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E Reunion 2008 � Class of 2008 Commencement & College List

Peter Gow on “The New Progressivism” � Alumni Awards � Tribute to Bea Kleppner

Henry Feldman ’85 � Amye ’91 & Rob Kurson ’97

StrategicDirections 2008See pages 17-20.

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Beaver Country Day School Magazine

Message from Peter Hutton,Head of School

This issue of the BCDS magazine includes our newStrategic Directions, a document we completedlast spring (see the color center section). It targetsoutcomes for student assessment, connectionswith private and public sector organizations andintegrating technology. The fourth outcomefor students describes “a more competitive athleticprogram that promotes leadership, collaborationand confidence.” Athletics? At first that goal mayseem inconsistent with the other pieces of ourStrategic Directions. However, I believe the goal isdirectly in line with all of the initiatives we willpursue in the next three to four years.

As a progressive school that is committed to focusingon and leveraging individual student strengthsthrough deepened learning and engagement, we needto do a better job of recognizing the strengthsof our student-athletes. When students wake up in themorning they may be excited about the school dayfor a whole range of reasons: working on The BeaverReader, an intriguing science lab, play rehearsalor perhaps a soccer game. Over the years Beaver hasfielded some extraordinary teams and graduated someextraordinary athletes. But we have not performedconsistently in all sports, all years. Recognizing thatwe will not win championships in every sport everyyear, our students still need to know that their teamscan be competitive every year and win their shareof banners. Student-athletes need assurance that wetake sports seriously, and that we support andvalue their contributions. I have always contendedthat students are drawn to drama, music and athleticsbecause when they perform or play a game theyare doing exactly what adults — professionals — do intheir fields. On the soccer field our players doexactly what national team players DaMarcus Beasleyand Abby Wambach do. They perform at a differentlevel, but they do it with their peers and without anadult orchestrating the experience. The confidencegained through athletics carries over into other partsof school and life.

Under our new Athletic Director, Sherry Levin, weare committed to recruiting the best coaches possible,to communicating the virtues of the BCDS athleticsto feeder schools and local athletic programs and tomaking athletics a more vibrant presence in ourschool community. With our beautiful new AthleticCenter we are poised to create a better athleticexperience for everyone who participates. Current andfuture BCDS students will value a “more competitiveathletic program that promotes leadership,collaboration and confidence” as an integral part ofgood teaching in a progressive school.

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JV soccer player David Thomas ’10 plans hispath past an opposing defender.

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tsHead of School:Peter Hutton

Karen HillDirector of Development

Jill HensonDirector of Annual Giving

Jan DevereuxDirector of Communications

David MichaelsData Coordinator

Faculty Representatives:Kit Beaudouin ’72Peter Brooks

Parent Representatives:Janet Berkeley P’10Maura Flaherty P’13, ’15

Student Representative:Sam Freeman ’09

Trustees Emeriti:Marian Upton Clouse ’58, P’88Deborah Willard Coogan P’00Edward Eskandarian P’90Richard G. HuberElizabeth Jick P’05, ’08Nancy J. Moore ’41Nina Rubenstein Morse ’61, P’87Robert L. Riemer P’88, ’90Maria C. Walsh ’70David L. Weltman P’75, ’78, ’82

BCDSBeaver Country Day School Magazine

2 On and Off Campus

4 Sports Round-Up

5 Student Honors

6 Commencement

8 Reunion 2007

13 Guest SpeakersChristy Herlihy Cunningham-Adams ’63Allison Latt Heesch ’86

15 Peter Gow on “The New Progressivism”

17 Strategic Directions 2008

21 Faculty News

22 Alumni ProfilesHenry Feldman ’85Amye Kurson ’91 and Rob Kurson ’97

25 Development Update

27 Class Notes

34 In Memoriam

Editor/Writer:Jan Devereux

Photo Editor:Ben Irwin

Contributors:Henry Feldman ’85, Peter Gow

Design:kor group, Boston

Front & Back Cover Photography:Michael J. Maloney

Front Cover: Jessye Crawford ’08Back Cover: Will Searle ’09, Sabrina Brown ’09

Beaver Country Day School does not discriminate on the basis ofrace, sex, religion, creed, disabilities, sexual orientation, handicapstatus, national origin or ethnicity. The school actively encouragesdiversity, believing it to be an essential aspect of education.

Beaver Country Day School791 Hammond StreetChestnut Hill, MA 02467617.738.2700www.bcdschool.org

Shira Lewin ’92Director of Alumni Relations

Kate BoylanCampaign Associate

Ben IrwinCommunications Associate

President:Jennifer Potter-Brotman ’71

Vice Presidents:Charles Campion P’09Jeffrey Katz P’08

Treasurer:Andrew Offit P’09

Clerk:Gale Hunt P’05, ’08, ’11

Head of School:Peter Hutton

Trustees:Allison Abrams ’92Nader Darehshori P’11Beverly Edgehill P’10Ann Fissler P’06, ’13Faye Florence ’74David Fubini P’10Michelle Lefkowitz P’08William O’Reilly, Jr. P’09Sonja Spears ’82, P’10, ’12Lisa Tucker P’08, ’10Steven Walske P’09Michael Winter P’09, ’11Maurice Wright P’93

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2008-2009

BCDS DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONS STAFF:

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ALUMNUS AWARDED FULBRIGHT

Morgan Warners ’04, who graduated with honors from Vassar Collegethis year, was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to pursue a master’sin American Studies at the University of Utrecht. In addition to his studies,Morgan will volunteer with Choice for Youth, a Dutch organizationadvocating globally for youth sexual and reproductive rights. At VassarMorgan received the Maguire Fellowship for Study Abroad andthe Gutmann Prize in political science for the best senior thesis. As vicepresident for student life of the Vassar Student Association, Morganalso earned enthusiastic commendations from peers and administratorsfor his impact on campus.

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2008 Grad Named National Merit ScholarChristopher (“Toph”) Tucker ’08 was named a 2008National Merit Scholar. Winners are selected based ontheir academic record, their school’s curriculum andgrading system, standardized test recommendations,extracurricular activities, and a personal essay. Head ofSchool Peter Hutton says, “Less than 1% of studentswho take the PSAT tests in their junior year ultimatelywin a National Merit Scholarship. We are proud of Toph’saccomplishments, both academic and extracurricular.”

Now a freshman at Bowdoin College, Toph came to BCDSin the sixth grade and leaves a lasting mark on manyareas of school life, most recently as one of the foundingeditors of the school’s online newspaper, The BeaverReader (http://newspaper.bcdschool.org).

Scholar-Athlete Wins Goodrich AwardKatherine-Anne (“Kat”) Sipolt Rosenthal ’09 was therecipient of the 2008 Patricia Hurley Goodrich ’49 Awardfor Summer Study and Inquiry. Goodrich, who sadlypassed away last spring (see “In Memoriam”), establishedthe award in 1999, on the occasion of her 50th reunion.Her gift funds a $2,000 grant to a rising senior to pursuea summer project that demonstrates “individualinitiative, creativity, and purpose.”

Kat used the grant to research and design a softball thatcan be effectively used in a pitching machine to mimicthe variety of trajectories that a batter can expect toencounter in a game. The project combined two of Kat’spassions: physics and softball. An honor student andcaptain of Beaver’s varsity softball team, Kat won theschool’s Bausch & Lomb Science Award and the FacultyPrize at the end of her junior year.

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Fulbright scholar Morgan Warners ’04

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Kat Rosenthal ’09 receivesa science award fromdepartment chair MarkWilkins.

Toph Tucker ’08with his mother Lisa,a BCDS trustee.

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Hiatt Center SummerStipendsThe school’s Hiatt Center for SocialJustice Education awarded stipends tothe following students to participate involunteer work or leadership trainingthis summer:

Gianni Bonina-Pawlak ’09Perkins School for the Blind

Nathaly Figueroa ’09National Young Leaders Conferenceand Sierra Club Student Coalition

Anjali Lappin ’10The Farm Sanctuary in NY

Vanessa Lecky ’10Congressional Young LeadersConference in Washington, DC

Sara Marsh ’09Reading and tennis teacher forTenacity

Myriam Piquant ’10City School Summer LeadershipProgram

Jehane Samaha ’09Sustainable Milton and Blue Hillssummer nature camp

Kasjah Scarlett ’11Reading and tennis teacher forTenacity

In addition, Nathaly Figueroa ’09, SaraMooney ’09, Myriam Piquant ’10, andKelsey Taylor ’11 represented BCDS atthe Boston Center for Community &Justice “InIt” Leadership Program.

BROOKS CREATES SCULPTURE INMEMORY OF ALEX COHN ’07

Sculptor and visual arts department chair Peter Brooks has created aneye-catching sculpture in memory of Alex Cohn ’07 that will be installedthis fall on Cohn Terrace. Brooks read his artist statement at thededication of the terrace in May:

“When designing this sculpture in memory of Alex, I felt that it was veryimportant to create a piece that called to mind Alex’s energeticpersonality, his passion for skiing and most importantly his contagiousspirit for living life to its fullest. By talking to Alex’s classmates, bywatching video footage of him skiing, and reflecting on my experiencesworking with him on a film/video independent study two years ago,I came quite quickly to the final design depicted here. The sculptureutilizes abstracted and varied ski-like forms in a repeated fashionalong a single angled rail much like the ones Alex so skillfully negotiatedwhen at ski school. The sculptural elements allude, in a literal way,to Alex’s passion for the sport. They are painted with bright colors whichecho the vibrant nature of skiing culture. The sculpture is alsokinetic: the main rail rotates around the central vertical post and eachski oscillates on its own independent bearing along the angled rail.The dynamic orientation of the sculptural elements and the manner inwhich they move will create a viewing experience that will speak toAlex’s ability to move with grace, precision and poise and the amazingenergy with which he touched all of our lives. It is truly an honor to beworking on the project.”

Students Learn Organic Farming in Costa Rica

Twenty BCDS students and three teachers (Claire Madden, Kim Kaplan,and Kevin Bau) spent ten days at an organic farm school in CostaRica in June. The group stayed at the non-profit La Flor de Paraiso, abouttwo hours south of San Jose, and participated in work-study programsin organic farming, sustainable development, and reforestation, whilepracticing their Spanish and engaging in cultural exchange with teensfrom the community.

A computervisualization of theAlex Cohn sculptureby Peter Brooks.

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Josh Bourdeau ’10, JenniferChan ’10, Anjali Lappin ’10and Jehane Samaha ’09 takea break from work on thefarm in Costa Rica.

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REVERE & PALMER CUPS GO TO FARAROOY& FIORIEach year the faculty and seniors vote on a boy and a girl in thesenior class who exemplify the ideal qualities for Beaverscholar-athletes, combining good sportsmanship on and off thefield with athletic talent.

Revere Cup winner Arian Fararooy ’08 proved his mettle inthree varsity sports: soccer, basketball, and tennis. In tennis hewas named an EIL All-Star this year. He is now a freshman atBinghamton College.

Palmer Cup winner Sabrina Fiori ’08, a BCDS lifer, was astandout in both soccer and lacrosse. In 2008 she was namedan EIL All-Star in lacrosse and team MVP. She is now afreshman at Wheaton College.

OUR SPRING E.I.L ALL-STARSSeven BCDS students were named All-Stars by the EasternIndependent League for spring sports. Congratulations to:

Baseball:Danny Segel ’10

Boys’ Tennis:Arian Fararooy ’08Dan Katz ’08Pierre Planche ’10

Boys’ Lacrosse:Avery Hunt ’08

Girls’ Lacrosse:Sabrina Fiori ’08

Softball:Kat Rosenthal ’09

Avery Hunt ’08 (center) with lacrosse-playing brothers Evan ’05 and Oliver ’11and mother Gale, a BCDS trustee.

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Round-UpS P O R T S

We start the year with a new athletic director,Sherry B. Levin. Levin takes over fromEli Goldberger who left after seven years tobecome athletic director at DwightEnglewood School in Englewood, New Jersey.

Levin, who also will coach girls’ varsitybasketball, came to BCDS from WorcesterAcademy where she served as head girls’basketball coach from 2001-08. With an overallrecord of 137-30, Levin’s team won a NEPSACClass B Championship in 2004 and a Class AChampionship in 2006. While at WorcesterAcademy, she also served in severaldevelopment positions, most recently asassociate director of alumni relations.

Since 1988, Levin has served as a nationalbroadcast analyst for various cable sportstelevision networks during broadcasts ofwomen’s college basketball games including theNCAA Division I tournament. In addition to herother activities, Levin has owned and operateda basketball sports camp for girls since 1992.

Levin received an undergraduate degree fromthe College of the Holy Cross where sheremains the all-time leading women’s scorer inbasketball with 2,253 points. She has beeninducted into the Holy Cross, Newton NorthHigh School, and the New England BasketballHalls of Fame.

Arian Fararooy ’08

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“I am thrilled to be a member of the BCDScommunity. Beaver has long establisheda tradition of excellence in the classroom,within the arts program and in athletics.I look forward to reigniting the competitivespirit while ensuring the total developmentof our student-athletes.”

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HonorsS T U D E N T

Academic Honors

Mente & Manu AwardGrade 8 Lily Brooks

Arielle DriskoDiego FioriSarah LiebermanJoseph Randles

Grade 9 Emily BelowichGrade 10 Myriam PiquantGrade 11 Danielle Lubin-Levy

Adam WingGrade 12 Vivek Pai

Toph Tucker

Faculty PrizeGrade 9 Marie-Annett BernardGrade 10 Nat Harrington

Caroline Margolis-BorgesonGrade 11 Kat RosenthalGrade 12 Jared Bellot

Founders’ PrizeGrade 9 Rachel DolgovGrade 10 Tyler StarrGrade 11 Nathaly FigueroaGrade 12 Sara McDonough

Shelley Tyre “Good Stuff” AwardGrade 6 Lauren Black

Amani Hayes-MessingerGrade 7 Travis Block

Stephen ManwaringMark Springett

Grade 8 Alexys ButlerKathy Rodriguez

Class of 1928 Spirit CupToph Tucker ’08

ArtsHelen EmersonJunior Performing Arts AwardMichael Everdell

Senior Performing Arts AwardJared Bellot

Junior Visual Arts AwardMichael Manning

Senior Visual Arts AwardYikun Liang

EnglishJunior English AwardLauren Gunther

HistoryHeider-Hand-Hornblower AwardGage Hackford ’08

MathJunior Math AwardAndrew Garcia

Senior Math AwardToph Tucker

Modern LanguageFrench Achievement AwardMaria Boustany ’08

Spanish Achievement AwardSara McDonough ’08

PsychologyNathan Davidson ’08Sam Packard ’08

ScienceBausch & Lomb AwardKat Rosenthal ’09

Women in Science AwardHighest HonorsKat Rosenthal ’09

High HonorsJehane Samaha ’09

HonorsLauren Gunther ’09

Allen Rudolph AppliedSciences AwardElizabeth Cobb ’08Vivek Pai ’08Toph Tucker ’08

Athletics

Paul Revere CupArian Fararooy ’08

Palmer CupSabrina Fiori ’08

Service Recognition

Admission Special RecognitionJessica Amaizu ’08

Admissions Tour GuidesMelissa Lefkowitz ’08Zack Levandov ’08Nicole Penn ’11Stephen Phillips ’11

Middle School CommunityLeadershipGrade 6 Maddie BruckerGrade 7 Travis BlockGrade 8 Diego Fiori

The following students received awards at Final Assembly onJune 6, 2008.

Peter Brooks presentsthe visual arts award toYikun Liang ’08

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“Good Stuff” awardwinner Alexys Butler ’12 withparents Lanita and Al

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CLASS OF 2008 COMMENCEMENT

BCDS conferred diplomas on 74 graduates at its 84th commencement onJune 8. The class of 2008, which includes 19 lifers, will disperse to more thantwo dozen colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada. On anafternoon when the mercury topped 90 degrees, the large audience of proudfamilies and friends was especially grateful for the air conditioning in theschool’s new Athletic Center where the ceremony took place.

As he presented diplomas, Head of School PeterHutton said a few words about each graduate’sstrengths and special interests, a Beaver traditionthat underscores how well they are known, andappreciated, as individuals. Addressing the youngestof his three daughters, Hannah, who attendedBeaver for nine years (two of them in preschool),Mr. Hutton said, “My favorite Beaver memoryhas been going to school with you every day.” Hannahjoins her older sister, Colleen ’05, at the Universityof Vermont.

Guest speaker Matt Selman ’89, an executive producerand writer for “The Simpsons,” brought his show’senvelope-pushing humor to the podium to deliver an“only at Beaver” commencement address thatmight have not have passed muster with his network’sprime-time censors.

Selman, who has lived in Los Angeles since themid-’90s when he began his Hollywood career as a“Seinfeld” writer, opened by remarking, “WhenI left Beaver, I swore I would never return unless theCeltics were playing the Lakers in the NBAchampionship. I don’t know how you made it happen,but I’m impressed.” [That evening, the Celtics wonGame 2 of the NBA Finals in a home game.]

Not surprisingly, Selman did not follow the typicalscript for an inspiring commencement address, yet aserious message lay underneath the laugh lines.Recalling that as a Beaver student he was called anerd, and (unprintably) much worse, Selman toldthe graduating class, “All I know is, eighteen years isnot nearly enough time to forget all the terrible thingsthat happened to you in high school….So basically, Iam here to tell you that every failure, humiliation, andrejection you have suffered in high school will be

etched onto your psyche forever….if you’re anythinglike me, you totally blew it in high school. You can’tchange that now. It’s in the past. It’s over. But you doget another chance. That chance is called college….In college, you can re-invent yourself.”

Selman, who went on to graduate magna cum laudefrom the University of Pennsylvania, said thatrather than applying to law school he took a first jobwriting cartoon jokes. Describing his current jobat “The Simpsons” as his dream job, Selman upendedconvention by warning the seniors of the risksof following their dreams — “You just might not get it.”

And, he asked, “What is the difference between adream and a want? Sounds a little more selfish,doesn’t it? Doesn’t everyone pursue their wants?...Mycartoon writer dream was a selfish dream. Maybethe era of selfish dreams, or wants, like mine is over.The world will soon be so broken you won’t havethe option of choosing to follow my advice to fix theworld — you will have to fix the world if you wantto live. You will need to be altruistic to survive. I hopenot, but… it doesn’t look good….Maybe your wantsaren’t selfish like mine. Maybe your wants always werefor the betterment of mankind. In that case, agreat school like Beaver has more than prepared youto follow your wants.”

Selman concluded with a few choice words of wisdom:“So go to college, *enjoy yourselves* — then fix theworld. Is that so tough? Maybe in eighteen years, oneof you will do something truly great, better eventhan writing cartoons, and you can come back hereand give a truly great speech to the class of 2026.Until then, don’t talk on your cell phone while driving.”

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Student speaker Sam Packard ’08

Guest speakerMatt Selman ’89

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Tin-Yan Chan (L) andChi-chi Ibili

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Lily AdairPitzer College

Jessica AmaizuJohnson & WalesUniversity

Ana Victoria ArroyoSyracuse University

Emmy BarceloColorado College

Jamie BeckinghamUniversity ofRichmond

Jared BellotBrown University

Maria BoustanyBoston University

Deon BraggUndecided

Laura BulkeleyUniversity of Coloradoat Boulder

Nicole CasselsThe GeorgeWashington University

Tin-Yan ChanClark University

Elizabeth CobbDuke University

Alexa CohenUniversity of Vermont

Anna CohenThe Evergreen StateCollege

Robert CorriganCollege of Charleston

Jessye CrawfordUniversity of RhodeIsland

Nathan DavidsonBoston University

Stephanie EliasUniversity of Miami

Andrew EmmonsHampshire College

Arian FararooyBinghamtonUniversity

Sabrina FioriWheaton College

Eli GoldfarbUniversity ofRochester

Khadijah GrayHood College

Erika GuteQueen’s University

Gage HackfordSkidmore College

Taylor HaiglerColby College

Aaron HaleGap Year

Sydney HassElon University

Ephraim HerskovitzHamilton College

Jeffrey HigginsBates College

Margaret HollingsworthGettysburg College

Avery HuntDickinson College

Hannah HuttonUniversity of Vermont

Chinenye IbiliAmericanInternational College

Josh JickBrandeis University

Nicole JuBoston University

Jeremy KarpfTrinity University

Daniel KatzBrandeis University

Oliver KatzHobart & WilliamSmith Colleges

Madeline KieferOccidental College

Kelly KretschmarTulane University

Robert Minh LeUniversity ofPittsburgh

Melissa LefkowitzSyracuse University

Zack LevandovSyracuse University

Evan LeventhalUniversity of Denver

Yikun LiangMassachusettsCollege of Art

Juliana LockeUniversity of Chicago

Kate MaxwellBates College

Sara McDonoughGeorgetownUniversity

Jacob MelitoColorado College

Sarah MinkEarlham College

Sophia MyersThe College ofWooster

Susannah NevinsBrandeis University

Theo NortonWheaton College

Jason OristaglioHampshire College

Samuel PackardBowdoin College

Vivek PaiCarnegie MellonUniversity

Jonathan PaulGettysburg College

Jessica PenziasUniversity ofPennsylvania

Robert RichlerWashington Universityin St. Louis

Julia RubinClark University

Christopher RushUnion College

Abby SharafDickinson College

Dana SpigelmanSyracuse University

Scott SwartzUnion College

Micah TelegenUniversity ofRochester

Samantha TinclerEmerson College

Daniel TraficonteTufts University

Nickolas TsakmaklisNortheasternUniversity

Christopher TuckerBowdoin College

Jacob VanceLafayette College

Peter WilmotBrown University

Daniel WooCornell University

Lindsey YudkoffUniversity ofRichmond

BCDS College Matriculation as of July 2008

(L-R) Toph Tucker, Vivek Pai andDaniel Woo

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Senior Class President Sam Packard ’08, a Beaverlifer now at Bowdoin College, spoke on behalf of hisclass. After citing several humorous “only atBeaver” moments that demonstrate why the school isunique, Sam said, “Beaver prepares us for manythings except, maybe, life without Beaver. We havebeen sheltered here. We have been surroundedby classmates, teachers and administrators who knowus, look out for us and care about us. People payattention to us and care what we do.”

Sam cautioned his classmates, “In college, this isall going to disappear. If you don’t want to go to yourhistory class, don’t go. Your professor won’t comelooking for you. You can sit in your dorm room allday.... You can even go off campus as a freshman. Noone will really care. Colleges aren’t like Beaver.At Beaver, each faculty member genuinely cares abouthis or her students. The teachers always check in

on students to make sure everything is all rightin and outside of the classroom. At Beaver, a teacheris there to help at every step of the way. Theseare some of the reasons that make Beaver a greatplace to learn. Beaver has taught us many thingsover the years. Hopefully it also gave us what we needto be prepared for college, because we are goingto have to take responsibility for ourselves if we aregoing to succeed.”

Liz Cobb (L) andTin-Yan Chan

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Looking Back,Moving Forward

Although rain threatened to dampen spirits,Reunion 2008 (May 2-3) enjoyed good attendanceand good cheer.

A highlight was the Friday luncheon celebrating theclass of 1958’s 50th reunion. Among those inattendance were a few of special note: Kerstin Molin’58, who traveled the furthest, journeyingfrom Sweden, and Nancy Bertelsen O’Malley ’38, achampion ballroom dancer and accomplishedartist, who traveled from Florida for her 70th reunion.Christopher Morss ’58 carried the standard forthe “Beaver Boys” of his era. (Chris attended BCDS inkindergarten and first grade, but Beaver wentall-girls in the mid-1940s so he had to transfer.) Theyoungest graduate at the lunch was MarquisPorter ’98, a U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant whohas completed two tours of duty in Iraq. Porter,who expects to ship out for another tour in either Iraqor Afghanistan this fall, took leave from his base inNorth Carolina to attend his 10th reunion.

Class of 1958 Sets Reunion Gift RecordAt the luncheon Peter Hutton announced that theclass of 1958 had raised a record-breaking reuniongift of $63,436. Mr. Hutton thanked the 50th reuniongift committee, lead by Mary Kaneb Wellman ’58and Kitty Ray Sturgis ’58, for their hard work anddedication in achieving their ambitious goal.In turn, former Board of Trustees President UptyTerry Clouse ’58, a member of the 50th reunioncommittee, thanked Mr. Hutton for his service to theschool and said her class is proud their giftwill benefit an institution so clearly full of ideas andenergy. Next, novelist Thalassa Hencken Scholl ’58rose to the challenge of summarizing her class’sbygone era of “crinolines and phones fixed firmly tothe wall,” speaking eloquently about the lastingcontribution BCDS made to each of their lives.

After lunch, alumni could attend one of three specialclasses, and in the evening they gathered in the BlackBox Theater for two events, the presentation ofthe annual alumni awards and a celebration of BeaKleppner’s 50 years on the faculty.

On Saturday about 50 alumni families mingled at theannual Spring BBQ. Although it was overcast anddamp outside, alumni enjoyed exploring the school’snewer buildings and reliving old memories while aclown entertained their young children.

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Chris Morss ’58

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(L-R) Kerstin Fernstrom Molin ’58, RobertaWessell McCuskey, Kerstin’s sister, Eva

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Nancy BertelsenO’Malley ’38 and herson Michael

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Thalassa HenckenScholl ’58

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Class of 1958 50th Reunion Committee: (L-R) Christie Allan-Piper, Janet WyzanskiLowenthal, Ginger Tullis Latham, Carolyn White Spengler, Thalassa HenckenScholl, Upty Terry Clouse, Mary Kaneb Wellman, Kitty Ray Sturgis

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Mary Kaneb Wellman, Kitty Ray Sturgis and PeterHutton hold the 50th’s reunion gift check

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Class of 1958 Attendees:(Front L-R) Kitty Ray Sturgis, FranBancroft, Betsy Devlin Winn,Janet Wyzanski Lowenthal, BettyRabb Schafer, Christie Allan-Piper, Caroline Harding Dyer-Gunn,Sherry Redd Green, Upty TerryClouse, Kerstin Fernstrom Molin

(Second L-R) Candace MacdonaldGibbons, Thalassa Hencken Scholl,Dyanne Adams Edds, Mary KanebWellman, Chris Morss, Ann Taylor,Kitsy Baird Smith

(Third L-R) Beth Ballantine Gardner,Penny Warren Springer, SophiaHencken Stone, Martha BadgerSimpson, Rebecca Draper King

(Back L-R) Carolyn White Spengler,Ginger Tullis Latham, Pam WrightWalker, Roberta Wessell McCuskey,Mary Booth Doty, Ann OverholtBeckett, Linda Mitchell Johnson,Nancy Sargent Howell, Susan WatersComstock

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’58-ers (L-R) RebeccaDraper King, Kitsy BairdSmith, Marty BadgerSimpson, Nancy SargentHowell

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50th Reunion Raises the Bar!

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Reunion

SAVE THE DATEPlan Ahead for Reunion 2009!Friday and Saturday, May 1 & 2

To see more reunion photos, purchaseprints or download digital files (free):

Go to: http://bcdschool.org.smugmug.comPassword is beaver.

Former faculty memberJerry McCarthyand Paul Rosenthal ’83

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Class of 1968: (Front L-R) Helen Gray Rom, Jo Wolbach Devlin,Kristy Lee (Back L-R) Wendy Coulter Goodrich, SusanMiller Lipsky, Abby Dammin Camp, Lee Carmichael Hunsaker,Dianne Crawford Dana

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Class of 1948: (Front L-R) Dorothy Underhill Taylor, Deborah ColeFrench, Dorothy Beckwith Nelson, Marcia Shohet Zonis, Lee NicholsBliss (Middle L-R) Edie Howes Cary (Back L-R) Nancy WillisPendleton, Pam Richmond Orr, Lorraine Fernandez Williams, JudyWyatt Melick, Patricia Thayer Nitzburg

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Class of 1988: (L-R) Mara RiemerGoldstein, Allison Carver Wecker, LisaSpagnuolo

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Bea Kleppner (2ndfrom left) with formerfaculty (L-R) JeanAlderman, Nancy Moore’41 and Margery Tonks

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Kelli Tatum ’83 with children Koriand Kamryn

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Class of 1983 and friends: (Seated L-R) Melissa Weintraub,Patrick Gilmore (guest), Kelli Tatum, Laura Spiro, KathleenDrohan ’84 (Standing L-R) Andrew Kleppner, Paul Rosenthal,Marquis Porter ’98, Mary-Alice Muise (guest), Allison King,John Barton, Jonas Green, Sophie Ali, Jonathan Soroff.

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Henry Feldman ’85, wife Lori andchildren, Joshua and Rachel

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Marquis Porter ’98 (L)with Bea Kleppner andMarvin Henderson

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Former faculty (L-R) Joan Hand,Jane Baker and Betsy Rouner

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Alumni Awards 2008

CHRISTY HERLIHY CUNNINGHAM-ADAMS ’63 received theDistinguished Alumna Award forher work in fine art restoration.She has restored a wide range ofhistorically important pieces,from works by European mastersand the oldest surviving wallfresco in the US, to her mostnotable achievement: restorationof the murals by Italian artistConstantino Brumidi in the USCapitol (see next page).

CAROLYN WHITE SPENGLER ’58received the Service Awardfor her longstanding commitmentto BCDS. She has served asan Incorporator for many yearsand was on the Board of Trusteesfrom 2001-07. She servedfor serveral years as chair of thegovernance committee and wasa key member of her class’s 50threunion committee.

ROS EVERDELL ’71 receivedthe Driscoll Award for SocialResponsibility. Ros is theOrganizing Director of the DudleyStreet Neighborhood Initiative, anonprofit, community-based groupthat serves the Roxbury/NorthDorchester area. Ros, mother ofMichael Everdell ’09, hasworked closely with the school’sHiatt Center for Social JusticeEducation, including presenting atSocial Action Day in January.

Special recognition went to BEAKLEPPNER, who joined the BCDSfaculty in 1958 and has since helda variety of teaching positions.Former English Department ChairDavid Russell acted as the masterof ceremonies, reading selectedtributes contributed by alumni,faculty, and parents. Allison LattHeesch ’86 read a moving tributeabout how Bea helped her becomethe person she is today (see page14). Bea’s sons, Andrew ’83 andPaul ’79, showed movies taken oftheir mother during BCDS fieldtrips in the mid-1960s. Paul thengave a very amusing speech abouthow to put Bea’s half-century atBCDS into proper time perspective.Debi Ellman, who has workedwith Bea since 1985, presented Beawith a t-shirt listing “The 50Things We Love About Bea.” Withthe presence of a large number offormer faculty, almost sevendecades of Beaver history wererepresented that evening.

NOMINATE A CLASSMATE OR FRIENDFOR A 2009 ALUMNI AWARD

We welcome your suggestions for next year’sawards. Please send the nominee’s name and ashort justification for why you believe thatperson deserves special recognition in one of thefour categories:

Distinguished Alumna/us:For achievement in a particular field, whether

in a chosen profession, volunteer activities,

or commitment to an issue, project, or cause.

Service Award:For dedicated and enthusiastic support of BCDS.

Young Alumna/us:For outstanding performance, competence, and

achievement in a professional field and/or volunteer

commitment by a graduate of the last 20 years

(1989 on).

Driscoll Award for Social Responsibility:For deep commitment to community service and

social justice.

E-mail nominations to Shira Lewin ’92 atslewin@bcdschool.org by December 1, 2008.Awards will be presented at Reunion onMay 1, 2009.

Carolyn White Spengler’58 (L) and Upty TerryClouse ’58

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Christy HerlihyCunningham-Adams ’63(L) and teacher BeaKleppner

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Ros Everdell ’71 andson Michael ’09

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I graduated from Beaver in 1963 and todayremember my best work at Beaver havingbeen in art and anthropology. After Beaver Iwent to the School of the Museum of FineArts, Boston, where I majored in painting, andthen spent some time working for anarchitectural firm and other jobs in the Bostonarea before taking off on the adventure thatwould change my life.

In 1970 I went to Italy to visit a friend, andended up staying ten years. I spent the timetraveling, drinking in the art, and studyingart restoration. In 1976 I was accepted at theIstituto Centrale del Restauro’s three-yearprogram in painting conservation in Rome,and then, in 1980, at the International Centerfor Conservation, in Rome. The followingyear I was accepted at Harvard University’sFogg Art Museum for an Advanced Internshipat its Center for Conservation and TechnicalStudies. After completing that internshipI began a private practice with my studio atthe Old Schwamb Mill in Arlington, MA.

For the first ten years I worked on easel andpanel paintings in addition to wall paintingsfor private collectors, historical societies, andsmall museums. But because of my unusualItalian training in the treatment of wallpaintings, I began to focus on wall and ceilingpaintings almost exclusively about twelveyears ago, joined by my husband and partner,George Adams, who is a structural engineer.

For the past fourteen years I have beenworking for the most part at the United StatesCapitol on the restoration of many of itsfrescos from the late 1800s, but have alsoundertaken other large-scale projectssuch as the 120-foot Jules Guerin murals inthe Lincoln Memorial and the AaronDouglas murals at Fisk University in Nashville,for which we were awarded the NationalTrust for Historic Preservation’s PreservationAward four years ago.

Interestingly, the two areas of my particularinterest and modest success at Beaver — artand anthropology — have been the fundamentalkeys to the accomplishments I have enjoyedin my adult life.

Christy HerlihyCunningham-Adams ’63

SpeakerG U E S T

Christy’s Remarks upon Receipt of the 2008Distinguished Alumna Award

May 2, 2008

What a thrill to be back at Beaver again after so many years — and tohave this opportunity to formally thank my teachers for the education,direction, inspiration, and encouragement they gave me.

I am so grateful that I landed here when I was twelve years old inthe care of so many thoughtful, wise, and kind people who nurtured methrough adolescence and helped me understand something of lifeand how I might fit into it.

Our culture is defined, in large measure, by teachers like these whokeep the flames of music, art, science, and literature tended until theirsparks ignite another mind.

Karl Tabery opened the world of art to me, teaching me to see, andhelping me to develop the practical skills I use today.

Bea Kleppner taught me how and what to inquire about culture andthe social nature of people. This, too, is an essential part of what I dotoday in art conservation.

Miss Poole and Mrs. Jarrett brought music into my life — giving me asource of inspiration and comfort that has uplifted and nourished me allthese years. My Glee Club class at Beaver sang Mozart’s Requiemwith the Harvard Glee Club and the Boston Symphony Orchestra underthe direction of Nadia Boulanger, for heaven’s sake! What an indelibleexperience.

And one day, about forty-eight years ago, I was in the office of one ofBeaver’s most important leaders and counselors, Nancy Jane Moore, whotilted her head, and with a completely serious and focused expressionon her face, asked me what I thought.

I have never forgotten that moment and the sense of real interest —and even respect — being shown me by a woman of such wisdom andauthority.

In that moment, I gained not only an awareness that what I thoughtmight be of value — but a new sense of responsibility for what I thought.

I thank you all for the life you’ve given me. I am enjoying it very muchand any achievements I have managed are your own.

Thank you, too, for the honor of this award. It is very thoughtful andvery kind.

Christy Cunningham-Adams ’63 (L) with herformer teacher NancyJ. Moore ’41

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A Tribute to My TeacherSpoken at the Bea Kleppner Celebration on May 2, 2008

I can remember walking down Beaver’s upper school hallway in gradenine, thinking that I knew it all. In fact, I knew all there was to know abouteverything! I was a typical adolescent, and a typical freshman. Therewas no way that any guidance, advice, counsel and support of an adultwas going to be useful to me.

Little did I know that Bea Kleppner would be the person who would stepinto my life and change it forever. She is the perfect example of whatevery student should remember when they look back at their educationand say, “That was the best teacher I ever had.”

Despite my self-proclaimed knowledge about the world, I had no ideahow to identify and confront the many challenges that I faced. Bea did.As I floundered and wavered in my desires to do well in school andbe popular with my peers, Bea was there to advise me. As I strived tobridge the gap between “my world” and the “real world,” Bea wasthere to support me. She knew that I was a little lost, and needed to bedrawn out. She knew that I had to find my own place in class, the grade,the school and in life.

Bea helped me realize what I enjoyed. She asked my opinion and guidedme towards my interests. She gave me the power to figure out for myselfwhat I wanted to accomplish.

Bea astounded me with her ability to “get” what I was going through.She always knew when to offer support and when to leave thesituation alone. She did not take my problems away, but taught me thecoping skills that I needed to be able to solve them on my own.

In my senior year, Bea guided me in the incredible world of psychology.She found my passion for learning and advised me how to takeadvantage of it. She pushed me to challenge myself, take risks and worktowards my own goals.

While I did not graduate with a top-tier GPA, I did graduate with adistinction in psychology. Thereafter, with the confidence harnessed byBea, I graduated college with the same distinction. This was possiblebecause I learned to believe in myself, trust my own instincts and nevergive up on my dreams.

I use this ability each and every day. I hope that I can teach my daughtersthe same way that Bea taught me. I pray that they will have a strongsense of who they are and what they want to achieve. Anything in lifecan be possible if you believe in yourself.

Bea, you have touched my soul in the most profound way and I thankyou from the bottom of my heart. As I look back and reflect on my entireeducational experience, I will always remember Bea Kleppner and say,“She was the best teacher I ever had.”

Allison Latt Heesch ’86, P’15

Allison Latt Heesch ’86, P’15, a BCDS incorporator, lives inNewton with her husband, Aaron, and their two daughters, theolder of whom, Ashley, joined Beaver’s sixth grade this fall.

Allison and Aaron Heesch at thereunion celebration.

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“Bea found my passion forlearning and advisedme how to take advantageof it. She pushed meto challenge myself, takerisks and work towardsmy own goals.”

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The New Progressivism in Action at BCDSBy Peter Gow

In April of this year I was privileged to have an essaypublished online by Education Week, the leadingacademic trade journal publication for K-12 education.Called “The New Progressivism is Here!,” theessay proposed that a new and improved version ofprogressive education is swiftly taking hold as a setof norms in the most successful sectors of Americaneducation. Along the way I detailed the essentialpractices of this movement and suggested that theiradoption holds tremendous promise as a wayto transform American schools, public and private.

I wrote “The New Progressivism is Here!” for tworeasons. The first was to give form to somethingthat I have been thinking about for a while — namely,that “progressive education” in 2008 has somedistinct qualities that set it apart from the originalformulation of John Dewey and his followerseven as it draws on their ideas for inspiration anddirection. The New Progressivism, as opposed tothe old, puts an even stronger emphasis on curriculumand assessment and on building connectionsbetween students’ lives and the world beyond school.It is also much more cautious in the attentionit gives to standardized and psychometric testing asmethodologies for understanding how students learn.

The second reason was really directly related to thework we have been doing at Beaver Country DaySchool, particularly since the arrival of Peter Huttonas head of school. For sixteen years — sincewe began a curriculum review in 1993 and just neverstopped working at it — we have been engaged inexploring the best available educational practice anddesigning and implementing our own responses tothese ideas. All of these practices are fundamental tothe New Progressivism, and all grow directlyout of Beaver’s mission and values — historical andcurrent.

What is striking about these practices is not just howeffective they have been in raising the intellectualbar for our own students, but that in the last five orsix years they have also, quickly and nonetoo subtly, become recommended best practice inindependent schools in general. When I waspresenting at the NAIS 2008 annual meeting in NewYork last February, I realized that for the past fewyears this conference — the yearly “gathering of theclans” among independent school educatorsto discuss the state of our rarefied world — has beenoffering workshops by the dozen promotingcurriculum and assessment strategies, schoolorganization and governance policies, and programsrelating to diversity, globalization, sustainability,and social justice, that are exactly what BCDS hasbeen working toward all long. The New Progressivism,in other words, is very much here, today, inthe minds of leading thinkers in independent schooleducation, even if it hasn’t exactly becomestandard practice in every independent school. Someof the heroes of the New Progressivism — GrantWiggins, Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Howard Gardner, RobertSternberg, Carol Tomlinson — are householdwords among forward-thinking independent schooleducators, and most of them started havinga direct impact on what we do at BCDS a decade ormore ago.

On the BCDS faculty since 1980, Peter Gow is director of college counseling

and special programs. He is the author of several publications on professional

development, including An Admirable Faculty: Recruiting, Hiring, Training,

and Retaining the Best Independent School Teachers for the National Association

of Independent Schools. Each August he leads a four-day training seminar

for new BCDS faculty. He is the father of two current BCDS students, Nat ’10 and

Will Harrington ’12 and the foster parent of John Kuol ’04.

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Sabrina Brown ’09 (2ndfrom left) and JoannaGeorgakas ’10 (R) withstudents at anelementary school inParaiso, Costa Rica.The girls were among agroup of 20 BCDSstudents and threefaculty who traveled tothe country on aservice and culturalexchange trip in June.

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So here stands BCDS, at the leading edge of aneducational movement receiving endorsement afterendorsement, but a movement that doesn’t quitehave a name. Looking at its characteristics, the namewas obvious: The New Progressivism. And thesecharacteristics are all familiar and integral parts ofthe culture of BCDS.

Assessment against high standards, for example,characterizes the work that our faculty hasbeen doing under the leadership of Assistant Headof School Rob Connor and a few teacher-leadersover the past two years, work that follows from workon the development of high-level courses, capstoneprojects, and varied assessment strategies that webegan when people from Howard Gardner’s ProjectZero and Grant Wiggins’s CLASS organizationsworked with our faculty in the mid 1990s.

Professional development is one of the greateststrengths of the BCDS program, from our advanced,focused hiring practices to our new-facultyorientation program and teacher handbooks throughour ongoing and spectacularly successful effortsto create a truly collaborative professional culturebuilt atop a notable system of professionalevaluation. BCDS really is a “community of practice”— as well as a “city upon a hill” for other schoolsseeking to build similar cultures.

Real-world connections are another hallmark of ourwork, with an award-winning community serviceprogram and now the increasingly sophisticatedprogramming of the Hiatt Center. Through servicetrips, leadership training, and an ever-growingnumber of active connections between courseworkand the community, BCDS students have anamazing and growing number of ways to apply theirlearning to the world beyond the classroom —and to have understandings gained in that worldinform their schoolwork.

Multiculturalism as a process, not a program.At BCDS we have never rested on our laurels as anextremely diverse community. We know that weneed to keep digging, and digging hard, to create alearning community in which the experiences andaspirations of all members, from all kinds of heritagesand families, are honored.

Character and creativity are part and parcelof the ways in which BCDS honors all aspects of astudent’s spirit. Our exceptional arts programsand faculties, our increasingly robust student activityand student leadership programs — again, I thinkof the Hiatt Center and those wonderful summerstipends — and our expanding athletic programare dedicated to the principle that the whole childmust be educated; this is certainly an ideathat has come down the years directly from EugeneRandolph Smith and the original Progressives.

Civic engagement. Here again the Hiatt Centerpropels BCDS right to the very forefront ofwork in developing ideals of activism, communityleadership, and social justice.

Technology as tool, not as some kind of endin itself, has been the watchword in the integration ofnew technologies into the BCDS educationalprogram. Right now we are talking about some veryexciting ways to use technology to furtherall other aspects of learning, from assessment tocreativity, to civic engagement; “Web 2.0”seems to be an ideal way to begin to fortify thosereal-world connections and to help studentsdevelop their writing, presentation, and criticalthinking skills in authentic contexts made possibleby technology.

The New Progressivism has been the topic ofa couple of web discussions (and by way of furtherendorsement, a copy of the essay was alsoplaced on the website of the National Association ofIndependent Schools). In one of these discussionsa colleague at another school suggested the additionof “Student-Centered,” “Multi-Age,” “A LivingSchedule,” “Grade-Free,” and “Risk-Taking” to the listof New Progressive characteristics. I thinka couple of those are perhaps ahead of the curveof recommended best practice (although afew “grade-free” schools that substitute extensivenarrative evaluation for the shorthand judgmentof letter grades are doing some great work), but BCDShas been student-centered forever, honoring theneeds and aspirations of the students we have ratherthan some abstract notion of what studentsshould be. Our schedule is another aspect of ourprogram that is unusual, unusually well suitedto our needs, and a model for others.

With regard to “risk-taking” (a term I tend not touse much because of the confusion it creates whenit describes dangerous behavior rather thana willingness to try new ideas that might not work),I think that BCDS has been a leader in the verybest kind of risk-taking since Eugene Randolph Smithsigned us up for the Eight-Year Study in 1932.We have always been willing to put ourselves outthere on behalf of our ideals and above all of ourstudents, and our early embrace of the increasinglynormalized practices and principles of the NewProgressivism is a shining example of what continuesto make our school great.

M.I.T. Professor Charles Cooneywas a guest lecturer in oursenior science elective in“Biotech Investing” last spring.

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PROCESS

In November 2007 a steering committee chaired bytrustee Beverly Edgehill P’10 met with consultantEd Hudner of Cambridge Hill Partners to collect dataand determine a process for our work. The committeeproduced a briefing book for all participants to readin advance of the February 2008 board retreat. At theretreat, participants heard the following speak aboutkey issues facing educators today and in the future:

John Cawthorne, Associate Dean of UndergraduateStudent Services, Boston College, Lynch School ofEducation

Andrea Hershatter, Associate Dean and Directorof the BBA Program, Emory University, GoizuetaBusiness School

Dr. Michael E. Moody, Vice President for AcademicAffairs and Dean of the Faculty, F. W. Olin Professor ofMathematics, Olin College

Susan S. Paresky, Senior Vice President forDevelopment, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dr. Yvonne Spicer, Vice President for Advocacy &Educational Partnerships, National Center forTechnological Literacy

The retreat also devoted a full day to facilitateddiscussions with Ed Hudner, which resulted in a draft ofthe strategic directions document presented here.

Our retreat discussions focused on two majorissues:

1. In what ways do today’s students (“the millennialgeneration”) need to learn differently than studentsof even a few years ago?

2. How can we better articulate the advantagesof progressive teaching to the external community,and how can we attract the resources to supportnear and long-term plans?

It is important to note that the process focused onlyon new initiatives for the next three to fouryears. For example, clearly we intend to maintainand enhance a thriving performing and visualarts program, but we have no specific stand-alonearts initiatives planned for the near future.It is also important to note that this is not a missionstatement. Rather, it identifies broad directionsand measurable outcomes that grow out of andsupport our current mission.

I am pleased to present Beaver Country Day School’s new strategic directions,which will provide a broad vision for the school over the next three to four years.

Unlike a strategic plan, our strategic directions are not intended as a laundry listof goals and objectives to be accomplished over the next decade. Rather, theyrepresent our leadership’s vision for the future, a road map that will guide facultyand staff as they design, implement, and assess new initiatives to fulfill ourmission.

– Peter Hutton, Head of School

StrategicDirections 2008

STRATEGIC DIRECTION FORLEARNING

As Beaver continues to emphasize the importanceof foundational knowledge and skills, its curriculum andprograms will respond directly to the increased needfor educational experiences that emphasize creativity,innovation and flexibility of mind.

Outcomes for Students• Students will consistently experience assessments andcurriculum that promote creativity, innovation and flexibilityof mind.

• Students will experience connections with private and publicsector organizations and other learning institutionsthat provide opportunities for authentic learning experiencesbeyond the traditional classroom.

• Students will experience a more competitive athletic programthat promotes leadership, collaboration and confidence.

• Students will experience curriculum that recognizes thedefining characteristics of the millennial generation.

Outcomes for Faculty• Beaver will design incentives for faculty that rewardinnovation.

• Beaver will provide faculty with the tools, resources andtechnology to design authentic curriculum.

• Beaver will work with faculty to increase each individual’sexpertise in areas of diversity, gender and adolescentdevelopment.

• Beaver will expand efforts to recruit faculty andadministrators from organizations that produce candidatesaligned with Beaver’s specific mission.

CONTEXT

What is the millennial generation, and how isit different? The students we are educatingnow and in the near future are those whoselives have been shaped from the outsetby new technology. Most people over 30 are“technology immigrants,” and many intheir 20s are technology “early adopters.”Millennials are “technology natives”who have never known a world without theInternet, cell phones, iPods, blogs, andsocial networking sites like Facebook. We needto be cognizant of this difference as wedesign curriculum and learning opportunitiesin the years ahead.

Our strategic directions also directlyaddress the need for better marketing. BCDSis a school with a truly unique missionin the Boston area. Learning and absorbinginformation remains important here, butit is inadequate as an end. Only progressiveschools like Beaver are serious aboutintentional and consistent ways to make“right-brain learning” central to allareas of the curriculum. In writing about aworld that is “moving into a more demandingcognitive age,” New York Times columnistDavid Brooks notes that, “In order to thrive,people are compelled to become better atabsorbing, processing and combininginformation... information can now travel15,000 miles in an instant. But the mostimportant part of information’s journey is thelast few inches — the space between aperson’s eyes or ears and the various regionsof the brain. Does the individual havethe capacity to understand the information…the training to exploit it? Are therecultural assumptions that distort the wayit is perceived?”

Teachers in progressive schools understandhow to prepare students for the intellectualchallenges of a future that prior generationscould not imagine. Beaver is recognizednationally as a leader in progressive education,and regularly cited in publications suchas The Chronicle of Higher Education andEducation Week. We need to make astronger case locally that our approach worksbest in this new cognitive age.

NEXT STEPS

The school’s management team will work withseveral groups of faculty to design annualgoals and strategies that will keep us on paceto meet all objectives within three to fouryears. The Board of Trustees will monitor theirprogress.

I welcome your reactions, questions, andthoughts on our new strategic directions.Please share your comments with me atphutton@bcdschool.org.

STRATEGIC DIRECTION FORRESOURCE EXPANSION ANDMARKETING

Beaver will significantly increase its endowment andannual giving; continue with improvements to the campusto support students, faculty and programs; andmarket our unique strengths in focused and strategic ways.

Outcomes for Resource Expansion• Beaver will expand its donor base with particular emphasison alumni.

• Beaver will continue to focus on offering compensationpackages for faculty, administration and staff that rank in thetop 5% in the region.

• Beaver will increase resources to support facultydevelopment.

• Beaver will broaden access for applicants through increasedfinancial aid.

• Beaver will maximize use of current space to create facilitiesthat will support expanding curriculum in science andtechnology and will allow us to design a library that supportsnew directions in research.

Outcomes for Marketing• In its marketing efforts Beaver will clearly demonstratehow progressive teaching is more effective than conventionalteaching in preparing students not simply to learn but tolearn how to learn.

• Beaver will market the strengths of the athletic program toprospective student athletes.

• Beaver will use Web 2.0 technologies to communicateeffectively with prospective students and parents and toconnect effectively with alumni.

• Beaver will increase focus on achievements of alumni.

RETREAT PARTICIPANTS

Strategic Planning Committee 2007-08Chair: Beverly Edgehill P’10, Trustee

Rob Connor, Assistant Head of School

Peter Hutton, Head of School

Jeffrey Katz P’08, Board Vice President

Nicole Lipson, English Faculty

William R. O’Reilly, Jr. P’09, Trustee

Jennifer Potter-Brotman ’71, Board President

Maurice Wright P’93, Trustee

Allison Gordon Abrams ’92, Alumni Rep. to the Board

Michael Albritton, History Faculty

Ella Auchincloss P’12, Trustee

Kit Beaudouin ’72, Director, Hiatt Center forCommunity Service and Social Change

Janet Berkeley P’10, Parents’ Association President

Pam Brockmeier, Math Faculty

Peter Brooks, Visual Arts Department Chair

Charles Campion P’09, Trustee

Nancy Caruso, Director of Admission andFinancial Aid

Ann Fissler P’06, ’13, Trustee

Faye Florence ’74, Trustee

David Fubini P’10

Peter Gow, Director of College Counseling

Karen Hill, Director of Development

Gale Hunt P’05, ’08, ’11, Board Vice President

Elizabeth Jick P’05, ’08, Board Vice President

Richard Langevin P’14

Michelle Lefkowitz P’08, Trustee

Joseph McDonough P’05, ’08, Board Vice President

Laura Nickerson, Science Faculty

Andrew Offit P’09, Board Clerk

Jacqueline O’Neill P’05, Former Trustee

Tim Parson, Director of Finance and Operations

Robert Riemer P’88, ’90, Trustee Emeritus

Lisa Tucker P’08, ’10, Trustee

Jorge Valcarcel, Middle School Director

Luthern Williams, Upper School Director

Michael Winter P’09, ’11, Trustee

Who was involved

BEAVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLMISSION STATEMENTBeaver Country Day School offers an academicallychallenging curriculum in an environmentthat promotes balance in students’ lives. Deeplycommitted to individual student success, teachersinspire students to:

• Reason and engage deeply with complex ideasand issues;

• Be intellectually curious, open-minded, and fair;

• Identify and build upon their strengths;

• Develop leadership and teamwork skills;

• Act effectively within a genuinely diverse cultural and socialframework;

• Serve both school and society with integrity, respect, andcompassion.

Faculty NewsPeter Gow (Director of College Counseling and Special Programs)presented from his book, The Watery Realm, at the Fifth EnvironmentalWriters’ Conference in Honor of Rachel Carson in Boothbay Harbor,ME. He has had several poems published this year in online journals,including Riverbed Haiku, First Thought, and Poetry Cemetery.

Peter Krasinski (Choral Music Director) was one of several organists wholed the Pipe Organ Encounter, a week-long summer program for teens atAssumption College in July.

Ana Norgaard (Jazz Band Director) spent July in her native Venezuelarecording a CD with her band, Obbini Tumbao, for the Caracas label,Cacao Musica. The 13-track disk will include 10 original compositions.

Joanna Goldstein (Chamber Music Director) again spent the summer atTanglewood teaching and performing with her quintet, Vento Chiaro.

Kelley Connolly (Director of Library and Information Services) taughtan online course “Online Applications for Educators” for UMass.Her curriculum covered online resources and tools in education, theintegration of Web resources with curriculum, Internet searchstrategies, the development of instructional websites, and electronicportfolio assessments. Much of that curriculum will prove usefulin her ongoing work to bring Web technology into Beaver’s curriculum.Going offline for a week, she also hiked the Appalachian Trail in NH.

Michael Lieser (US English) is the recipient of this year’s SarahFay Baird ’43 Summer Grant. The grant enabled him to participate ina month-long interdisciplinary seminar on “Interpretations of theIndustrial Revolution” at the University of Nottingham in England. Heexplains, “The focus of the program is to study the topic ofindustrialization from a number of angles to explore the effect of amechanized society on human life. We read contemporary historicalaccounts and primary source documents for a well-roundedperspective and considered literary portrayals of history by WilliamBlake, William Wordsworth, Mary Shelley, Charles Dickens, andD.H. Lawrence. I also spent time in Edinburgh re-tracing the footstepsof Major Thomas Weir, Stevenson’s inspiration for Dr. Jekyll andMr. Hyde. This trip will greatly enrich my senior elective, Monsters andDegenerates.”

Nicole Lipson and Lisa Brown (both US English) attended a seminarcalled “The Play’s the Thing: Teaching Shakespeare as Drama andLiterature” at the Center for Innovative Teaching held in San Franciscoin August. An essay Ms. Lipson wrote appears in a collection called,“Writes of Passage: Coming of Age Stories from the Hudson Review,”and two of her poems have been published recently.

Sarah Wolf (US English) spent the summer in Australia and Africa(Botswana, Zambia, and South Africa) as the director of children’sprogramming for Bushtracks Expeditions, a family tour operator.

Liz McGann (MS science) took a workshop in “Teaching Yoga toChildren” at Kripalu in July and hopes to introduce yoga as a middleschool elective this year.

Meriah Burman (US visual art) spent the summer in Newport asthe second mate on an antique 12-meter yacht, Northern Light. She alsoskippered her own photo boat to capture some great nautical imagesand raced in regattas in Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, and NarragansettBay. To see her photography, check out www.photobymer.com.

Jen Yolles (US drama) and her husband, Jeffrey Knoedler, welcomedtheir first child, August (“Gus”), on June 23, 2008.

Newlywed Kathleen (Dolan) Kosberg (MS English) taught a five-week ESLcourse at Fessenden. She will be on maternity leave in the fall.

MCKINNEY ’90 RECEIVESAWARD FOR TEACHING,MENTORING

Upper school science teacher LarryMcKinney ’90 received the 2008 Peter GowIII Award for his exceptional dedication tostudents, both inside and outside the class-room. The award, which is voted on by thesenior class, “signifies the respect studentshave for this teacher and affirms the impactthis teacher has had as an advisor and afriend.” Mr. McKinney teaches chemistry andpopular electives in bioethics and biotechinvesting, and is the senior class dean.He also coaches varsity golf and lacrosse.

A year-round presence on campus, Mr.McKinney trades his lab goggles and tie fora bathing suit and whistle as a director ofaquatics for Beaver Summer Programs. Thisyear his older daughter, Aiye, attended thecamp in the “Thrilled to be Three” section,and Jean Gucker McKinney ’61 may be ableto attend Grandparents’ Day at Beaver withAiye in about a decade.

FACULTY/STAFFFAREWELLS

The 2008-09 school year begins without afew familiar faces; we wish them all well intheir new endeavors: John Campanale,David Christiansen, Chris DeFilippo, PamelaDietrich, Eli Goldberger, Beth Griffin, SharonMathieu, Charlotte Perrine, Melissa Primeau,Lizza Sandoe, Sarah Scoville, Todd Whitten,Lora Verkouille.

Larry McKinney ’90 receives his teaching awardfrom Student Council President Peter Wilmot ’08

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great distress, and seeing theaftermath of a patient’s death, isan amazing testament to theschool, and to Sara.

“When I walked into the morgue,I found myself excited at theprospect of witnessing my firstautopsy, but not quite surewhat to expect. At first, the smellthat I supposed was a combinationof chemicals mixed withhuman flesh and organs was a littleuncomfortable. Then I had toovercome the odd sensation thatthe organs lying in frontof me belonged to a real person,who not too long ago was alive.However, as I started to listen tothe conversation that wasgoing on among the doctors whowere gathered, I began torealize that these organs belongedto a patient whose case hadnot yet been solved. As one doctorpicked up the patient’s heart,opened the right atrium and thenthe left one, she showed how,unlike the pristine left atrium, theinner lining of the right atrium wascovered with a fungus. I noticedthe other doctors’ reactions to thisnews, and in that momentunderstood what an autopsy wasall about. I learned first-handthat an autopsy gives the doctorswho worked on a patient’scase the last chance at solving thepatient’s mystery.”– Sara McDonough ’08

May 2001, New York City

It’s hard to believe that sixteenyears after Beaver and anothercareer in the computer industry,I’m standing in Washington SquarePark graduating with 160 of myclassmates from N.Y.U.’s medicalschool. I’m finally a doctor.Together, we recite the Hippocraticoath in front of over 50,000people: “I swear to do no harm!”

June 2008, Beth IsraelDeaconess Medical Center, Boston

Fast-forward seven years, and hereI stand with my colleagues fromthe Palliative Care Team in a cold,brightly lit autopsy room withmy patient’s internal organs on thetable in front of us. Here iswhere the truth of fulfilling thatoath is judged by the neverwavering edge of the pathologist’sknife. Did we, or did we not, makean error? This is a truly vulnerablemoment in a doctor’s life, andjoining me for it is a freshly-mintedBeaver graduate, Sara McDonough’08. I have brought her andtwo other Beaver students, SimonaTolchin ’09 and Maddy Keifer ’08,into my world this summer with nodoors closed and nothing off-limits;they will see things few adults,let alone high school students, willever see.

I am keeping a paternally closewatch on Sara as she holdsthe first human heart she has everseen, and hears about how ourpatient lived and died. It is a verypoignant moment, and she isexceptional in her maturity andcuriosity, acting years beyondher age. My colleagues assumeshe is a senior medical student,which I think is a remarkablestatement about how Beaverprepares students for the world.To have the tools at her age todeal with seeing live patients in

The Value of Student Internships

In thinking back to my time atBeaver, I had always wanted bettercareer advice. Two years ago,as a member of Beaver’s AlumniBoard, I pitched the idea fora series of lunches where alumnicould lead panel discussionson their careers and then helpinterested students gethands-on experience, either aspart of a senior project oras a summer internship. TheAlumni Board surveyedstudents to find out the mostpopular fields, and medicinewas selected for the first lunch.

Last February about 18 juniors andseniors attended a livelydiscussion I led with Scott Glazier’02, a second-year medicalstudent at B.U. Medical School.(Stacey Smith ’72, a seniorcritical care nurse at my hospital,originally planned to joinus but had to cancel at the lastmoment.) I was astonishedat the perceptive questions thestudents asked; the first was“I’m thinking of having a family,how compatible is a healthcare career?” Uh-oh, not quitewhat I was thinking the averagehigh school student wouldwant to know straight off the bat.Somebody eventually gotaround to “Is it like ER?” but thatwas pretty late in the game.

MINI MED SCHOOL

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Several students expressedinterest in spending time with me,and scheduling determinedthat Sara and Simona would startfirst, with Maddy coming later. InMay Sara began her senior projectshadowing the Palliative CareTeam I work with, which is veryintense emotionally, and followingme as I made my rounds onthe wards. She also spent timeshadowing our most seniorpharmacist and our ethics team.Once school ended, Simona andMaddy joined Sara for a summerof “mini med school.” Thisincluded time on Medicine, GeneralSurgery, “Med/Surg” Nursing,Medical ICU, GI, OB/GYN, NeonatalICU, ER, and other teams. Forscheduling reasons, Simona beganby shadowing my wife, Lori,who is medical director at VCABrookline Animal Hospital.

“My first experience at BrooklineAnimal Hospital was an amazing,once-in-a-lifetime opportunity toexperience veterinary healthcare. The first day that I came tothe hospital was really exciting;

I saw a surgery performed on apuppy. That was the firstsurgery I had ever seen in my life.The puppy was getting spayed(Hysterectomy), and the greatthing about being in the surgerywas that the doctor actuallyshowed me the different organsand explained how the surgeryworked and what she was doing. Ialso participated in many otherdifferent aspects of veterinary caresuch as diagnosing parasitesin a dog’s ear, administeringchemotherapy to a dog that hadtongue cancer, and watching anultrasound on a cat in order to findbladder stones. I never thoughtI would have the opportunity tohave this experience. It wasextremely rewarding to see animalstreated and cared for, and Iam really grateful to have had thechance to experience that.”– Simona Tolchin ’09

For those of you who have neverexperienced teaching, it is agreat thrill. Those of you who havetaught, and experienced thethrill of teaching exceptional and

interested students, know howfantastic an experience it can befor both the teacher and thestudent. Beaver graduates are adiverse and talented group,and we have a lot to share withcurrent students.

Beaver is turning out amazingyoung people, and this summerwas a terrific experiencefor me as well as for the students.I challenge alumni to comeback to campus and share yourprofessional experienceswith students; I know you won’t bedisappointed. I can’t wait to do itagain next year.

Henry Feldman ’85 is hospitalistat Beth Israel DeaconessMedical Center in Boston. He andhis wife, Lori, live in Needhamwith their children, Rachel (10) andJoshua (7).

Join Our Career Lunch Series,Mentor a BCDS Student Intern

Help BCDS students get hands-onexperience in your profession or careerfield. If you are interested in mentoringa student intern or in leading a lunchtimecareer discussion with current students,please contact Shira Lewin ’92, Director ofAlumni Relations, at 617.738.2749 orslewin@bcdschool.org.

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AMYE KURSON ’91 AND ROB KURSON ’97

Entrepreneurial Siblings Make aFashion Statement

As a Beaver student Amye Kurson ’91 often spenther free periods working in the school store sellingBCDS sweatshirts and notebooks. Housed thenas it is today in the school’s basement, the Beaverstore was hardly a glamorous start to a career infashion design, but creating a job for herself therewas an early indicator of Amye’s entrepreneurialdrive.

Almost two decades later Amye is at the helm of afast-growing accessories brand, Ame (“Aim”) andLulu. By her side is her younger brother Rob ’97, whoreplaced the bygone Lulu, to act as chief financialofficer while Amye oversees design, marketing, andsales. The Kurson siblings run their thrivingbusiness out of Amye’s Brookline apartment whoseliving areas and two spare bedrooms provide officespace for Amye, Rob, and several student-internsamidst shelving for the company’s inventory. Amye’spint-sized rat terrier Winston, company mascotand catalogue centerfold, greets the UPS driverseveral times a day as new inventory is delivered andorders are sent out around the world.

The idea for a line of accessories for fashion-forwardfemale golfers came to Amye on the links, in2002, when she noticed that none of the ladies hadfeminine-looking covers for their clubs. At thetime she was working in advertising at Mullen but,moonlighting, she designed her first products— golf head covers, shoe and tee bags, and belts —all in a country-club palate targeted at fashion-conscious players like herself.

Since devoting herself full-time to the businessstarting in 2005, Amye has expanded into tennisand yoga accessories and other products foran active lifestyle that includes weekends in thecountry or trips to the gym (two sizes of cosmeticand duffel bags), children (a diaper bag and ajunior tennis tote), and pets (the company plans tolaunch its “Winston” brand of dog accessoriesnext year.) Ame and Lulu’s best-selling item remainsa small zippered pouch that clips onto a golf bagwith slots for three tees and room inside for a cellphone, lipstick, and car keys. It comes in eightsnappy patterns that coordinate with the company’shead covers for a cheerful put-together look thatcan help take the sting out of a drive into the deeprough or a botched putt.

Ame and Lulu’s retailers range from high-end boutiques and pro shops to resorts, clubs andcorporations, who order custom productswith their logos for prizes, souvenirs, and gifts. NBCcommissioned the company to stitch its peacocklogo onto several items, and Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach ordered cosmeticbags emblazoned with its crest. Business is boomingin Japan, where golf and American preppy stylehave enormous cachet, and sales also are strong inthe U.K., Ireland, Korea, Australia, and Germany.Locally, Ame and Lulu products may be found at tonyboutiques like Queen Bee on Newbery Street andFlat of the Hill on Charles Street, and at private clubsincluding the Belmont Country Club where theKurson family plays. About 10% of orders are placedthrough the company’s website (www.ameandlulu.com),a market segment that the company hopes togrow as the brand gains wider recognition. With grosssales doubling annually, Ame and Lulu, whoseproducts are all hand-made in the U.S., may soon bein the market for proper office space, even awarehouse.

Whether by chance or design, the company hastapped into a growing market. According to researchby the PGA, women account for 63% of all newgolfers in the U.S. And overseas, interest in golf isgrowing exponentially; over 75% of all coursesunder construction are outside the U.S. China, India,and Russia could be the next frontier.

Last May, Amye was interviewed live onFox Business News, and students atB.U. use her company as a case study inan entrepreneurship course.

With its 2009 line the company will introduceproducts in nine new patterns designed by Amyeherself, the biggest risk she has taken sincefinancing the company with her own savings andcredit cards. She combs fashion publicationsto stay abreast of the latest trends in colors andfabrics and tries to keep ahead of the ficklefashion curve while remaining true to her brand’spreppy roots. (Safe to say, there’ll always besomething pink and green in the line.)

The relentless hands-on work of being entrepreneurswould seem to leave Amye and Rob little time for avacation, let alone the leisure lifestyle of their targetmarket. Amye regularly hits the road to worksporting goods trade shows, collaborates with a localad firm to style photo shoots for her cataloguesand website, and marshals all her best salesmanshipto persuade magazine editors to feature herproducts. Spreads in Travel & Leisure, In Style, andItalian and Japanese Vogue, among others, havehelped Ame and Lulu catch notice as a niche playerto watch. Last May Amye was interviewed live onFox Business News, and business students at BostonUniversity use Ame and Lulu as a case study inentrepreneurship.

Asked about their biggest challenge, Amye and Robquickly agree that it’s being responsible for everyaspect of the business. “When one of our computersgoes down we can’t just call tech support,” Rob quips.

“It’s more work than anyone can imagine,” Amye says.Looking at the array of products and boxes crowdingevery corner of her apartment, it’s actually not hardto imagine her working around the clock to keep pacewith orders from overseas.

Soft-spoken Rob describes his big sister as a“go-getter” who, as a teen, was always ready to takeon odd jobs. Amye appreciates that her littlebrother is “meticulous and detail-oriented” with ahead for figures that balances her tendency to“go a million miles an hour” as the company’s publicface. Indeed, their complementary strengths seemas perfectly matched as the items in their company’sproduct line. Both started off in advertisingafter college; Amye studied English and psychologyat Union College, and Rob majored in economicsat Colgate University. Getting an MBA is part of Rob’sbusiness plan to take the family company tothe next level. In the meantime Ame and Lulu’s rapidgrowth seems far better than par for the course.

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Visit Beaver’s OnlineSchool Store

With the launch of Beaver’sonline school store this fall, it hasnever been easier to show yourschool spirit by wearingBCDS apparel. We have a goodselection of t-shirts (includingsome in young children’s sizes),sweatshirts/pants, athleticshorts, and other items (umbrellas,hats, and tote bags).

Visit:www.bcdschool.org/store

Ame and Lulu bags custom-designed by Amye Kurson’91 are available in our school store. The bags arelight blue seersucker with lime green trim and lining.The BCDS logo is stitched on each bag in green.

Overnight Duffel (L): 17 in. long x 8.5 in. square.Outside zip pocket. Fully lined. $60.

Everyday Tote (R): 18.5 in. wide x 14 in. high. Insideslip pockets and outside zip pocket. Fully lined. $55.

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UpdateD E V E L O P M E N T

ANNUAL FUND GROWTH2004-2008

We did it! Our Annual Fund set an all-time recordin 2008, growing 39% over 2007.

Thank you to all the “Beaver Believers” whohelped us top our million-dollar goal. Onward andupward in 2009!

$479,994

$761,189

$565,476$628,591

2004 2005 2006

$1,061,095

20082007

New Annual Fund Director isFamiliar Face

The development department is pleased towelcome back Jill Therrien Henson as directorof annual giving. Henson takes over fromBeth Griffin, who left to become director ofdevelopment at Mother Caroline Academyand Education Center (headed by Ingrid TuckerP’12, ’14, Beaver’s former middle schooldirector). In her three years at BCDS, Bethoversaw an 88% increase in the Annual Fund,from $565,476 in 2006 to a record-setting$1,061,095 in 2008.

Henson returns from a stint at Duke University,where she was an assistant director of the annualfund and reunion giving. Prior to that sheworked at BCDS for two and a half years, mostrecently as capital campaign associate.

SECOND ANNUAL KOTZEN LECTUREEXPLORES ROOTS OF MOTOWNBerklee music professor and “edu-tainer” LawrenceWatson performed three powerful concerts in BradleyHall in April. Collaborating with Beaver’s diversityand counseling offices, Watson designed his “Shine aLittle Light on Soul” show to explore the historicaland cultural aspects of Motown music in advance ofBeaver’s stage production of Dreamgirls in May.

Accompanied by a stellar five-piece band andfive vocalists assembled from Berklee and around theworld, Watson tailored each of his three showsto its distinct audience (middle school, upper school,parents/alumni). Each show opened with a briefvideo highlighting the diversity education workWatson does with music students of all ages. He alsotaught a master class for the cast of Dreamgirls andstudents in the upper school chorus.

The Watson performances were made possibleby a donation from the Riemer and Goldstein families,in honor of Marcia and Gilbert Kotzen. The KotzenLecture Series brings an outside speaker or performerto campus each year to present to students, parentsand alumni on an issue that the Beaver communityhas explored in depth during that school year.Jill Therrien Henson

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ClassN O T E S

1930There is a class memorial in thisissue.

1934Lucie Hopkins Cadigan reports,“I am aging gracefully!”

For word on Mary Van NessCrocker, see the class note under1942 from the daughterof Nancy Hamlen Converse ’42.

There is a class memorial in thisissue.

1936Rosamond Hamlin Thomaswrites, “Still going and very muchfor Obama!”

There is a class memorial in thisissue.

1938Nancy Bertelsen O’Malleyrepresented her class at its 70threunion, accompanied by herson, Michael, who lives outside ofBoston (see photo on page 8).She writes, “Since last you heardfrom me, not much has happened.I’m still in my Eden of Florida.But instead of concentrating on myportrait painting, I give my timeand energy to ballroom dancing,which is my passion! I’m lookingforward to seeing the school.”

Martha Titus Rouin says she wassorry she had to choose betweenattending reunions at Beaver (70th)and Smith (65th) – she choseSmith’s. “Will miss meeting whatremains of my Beaver class.I manage to continue upright livingin the rural areas of New York Statealso known as the Finger LakesWine Country (almost equal to NewEngland as we know it).”

Carolyn Wallace Darack sendsthis update: “My husband and I arein a retirement facility in Canton,MA, and will be turning 89 soon. Heis president of the Mentor’sAssociation and I am the secretary.We’re both active on a number ofcommittees. Between golf, tennis, abusy social life, and a large family– the 7th great-grandchild arrivedtoday – we feel especially lucky.Sorry to miss my 70th reunion.”

1939Elizabeth Inches Chamberlinwrites, “Still in fine health andliving in one of the top tenretirement centers in the country,right near our former home inChapel Hill. How lucky can one be?”

There is a class memorial in thisissue.

1941Katharine Sawtell Plimptonwrites, “Dear class of ’41: With ahusband suffering from Alzheimer’sdisease I have to be strong andmore independent than I thought Iwould be at 84. The childreninsisted I have help – so I do! I havebeen on a Danube cruise anda trip to Egypt. What next? Sendme suggestions. Love, Kay.”Kay attended the House ChamberConcert with Nancy J. Moore lastspring (see photo at left).

There is a class memorial in thisissue.

Share Class Notes & Update Your Profile Online!Did you know that you can submit and read class notes online through the BCDS website? Andwhile you’re logged on, you can check and update your profile, so that classmates and friends canfind you. Here’s how:

1. Go to: www.bcdschool.org/alumni.2. Log in with this user name protocol: full first name last name 2-digit class year (e.g.JonathanSmith98). User names are not case-sensitive. No spaces.

3. The first time you log in, use your home zip code as a temporary password; you will beprompted to change it to a permanent password.

4. After you log in, click on “Alumni/ae” at the top of the left-hand menu column and then choose“Add or Edit a Class Note.”

5. To check and update your contact info, go to “My Profile” (look just below “Alumni/ae”).Please make sure we have an e-mail address on file, so we can e-mail you about alumni eventsin your area.

If you have difficulty logging in, please contact David Michaels at dmichaels@bcdschool.org or617.738.2743.

If you wish to send class notes by mail, please address them to Shira Lewin ’92, Director of AlumniRelations, BCDS, 791 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. You may also e-mail class notesand photos to slewin@bcdschool.org.

THE BCDS ALUMNI BOARD

The BCDS Alumni Board wasestablished in 1937 by a dedicatedgroup of graduates to foster andstrengthen ties between theschool and its alumni community.The members work on outreachand help plan alumni events. Thisyear the board is fortunateto have the following alumni asmembers:

Allison Gordon Abrams ’92

Dave Berman ’02

Henry Feldman ’85

Carla Jabbour Higgins ’89

Holly Benedict Holmes ’67

Matt Millstein ’96

Scott Parker ’01

Lisa Spagnuolo ’88

Laura Spiro ’83

Jay Bailey Strzetelski ’52

Roland Atema ’09(student representative)

At the House ChamberConcert, (L-R) Anjali Lappin ’10,Nancy Moore ’41, StephanieRhee ’11, Kay Plimpton ’41,Chamber Music DirectorJoanna Goldstein

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1951Anne Luquer Clinton comments,“Watching the politicalcampaigning on CNN TV is veryinspiring.”

Gretchen Knowles Conklin writes,“Not much news. I’m still enjoyinglife in Boston with my childrenand grandchildren. I still keep intouch with Gail Baird Giffordand enjoy painting and condo lifein the Vendome.”

1953Elizabeth Reynolds Bishopreports, “Life in our large family isexciting, as grandchildren arein adulthood and moving towardsadulthood. Jack is completelyretired and keeps errands and housedetails up to date as I continuea full-time psychotherapy practice.We have had several wonderfulget-togethers with Jane CraneMiller.”

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1947Joan Shepley Dunphy reports,“All’s well in Texas. Busy playinggolf, traveling, and doingvolunteer work. Have a great-grandson named Connor.”

Jeannie Fourel Cooperman writes,“I am finally planning a trip toFrance in early June to visit somecousins. Still busy taking careof this old farm house and enjoyingcountry life. Seed catalogskeep me focused on vegetables andflower gardens. My golden retrieverkeeps me walking.”

1948Lorraine Fernandez Williamswrites, “My second home, Beaver,was always a place of greatcreativity, warmth, magical momentsand marvelous memories,I’ll hold her in my heart for therest of my days.”

Pamela Richmond Orr reports,“Mountain hiking becamea somewhat late in life joyousexperience. For my 75thbirthday my children, at least 3 ofthe 4, and friends climbed Mt.Bierstadt (14,160 ft) in Colorado’sFront Range! Life and my childrenhave been good to me!”

Mary Wing Foreman writes, “Corkyand I seem to muddle along.I stay busy with grandchildren andgreat-grandchildren, gardening,etc. Wish everyone well.”

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1949Joanne Barbour Hines reports,“Moved back to Concord, MA, inOctober 2007 to be near mydaughter, Carrie Hines, after beingin Stuart, FL, for 22 years andworking as a realtor for ColdwellBanker. Saw Joan Rudberg Lavinevery winter when they vacationedthere. Used to meet Nancy StedfastLaRue every few months for lunchin Vero Beach. See Billie FratusMitchell ’48 three times a year andjust went to Duxbury to see EllieFranz Hansen ’47 and her husbandGeorge. It’s good to be back home.”

Just a couple of months before heruntimely death, Patty HurleyGoodrich hosted a lovely and verywell-attended evening reception forBCDS alumni at the CosmopolitanClub in Manhattan. The guestof honor was Lucinda Franks ’64who read from her memoir MyFather’s Secret War (see photos atright).

There are class memorials in thisissue.

1942Paula Converse sent us a photoof her mother, Frances HamlenConverse with Mary Van NessCrocker ’34 who are residents ofSunrise Assisted Living inWayland, MA, along with Mary’shusband, Fred. Paula explains,“We all got to talking one day, andwe found out that both womengraduated from Beaver with aninterest in art, and both endedup going to the Boston MuseumArt School. My mother also saidthat one of her favorite teacherswas Mrs. Van Ness and Marysaid that this was her mother!Small world! They are bothenjoying Sunrise, and would loveto hear from anyone in theirclasses.”

Louise Penhallow Crane writes,“The years have passed withso many wonderful memories sinceour 1942 graduation. And withit, so many changes! I am a widow,but happily well: five children,eleven grandchildren, and fivegreat-grandchildren. I am blessed.”

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1943Madlin Gulick Moore reports,“I am happily living in Florida withan old friend from the 1950sand 3 cats, and having a yearlyvacation sailing the coast offoreign countries. In February Ivisited Dorothy Faden Ellisand her husband when they werevacationing in Florida.”

Joyse Built Barwell-Clarke writesfrom Vancouver, “Thank you forkeeping ‘in touch’ with me. I lovedthe spring 2008 BCDS Magazine.Chris Morss ’58 is a gem. I willnever forget my years there and myfamily will really have fun readingthe article.” [Joyse is referringto the story, written by her hostbrother Chris Morss ’58, about theBeaver girls from Britain duringWWII.]

Mary Van Ness Crocker ’34 (L)and Frances Hamlen Converse ’42.

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Jane Conant Batchelder writes,“We have moved permanently toNew Hampshire after 35 yearsin Wellesley, a very good decision.Tai chi and volunteering atour local food pantry keep me busy,along with church and enjoyingall that nature provides!”

1960Sara Caldwell Junkin reports, “Icontinue to write articles oninteriors of well-known buildings.I’m dividing my time betweenWeston, MA, and Boca Grande, FL,and also climbing mountainsin the High Peaks area of KeeneValley, NY, while staying atthe Ausable Club. Keeps me busy!We have 3 beautiful grandchildren(8, 10, and 12) and another onthe way! The three are in Waylandand the next is from California.”

1961Jean Gucker McKinney writes,“Attention all members of ’61:Three years should be enough timeto plan on attending our 50thin 2011! Think of ideas to fill outreunion weekend and tell me orRusty Reiber about that. We shouldall be fully retired by then (fromwork, not life) so there won’t be anyexcuse to miss it. John andI recently went to a surprise 40thanniversary party for Rustyand Dick (ours was a month earlier),and the four of us are involvedin grandchildren-sitting for ourworking daughters and husbands.Never a dull moment.” Oneof Jean’s granddaughters, AiyaMcKinney (3), was a camperat Beaver this summer with herfather Larry ’90.

1962Susan Neer Weisenfluh writes,“Greetings from Florida, where Iam recouperating from a secondhip replacement (the other hip thistime). All is well and we areheading north to Scituate for therest of the summer.”

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1963Lee Kimball Byron writes,“Finishing my second M.A. intheology this time (no kidding!) inMay ’08. Then taking a trip toAustralia with my daughter andson-in-law.”

Karen Rhodes Clarke reports, “Myson, Jonathan Tarter, wasmarried to Nancy Lang, and theyare living in the DC area.Still here in Thomaston, ME. Dancommutes up from Newton onthe weekends. After this winter Iam considering spending moretime in MA next winter!”

1954Joan Bainbridge Safford sendsthis update: “Though retired fromthe Department of Justice, I amspending about 10 days a month inMexico working for the ProsecutorGeneral of the Republic on criminalmatters. I am also doing somework on criminal justice reforms inMexico, primarily through anNGO contracted by the US Agencyfor International Development.Both projects are fascinating and Ifeel that I am usefully usingmy long experience as a prosecutor,while still having time for familyand garden.”

1955Sally Elliot Flood reports, “OnMother’s Day weekend Anita AndresRogerson stayed with Dick and me.We had a wonderful trip downmemory lane. We were all saddenedby the loss of her dear husband,David, in December 2007. She isstrong, talented, loving, and wise –a treat to spend time with.”

1956Anne Joplin Murray writes,“Another wonderful year in Maine,though confining, as I’m aprimary caregiver for my husbandwho’s, thankfully, still at home.Memories of our 50th are stillbrought back by our class picture infront of me. Thank you againespecially to Susan! To Ginny forthe brunch, to Mimi and Tishyfor returning, and for my roses.Thank you. Love, Kitty.”

1957Molly Strong Dow reports, “Joeand I are still languishing in VeroBeach for eight months with ournew Cairn terrier ‘Gracie’ ruling thehousehold! I loved reading our50th booklet and hearing about theBIG reunion!”

Linda Chilton Lambatos writes, “Iam so very glad to have beentalked into being at our 50th. Whata wonderful experience it was.As life continues to change for me,I hope to travel more, visit kidsand their families, and continue tolive in my house.”

Joy Calfee Roberts reports, “InMarch I went on a fabulous tripof two weeks in Egypt andone week in neighboring Jordan.Weather, traveling companionsand sights all wonderful. Stillenjoying my ‘country life’ and beingonly seven miles away fromplaymates – Michael, age 6, andLizzie, age 3. Also enjoy bookclub, writer’s group, dancing andp/t work at local volunteer center.Life is good! Where did I find timeto work 40-60 hours a week?!?”

Mary Grew Mendler writes, “Whata wonderful reunion last year,and I loved seeing classmates from’57 and hope to catch up with themagain this year.”

1958Carolyn White Spengler won the2008 Service Award for her manyyears as a volunteer for BCDS(see page 12).

Congratulations to the class of 1958for setting a record with its 50threunion gift (see article and photoson pages 8-12).

1959Susan Colcock Mitchel reports, “OnMarch 29 my husband, Kent,and I attended a memorial dinnerfor classmate Susan ClevelandAltshul. Jonathan Altshul and KatieAltshul, M.D., conducted thisevent on the 25th anniversary oftheir mother’s death from breastcancer. They are superb youngadults and made this evening atruly memorable one.” SusanMitchel sent us a photo from SusanAltshul’s wedding (see photo below).

Anne Patterson Wynne-Willsonwrites, “I have no news recently, butwe certainly aren’t getting anyyounger and to think in 3 years wewill all be 70 or almost 70 (classof ’59ers, I mean) years old. Wherehave the years gone? I had ourannual Pippy Rooney O’Connor (ourPE teacher in the ’50s) birthdaygathering here in August withKitty Ray Sturgis ’58, ParsieParsons Weaver ’57 and GretchenDow Simpson ’57. It’s alwaysgreat fun!”

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Elizabeth Stevens Landen sendsthis update: “We have moved toColorado to be closer to ourchildren. We have retired from thecattle business and are nowenjoying the beautiful view of theColorado mountains. We stillhave our horses, dogs, and cats.Our new address is 4113 N.109th Street, Lafayette, CO 80026.Our telephone number is303-817-3200.”

Carol Beckwith writes, “I ampresently in London recoveringfrom a light aircraft crashwhich occurred in Kenya inJanuary. Miraculously, I survived.My sister, Lois Beckwith Pike’67, died in New Zealand the sameweek as my accident. My newphotographic book on the Dinkaof Southern Sudan will bepublished in November 2008. Alsoin November my exhibitionof 95 photo-murals and six videofilms, entitled “PASSAGES:Photographs in Africa by CarolBeckwith and Angela Fisher”will open at the Bowers Museum ofCultural Art in Santa Ana, CA,and will run from Nov. 15, 2008,through Mar. 2009. For moreinformation please visit my website:www.africanceremonies.com.”

Elizabeth “Liz” Valsam Hunterwrites, “Sorry I couldn’t beat reunion. There is a new museumon the Cape (Zion Union HeritageMuseum) and their openingreception was reunion Friday – Ihad to be there as I’m heavilyinvolved. Husband and children areall doing well.”

Christy Herlihy Cunningham-Adams won the 2008 DistinguishedAlumna Award (read her remarkson page 13).

1966Lucy Amory Bradley writes,“Hello class of ’66! Hope everyone iswell! Let's stay in touch for ournext reunion!” [the 45th in 2011]

1967Amy Grossman Sands writes, “I’mthe director of BJEP SundaySchool on the campus of BrandeisUniversity. My son, Josh Narva’92, had a son: Samuel Kai Narva.”

Jennifer Lawrence Bravermanreports, “Stan and I are enjoyingCharlottesville, VA, though mymain job is now playing Candylandand making yogurt pops with mygranddaughter, Chloe. Stan openedCharlottesville’s ImmigrationLaw Center, instead of semi-retiring.We escape to the mountains forhalf of each week, though. We’veenjoyed New Brunswick lately,and will return this summer too.”

Holly Benedict Holmes writes,“Both our children are in California.Brad, 26, is finishing up hissecond year of graduate work inclassics at USC. Marion, 24, isteaching environmental education(as well as working on gettingher program accredited) in the SanBernadino Mountains. She wasevacuated in the fires last fall (’07).”

1968Jessie Sargent writes, “Sorry Icouldn’t come to reunion. Went onan amazing trip to the SilverBanks, 85 miles from the DominicanRepublic. Snorkled with humpbackwhales for a week, so cool! Still inhorse business, judged IHSA ZoneII, gave clinic in Nassau.”

1971Veronica “Pinky” Ohanian Heathreports, “My husband, Donn, and Ihave joined the ‘empty nesters’club. Our youngest, Zachary, is afreshman at Vanderbilt, andMichael is in his fourth year atBerkshire Hills Music Academy.Been traveling and keepingbusy, thanks to our best friends,Jeff and Robby Levy. Isn’tit time for reunion? Best to all.”

Ros Everdell won the 2008 DriscollAward for Social Responsibility(see page 12). Her son is a BCDSsenior this year.

1974Katherine Whelan has joinedPatton Boggs LLP as a senior policyadvisor in its bipartisan publicpolicy practice in Washington. Shebrings nearly three decades ofpolitical experience at the federal,state and local levels as well asdeveloping strategies for Fortune500 companies. A seniorgovernment relations expert, Katiehas extensive experience withboth political parties, having servedas Republican California GovernorArnold Schwarzenegger’ssenior advisor and as the executivedirector of the DemocraticGovernors Association.

1975Donna Bowden Barrett writes,“Hey Class of 1975, what’s up withthe giving, or lack of giving?!!Beaver gave a lot for us to getwhere we are today. Come on; let’sgive something to this nextgeneration. Give whatever you can.We can do this together. It alladds up!! :-)”

Rachel Grossman Koplow says,“It was great seeing everyoneat our 30th reunion. Can’t wait forthe 35th!”

1976Julia Hechtman Sall writes,“My two daughters are growingfast. Both are at Newton Southand partaking in all the activitiesopen to them. Maddy is in 11thgrade and Charlotte in 9th. Time ismoving too quickly!”

1979Paul Kleppner gave a humorousand touching speech at thereunion celebration of his motherBea’s 50 years on the BCDSfaculty. Attending with him werehis wife, Linda, and sons, Matthewand Ethan.

1980Ava Altman Harder reports that sheand her husband, Bruce, havebeen quite busy with their move toa new home (still in Waban, MA)and their two daughters, Natalie (8)and Rebecca (7).

1982Sonja Rudder Spears has beennamed to Beaver’s 2008-09 Board ofTrustees. Her sons, Diallo andOmari, are in Beaver’s 11th and 9thgrades, respectively.

Lora Eliachar Tarlin reports, “I’mstill working for the Hospiceof the Good Shepherd in Newton asDirector of Development. Thekids are growing fast. It is hard tobelieve I have kids in middleschool.”

1983Annette Roman reports, “Themost exciting project I’ve worked onin the last three years is writing‘1 World Manga,’ a six-part comicbook series with my employer,VIZ Media, LLC and The WorldBank. To give you an idea ofthe story, here is the blurb I wrotefor the back cover of the 200-pagecompilation edition: ‘Teenageorphan Rei dreams of becoming thegreatest martial artist in theworld. But his trainer is moreinterested in developing hismind, spirit, and-ugh!-heart thanhis thrashing, raging, fightingmoves. And Rei’s master turns out

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to be a real animal! In fact,Rei never knows what animal he’sgoing to turn into next!’ Icreated the characters and storyarc, wrote the scripts, andinstructed the artist on what todraw, as well as managed theteam of artist, inker, toner, andletterer. ‘1 World Manga’ iscurrently being translated intoFrench, Spanish, Vietnamese,Chinese, Arabic, and BahasaIndonesian. If you want to checkout pages from the comic andthe animation, go to:http://youthink.worldbank.org/multimedia/interaction/manga/index.php

Kelli Tatum writes, “WOW!!! Whata time we had at our 25th reunion.As we get older we seem to getbetter with age. What an awesometime we had at the CharlesRiver Country Club in Newton forour class party. It was so greatto see so many of my classmatesback together again and havinga great time catching up with eachother. Thanks to Emma, Sarah,Sophie, David and Lois who traveledjust for the occasion, very muchappreciated. I want to say ‘welcomeback’ to John Barton whosedaughter, Courtney, is joiningBeaver’s 9th grade this fall.Good to see Carol, Andy Fink, Paul,Suzanne, Laura S., Laura G.,Alison, Joyce, Giordi, Steve, Dana,Jonas, Jon and Mike. If I missedanyone, I am so sorry, just considermemory loss from the lupus. Smile.Thanks to all of the class of 1983that responded to the variousemails. We have decided to stay intouch until our 30th and beyond.Lastly, thanks to the staff at Beaverfor giving a place to reuniteand fellowship. Happy 25th class of1983!”

Melissa Weintraub writes, “I’min the midst of having ever-growingrenovations done on my house,so I’m looking forward to attendingreunion as a break from themess, the boxes, and the noise. ButI’m also looking forward toreturning to my newly-nice home.And I now have a guest room,so if anyone is visiting Oregon, letme know!”

Andrew Kleppner broughthis wife, Judy, and their daughter,Hannah, to reunion to see hismother Bea honored for her 50years on the BCDS faculty. He andhis brother Paul ’79 showed avideo of Bea on various BCDS fieldtrips over the years.

1985Henry Feldman wrote an article inthis issue (page 22) about hisexperience mentoring BCDS student-interns at Beth Israel DeaconessMedical Center.

1986Allison Latt Heesch spoke at thereunion tribute to longtimeteacher Bea Kleppner (read Allison’sremarks on page 14). Allison’sdaughter is a BCDS 6th grader thisyear.

1988Pamela Mazza reports, “I havemoved back to Manhattan fromBrooklyn, and am once againthrilled to be living and workingon the Upper West Side. I ama Spanish Bilingual Lower andMiddle School Counselor. Thisyear I went to the Yucatan, China,and Scotland, and went for a repeatvisit to England and Argentinaand an undisclosed location in theCarribean. I am continuingwith my Cuban salsa and ruedaperformance group, stillstudying tango, and threateningto move to Argentina any daynow. I am in denial about the footsurgery I need – anyone haveany experience with this to sharewith me? I am working withmy old editor at MPR on freelancewriting and am pursuing travelwriting on the side, among otherthings. Luckily for me, my sister,

Jill Mazza ’86, has two stunninglygorgeous, talented, intelligent,and charming children in Vermontwhom I see several times a year,and are the lights of my life; theyare a delightful alternative toactual parenthood, which still doesnot call to me as a permanentvocation.”

1989“The Simpsons” producer-writerMatt Selman was the guest speakerat this year’s Commencement,the first held in our new (air-conditioned!) Athletic Center (seearticle on page 6). No shock,Matt had the audience alternatelyin stitches and squirming.

1990Congratulations to Larry McKinney,who won the 2008 Peter Gow IIIAward for teaching (see page 21).

1991Fashion entrepreneursAmye Kurson and her brother, RobKurson ’97, are the subjects ofan article on page 24 of this issue.

Siri Stafford Berting writes, “Myson, Jackson Christopher Berting,was born January 17, 2008(9lbs., 9oz., 20”). Jeff and I are veryexcited. We love building afamily with him and look forwardto all the new challenges and joyahead.” (See photo below.)

Filmmakers and spouses JoshSalzman and Julie Bayer welcomedMiles Bayer Salzman to the worldon December 26, 2007 (see photobelow).

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1992Allison Gordon Abrams has beennamed to Beaver’s 2008-09 Board ofTrustees.

Gaylord Rice married Jon Young onAugust 2 in Bermuda.

Lauren Krasny writes, “AlthoughLauren and Gaylord Rice still livea few blocks apart, Lauren Krasnyisn’t getting married to JonYoung... although she’d possiblymarry her cat if that was legal.Regardless, she is still chillin’ inBrooklyn and working as anAssociate Producer and PostSupervisor on the animated series‘Viva Pinata’ at 4Kids Productions.She also isn’t sure why she isreferring to herself in the thirdperson in this update.”

Shira Lewin writes, “Hello class of’92! I’m still working at Beaverand loving it. My son Jonah was atcamp here this summer – it’sso much fun to see him around.

Jonathan Paris and his wife Laurenwelcomed Eben Murray Paris to theworld on June 13, 2008 (8 lbs 5 oz).

Jesse Selman his wife, Lisa, arethe proud parents of a beautifulson, Niccolo Guthrie Selman,born September 22, 2007 (7 lbs.,9 oz., 20 ¾”). Jesse attendedCommencement to hear his brother,Matt ’89, speak.

1993Caroline Maguire is living andworking in Concord, MA. She is acoach for ADD, ADHD childrenand adults and finishing a graduatedegree in special needs at Lesley.As this issue went to press, Carolineand her husband, Craig, wereexpecting their first child, to benamed Lucy, on August 5.

Teri Marcus Macduff writes, “Wehave a 4-year-old daughter, Ella, anda 2-year-old son, Ryan. Ellarode her bike in the Kids Pan-MassChallenge race in June to raisemoney for cancer prevention. Lifeis great!”

1994Sarah Dickerson is teaching musicand math in Wichita, KS. Shereceived a master’s in educationfrom Lesley University in 2003.

1995Alex Whitmore and Mike Schechterhosted a reception for BCDS alumniat their Taza organic chocolatebusiness in Somerville, completewith a factory tour and chocolatetasting (see photos below).

Taza hosts Mike Schechter ’95 (L) andAlex Whitmore ’95 with Alex’s fiancée,Kathleen Fulton

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Eben Paris (son ofJonathan ’92)

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Three members of Red Soxnation: Jesse Selman ’92 withson Nico (L) and MilesSalzman (son of Josh ’91)

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(L-R) Rachel (guest), Paul Connors’00, Elizabeth Millstein ’00,Elizabeth Knox ’00, Jaime Lederer’00, Jason Lederer ’97

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BCDS trustee Joan Nevinswith daughters, Caitlin’06 (L) and Lindsay ’03, atCommencement. Theyoungest Nevins, Zanna’08, is now at Brandeis.

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Alex Leventhal ’01 (L) withbrothers Evan ’08 and Jeremy

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1997Mary “Lettie” Dickerson graduatedcum laude from Albany Law Schoolin May 2008.

Rob Kurson is working with hissister Amye Kurson ’91 intheir fast-growing sports fashionaccessories business, Ameand Lulu (see article on page 24).

1998Eric Fournier writes, “Hey,everyone from the class of ’98, Irecently moved back toMassachusetts after college inVirginia (graduated in ’02with a degree in history) and thenmoving out to Portland, Oregon,for the past 4 years. After movingback, I am pursuing a teachingcareer at a public or independentschool in the northeast (highschool social studies is my specialty).I changed a lot (for the better Ihope) after Beaver, but I really havecome to appreciate how much of abenefit Beaver was to my life. I hopeto reconnect with you all (seeI didn’t say ‘y’all’ – one of the thingsI changed soon after graduating!)Congratulations to you all on yourrecent accomplishments andmilestones in life. I wish everyonethe best and hope to keep in touch.”

Marine Sgt. Marquis Porterrepresented his class at its 10threunion. Marquis is scheduledto return for another tour ofduty in the Middle East this fall.

2001Jed Sorokin-Altmann writes, “Hiall! I received my J.D., cumlaude, from American University,Washington College of Law, andthis summer I am studying for thebar exam. Not quite as relaxingas, say, relaxing on a beach, but I’msure I’ll be happy when the examis over.”

2004Whitney Rush graduated fromSt. Lawrence University with a B.A.in English in May.

Sara Segal-Williams graduated fromBard College in May. She majored inhistory and her thesis wasentitled “Networking Domesticities:Women’s Writing in Seventeenth-and Eighteenth-Century SoutheastAsia.” She won the SpecialCarter Towbin Prize for Theater inrecognition of her “exceptionalcontributions to the technical workof the Theater Program.”

Morgan Warners graduated withhonors from Vassar College inMay and was awarded a Fulbright(see article and photo on page 2).

Michael Zito didn’t let his impendinggraduation from UVM distracthim from his commitment to theirequestrian team, and he put in animpressive performance at a March2 show hosted by Mt. Ida College.He got a first and a second at theshow, an achievement which puthim in second place in the Zone 1(New England), Region 2 openrider standings.

Shirley Waterman Amory ’41, P’66, ’68Walter Amory P’66, ’68Jane Baker ffSteve Berlin P’06Henry Berman P’02, ’05Dan Burstein ’94Ellen Cobb P’08Tony DiMarinisi P’97Carol McConville Dwyer ’54Nancy Slotnick Foster ’78Rowie Gray ’74Tammy Grimes ’51Michael Grossman ’93Daniel Guzovsky ’77, P’03, ’06, ’11Hannah Horne Lord ’72, P’97, ’01Joe Nevins P’03, ’06, ’08Bob Riemer P’88, ’90Betsy Monrad Shuman ’72Jane Young Smith ’46Kelli Tatum ’83Camilla Titcomb ff

Thank You to Departing IncorporatorsThe following group of people was recognized at theAnnual Meeting in May for their service to Beaveras members of the Corporation. Several had servedas Incorporators for many years, and concludetheir service now due to term limits implementedrecently for the Corporation. We are extremelygrateful for the contributions made by this group astrustees, class agents, former faculty, committeemembers, and ambassadors for Beaver, and we lookforward to their continued involvement in the life ofthe school.

Christian ’07 and VickyArroyo ’08 with Ismael(uncle), Pedro (dad),Eugenia (mom) and Pedro(brother)

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In Memoriam

1930Mabel Maxwell Colburn died inMarch 2008 at age 96. She lived inDuxbury and was the aunt ofVirginia Bell Gray ’50 of Hingham.Mabel was an artist who leftBeaver her senior year to attend theChild Walker School of Art.In 1999 she sent us this note ofappreciation: “I will alwaysbe grateful to our very special artteacher Mrs. Beatrice Van Nessfor the wonderful training in artshe gave us. It has helped somuch over the years and meantso much.”

1934Ruth Edmands Pope died onMarch 16, 2008, at the age of 93.She lived in Round Pond, ME.Ruth graduated from the MuseumSchool and was an artist and ateacher.

1936Victoria Glaser died April 13,2008, at age 89 in Cambridge. Agifted musician and composer,Victoria was the protégé of EmilyHarris, one of Beaver’s firstmusic teachers. She earned both aB.A. and a master’s at RadcliffeCollege and directed its Glee Club.Early in her career she taught atWellesley College and at Dana HallSchool. In the 1950s Victoriahelped establish the preparatoryschool at the New EnglandConservatory, writing a book onmusic theory that formed thebasis of the curriculum. For twodecades, starting in the early1970s, Victoria taught music theory,composition, and counterpointat the Longy School of Musicin Cambridge. In addition to beingan influential teacher, she wasknown for her highly originalcompositions, her sharp wit, andher love of hats and head scarves.Her partner, Gordon Lawson, diedin 2006.

1939Frances Sawtell Cowenhoven diedApril 17, 2008, at her home inBrunswick, ME. She was 86. Shewas the sister of KatharineSawtell Plimpton ’41. Francesgraduated from Vassar College andtaught school in the Worcesterarea in the 1960s and ’70s. She wasactive in the Grafton UnitarianChurch and in retirementshe volunteered at York Hospital,the York Public Library, andthe Mountainy Pond Club in Maine.

In addition to her sister, she leavesfour children (Nicholas, Jr.,Andrew, and Margaret Cowenhaven,and Emily Searle) and six grand-children. Her husband of 60 years,Nicholas Cowenhoven, died last fall.

1941Harriet “Hap” Seamans Binneydied May 6, 2008, at age 84. Shewas a lifelong resident ofSalem. She leaves her daughter,Nathalie Binney; her son,Henry Binney III; a brother, FrancisSeamans; and a large extendedfamily. Her husband, Henry Binney,Jr., died in 1995.

1942Augusta Baker Thorndike diedDecember 23, 2007, at age 83in South Bristol, ME. Her identicaltwin sister, Frances BakerMacAusland ’42, and another sister,Cornelia Baxter, survive her.Augusta was the mother of foursons: Augustus III, Frances,Robert, and the late Theodore. Sheleaves three grandchildren.Her husband, Augustus Thorndike,Jr., predeceased her.

Phyllis “Fifi” Long Howe diedApril 12, 2008, at age 83. She livedin Duxbury. She leaves herhusband W. Channing Howe; twochildren, William Howe andPamela Small; three grandchildren;two great-grandchildren; andher brother, Edward B. Long ofCohasset.

1948Judith Swanson Harrison died onJanuary 8, 2008, in NewtownSquare, PA. Before a long illnessconfined her to a nursingfacility near one of her daughters,she had lived in Duxbury andMarion and in Port Charlotte, FL.After Beaver, Judith graduatedfrom Cedar Crest College andworked at two Boston-area firmsspecializing in insulation.In Duxbury she was active in thePilgrim Church and the DuxburyYacht Club, and in Marion she wastreasurer of the SippicanWomen’s Club for a decade. Sheloved gardening, singing,playing the piano, and travelingon cruise ships. She is survivedby her children from her firstmarriage: Karen Brodie Doyle, BethBrodie, and Glenn Brodie, andsix grandchildren. She also hadseven stepchildren from hersecond marriage to the late WilliamHarrison.

1949Martha Paine Newell died February18, 2008, at her home inWashington, DC, after a long battlewith lung disease. She was 76. Shewas a dedicated supporter of thearts and early childhood education,establishing Washington Pre-Schools Incorporated in the 1960s.She is survived by her sister,Isabelle Paine Middendorf ’48; herbrothers, Ward, Michael andLincoln Paine; her children,Timothy Newell, Charles Newell,and Patricia Newell Herzfeld, andseven grandchildren.

Patricia Hurley Goodrich diedMay 3, 2008. She was 77 and livedin New York City. As a Beaverstudent, Patty was involved in agreat many areas. She servedas Class President and StudentGovernment President and wasHead Proctor. She was a member ofthe Athletic Board, the AssemblyCommittee, the Drama, Glee andPoetry Clubs, and played on thevarsity hockey team. She earnedher B.A. at Sarah Lawrence College.Patty remained very connected tothe Beaver community, and in 1999established The Patricia HurleyGoodrich ’49 Award for SummerStudy and Inquiry. The grant isawarded to rising senior to providethe opportunity to pursue apassion they would not otherwisebe able to explore deeply in theirnormal course of study. (An articleabout this year’s recipientappears on page 2 of this issue.)In February 2008 Patty helpedorganize an evening event for BCDSalumni at the Cosmopolitan Clubin New York. She leaves herhusband David and a daughter,Adele Donham.

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1962Virginia “Cookie” Harper Klieverdied on June 17, 2008, ofcomplications from colon cancer.She was 64 and lived in Worton,MD. After graduating from PineManor College, Cookie set offfor California, where she worked asa librarian at Stanford LawSchool and later as an assistant to aprofessor at the Stanford MedicalSchool. She met Doug, her husbandof 42 years, at the law school.After their marriage they moved toWashington, D.C., in 1967and divided their time between thecity and Kent County. Cookieworked as a real estate agent andhome renovator and was thedirector of admissions at CapitalHill Day School. She loved artsand the crafts, especially the art ofdesigning and making jewelryby the precious metals clay (PMC)method. A founder of Mid-AtlanticPMC Guild, she was one the firstin her region to be certified as PMCinstructor. Cookie also lovedhorses and established MattakeesFarm in 1990, keeping showjumpers, driving horses, eventhorses, and pets.

In addition to her husband, Doug,Cookie is survived by her sister,Patricia Harper Flint ’68; two sons;two grandsons; two brothers;her stepfather; two step-sisters; herfaithful companion Tilda; andthe many friends who providedsupport, encouragement, andprayers during her struggle withcancer.

Former Faculty

Eileen Rooney Driscoll died onApril 2, 2008, at age 79. She livedin Peterborough, NH. Eileen taughtart history at Beaver in the late1940s to the early ’60s, served onthe board of trustees (as did herlate husband), and was the motherof two Beaver graduates: KatharineDriscoll Coon ’69 and EllenDriscoll ’70. She also was the auntof current faculty memberKit Cunningham Beaudouin ’72 andAbigail Lee Driscoll ’76. Theschool’s Driscoll Award for SocialResponsibility is named inhonor of her family (see page 12).

Eileen was raised in Dedham andmajored in art history at SmithCollege, graduating summa cumlaude. She remained activein Smith alumnae affairs and hadbeen a co-chair of her class’s60th reunion, which took place themonth after her death. She receivedher master’s in art history fromNew York University and taught atBrandeis University and Nobleand Greenough School in additionto BCDS. She received a secondmaster’s in library science atSimmons College and worked atDedham Country Day School,first as director of the media centerand then as assistant head ofschool. From the early 1970s untilher retirement in 1993, Eileenwas principal of the LotspeichSchool in Cincinnati, OH.

Eileen was deeply committedto social justice and a champion ofwomen’s rights. While livingin Dedham she was very active onthe League of Women Votersand the Fair Housing Committee.Professionally, she led NationalAssociation of Independent Schoolsworkshops for women aspiringto be heads of schools and editedthe newsletter for the Councilof Women in Independent Schools.

Eileen loved to travel and tostudy abroad. As a student, in1948, she participated in anarchaeological dig in Greece. Sheaccidentally dropped herflashlight into a drainpipe, andalong with its retrieval camethe missing hand of the famousstatue, “Winged Victory ofSamothrace.” Her most recent trip,last fall, was an educational tourof Alsace-Lorraine focusing on theeffects of the German occupation.

In addition to daughters Katharineand Ellen, she leaves children,Moira, Hope, and Philip, Jr. Shealso leaves three siblings, sevengrandchildren and many nieces andnephews. Her husband Philip, aformer BCDS trustee, died in 1993.

Friends

Three Barnet brothers allattended Beaver in its early daysbefore the school becameall-girls. We belatedly report theirdeaths.

Howard J. Barnet, Jr. diedon August 9, 2007, at age 89, inSherborn, MA. Howard was thefather of Deborah Barnet ’69 ofNeedham and Elizabeth Barnet ’72 ofWaltham.

James R. Barnet died onAugust 15, 2005, at age 80, in SouthYarmouth, MA.

Robert Barnet died in 2002.

Correction

In the Spring 2008 issue we erredin associating the Beaver schoolname with a British ship. In-househistorian Peter Gow sets the recordstraight:

The Boston Tea Party vesselBEAVER was not a British ship atall, but an American vesselowned by Joseph Rotch (a formerNantucketer who had movedto what was to become New Bedfordand who essentially founded theNew Bedford whaling industry andbecome a major figure in thatcity’s Quaker community) and undercharter to the British East IndiaCompany with its cargo of tea. Theother vessels in the Boston TeaParty were the DARTMOUTH (alsoowned by the Rotch family) andthe ELEANOR.

My research into the vesselBEAVER’s name indicates that it wasnamed for the large rodent, Castorcanadensis, a source of considerableprosperity for many Americancolonists before it, like the greatwhales, was exploited nearlyto extinction in the 19th century.Even more than most of thegreat whales, the American beaverhas come back in the past fewdecades.

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JOIN THE BEATRICE VAN NESSSOCIETY — MAKE BEAVER PART OFYOUR ESTATE PLAN

Nancy Sargent Howell ’58 explains why she includedBeaver in her estate plan:

“For many years I have been very open with people abouthow attending Beaver opened doors for me as a young womanand gave me the foundation that serves me well today. It wasin the art studio that I discovered my creative energy and howthere can be so many different ways of expressing oneself.I’ve learned that that creative energy doesn’t just come out inthe world of art, but also in how we live in this world aroundus. Each time I return to Beaver I experience the same mood ofacceptance and encouragement that I experienced yearsago. Our son, Tom (Beaver ’81), has had the same response.Thus, when I rewrote my will recently, I realized that it istime that I give something back. By leaving a gift to Beaver, myhope is that the supportive attitude that continues to existwill go on for many more generations. I am proud to be a partof the Beaver family, and trust that my gift to Beaver will helpto provide a healthy future for the school.”

Nancy Sargent Howell ’58 is a signature member of the NewEngland Watercolor Society (past president), the Copley Societyof Art (former board member), the South Shore Art Center,the North River Art Society and the Plymouth Guild of Artists.She teaches classes and workshops in watercolor and thecreative process and does frequent painting demonstrations inthe Boston area. Her work has won many awards and isfound in private and corporate collections in the United Statesand Europe.

The Rewards of Planned Giving

A planned gift to Beaver can bring benefits not only to theschool but to you by generating lifelong income, convertinglow-yielding assets into a higher income stream, providing taxdeductions, and reducing or eliminating estate taxes. Thereare a number of planned giving vehicles, including bequests,charitable remainder trusts, and charitable lead trusts.Beaver’s development department can help you and yourfinancial advisor structure your gift so that it has the greatestbenefit to both you and the school.

For more information please contact Karen Hill, director ofdevelopment, at 617.738.2746.

The Beatrice Van NessSocietyThe Beatrice Van Ness Societyrecognizes all those who have madea bequest provision, a lifeincome gift, or other planned giftcommitment to Beaver CountryDay School. A renowned painter inthe school of AmericanImpressionism, Beatrice WhitneyVan Ness (1888-1981) led theart department at Beaver from 1921to 1949 and was a pioneer inthe emerging field of art education.Her life’s work as a practicingartist and as an innovative teacheris reflected today in Beaver’scommitment to the arts as a vitalpart of a balanced curriculum.Members of the Beatrice Van NessSociety help the school upholdthese core values of progressiveeducation through their thoughtfuland generous commitments toBeaver’s future.

We would appreciate learning ofyour gift intentions for Beaver sothat we may include you in thelist of Beatrice Van Ness Societymembers. However, should youwish to remain anonymous we willhonor that request.

Selma Jones Wheaton ’25*Natalie Waldo Koehler ’27*Maria Whitten Pomeroy ’27*Elizabeth Willett Musser ’28*Anne Allen Conklin ’30*John Wolbach ’30*Rosamond Hamlin Thomas ’36Nancy Garland Bowen ’37Ellen Chafee Tillinghast ’37*Edith Moir Kiley ’38*Deborah Law Redpath ’40Nancy J. Moore ’41 ffJohn and Katharine SawtellPlimpton ’41Katharine Driscoll Withington ’43*Colby and Emmy RichardsonHewitt ’44Janet Bird Burns ’45Patricia Hurley Goodrich ’49*Judith Parks Anderson ’57Nancy Sargent Howell ’58Carolyn White Spengler ’58Ruth Isabella Gardner Lamere ’59Rosamond Wright Reiber ’61Nancy Whittemore ’64*Muriel Loring ’65*Jacqueline Hall Fesler ’67Paul Merton ’97Rosamond Lovering ff*Eugene Randolph Smith ff*Camilla Titcomb ff

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Fall Performances:Save the Dates!

November 6 & 7 at 7:30 p.m.Middle School Play: EsperanzaRising

November 13 & 14 at 7:30 p.m.November 15 at 2:30 p.m.Upper School Play: Metamorphoses

November 19 at 7:30 p.m.Chamber & Choral Concert

November 20 at 7:30 p.m.Jazz Café

Performing Arts Highlights

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The upper school jazz bandsperformed at the Ryles Jazz Club inCambridge. A highlight was theperformance by the all-girls band“Ikonoclastic.”

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The upper school staged a dazzling production of the musical Dreamgirlsfeaturing (L-R): Jasmine Houston ’11, Raїna Jacques ’09, and Tiesha Pough ’11.

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The middle school mounted a hilariousEnglish adaptation of Molière’s classicfarce Tartuffe.

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Cheer BCDS Teams at Homecoming on October 25

Support BCDS Athletics!HomecomingSaturday, October 25

Cheer our teams as they take on EIL rival ConcordAcademy:

12:00 Varsity Field Hockey12:00 Girls’ Varsity Soccer2:00 Boys’ Varsity Soccer

BBQ lunch & musical entertainment by BCDSstudent jazz bands.

Activities provided for the young children of alumniduring the BBQ.

Note: If the games cannot be played due to rain,then all Homecoming events will be cancelled.