leading

the way was Max Linemayr, who won his fl ight with a

score of 78. The next four of six players from BA all won

their fl ights: Jonny Malloy, Mike Keefe, Nick Saulnier,

and Connor Haley. This year’s Coach’s Award was given

to Mike Keefe. Last year Mike was shooting in the 50’s

and an occasional low 60. But by the start of this year, he

brought his game down to a consistent and very respectable

mid 40’s range. These are admirable improvements for an

athlete trying to understand the game of golf. But, more

importantly, he has, through his own effort, done what

he had to do to become a true necessity for the success

of this team. Coach Downey had high praise for his MVP

Max Linemayr: “This young man has been on the team

for two years, and he is both well known and admired

throughout the league as a wonderful example of a varsity

athlete and an excellent ambassador for our school. His

contributions to team unity were ever-present with words

of encouragement and genuine and playful camaraderie.

In match play, Max is a man of composure. He is confi dent

of his abilities while at the same time he is willing to take

risks.” This season was a true example of a team effort,

and all players contributed to the regular season and

tournament championship. This is the second year in a

row the golf team has won the championship.

The Boys Varsity Soccer team registered

the best regular season in the program’s 45-year history.

This historic run included an undefeated EIL record of

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15-0 and an overall record of 18-3. The Bulldogs won the

EIL championship, which hasn’t been accomplished since

1991, a time before any of this team’s members were even

born. Along the way the Bulldogs registered a rare victory

over Bowdoin College JV Men’s Soccer. They entered

the NEPSAC boys soccer tournament as a three-seed

and defeated the Wheeler School in a fi rst-round home

game, 3-2. The atmosphere at the game was electric, as

were all of the home Boys Varsity Soccer games played

on the new turf fi eld. They never lost a game on the

surface the entire fall. The squad went on to play in the

semi-fi nal game against The Millbrook School and came

up on the short end. Despite the loss, the Berwick boys

truly gave BA a fantastic season. Berwick Academy has

not seen the likes of this squad before and will be lucky

to fi nd its match in future years in terms of skill, to be

sure, but, more importantly, in

terms of heart, class, courage,

and camaraderie. The athlete

chosen for the Coach’s Award

was the only four-year member

of the squad and, arguably, the

heart that drove the Boys Varsity

Soccer team. Jordan Sanford’s

run through the program has

been marked by his exceptional

effort to get the most out of his

teammates and himself and by

his unfl agging pursuit of success.

It has also been marked by his

exceptional play. As a junior last

fall, he was the team’s leading

goal scorer, and he was elected

by his teammates as the most

valuable player for the season.

This year’s MVP team was one

of those players that only comes

along once in a while. Chris Wild

was a special player who dazzled us all this fall. He came

to the Hilltop as a post-graduate, looking to improve

his academic profi le and gain another year of soccer in

a competitive program. Chris made an impression right

from the start, scoring a hat trick in his fi rst game against

rival Pingree in a 6-1 romp and never looked back. He

went on to have 10 multiple-goal games, leading all New

England Prep Schools with 30 goals. He is an avid player,

whose passion for the game was entirely contagious. Chris

left an undeniable mark on this program that will be felt

for years to come.

Girls Cross Country had one of their

strongest seasons yet. Coach Russell knew from the early

days of August pre-season that this would be no ordinary

team. They also welcomed their new assistant coach, Amy

Trueworthy, to the team. The girls were led by captains

and veteran runners Jenna Maddock and Alex Zannos,

who modeled the fi nest qualities to the younger runners.

They taught them motivation, perseverance, humor, care,

and support of each other each and every day at practice.

Jenna and Alex struck that fi ne balance between fun and

challenge in every practice. They both modeled great

running skills and the ability to push harder in training.

The returning seniors, Katie MacFarlane and Kathryn

Voss, were key fi nishers in all-league races and ran their

best times this year. Alanna Wittet joined the team and

played an essential role in determining the outcome

of every race she ran. Tucker Trimble joined the team

without any prior running experience and met her own

personal goal of successfully completing the NEPSTA

Division V race. Together these seniors created a culture

of mutual support and motivation that provided great

mentoring and leadership for the younger runners on the

team. The team’s EIL record was 5-5, and they placed fi fth

in the League Championship race at Franklin Park, one of

the best EIL race rankings in several years. They fi nished

the season very well with a strong race at the NEPSTA

Division V Championship race, where they placed second

in New England. The team voted Jenna Maddock as their

MVP. In every league race, Jenna Maddock was the team’s

lead runner. Jenna’s list of wins and times is impressive.

She has not only come in fi rst for BA in every race but

one, but she fi nished eighth at the EIL Championship

race. Her placement in the EIL race, with a time of 21:24

at Franklin Park, earned her EIL All-League status for this

season. To say one is among the top ten runners in the

EIL truly means something in this league. It is competitive,

and the teams against which BA races have deep rosters of

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talented runners. In the NEPSTA Division V race, Jenna

scored sixth overall with a time of 21:34, thereby securing

her place as a New England All-Star. The Coach’s Award

winner was Emily Fitzpatrick. Emily was the team’s

second runner in for every race this season. Her individual

improvement has been remarkable as her times dropped

all season. Emily received an EIL All-League Honorable

Mention for her performance as a top EIL runner. She

went on to fi nish eleventh in the NEPSTA Division V

Championship race, with a time of 22:41, thereby earning

New England All- Star status. Emily is a competitive racer

who can pass runners at critical moments. In practice,

Emily is willing to take on extra mileage and to do an

extra interval to develop herself as an exceptional runner,

all with a patient and positive attitude.

Steady progress is the characteristic that defi ned the

Boys Cross Country team’s season. The

15 runners included four freshmen, four sophomores, fi ve

juniors, and two seniors. This group began the season

relatively inexperienced, but the returning runners picked

up from where they had left off last season, and they were

quick to jump into the rhythm of their typical week. The

team trained Monday and Tuesday, raced on Wednesday,

and trained on Thursday and Friday. The fi rst few weeks

are a period when injuries are anticipated as the runners

increase the intensity of their running. They weathered

this period quite well. The team had mixed results in

their races, but the results were consistent with the level

of experience, compared to this year’s EIL juggernauts,

Beaver, Concord, and Portsmouth Abbey. More

importantly, almost every runner steadily trimmed seconds

off his fi nishing times every week, and the fi nal race of the

season (the NEPSTA Championships) was the team’s best

result. Only two runners will be lost to graduation, and

the prospects for next year are very bright. During most

seasons in cross country,

one would expect the

MVP Award to be given

to the runner with the best

results in the races over

the course of the season.

That is important, but so is

the intensity of a runner’s

efforts in his daily training.

The award winner this year

combined both of these, and

it is exciting for the program

that this year’s recipient was

a freshman. Charles Stine

experienced a great rookie

season, emerging as the

most competitive runner.

He was a talented and

patient runner this fall and

ran determined. Charles is destined to make his mark in the

Eastern Independent League. When Coach Davie looked

up and down his roster this fall, he saw many examples of

great individual improvement. Nevertheless, in the eyes

of his coach, Peter Whelan’s progress this year stood out,

earning him the Coach’s Award. At every practice Peter

pushed hard, and in every race he shaved more seconds

off his times. Peter has two more years of running ahead,

and he will make the best of it.

From an outsider’s perspective, it might seem as though the

Girls Varsity Soccer program had a diffi cult

year. Their win to loss ratio was not ideal and they had

a diffi cult time scoring goals. However, from an insider’s

viewpoint, the Girls Varsity Soccer team had an exciting

and energizing season. There were a number of new faces

on the roster that, as time passed, created exciting changes

on the fi eld. Truly, their growth from the start to the end

of the season was remarkable. The team’s last two games,

played against The Hyde School and Concord Academy,

were both decisive wins. More importantly, they were

games where the Berwick squad played enthusiastically,

confi dently and, most importantly, as a team.

A large portion of the growth that the Girls Varsity

Soccer team achieved this season must be accredited to

the leadership of Sophie Merrow. Sophie was one of the

two captains this fall and the only senior. When one is

an active leader, it isn’t uncommon for a diffi cult season

to be even more challenging. At times, it can be hard to

separate the performance of your team from your own as a

leader. Though for some this may be diffi cult, for Sophie,

it seemed almost natural. She is one of those truly selfl ess

leaders who observe the intangible achievements of a

season as important as the tangible. She truly embodied

and cultivated them. Sophie demonstrated patience,

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nurturing, maturity, and strength in every moment this

fall. While these are each important attributes to have in

any leader, with a younger program they are even more

essential. Sophie is truly one who leads by example. With

her continued support Sophie helped her teammates

develop and gain confi dence individually as players, and

thus helped the entire group grow and achieve greater

success together. Sophie’s infl uence on her team this

season cannot be measured and she truly earned the

team’s Most Valuable Player award with her leadership. As

the coaches continue to look towards the future, they feel

very fortunate to have gained the personality of Molly

Lapointe. As their stopper she is unstoppable; Molly is

aggressive, spirited and hardworking. However, what her

coaches appreciate most is her desire; her enthusiasm to

compete is simply contagious. Molly was chosen as the

coaches award honoree and as she is only a sophomore;

the team looks forward to her bright future on the team.

The JV Field Hockey team wrapped

up an incredible second season with a record of 6-1-4,

defeating two varsity teams along the way. The program

grew from a meager 13 players last year to 20 players

strong this season. (Last season was a re-birth of the fi eld

hockey program, bringing the sport back to the Hilltop

after a 57-year hiatus.) This fall nine freshmen joined the

team, which was exciting. The most memorable game

would have to be against Gould Varsity on the turf.

The teams were tied at the end of the regulation, 1-1, so

the coaches decided to play varsity rules by going into

overtime with a 7 v 7 format. After a nail-biting 9:30,

junior Captain Shannon Farrell found an opening and

sped up the fi eld with an unbelievable break-away, passing

off to sophomore Rachel Ikegami. Rachel took a quick

shot on goal, and when the goalie blocked it, she put in a

second effort and rebounded off the goalie’s pads, putting

the ball into the back corner of the cage. The entire team

rushed the fi eld in celebration. It was one of the most

exciting moments this young team has experienced in just

their second year of competition. The team was excited to

have the opportunity to practice and play on the new turf

fi eld, where they are undefeated after the fi rst season. The

squad won their last game against Philips Exeter, 2-1. This

was especially rewarding since they beat BA 3-1 last year.

The team is excited to move up to varsity next year. The

coaches were excited to see Emily Keech recognized by

her teammates as the team MVP. Emily was consistently

practicing as hard as she played, something that the

coaches truly appreciated. During games, Emily always

stepped up to the ball, put in a second and third effort,

and communicated with her team. In addition to being an

outstanding athlete, Emily was always willing to learn from

her coaches and her teammates, and her positive attitude

was constant and refreshing. The Coach’s Award recipient

for the team went to Jenny

Scharff. Jenny was always

on time for practice

and often stayed late to

work on her dodges and

fl icking. She inspired her

teammates and coaches

everyday to work harder

and longer to improve.

While Jenny came to

the sport of fi eld hockey

late in her high school

career, she managed to

become one of the most

skilled athletes on the

team, thanks to good old-

fashioned motivation and

dedication.

As we look back

on another fall season in

the books, we can refl ect

on the experience our

student athletes are gaining by participating in sports.

Athletics offer one of the best chances outside the family

for young people to learn respect, responsibility, integrity,

leadership, and sportsmanship. We are so proud of our

students here at Berwick Academy, and it’s nice to see

our coaches and athletes working together to achieve

success.

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DAVID COFFIN AND

MUSIC FROM THE

KINGS COURT

Professional musician David

Coffi n (pictured right) visited

the grade four recorder

students on October 2 as an

introduction to their study of

the recorder. David Coffi n’s

annual visit to Berwick in

the fall is a highlight for

students learning to play this

instrument. His residency is

always lively, educational,

entertaining, and comical.

What a wonderful combination for learning! In his program,

“Music from the King’s Court,” David Coffi n demonstrated

his collection of early wind instruments while explaining

the history of the recorder from the early ocarina to the

recorders of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Students

learned about the sound each instrument makes as well as

the science of sound that encompasses vibrations, wave

lengths, and pitch through demonstrations with bottles,

drinking straws, and instruments. David engaged students

in interactive conversations by asking questions, asking

for student assistance, or responding to their reactions. He

kept the students riveted throughout the class. In addition

to our third grade violin classes, recorder studies are a

prerequisite to our performance-based Middle School

ensemble classes and an excellent way to engage all our

students in instrumental music.

MASTER DRUMMER SAEED ABBAS

Master Ghanaian drummer Saeed Abbas visited the Berwick

African drumming classroom in November. Saeed was

the featured performer at Berklee’s annual African Music

Concert earlier in the fall, a fantastic concert attended by

our Upper School drummers, so we were thrilled to have

him join Berwick for the day! We started the day playing

a show for Mrs. Minihan’s fi rst grade class in the Lower

School Rioux Room with Saeed and the Upper School

group. Saeed demonstrated his wonderful atenteben (fl ute)

playing for the students and led

the group in a spirited Kpanlogo

beat, while dance teacher Sasha

Randall led the fi rst graders in a

special dance. Saeed signed many

autographs for the students. Later

in the morning, Saeed worked

with the fi fth and sixth grade

African Ensemble, refi ning their

kpanlogo playing. After lunch, he

was able to help the eighth grade

group with playing a tricky piece

called Sikyi. It is one thing to play

African music, but it is another

thing altogether to play it with

a master. Saeed will be returning

periodically throughout the year.

In telling his story about growing up in Ghana and

discovering his passion for drumming as a fi ve-year-old,

Saeed described his fi rst drum as one he had made from

clay and newspapers. Because of his passion for drumming

and his expertise as a Master Drummer, Saeed Abbas

indicated he has performed for the President of Ghana,

Queen Elizabeth, and President Clinton. Now, he can add

Berwick Academy to his extensive list of performances.

KELSEY WALKER, MINNESOTA BOUND

Fourth grade student Kelsey Walker was awarded a place

in the Organization of American Kodaly Educators’

National Conference Children’s Choir. Kelsey worked

with Lower School music teacher Maria Isaak, who is a

Kodaly Specialist and a member of the Organization of

American Kodaly Educators, and Upper School Chorus

Director Brenda LaForce. Kelsey made an audition tape

in October as part of her preparation for this experience.

The National Children’s Choir is open to choral students

in the fourth and fi fth grades. Students selected nation-

wide will rehearse and perform in Minneapolis, MN, on

March 19, 2011.

Fall Arts Review by Deloris White, Director of Fine Arts

Arts

Update

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BERWICK TO CARNEGIE HALL

Senior Frederick (Fred) Diengott has recently been

accepted into the Honors Choir for the 2011 American

High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall.

He will spend fi ve days in New York during February and

have an opportunity to learn from Dr. Eph Ehly before

the Honors Choir performance on Saturday February 19,

2011. Music teacher Stephanie Sanders nominated Fred

for this opportunity, for which he completed an extensive

application that included an audition tape. Fred’s letter of

notifi cation states, “Your acceptance to this elite group is

a direct result of the talent, dedication and achievements

demonstrated in your application.”

MAINE ALLSTATE FESTIVAL

Frederick Diengott also just received notifi cation that he

has been selected by audition to perform at the Maine

Allstate Festival in May 2011. This is a highly competitive

process, where students across the State audition from

public and private schools.

FESTIVAL NEWS

Eight Berwick Academy musicians were accepted by

audition to participate in the Maine District I High

School Honors Music Festival this year: Olivia Berger,

Matt Butcher, Mary DePascale, and Katie Gill were

selected to participate in the chorus. Justin Koppstein

and Tristan Dardani will play violin, along with Amy

Rawn and Asher Siegel on viola in the orchestra. Asher

will be principal viola for the orchestra this year. Each

one of these accomplished musicians auditioned before

a judge in October at Thornton Academy as part of the

adjudication process to determine their selection.

HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTIONS

Nine Upper School students were inducted into the

National Art Honor Society, and two students were

inducted into the Tri-M Music Honor Society during

a symbolic ceremony on Thursday November 4, in the

Commons. These organizations recognize students

who not only achieve success in visual expression or

music performance and academic achievement, but also

contribute to the increased awareness of the fi ne arts at

Berwick Academy. Berwick Academy has maintained a

chapter of these two national honor societies since the

1990’s.

NATIONAL ART HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES

The following students epitomize the dedication,

commitment, and artistic vision to warrant membership

in the prestigious National Art Honor Society. Seniors

included are Katie Gill, Whitney Pasternak, Sam Auty,

Sophie Merrow, Brian Rawn, and Alex Zannos. Juniors

selected are Juliana Blais, Ellie Penati, and Katie Towey.

Tri-M Music Honor Society Inductees—The Tri-M

Music Honor Society welcomed the following new

members: Juniors Stephen Garabedian and Nick Saulnier.

These students were recognized for their musicianship,

scholarship, cooperation, leadership, and service to school

and community.

Master Drummer Saeed Abbas poses with Miss Minihan’s fi rst grade class and Mr.

Baldwin’s Upper School African Drumming students.

Wet process photograph by

Haley Adams ‘11

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Faculty Professional Development

Each summer, Columbia University offers a

program called the Klingenstein Summer Institute at

the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey for roughly 75

early career independent school teachers. Last summer

I had the great fortune to attend “teacher camp” with an

amazing group of educators from all over the world, all in

the beginning of their careers. While I expected the work

to be enlightening, challenging, and rewarding, I could

never have anticipated to what extent.

Our typical day would include sessions with

our knowledgeable master teachers, authors from the

academic fi eld, and renowned educators. We read

information from the presenters each evening and wrote

responses in the form of journal entries. Additionally, we

had two breakout discussion groups based on curriculum

and diversity. My language curriculum group consisted

of Latin, French, and Spanish “fellows.” We discussed

our disciplines, schools, and students. We collaborated

over our methodologies, assessment, curricula, and

trends that we see in our classrooms.

Our diversity groups consisted of a mix of

Klingenstein fellows from every discipline. In these

groups we discussed themes such as gender, diversity,

socioeconomics, and privilege in independent schools.

While it is somewhat impossible to articulate what

we uncovered in these diversity groups, our objective

generally was to discuss what we had absorbed from our

readings and general sessions and the ways we might

apply these ideas in our classrooms and schools.

It was the fall of 2008 when I applied to the

Klingenstein Summer Institute. The process was nerve-

racking, exciting, and intimidating. When I received my

acceptance, they informed me that the language program

only ran every other year and that my acceptance was for

the summer of 2010. I was uncertain as to whether or not

I could or should wait. However, when I asked colleagues,

the response was overwhelmingly supportive. I also

remember my father’s exact words, “You don’t turn down

Klingenstein.” I understand his resolution perfectly now.

I was surrounded by an incredible group of colleagues and

teachers; the experience was truly humbling.

Klingenstein opened my eyes to so many new

ideas and perspectives that I might never have explored.

I left the experience feeling reaffi rmed that I work in

such a supportive environment and feeling grateful for

my position at Berwick. As our September start date

approached, my excitement to implement what I had

learned was completely heightened by my renewed

appreciation for everything that we have here with our

colleagues, staff, and especially, our students.

by Kyle Ridgway ‘00

Semester

Snapshots

Tenth Day AssemblySeptember 20, 2010

The Tenth Day Assembly presented a School-wide opportunity to focus on another of the Academy’s Core Values--stretching through engagement. As the entire student body gathered in the Athletic Center to the beating of African drums, students from all divisions shared their music, dance, and song and creatively illustrated the many ways they live this core value on campus and beyond.

Blue and White DaySeptember 25, 2010

Blue and White Day helped kick off the school year with all the usual fanfare of athletic games, fi eld day games for the Lower School kids, and a BBQ. This year the “Dog Days” Carnival was added and brought with it much spirit and joy for the youngest members of our community! This fun-for-all event saw members of the faculty and administration taking turns in the dunk tank, students eating donuts off strings, and play-ing in the bouncy house.

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Art Boosters Variety ShowOctober 15, 2010

The Multi-Drink offers 2 different functional ways to drink out of with a twist-off closure or pop-out straw. BPA free. $15.00

click on Berwick Store from the Community drop-down on www.berwickacademy.org or visit the physical store in the Lower School

Champion 12 oz. reverse weave hooded sweatshirts in royal or oxford gray. Crew neck also available in gray. $50.00

Add some school spirit with these custom Berwick bulldog patches!$2.00

Tie-Dye is back! 100% preshrunkcotton.Youth sizes. $18.00

In stock by popular demand! Made in the USA from Vineyard Vines. A high quality piece and

beautiful finished look...it’s a must-have! Fabrics: Tote canvas trimmed with 100% imported silk with our custom BA bulldog print! $65.00

Adult and Youth Sizes! Baby Items Too!

Berwick Store

Halloween ParadeOctober 29, 2010

Please Remember the Annual Fund

Please Remember to Give

Participation in the Annual Fund is important every year, in fact, to the very operation of the

School. If you have not done so yet, please consider a gift or pledge.

For more information contact the Alumni and Development Offi ce at 207-384-2164 x 2304

To make an Annual Fund gift online visit: www.berwickacademy.org/giving

Berwick needs your support.

Pledges can be paid anytime until the fund closes on June 30.

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Jane Merrow as Anne Frank chronicles her family’s

experiences.

Members of the Frank and Van Daan Families, from left to right:

Cristina Salvador, Nate Winters, James Davis, Ian Wright, and Molly

Mugford welcome Breandán Haley as Mr. Dussel, who joins them in

hiding. Elizabeth Hopkins as Miep Gies (far right) looks on.

Cristina Salvador as Edith Frank (far left) greets James Davis

as Peter Van Daan (far right) when they prepare to go into

hiding. Also pictured are Abigail Fitzpatrick as Margot Frank

and Nate Winters as Otto Frank.

Breandán Haley as Mr. Dussel prays as the air raid sirens sound the alert.

Nate Winters as Otto Frank

gives an unexpected Hanukkah

gift to Christina Salvador as

Edith Frank, his wife.

Upper School Play: The Diary of Anne FrankOctober 29 & 30, 2010

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Cristina Salvador as Edith Frank comforts Jane Merrow as

Anne and Abigail Fiztpatrick as Margot when they are dis-

covered by the Nazis.

Cristina Salvador as Edith Frank (left)

confi des her worries to Elizabeth

Hopkins as Miep Gies.

Jane Merrow as Anne Frank takes delight in the pair of

high heeled shoes she has just received as a present from

Miep. Cristina Salvador as Edith Frank (left) and Ian

Wright as Mr. Van Daan look on.

The Franks, Van Daans and Mr. Dussel have been betrayed by

Nazi sympathizers. From left to right: Nate Winter, Cristina

Salvador, Molly Mugford, Ian Wright, and Breandán Haley.

Noah Landis (far right) as one of the Nazi offi cials.

Tempers erupt in confi ned quarters when Ian Wright as

Mr. Van Daan engages in a heated exchange with Molly

Mugford as Mrs. Van Daan.

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Middle School Musical: AladdinNovember 19 & 20, 2010

Narrators Tilly Burzynski, Page Waldo, and Jess Hebert attempt to interview a

non-communicative Jafar (Ben Thut) while townspeople Kaitlyn Lawson and

Caroline Jacobs look on.

Aladdin (Kenny Berger) and Jasmine (Sarah Khan) realize they are hemmed

in by a crowd of townspeople as they try to stay “One Jump Ahead.”

In the cave where he has been imprisoned by Jafar’s

henchmen, Aladdin (Kenny Berger) discovers many

treasures, including a magic lamp.

Spencer Fascetta as Iago and Ben Thut as Jafar hatch an evil plan

to rewrite the ancient laws of Agrabah to force Princess Jasmine to

marry Jafar.

Aladdin (Kenny Berger) marvels at the magic carpet that the Genie

(Blaine Stevens) has summoned to help them escape from Jafar’s

cave.

Emma Hambright, Sammie Gaudette, Kaitlyn Lawson, Caroline Jacobs, and

Katherine Reid sing along as part of the chorus that the Genie magically

causes to appear to help her sing “Friend Like Me.”

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Thanks to the Genie’s magic, Aladdin is transformed into Prince

Ali Ababwa (Kenny Berger). Here, Prince Ali makes his grand

entrance into the Sultan’s palace in his attempt to win the hand of

Princess Jasmine.

Disguised as Prince Ali, Aladdin (Kenny Berger) shows Princess Jasmine

(Sarah Khan) a “Whole New World” by fl ying her high above Agrabah in

his magic carpet.

Guards Tucker Sullivan, Will Hebert, and William Hetz, are joined

by Razoul (Matt Crawford), Iago (Spencer Fascetta), and Jafar (Ben

Thut) as they prepare to belt out the reprise of “Why Me?”

As Jafar attempts to make himself the ruler of Agrabah, his guards (Jake

Donoghue, Henry Henkel, Grant Tischner, William Hetz, Nicholas

Noerdlinger, and Will Hebert) arrest Prince Ali (Kenny Berger) and the

Sultan (Peter Scharer) while the astonished townspeople look on.

With Jafar safely forced into the magic lamp, all is well,

and the happy ensemble joins together to sing “A Whole

New World.”

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Alumni

News

Gorgeous fall weather and dozens of

campus activities welcomed alumni on the

last weekend in September.

Alumni from dozens of states

joined the festivities, traveling from Florida,

New York, Virginia, Wisconsin, California,

Nebraska, Maryland, and Indiana. Nearly

30 classes were represented, spanning 70

years.

Alumni spent the day on Friday

in Upper School classrooms, lunching

in the Commons and taking a historical

campus tour with BA Archivist, Rachel

Saliba. Alumni from the 70s held impromptu jam sessions

at various times during the weekend. Exhibits of alumni

art and Academy archives were on display in the Jackson

Library throughout the weekend. On Friday evening,

Greg and Amy Schneider opened their home for a

cocktail reception to the Class of 1960, celebrating their

50th reunion, and the Class of 1965.

Saturday brought beautiful fall skies and perfect

conditions for a morning of student athletic contests,

followed by a barbeque lunch on Fogg Field and the

dedication of the new turf fi eld. (See Cover Story.) Young

children of alumni

enjoyed the “Dog

Days Carnival,”

including a

bouncy house,

face painting, and

an opportunity to

send the Head of

School into the

dunk tank.

Rache l

Saliba conducted

an afternoon

campus tour and

then hosted members of the Class of 1965 in an oral history

recording, preserving their BA stories in perpetuity.

Over 150 people gathered on Saturday evening

for the traditional banquet. Highlights included a special

acknowledgement of Zana

Hasty Littlefi eld and Ginny

Swasey Folley, Class of ’35,

the most senior reunion class

represented. Former Head of

School Hap Ridgway and his

wife, Susan, joined the alumni

for dinner, and Hap addressed

the group.

Several alums had not

seen each other since high

school. The record goes to

Doris Flynn Grady and Alta

Clifford Zinchuck, Class of

1940. Alta moved away right after graduation, and the

two girls had not seen each other until the banquet when

Doris walked up to Alta and said, “I think I know you.”

Russell Grant and Bob Hersom, both Class of

1945, had not seen each other since Bob left BA to join

the service in 1942. Russell made his way from Santa

Claus, IN, to meet his old friend, who came down from

Camden, ME, with his wife, Bessie.

Following dinner, many of the alums made their

way over to Fogg Memorial for desserts, music, and more

socializing. The last of the alums drifted away close to

midnight, tired but happy.

Huge thanks to the wonderful Alumni Weekend

Committee: Doris Flynn Grady ’40, Gloria Flynn Roberge

’45, Irma Simpson Rose ’50, George & Simone Gorman ’60,

Charles Andres ’70, Brigit Ordway ’75, Douglas Sweet ’85,

Seth Hurd ’90, Sarah Whitely D’Ercole ’90, and Stephen

Dow ’95.

2011 Alumni Weekend:

September 23-25. See you there!

AlumniWeekend 2010

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Alumni spanning seven decades joined their classmates on the Hill for a weekend of food, fun and BA memories. Classes

ending in 5 and 0 celebrated reunions. The Class of 1960, commemorating their 50th, came out in force. Photos from the event

are posted on BA’s website in the alumni portal. Go to “Alumni Events Photo Album” and click on “Alumni Day 2010.” All photos

can be downloaded to your computer and printed. Look who was there!

1934 Theresa Parent Gagnon

1935 Ginny Swasey Folley

1935 Zana Hasty Littlefi eld

1940 Doris Flynn Grady

1940 Alta Clifford Zinchuck

1942 Edna Young Kenney

1944 Dennis Fink

1944 Albert Roberge

1945 Cy Chase

1945 Russell Grant

1945 Bob Hersom

1945 Hazel Warren Jones

1948 Owen Stevens

1950 Joan Gough Garnett

1952 Ruth Boston

1960 Theodore Atkinson

1960 Bill Currier

1960 Patricia Flynn

1960 George Gorman

1960 Annabelle Goodrich Hayes

1960 Leslie Locke

1960 Delores Watkins Lothrop

1960 Judith Hussey Moses

1960 Paul Roberts

1960 Diane Coffi n Turcotte

1963 Bob Acheson

1965 Glenn Michael

1965 Greg Michael

1965 Peter Arakelian

1965 Jon Kellogg

1965 David Ammerman

1965 Jonathan Foster

1965 Larry Littlefi eld

1965 Robert Perkin

1968 Joel Gagnon

1970 Charles Andres

1970 John Flynn

1975 James Austin

1975 Steve Canty

1975 Tom Eastman

1975 Chip Growney

1975 Mark Holmes

1975 Martha White

1975 Freddie Catalfo

1975 Russ Desmond

1975 Gary Hawksley

1975 Karen Goldberg Higgins

1975 Daniel Kenney

1975 Deidre Lawrence Link

1975 Lisa Gagnon

1975 Brigit Ordway

1975 Nicholas Pesarik

1975 Harry Revels

1975 Karen Moushegian Temple

1975 Dan Winslow

1975 Tami Waters

1976 Tony Gratta

1976 Kitty Goldberg Stoller

1976 Joanna Dodd

1976 Christopher Glancy

1976 Bob Shea

1977 John O’Grady

1977 Kate Ordway Salvati

1978 Holly Burnham

1979 Deborah Goldberg

1985 David Myers and

Anne Fleming Myers

1985 Peter Mullaney

1985 Julie Erickson

1985 Zachary Harmon

1985 R.J. Lamb

1985 Jennifer Moores

1985 Doug Sweet

1988 Moira McKinnon

1989 Kellie Varano

1990 Seth Hurd

1990 Brian Gregg

1990 Jonathan Nass

1990 Kelly Worster

1990 Stephen Coolidge

1990 Anne Donaghy Cordero

1990 Chris Dayton

1990 Sarah Whitely D’Ercole

1990 Kelly Mullen

1990 Nicole Fortin Strangman

1995 Steve Dow

2000 Patrick Muth

2000 Kyle Ridgway

2000 Chuck Clement

2000 Emily Taylor

2003 Jenni Franco

Faculty Jim Sullivan

Former Faculty Razel Kallberg

Former Faculty Lynne Gass

Former Faculty Hap &

Susan Ridgway

Former Faculty John Herrick

Former Faculty Elliot &

Dawn Payzant

Former Staff Laura &

Dick Adams

Class of

1965

Class of

1945

Class of

1960

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Class of

1985

Class of

2000

Class of

1990

Class of

1975

The Class of 1990 had a special mission to accomplish

at their 20th reunion. They were tasked with directing

their Class Fund, established at their graduation, to a

specifi c purpose. In the end, the group decided to split

the Fund evenly among the three options— fi nancial aid,

campus preservation, and professional development—

and did so in honor of former Head of School Hap

Ridgway, who attended the banquet that evening.

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Alumni Awards were presented at this year’s Alumni Banquet, held on September 25. Three outstanding alumni were applauded for their personal and professional achievements.

Outstanding Achievement in One’s Field of EndeavorGlenn Michael ’65

Since leaving BA in 1965, Glenn Michael has spent a lot of time in the air. Glenn left BA in 1965

and entered the Air Force ROTC program at UNH in what would prove to be the beginning of

an extensive relationship with that branch of the military. He graduated in 1969 with a BA in

business and went on to spend six years on active duty in the Air Force, fl ying C-141 and F-4

aircraft. He had one combat tour of duty in Vietnam. For the next 20 years, Glenn was a member

of the U.S. Air Force Reserves and fl ew combat airdrop missions in Panama.

Since 2007, Glenn has been the Manager of International Operations for the Commercial

Aviation Safety Team, whose goal to improve the safety record of commercial air travel, both in

the U.S. and abroad. So the next time you board an airplane and land safely at your destination, say a quiet “thank you” to a man who

helped to make that journey possible, Mr. Glenn Michael.

Alumni Day Awards

Outstanding Achievement in One’s Field of EndeavorGregory Michael ’65

Greg Michael has taken his love of fl ying, his passion for service to his country, and his talented

legal mind to achieve amazing personal and professional heights. Like his twin brother Glenn,

Greg graduated from BA in 1965 and attended UNH, where he enrolled as a four-year ROTC

cadet. He went on to receive his law degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston.

After graduating, he went on to active duty providing defense services for military personnel as a

member of the Judge Advocate General’s Department at McGuire AFB in New Jersey. He received

numerous commendations and awards during his time in the Air Force. Upon completion of his

active duty in 1977, Greg was assigned to the Air Force Reserves and worked as a military trial

judge worldwide.

In his civilian life, Greg is an attorney and Special Justice for the Merrimack District Court.

He has served as a member of the board of governors of the District Court Judges Association as

well as a member of the District Court Judicial Education Committee. He has also served on the boards of several regional nonprofi t

organizations and has been a business law instructor at Daniel Webster College. We at BA are very proud to present the Alumni

Award for Outstanding Achievement to Mr. Greg Michael.

Outstanding Achievement in One’s Field of EndeavorGeorge Gorman ‘60

George joined the South Berwick Fire Department in 1966, following in the footsteps

of his grandfather, a member of the Rollinsford Fire Department. George’s own

son Patrick has followed in his father’s footsteps and is a lieutenant on the South

Berwick Fire Department with over 25 years of service.

George began his service career after graduating from Berwick Academy

and joining the U.S. Air Force. He spent four years in the military, returning to

South Berwick to work at a local shoe factory and later at the Portsmouth Naval

Shipyard, both repairing submarines and serving on the Shipyard’s fi re department.

Taking a friend’s suggestion, he joined the South Berwick Fire Department, and

he has been there ever since. Not only has he been at the helm for forty years, but he has inspired and led a staff that has served

nearly as long. It is this loyalty and leadership that earned George the 2009 Firefi ghter of the Year for Public Service by the York

County Firefi ghters Association. These same qualities have earned him this alumni award for Outstanding Achievement.

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You were at BA from sixth through twelfth

grade. When did your interest in politics

begin?I have been fascinated by politics since I was very young,

but I didn’t get involved in my fi rst campaign until I was

20 years old.

How did you get started in

politics?My fi rst campaign was volunteering for

Deborah Arnie Arnesen during her 1992

run for New Hampshire Governor. She

needed someone to drive her to an event

one day, and I was available. I eventually

became her frequent driver, along with

other responsibilities. I worked on a few

more campaigns before I joined with my

business partners to form The Dover

Group.

The tagline for your fi rm, The

Dover Group, states, “We

build campaigns.” Can you

elaborate?Campaigning is an organic process. There

are no two candidates or districts that are exactly the

same. The issues of the day change from year to year, so

all campaigns are different. We work with the candidates,

their spouses, and their staffs and friends to create the

right kind of strategy and structure for the best position.

We create the budget, messaging, and advertising. We use

qualitative and quantitative research and decide what is

relevant to the voters. Finally, we try to get supporters to

the polls. Essentially, it’s like building an entire company,

one that exists for only a year or two.

What were you doing during the November

midterm elections?Our fi rm managed between fi ve and ten campaigns all

across the country for the midterms. We estimate we will

do about the same number in 2012.

Are you already gearing up for 2012?I got off the phone about an hour ago with a candidate

who will be running for election in 2012.

What do you like most about organizing

campaigns?What keeps me doing what I do is the enigma that exists

at the beginning of the campaign—

trying to understand the candidate and

why he or she wants to be elected. You

invest a lot of time and energy into the

campaign effort, and you don’t know if

you are right or wrong until Election

Day.

And your least favorite part

of the job?The worst moment is always when I

have to sit a client down and say, “You

need to do this or you won’t win.”

Usually it involves a painful choice.

What would you say to a BA

student who was interested in

running for public offi ce?I encourage everyone to get involved in politics at some

level. If you sit on the sidelines, other people wind up

dictating your lot in life. I suggest starting out, as I did,

volunteering for a small, local campaign where you can

potentially get a lot of responsibility. If you like it, go

to work for a candidate running for your state Senate or

House.

Do you have any interest in running for

offi ce yourself?Zero.

Chris is a Partner in The Dover Group www.doverstrategygroup.com. They have offi ces in Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Kansas City. Chris is based in Boston.

Interview with an alumnus:

A Passion for PoliticsChris Esposito ‘90

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Eight very talented and creative alumni participated in the Alumni Weekend Alumni Art Exhibit in the gallery in

Jackson Library. The artwork included pottery, sculpture, oil and acrylic paintings, photography, and needlepoint. Artists

included Caitlin Chandler ’02, Jenni Franco ’03, Doris Flynn Grady ’40, Lisa Haedrich ’03, Ben Blais ’06, Elizabeth Ferris ’05,

Olivia Waterhouse ’10, and Matthew Lawrence ’08.

• Dennis Fink ’44, oil paintings

Alumni Art

Dozens of art lovers enjoyed an amazing selection of artwork by Berwick alumnus Ben Blais ‘06 (below) while on

exhibit in the Jackson Library Gallery October through December. On November 29, BA faculty, staff, students, and other

guests were treated to an intimate gathering with the artist, who spoke to the group about his technique and inspiration for

his work.

Among the artwork was a collection of four drawings titled “Metastatic,” which Ben described as a commentary on

how cancer arises from the modest origins of the DNA of one cell and how this cell consequently loses its identity to become

enemy to the host. Ben graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, in the spring of 2010, where he studied cell

and molecular biology and studio art. He is currently living in Eliot, ME, and is in the process of applying to medical school

for the fall of 2011.

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Who, What, When, Where: Whitman Stained Glass Window

The Sarah Wyman

Whitman stained glass

windows in Fogg Memorial

Library have been the subject

of much scholarly research,

but no one has been able to

determine the meaning of

the above window. If you

are interested in researching

the answer to this riddle,

the following is some background about Whitman and

the meanings of the symbols she used in the proximate

windows.

Sarah Wyman Whitman (1842–1904) was a leader

in the Arts and Crafts Movement in Boston at the turn of

the century. She was the fi rst woman to do stained glass

professionally and gain important commissions, including

Trinity Church in Boston, the Central Congregational

Church in Worcester, MA, and Harvard’s Memorial Hall.

Whitman was also the fi rst professional woman artist to

be regularly employed by publisher Houghton Miffl in to

design covers for their books.

Through her work for Houghton Miffl in, she

befriended Berwick Academy alumna and

author Sarah Orne Jewett. It is believed

that their friendship led to Whitman’s

involvement with the interior design

of Fogg Memorial and the creation and

production of the stained glass windows in

Fogg Library and the Civil War Memorial

Window in Ms. Mansfi eld’s classroom.

According to Whitman scholars, Whitman

believed that windows in schools should

open young minds to new ideas and that

society could be uplifted through art.

Every piece of stained glass she created

had a meaning behind it, usually involving

messages of morality or names of great

authors and thinkers. Some of the Fogg

Library windows were left clear to allow for

light and a view of the surrounding area.

The names of great thinkers and writers

were used throughout Fogg to inspire

and educate students and to honor those

to whom we owe gratitude. The window in question is

located at the top of the windows facing Academy Street.

It is next to the following windows: a quatrefoil, “St.

Albans,” the shield of rhetoric, “Caxton,” and another

quatrefoil. St. Albans is where the fi rst draft of Magna

Carta was written. Caxton was an English printer who

printed the fi rst dated book in English.

If you know what the symbol means or if you have

any insights or questions about its meaning, please contact

Archivist Rachel Saliba at rsaliba@berwickacademy.org or

by phone at 207.384.6330. Thank you for your help!

Left to right: Robert Whalen, Norman Gordon, Meredith Richardson

Ernie, Irma Simpson Rose, James Miller, Beverly Cheney Frazier, Rene

Van de Meulebroecke, Doris Cleary Maxfi eld, Dorothy Robinson

Gaudette, John Leonard, Lucille Pinkham Labonte, Priscilla Paul

Hersey.

Class of 1950

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Alumni Class Notes

1946Joyce Pray Borkowski: I have little class news as

my classmates and I are now in our eighties and spread

out over the country. I still live in the shadow of Fogg

Memorial on Academy Street. My amazing daughter,

Kristen, Class of 1984, is a supervisor at the US Visa

Center at Pease Tradeport. She, husband Gary, grandsons

Ryan, 11, and William, 8, live next door to me in my

parents’ former home. They are all a joy and a blessing in

my life. My son, Tim, and family are nearby in York. My

grownup grandchildren, Heather (world traveler, natural

foods specialist, boat builder, sailor, musician) and Jesse,

(a Berklee College, Boston, development specialist and

fi lm maker, creative writer, former college instructor, and

now holder of his MBA degree), both often visit in York. I

am so fortunate to have them all.

For those who remember my aunt Laura Chick Lawry,

class of 1927, she is 101 years old and in an assisted

living facility. She was a favorite teacher of mine and

many former Central School students still inquire about

her. As for me, I serve on a library board, tend to home

and gardens, read, do genealogy, attend family events,

and miss traveling! I still have contact with my two dear

friends from BA, Kathy and Pat.

Kathy Hussey Keelty lives in Somersworth with

her husband, Tom, close to children and grandchildren.

They recently attended the lovely fall wedding of their

granddaughter, Kate Keelty, in Portsmouth, RI. Kate is

the daughter of Kevin Keelty, Class of 1967. Kevin’s son

Chris and wife’s baby daughter made Kevin a grandfather

and Kathy and Tom great-grandparents.

Pat Gilley Linscott lives in Adams, MA, near her

daughters, Heather, a teacher, and Robin. Pat has a

fondness for music and sings with three local choral

groups plus occasionally others. She snowshoes in winter,

walks daily, and does volunteer work. She manages to

keep in close touch with grandson Collin, who is studying

photography, and granddaughter Jill, who is studying

music.

We keep in touch, seeing each other as circumstances

permit, and when we get together, the years fall away and

we’re again the close friends we always have been since

BA days.

1951Ardis Emery: Retired in June 1991, after 40-plus years

of teaching. I’ve moved back to my home place at 310

Emery’s Bridge Road, South Berwick, in June of this year.

1954Douglas Krebs: Enjoying retirement after 39 years at

General Electric. Fishing in York, ME, and St. Pete Beach,

FL. Currently on a roll with three tournament wins: fi rst

place 40” striper in Maine; third place 45” striper in Ken-

nebunk contest; second place Trash Fish Tournament, St.

Pete Beach, FL. Grandson Nick’s Pop Warner team went

10-0 and won Rochester, NH League Championship.

Granddaughter Maddy won Dover, NH American Idol

singing contest. Life is good!

1956Howard Pelletier: Enjoying my retirement. I am a

woodcarver, and I do Christmas ornaments in the fall and

winter.

1958Ronald Cousins: Retired and living in Kentucky

where my wife is a professor at the dental school. Enjoy-

ing travel and raising/training golden retrievers.

1960Anita Schoff Gagne: Dear Classmates, Bob and I

will be celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary as well

as our 50th class reunion in 2011. How neat is that! Fifty

years later, a daughter, a son, fi ve grandchildren and still

living in South Berwick, ME, is something to be thankful

for. Life has been good to us. There is, however, one goal

in my life that I was not able to achieve…becoming grad-

uate alumni of Berwick Academy. There were four classes

who were once fortunate to walk up that long, tarred

walkway to the Hilltop of BA. Many of our relatives did

the same. We all remember how we fell short of getting a

B.A. diploma and joining the ranks.

Just to let you know, I have been working with BA alumni

development offi cials in hopes of bringing us back home

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to BA, a school where we will be able to participate in

their many events for years to come. We presently do not

have our South Berwick High School as it has changed

its name a few times through the years. Somehow we are

lost out here, so being considered an honorary graduate

of BA would be a privilege we all missed out on. Hang in

there. We need your support as well to make this happen.

Our goal is to have a place to call our alma mater: Berwick

Academy, the way we believed it would be. Maybe some

of you will be writing in the BA Today. It’s a long time

coming and how great to share your comments with other

classmates. We are like a family you know.

Kim Reynolds: Looking forward to seeing you all at

the 50th.

Kinloch C. Walpole: Hope all is well. I continue as

the abbot of the Gateless Gate Zen Center in Gainesville,

FL. I am in the process of planning a loop around the

country on my motorcycle next summer in the July to

September time period. The trip is from here to San

Diego, Anchorage, Bangor and back to Florida. Expect to

do it in 60 or fewer days. The intent is to raise awareness

of mothers and babies in the prisons and jails of the nation.

I have a one-hour talk with a PowerPoint that is loaded

with photos. My hope is to be able to give 15 talks in

the bigger cities along the way, to build a residential Zen

center specializing in the process of re-entry for mothers

and their re-unifi cation. Have been doing the prison thing

for about 15 years now and volunteering in a women’s

prison for about eight years. There I teach an average of

seven classes a week and lead a fi ve-day meditation retreat

in the Zen tradition once every three months for about

80 to 100 women per retreat. I will also be holding a

second hand out to get money to help me fi nance the trip.

Will start test riding 600 miles a day followed by talks in

Miami, Atlanta, and Pensacola starting in February to see

how this old body is holding up. Saw the doctor today,

and she said that the body is up to it, but she is not so

sure of the sanity. Will be coming through New England

towards the end of August. Yours in the Dharma.

Bob Wilson: We as a class had a large turnout at our

last reunion. Let’s show everybody what the class of ‘61

was about and have all of us show up for our 50th.

Bill Pioch: I am still in the growing game, but I have

changed roles. I am now with Michigan State University

Extension as the Program Coordinator for the Youth

Garden and Farm Stand Program. It is a 4H program

for youth development including four season gardening,

nutrition, and entrepreneurial development. The kids

learn how to grow and use healthy vegetables year-round

using season-extending techniques. They also learn how

to start and run a business, write a business plan, create

a marketing plan, and start and run a farm stand. It is a

great program. I am also part of MSU’s Greening Institute

as a member of the Metro Ag Team. Our mission is to

promote urban, suburban agriculture in Wayne, Oakland,

and Genesse Counties (the I-75 corridor). It all keeps this

old guy busy, and I still grow neat things on my land. To

all, have a great holiday, and don’t let the silly season get

to you. Farmer Bill.

Stanton Allaben: I live on Hilton Head Island,

SC, and own a bicycle rental business with a friend. I

am also an artist working in oil and watercolor. My web

site is www.allabenfi neart.com Prior to moving south

in 1995, I owned and operated a cross-country ski area

in southern Vermont with my brother Lee. I also had a

construction company, building custom and spec homes

on Stratton Mountain in the ‘80’s. Life has been a variety

of endeavors, and I wouldn’t change a thing if I could. I

will never retire, because I can’t stand boredom. I keep

active and stay healthy.

Giles (Gary) Lauren: I have just approved the proof

copy for my book: The Stoic’s Bible & Florilegium for the Good Life. It will be available online at Amazon and elsewhere by

early December. Plans for 2011 include a series of essays

from a stoical perspective with emphasis on politics,

law, and government. The object is to compare modern

America with western civilization. In the autumn, (after

23-25 September), a tour of Magna Grecia archaeological

sites, and late in the year a corrected and expanded edition

of the Bible. Back when I had a job, I had time to waste!

Bob Bogardus: Went to his 50th reunion at Weston,

MA High School, and is looking forward to our 50th get

together at Berwick.

Charcoal drawing by

Elizabeth Hopkins ‘11

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1962Herbert Porch: Retired fi ve years ago, but still active

in three companies.

1963Jim Harvey: Jim invites classmates to join him on the

banks of the North Edisto River near his new home at

2986 Landing Way, Orangeburg, SC 29118.

Mary-Hale “Toni” Andres: I fi nally retired from

Cornell after 29 years and am enjoying each day! In

October of 2009, I became a grandmother of two beautiful

twin boys. I wish they were living a bit closer. They are

in Evergreen, CO where my son, Christopher, is a nurse

in ICU and his wife, Molly, is studying to be a physician’s

assistant. I certainly hope to make it to the next reunion!

Don Winkowski: Hello, class of 1963. I retired from

Raytheon Company after 34 years. My wife, Judy, and I

have lived in Plaistow, NH, for the past forty years. We

have one son and two grandchildren. This past summer

while on a mission to North Berwick, my wife and I visited

BA, and we were very impressed with the facility. I think

she was a little surprised I had graduated from such a fi ne

institution. I happened to see a picture of David Porter in

the BA magazine. He still has a full head of hair. I never

liked him anyway. He lived in the Varney House with the

likes of John Devlin, Wayne Paradis, Nick Wyeth and

numerous other characters. It was well recognized that

the good guys were from the Davidson House. Well,

good luck to the class of ‘63.

Bill Tarmey: retired last February and now plays more

golf. He does volunteer work for the Agency on Aging,

facilitating an Intro to Medicare seminar once a month plus

counseling for folks on, or about to go on, Medicare. He

also continues to do a little fl ying. Part of that is volunteer

work with an outfi t called LightHawk. Volunteer pilots fl y

non-profi t environmental groups to get a birds-eye view

of various ecological or wildlife areas of interest. Bill is

looking forward to our 50th reunion.

1964Paul Ahlgren: I have not heard anything on the

Boarding School Era Reunion for June 2011. Maybe it will

occur the following year. So many people look forward

to that. I recently visited my daughter Sarah and her

husband in San Diego, CA, and had a great time playing

touch football on the beach. I hear from Al Keen and

Larry Martineau, and they are both doing well. I would

like to hear from others in the Class of 1964 and to fi nd

out how all are doing. I still continue to work doing credit

and collections at AirGas company and have

for the past six years.

1965Rob Perkin: Still involved with the

development of the James Burton Music

Studio in Shreveport, LA. I would like to

extend my best wishes to all my classmates

and the Berwick community for continued

success in all that you are doing.

1973Ronald Sorem: Hello to all those at BA

in ’72-73.

1975Daniel Kenney: Not long after leaving Berwick in

1975, I began to work as a carpenter. While the realities

of the economy and a bunch of career choices have

taken me in new directions, I continued to learn fi ne

woodworking. I’ve also been interested in guitar music

since I can remember, so in the past couple of years the

two passions have come together, and I have been learning

lutherie from a master luthier named Erik Marzak, who

happens to be my neighbor. While career pursuits in the

technology consulting space keep me very busy, lutherie

“scratches my creative itch” and

provides a center that I can get back

to as a counterbalance to the fast-

paced business world. I don’t get a

lot of time to build guitars (pictured

left); mine take a long time to build

and are done in small stages, but

it is the connection to using my

hands to create something from a

pile of wood that gives me a kick.

I’ve been studying classical guitar

with a teacher named Harry George

Pelligrin for about a year and can

fi nally sight read music. I’ll never

perform at Carnegie Hall, but it

sure is satisfying and fun! I’m now

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working on three guitars, the fourth, fi fth, and sixth from

my shop, and will begin a seventh that will be a big, old,

country jumbo guitar that would make a country player

smile. It was great to see the happy faces of so many

friends from the class of ’75 at the reunion, not to mention

once again appreciating the enormous impact Berwick has

had on so many lives!

Brian Nelson: I continue to enjoy

playing hockey ten months per year with

the Pondrats every Wednesday night at

Pingree in Hamilton, MA.

1983Kristen Borkowski Long was

recently awarded the U.S. Department

of State Contract Manager of the Year

Award for her work at the Pease facility.

1985Doug Sweet: Thank you Julie Erickson,

Zack Harmon, Jennifer Moores, Dave

and Anne Myers, Peter Mullaney, RJ Lamb,

Brian Blake, Sean McCarthy and Bryan Wentworth for

helping make our 25th reunion weekend a nice one. It was

great to see everyone. I can’t say enough what it meant to

see all of you. And thanks to those who wanted to come

but wrote back saying they couldn’t. I know it’s fi ve years

away, but if anyone has any ideas on what they might like

to do for our 30th please let me know. As for me my family

is doing well. Stacey is working right in town at her alma

mater, Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, and loves it.

Darin will be eight in February and is in second grade and

doing well. He enjoys participating in baseball, basketball,

skating with the possibility of some hockey lessons, and

now wants to try his hand at karate. My stepson, Dalton,

is now 12 and in seventh grade where he made honor roll

the fi rst term. He’s also involved with the Lego Robotics

team at school. As for me I’m still going strong at Perkins

Agency, Inc. in Newmarket, NH, a family insurance

business started by my grandfather in 1948. If anyone is

traveling through or around Newmarket, please stop in

and say hi. In Northwood I sit on the board of directors

as the vice president of the Northwood Softball Baseball

Association and volunteer for the recreation department

with their basketball program. Hope all is well with the

Class of 1985. If you didn’t get a chance to come to the

reunion, please send me a quick email or drop a letter in

the mail to let me know how you are doing. I am still

planning on having some occasional get-togethers, but

1989Heather Fera Pepper: On October 10, 2010, I

got married to Bryan

Pepper (pictured left)

in San Francisco.

Nikki Chaikin ‘89 was

able to make the trek

out to help us celebrate

our big day. Hope all

my former classmates

are doing well, and I’m

looking forward to our

next reunion!

Stephanie Kendall

Jaggars: Hi, Class

of 1989! I hope you

are well. The Jaggars

family is great. The

twins, Reese and

Kendall, turned six in

November and absolutely love kindergarten. Wilson is 19

months and full of endless energy and laughs. He adores

his sisters, and they all love to play together. We had a

great fall, and we look forward to a great winter of skiing

and playing in the snow with the kids and the doggies,

Bridger and Pemi. I hope you all have wonderful 2011.

Catie Clarke Coolidge: For the last few years we

had no major things to report or update for the class notes.

But this year we wanted to let everyone know that we have

a beautiful, healthy daughter to add to our family. She was

born June 21, 2010, weighing in at 6 lbs 14 oz and 19 1/2

inches long. We named her Elizabeth Ann Coolidge after

family, but call her Izzy most of the time. Our other two

children, Emma (10) and Joshua (7), just adore her and

are huge helpers. It was a little shocking going back to the

baby stage after being out of it for several years. But we

are all adjusting well and feel as if Izzy has always been

part of the family. We have been fortunate to get great

hand-me-downs from Stephanie Kendall Jaggars, which

we so appreciate! Also, Dede Christensen Frothingham

babysits Izzy for me on Thursdays while I am at work.

So it is great we are able to see each other more often

now. I recently was able to have lunch with Roz Akin.

Unfortunately, her dad passed away this past spring, so

she was in town to pack up his home. But it was great to

see her. She continues to live in Brooklyn, NY, and works

for anyone who lives out of the area, if you come back for

a visit, please let me know, and I will set something up for

our class to get together.

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at an art museum in NYC. I continue to work part time as a nurse practitioner

and full time as a mom. Steve continues to work at Fidelity Investments in

Merrimack, NH. Overall, we feel very blessed and have many things to be

thankful for this year. Wishing everyone a good 2011.

1991Eric Royal: Was recently honored

with induction into the New Hampshire

Legends of Hockey Hall of Fame (pictured

right). Following a stunning hockey career

at Spaulding High, Eric attended BA and

played for Coach Charlie Holt. He led

BA to a 17-3 season with 41 goals and 40

assists. Eric went on to play four seasons

at UNH and later played four years in

the East Coast Hockey League and one

year in England. Today Eric coaches the

Marshwood High School/Traip Academy

co-op team. He and his wife and two

daughters live in Berwick, ME.

1992Wylie Herzberg: Taking a leave from the golf profession (after 13 years) to

pursue sales. Maybe head south for baseball profession (private pitching instructor).

In constant touch with John Drake ’92, Matt Genest ’93 (Sanford, ME), and Jim

Duston, reminiscing about our baseball championship! Hi to Class of ’92 – 20 years

coming up!

1993Jo-Ann Gates Beltre: Baby Javi arrived December 2, 2010, at 11:47 p.m. He

was 7 pounds, 14 ounces, 19 inches, and joins his three-year-old sister, Marley

(pictured left).

1995Jason Fernald: My wife, Gwen, and I welcomed our daughter,

Kaia Lizabeth, to the family in May 2010. Kaia joined her older

sister, Chloe, at home in Portsmouth.

Mark Svenson: Tammy and I are so blessed to welcome Piper

Flynn Svenson (pictured right) to our family, born September 9,

2010. We are all doing wonderfully and excited to celebrate our

fi rst Christmas together. We would like to say hello to all fellow

Berwickians.

Izzy, Emma, and Joshua Coolidge

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1998An update on us 98’ers has been long overdue.

Jon Rioux and Todd Goldenfarb are still the class

representatives, so please contact them if you have any

news, questions, or concerns (tjg1@hotmail.com) or

(jonrioux@gmail.com). Also, you can fi nd them both

on Facebook. We are also pleased

to announce our new class page on

Facebook (BAclassof1998@groups.

facebook.com), so please look to

connect there as well. Remember, no

one is too cool for school!

Alex Roberts is married, living in

Boston, and loving it! She now goes by

Alex Roberts Higgins. She received

her MBA in ‘08 from UMass with a

concentration in Sports Management

and is currently working at Cymfony,

a Kantar Media company specializing

in Market Infl uence Analytics.

Alex Steigrad is living in New

York City after graduating with her master’s in journalism

from Northwestern and is currently working for Women’s

Wear Daily. Also, like so many classmates of ours, Alex is

a Daft Punk fan. On a side note, her Facebook page has

the Friedrich Nietzsche quote “There are no facts, only

interpretations,” which we think is remarkably applicable

to Class Notes.

Alexis Griffi n got married to Chris Collins this past

summer in Victor, ID, in a beautiful western-themed

wedding! It was a gown-by-Vera and a boots-by-Stetson

wedding, and according to attendees, it was a boot-

stompin’ good time. The happy couple lives in Utah,

Idaho, or Wyoming.

Allison Dailey is living in Cambridge, MA, attending

Harvard University’s School of Landscape Architecture.

Her birthday is September 26th.

Anna Greenglass is now offi cially Anna Greenglass

Dixon! She got married this past summer in Maine and

is currently living in Portland and working in interior

design.

Brandon McKenna (B-MACK) is living in

Hellerup, Denmark, and is married. For the past two years

he has been working for Topso Fuel Cell (http://www.

topsoefuelcell.com/), and their slogan is, “Some things

have to change… so others can remain the same.” That

is a great slogan! We don’t know exactly what he’s doing,

but it sounds important.

Caitlan Eschevers is still living in Caracas, Venezuela,

with her husband and beautiful children. She is Global

Accounts Manager at Helms Briscoe in hospitality.

According to Mike Bartner, she still comes up to Maine

quite a bit in the

summer.

We have yet to

acquire a full update

on Chris Battis, (pictured left) but

we know he caught

a monster tuna this

past summer with

Peter Foster ‘02!

Chris Gibson

is married and

believed to be living

in Connecticut,

working on his MBA

at UConn. He also likes that show How I Met Your Mother.

Liz Hurt is still living in Chicago and is engaged! We

believe she works in marketing, but that has yet to be

confi rmed.

Liz Nesher is living in Palm Beach, FL, and got married

this past year to Kenneth “Ken” Elliot. She works as a

Web Developer for HedgeCo Networks, and “boo-yah,”

she voted this past November. Which reminds me, fellow

98’ers, please get out and vote! This past election cycle we

had one of the highest voter participation of any alumni

class save the Class of ‘95 (of course), but until that last

vote is cast, we can always do better. Below is a photo

of Liz with 2010

Cy Young Award

Winner Roy

Halladay in Palm

Beach, taken during

spring training.

Emily Paul is

living in New York

City working as

an attorney in the

Criminal Defense

division of New

York’s Legal Aid

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Society. She still loves running and reading.

Gwen is offi cially Gwen Garban and is living in Boston

and working as an RN in a VA Boston Healthcare

System.

Jessica Miner Remacle is living in Lee, NH, and has

a son named Noah. She also recently got her master’s in

Social Work from UNH.

Jon Rioux is living in Maine and working in real

estate.

Katie Phillips is now offi cially Kate Colby and is

living in Portland, ME, working for the Department of

Health in the Maine CDC. She also recently celebrated

her birthday (December 9).

Kate Jackson is married and living in Cambridge, MA.

We had the pleasure of meeting her fi ancé at the time

at our ten-year class reunion. She is working at Harvard

University on her post-doc and recently visited the

Biltmore Mansion in Asheville, NC, where it looks as if

she had glorious weather.

Katie Jurevic now lives in Stamford, CT, after recently

graduating from the Fashion Institute of Design and

Merchandising in Los Angeles (Yes, that is where the

girls from The Hills went), where she majored in Apparel

Manufacturing Management.

Based on our intel, we believe Maria Pettersson to

be in Stockholm. We are certain, however, that she still

likes to run and listen to Buddha Bar. Further updates will

hopefully arrive by the time the next BA Today goes to

print.

Megan Bristow is now offi cially Megan Patten after

marrying Brett Patten ‘00 this past summer. The happy

couple currently lives in Kittery Point, ME.

Mike “Michael” Bartner

(pictured right) married

Evangeline Thibodeau in a

beautiful seaside ceremony

this past Labor Day weekend.

They live in Boston where

Mike/Michael is the Associate

Director for Slow Money. Their

slogan is “Investment Strategies

Appropriate to the Realities

of the 21st Century” (www.

slowmoney.org). Mike and Jon Rioux got together this

past August at a Red Sox game.

Molly Rowland is living in Chicago and likes horror

movies, but unfortunately

that’s all the information

we have currently

garnered.

Patrick “PB” Boyle got married this past

summer and is living in

New York, attending the

MBA program at Baruch

College. Pat and his wife,

Jaifi are pictured right.

Piera Gelardi is living

in New York and is still

“workin’ it” at Refi nery 29

(www.refi nery29.com).

Rebecca Olney-Starratt is living in North

Vassalboro, ME, working for TPNA in pharmaceutical

sales.

Tom Keller is living in Boston, and his birthday is

October 26th. Strange Brew remains one of his favorite

movies.

Tiffany Arel is recently engaged, living in Kennebunk,

ME, and we believe she works at a bank. As well, Tiffany

remains active in politics supporting Jimmy McMillan’s

run for New York Governor this past fall (http://www.

youtube.com/watch?v=x4o-TeMHys0).

Todd Goldenfarb is living in Miami Beach and

working in real estate.

After a long stint in F-L-A, Whitney Silberblatt is

back in the Seacoast area and,

according to our contacts, is

living and working in Dover.

Rob Brady is back east after

extended tours in Colorado

and Hawaii. Although no

longer a competitive extreme

skier, Rob still enjoys the

outdoors with reckless

abandon. He has spent the

past fall traveling throughout

the islands of Micronesia in a

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2000Hello, Class of 2000! Patrick Muth, Chuck Clement, Tim

Armenta, Kyle Ridgway, and Emily Taylor missed you all

at the ten-year reunion last month. We had fun catching

up and enjoying a fall afternoon and evening on campus.

A few updates from classmates who couldn’t make it:

Devon Rodonets: After spending the last year in

Aspen, CO, I’ve recently relocated to Washington, DC,

for a position in Public Affairs and Communications at the

Aspen Institute.

Matt Gould: I am currently employed by the Institute

for Wildlife Studies and contracted by the U.S. Navy to

study the sage sparrow population out on San Clemente

Island. This is my second year working out on the island

and living in San Diego. While it has been fun and

interesting work, I am defi nitely anxious to get back to

the East coast for a while. I’ll be heading back to North

Carolina for a little while, where my parents moved in

October, and then I’ll be heading back to Ecuador for the

second year in a row to assist a friend of mine with his

bird research up in the Andes. I wish I could be home for

the reunion to catch up with folks in person. My best to

everyone at BA, and hopefully I’ll get back soon to visit.

Marina Donovan:

I’m employed now as

the civic engagement

analyst as well as a team

leader for an educational

non-profi t called Citizen

Schools.

Jordan Hicks: I have

just moved back to

America from Helsinki,

Finland, where I have

been living for the past

four years with my

Dhow boat and says that, although he misses the life as

a mariner of South Pacifi c, he is overjoyed to be back

on terra fi rma in Seacoast NH. Right is a picture of Rob

with Chris Battis, Rob Wilich ’02, and Peter Foster ’02

cheers-ing their victory at the Annual Muddy River Tea

and Trivia Challenge this past year.

That is all the news that’s fi t to print to this point, fellow

98’ers. Please join our Facebook page and stay in touch!

wonderful wife, Tara Connell (now Hicks!). We have

been married for the past four years, and we owned a

sporting goods company that distributed rowing and

cycling apparel for the Scandinavian market. Tara is South

African, and we have been traveling back and forth there

quite often. Our hope is to move there in fi ve years or so

with a nest egg that we are saving up. After the global

recession, (and frankly the cold climate!) we fi gured that

it would be better to work for the company directly;

so we have sold our business there and have moved to

Huntington Beach, CA, to work in the head offi ce of the

design company for which we were the reps. I am glad

to be back in America and speaking English again, and

Tara is really excited about all of the new possibilities in

the States. I’d love to hear what other people are up to

in the class. My new address is: 6551 Warner Ave. Apt.

93, Huntington Beach, CA 92647. My email address is

hicks.jordan@gmail.com. Check out our company: www.

JLRacing.com.

Sarah Miner: My children are now four and a half

and fi ve and a half (Cade and Camden). I am still the

co-director of a local early learning center. Actually Lara

Davis’s (now Lara Vanasco) son attends my school, so it is

fun to get to see her

often as well!

M a r i s a

MacNaughton

Meloski: Is the

director of styling

and sales manager at

Second Time Around

and also a stylist with

Stilista Boston. She

is living with her

husband, Mike, in

Brookline, MA.

Members of the Class of 2000 with former faculty member Lynne Gass at this year’s reunion.

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2001Heather MacDowell Fleming: Hi all! I live in

California with my husband, Mark, and our two daughters,

Sophie and Nova (family pictured right). We adopted our

fi rst daughter, Sophie, who is seven years old and in the

second grade. Just this past year, I gave birth to Nova,

who is now 11 months old! I am currently taking time

off to raise the two little ones but will eventually get back

into the marketing world.

2003Lindsey Johnson: I currently live in Washington,

DC, and work for the Department of Homeland Security.

I am also pursuing a masters degree from Johns Hopkins

University. I hope my classmates are well, and if you’re in

the DC area, be in touch!

2005Emma Bobst: Here is a quick update on my life

after BA. I graduated from UConn in 2009 and joined

Stanley Black & Decker in Connecticut as a member of

their leadership program. So far, I have worked with

2009Ryan McCann: Received the 2010

Student Ethics Scholarship Award

from Better Business Bureau of NH.

Judges selected Ryan as one of four

state fi nalists in response to his written

position statement regarding ethics in

business. He was selected based on his

academic achievements, school activities,

community service, and work experience.

Ryan continues his leadership at Trinity

College (Hartford, CT) as freshman

class president. A student-athlete, he is a

member of the varsity swim team participating in the New

England Small College Conference in backstroke, fl y,

and freestyle sprint events. Earlier this month the team

participated in the Hour of Power Relay event to support

cancer research. Ryan has been a member of Dover’s

Seacoast Swimming Association for six years.

Jessie Davie: Is living in Arusha, Tanzania, Africa

and working for Tanzania Natural Resource Forum as a

Communications Advisor.

Andi Roberts: Was married to Tim Boorman in June in

Kennebunk, ME. They are living in Dover, NH.

Chuck Clement: Recently became engaged to

girlfriend Enid Patten.

Tim Armenta: Was married at the end of September.

Patrick Muth: Is working as a paralegal in Washington,

DC.

Kyle Ridgway: Continues to teach Spanish in the

Upper School at Berwick and also recently completed a

summer program at Columbia University’s Klingenstein

Center for teachers.

Emily Taylor: I am working as the program director at

Nantucket Community Sailing. Hope to see many of you

in the Northeast around the holidays!

the accounting department and pricing group within the

company. Outside of work I enjoy staying active, giving

back to the community, and catching up with friends. I

always look forward to running into a lot of BA classmates

and teachers over the holiday season. I hope everyone

is doing well, and please feel free to reach out to me on

Facebook or LinkedIn.

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In Memoriam

Former Trustee

Paul R. Beswick (2003-2009)

July 15, 2010

Former Staff

Richard (Dick) Wilson

(Business Offi ce~2005-2010)

August 25. 2010

Class of 1931

Anna May Flynn Smith

December 2010

Class of 1932

Bernadette Roberge Garvin

August 1, 2010

Class of 1934

Carey Horr Raitt

October 16, 2010

Class of 1936

Ethel M. Boston Johnson Irving

October 2, 2010

Class of 1941

Anita Norman Buckley

September 5, 2010

Class of 1945

Gloria A. Flynn Roberge

October 12, 2010

Class of 1947

Edwin Q. Morgridge

September 27, 2010

Class of 1962

Tyler B. Brown

July 17, 2010

Attention,

Boarding Era Alumni!

We are talking about moving the 2011 Boarding Era Reunion from

June to September, to coincide with Alumni Weekend. This will

give alumni a chance to take advantage of all that Alumni Weekend

has to offer, including interacting with today’s students, cheering on

our student athletes at games, and networking with alums from other

eras.

If you would like to be a part of this conversation and help to plan

the 2011 Reunion, please contact Kathryn Strand at 207-384-6307

or kstrand@berwickacademy.org.

Connect with Berwick

Academy!

www.facebook.com/berwickacademy

Find school news, alumni event information,

photos, and more!

Become a fan and stay connected.

Alums, be sure to join the BA Alumni Group as well!

www.linkedin.com

Get connected! Join BA’s LinkedIn group and

benefi t from our online professional network of

alumni, current and past parents, faculty, and

staff. Go to LinkedIn.com and search for Berwick

Academy under Groups to get started.

For questions or suggestions contact:

Tracey Kelly -

tkelly@berwickacademy.org

2011 Alumni Weekend will take place

September 23-25 and offer numerous

activities for alums and their families.

Classes ending in “1” and “6” will

celebrate reunions, but everyone is

welcome. Join the Alumni Weekend

Committee to help plan the event.

Contact Kathryn Strand in the Alumni

Offi ce at 207-384-6307 or

kstrand@berwickacademy.org.

Alumni Weekend 2011

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Nancy Fort is remembered by many as a bright

and creative woman with a compassionate and free spirit.

Nancy drew on her background as an elementary school

teacher as she continually encouraged her four children

to participate in the arts, whether it was at-home crafts,

summer arts camps at Prescott Park in Portsmouth, NH,

or weekly ceramics classes in Exeter, NH.

All of Nancy’s children attended Berwick

Academy: Jeff ’87, Ali Maglieri ’89, Tucker ’93, and

Elizabeth ’02, where they happily engaged in the arts

program. The energy spent by BA and Nancy fostering

the children’s creativity was well spent. Ali went on to

minor in art in college, and Tucker received his master’s

degree in industrial design from Pratt Institute in New

York and currently works as an industrial designer in

Manhattan.

Following her death in July 2009, Nancy’s

trust ensured that her creative spirit would live on for

generations of Berwick students. Her bequest to the

Academy funded a state-of-the-art music technology lab.

Course work designed for this lab reaches

traditional as well as non-traditional music students.

Knowing how to play an instrument or how to read music

is not a prerequisite. All that is required, according to

music teacher Stephanie Sanders, is “that creative spark.”

Students will use their own laptops along

with portable peripheral devices, such as 25-key piano

controllers, wave drums, synthesizers, and amplifi ers. The

music can be downloaded to the laptop and manipulated

or “composed” with computer software and then combined

with digital images and video.

Essentially, the lab enables students to have a

recording studio on their computers. The course work

is done independently, with each student experiencing

music production fi rst-hand. Students proceed at their

own pace with a goal to develop soundtracks just as an

English composition student would create an essay.

“There is no limitation on what the students can

compose,” said Ms. Sanders. No limitation—a fi tting

tribute to a woman whose creative spirit knew no limits.

Planned GivingA Bequest to Foster Creativity

Philanthropist Nancy Fort

The Fort children (from left to right): Ali, Jeff, Elizabeth (on Jeff’s shoulders), and Tucker.

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Anthony Chartrand ‘13 composes an original musical piece using his guitar and additional sounds from the piano controller.

Bradley Damon ‘63

Marie A. Donahue ‘37

Aurora Dube ‘25

Preston N. Eames ‘65

C. Dennis Fink ‘44

Nancy Fort

Adolph Geyer ‘31

Russell Grant ‘45 and Marty Grant

Doris Dixon Griffi th ‘39

Seth A. Hurd ‘90

Alberta Morrill Johnson ‘28

Our task, regarding creativity, is to

help children climb their own mountains, as

high as possible. - Loris Malaguzzi, Educator

{ {Jordan Sanford ‘11 works with music teacher Stephanie Sanders in the music lab.

Kennett and Patricia Kendall

Mary Jacobs Kennedy 1908

Perley D. Monroe ‘48

Olive Purington Moulton ‘22

Victor Perreault ‘33 and Helen Hasty Perreault

Richard and Susan Ridgway

Anna May Flynn Smith ‘31

William R. Spaulding

Owen Stevens ‘48 and Margaret Stevens

Ella Estelle Geyer Stonebraker ‘29

Roger Thompson ‘25 and Theresa Thompson

Chadborne-Thompson Society Members

Berwick Academy’s 2010-2011 Planned Giving Committee is creating and implementing strategies to inform alumni, parents, and

friends of Berwick Academy about the benefi ts of planned giving. Committee members include the following:

Sean Clarke ‘88, Chair, Dennis Fink ‘44, Skip Kendall, P ‘89, Owen Stevens ‘48, Kathryn Williams, P 2009, Eric Robb, P 2010

Sam Reid, P 2012, 2016

If you would like more information about becoming a member of the Chadbourne-Thompson Society, please contact Kathryn

Strand at 207.384.6307 or kstrand@berwickacademy.org.

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Berwick Academy

31 Academy Street

South Berwick, ME 03908

www.berwickacademy.org

Alumni Regional Gatherings

Alumni Regional Gatherings make it easy for alumni and other

friends of the Academy to get together. This year BA is planning

some new, exciting events in various locations throughout the

Northeast. We will be in touch via mail, email, Facebook, and

BA’s website with more information as we fi rm up our plans.

Alumni Association Reaching Out

BA is always looking for new ways to give our alumni

a better experience and a deeper connection to the

Academy. Toward that end, we have improved on

some alumni activities and created several new ones.

Contact Kathryn Strand in the Alumni Offi ce for more

information.

- Ambassador Program connects established, professional

alumni with college juniors and seniors who are exploring

various career paths.

- Classroom Speaker Series enables alums to share unique

experiences with the current BA student community.

- BA Volunteer Opportunities, through the strong,

vibrant Alumni Council and its committees, helps guide

and strengthen the alumni program.

Alumni Hockey GamesDecember 23, 2010

Dover Ice Arena