199a - Fall Issue

Roger oulombe /-J en dill n s te r

ue Orza l Editor

TH E TEWARD CHOOL

1 1 600 ayton Road R.j hmond , Virginia 23233

04-740-3394

Steward Growth Evident on Opening Day

tude nts a rrived o n ca mpus eprc mbe r 8 to obviow, indica ti ns

of the chool' record growth. During the ummer mo nth , co n­truction began o n th e new pper chool Taylo r Hall addit io n whi ch i

I ro jected 'f r co mpl eti on in the spring o f 1999, and 104 new tu­dent brought the enro llment to 369, up 13% fro m 1997- 8. T he new arhle Li fi eld wa read v for the beginning of fi e ld h ckev cason , and fin ishing touches had bec n put on the Middle , choo l build ing facelift. Thc fi ft h grade c l a~sroom "cottage" wa in pia e and had been so wo nd erfull v cust miLcd bv teacher Ke rry Blum that it \~'as the envv of a ll Lowc r chool studellls. A g;oup of ncw, enthus iast ic facul ty had bee n dil ige ntly working to beco me a part o f Steward', fine taff and were ready to greet their oung charge . The ground s we re

1roo med , t he c ia sro ms ready, and the mood of a ll exhila rat ing-ye. , it \Va going to be a good year!

Unle rous eptember events celebra ted the beginn ing f the chool yea r. Middl e a nd Upper chool tudents en joyed an ope ning

da ' treat with t he "AS I30 L" Di xieland Band performing duri ng a

,,,,1 grader> (leI! 10 "ghl) fill.belh Iy,on. \,lITl.nlha B'>gcr, and Brendon Wt/berger lVall />Jllently (or rhl'If «lrpoo! turn on oJ bt!iJullful ~eplember iJlternoon.

pecial a se mbly. On the morning f ' eptember I tl tudent~ , facu lty,

parents, and friends gathered in th e gym nas ium for our first Steward Fam ilv Convocation. Rcmark5 from Head~laster Roger Coulombe and Board hairman Fe rd Baruch , as well as an uplifting message from gucst ~peaker Dr. Ray mond

pe nce , rcnected a bright futurc for teward . On a beautiful ' eptember

' undav afternoon, new Steward fami lies enjoyed a wonderfu l Ice

ream ocial on campus , givi ng them an opportunity to become better acquaintcd with fac ul ty and mcmbers of the event's host, the Parents ' As ociation.

Fall athletic tea ms, having tra ined during the summer, began thei I' season ; lasse wasted no t ime in o rga ni zing specia l event a nd taking fi e ld t rip ; and the ent ire School made prepa rati ons fo r , teward 's e o nd annual Home­comi ng in Octo ber. The 199 -9 chool yea r was o ff to a great start .

Steward Adds New Faculty & Staft

teward is fo rtuna te to add the tale nts and ab ililie of numerou new fac ulty fo r the 1998-99 cho I vea r. Ja ne eymour is Steward 's ;lCW cou nselo r and a lso teaches psychology. A native o f o rth Carolina. Janc g radu a lcd fro m Co nve r e College, t he niversityof

orth arolina, and Gordo n­o m-ve il Theological Scmi nary with

a B. . in Psycholob'Y and a M.. in ounseJing. Prio r to jo ining

Steward 's staff, Jane was in private practice a t Resou rce ,uid ance

e rvices, I nc., here in Richmond . Her hobbies include hor eback riding and downhill skiing.

Students enloyed a closmg assembly of dIXIeland muSIC on Ihe openmg day of school

Wallace Inge , who teaches histo ry and econo mics, ea rned a B.A. degree in hi tor at VMI.

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Rach ae l and b irdwalching. Be lm o nte . who has jo ined our math departmelll , i ~ a gradu­ate o f wee t Bria r Co ll ege where h<: ea rned a 13A in malh .

In add il io n lO those new to Sleward 's ca mpu , we a rc fo rtunate to have the ta lent o f a fo rmer facullY member. Ryan Imirie , who laught lhea lre al tewa rd fo r nine yea rs be fo re leaving to altend grad ume choo l 'll V ' . has re LU ril ed to tewa rd o n an inte rim bas i. to fi ll the vaca nc\, of Pa ula De l eon a rdis . Pau la and hl:[ husband . G reg. relurned to PillS­burgh , Penn y lvani a. W<: wi ll ce rta inlv miss Paul a and the manv

ow (actlily membe" (/e(1 10 " ghlJ Walla, Inge, lanalhan Coulamhc, Bnr ron lar'o" and Rae hflel fjelmome (( 'nler fmnO

_ he taught gco metr \' and alculus and erved as a do rm pa rent at SI. Marga ret 's

(olll ri butio ns she made to the fine an . a t tewa rd , but we arc gratifi ed to have he r precleces o r fi ll in while a 'Larch is o nduCled fo r :.l n<:w thc3 tre teache r. M any . tud cllls who I rev io us ly stud ied und er Ryan wil l have lhe o ppo rtuni ty to pa rtici­patc aga in in ne f hi s magni fice nt productio ns.

Prio r to jo inin >lhe educatio nal ranks. Wa ll ace was a P o f ale fo r As hman M anufa lLIrin> Co. In his spare t im e he en joys ba kelba ll (he wi ll a lso be coaching Middle School ba kelba ll ). ru nni ng. fi hing, and a ll genera l outdoo r aClivitie . T hi ummer Wa ll ace expe rie nced a drive acro coulll ry, laking in manv Sigh ts o f the n iled SLales . Wa ll ace is a nalive R.ichmo nd er.

Britton Taylor, b rn in DecalLl r. Geo rg ia . is a recent gradu­ate of Davidso n o llege w ith ;J B.A. degree in Engli h . In add it io n to teachi ng Midd le hool English. Britto n also serve a as i ta lll socc"r coach . His per o n a l in te res ts include writing, oeecr. running, and breakd ancing. W hen asked if he had any exc iting adve ntures planned , he repli ed . "O ne d ay I will climb Mt. Eve rest. "

Jo nathan Coulo mbe . a l 0 a grad uate o f D avidso n Co ll ege with a B.A. in English , teache English amI will assist in va rsit ba ke tball coach ing. He spent a yea r fo llowing grad uat io n part -t im teaching and tu to ring befo re coming to Steward . A "chi p o ff t he o ld block," Jo nath an is Headma le r Roger Coulo mbe 's o n , and many have a lready o b­

served t hat Jo na than and h i dad sha re ad r wit !

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Schoo l befo re moving to Ri chm nd . Rachacl had an exc il ing ummer­she Ill a rri 'd husba nd Joe and enjoyed a fabu lous ho neymoo n in Allligua. A nati ve o f Durham,

orth : aro lina . Rachael is a l 0 an accompli ' hed eq ue ' t ria n and ti ll en joys ho r eback riding. Rachae l is a lso erv ing as a las ' p n o r for gradc 9.

Ma ry G reenlee has jo in ed o ur c icnce department. G raduat ing

from "Ic mple nive rsity and Vir­gini a o rnm o nwealth Ili ve rsity, Mary ho lds degrees in hort icu lture (A .. ) and bi logy (B.S. and M .S.)

he has taugh t bi ology a nd cnvi fOnmellla l ~ c i c nce at Rando lph-Mac n College and the

n iversityof Ri chm o nd . She and hc r husband , Bo b, havc two daughter , a rah ( 10 ) and Ann a (8). Wh a t lillie pa re timc he has

is dcvoted to reading ( he ha a fascinat io n wi th cience fiCli n ),

A nn Masza ros , 1 3~ t yea r' "Vo lu lllee r o f the Yea r" i now a pa rt -ti me employee o f the Schoo l, managing the chool S t re. T he St re now falls unde r th c jurisdi c­t io n o f the -chool rathe r t han the Pare nts' J\ ' ~oc i atio n due to the magnitu dc o f the managing tasks a , ocia ted with it. We a rc fo rtunate th a l Ann ha j ined our stafr to co n t inu e th is inva lu able service.

h iking and ca mp­ing, gardening. \ Iewaru's n('\'\ roul1 (je/or, lime !>eymour (left) imd new (acuity member

Mary Greenlee ("llhlJ

HOMECOMING 1995 teward' second ann ual Home­

c ming brought festive flair to the campus o n Friday afte rnoo n, Octo-ber 9 . parade partiCipant

CAL staff m mbers (Jeft to right) ElIZabeth Crlggs, /lett ) Tharrington, and MarCIa Edwards

b arded nOats c reatively de igned by the a ri ous cia 'se a nd departme nt o f the ' chool, many students, parents and visitors lin d up a l ng the parade route (the ' ampus Gree n) t view the peClacle. G rand Marshal Gene awye r (directo r o f plant operat io ns (o r teward) was elected bv the student bod I t lead Lhe parade. Ge ne and members of the Ho meco ming oun crui cd the circle in deco rated conve rtib le : fres hm en Laine Ashker and Matt Porter ; ophomores Elena la n tosca and Daniel Wood ; juni o rs As hley Steward Center lor

the Advancement 01 Learning

Thanks to a generou 750,000 grant from the Robins Foundati o n, the teward emer fo r the d­va ncement of L a rning (fo rme rly the Lea rning Resource ' ente r) now offers multiple programs fo r tew­a rd fa mi lie . T h is growth has resulted in new personn el fo r the

em er.

Betty T h a rring to n , whose on C lay i a teward nim h grade r, now erve a a n ass istant to C h a rlen e

W ilto n , directo r of AL, a nd al 0

as isLS in the area fA Imi io ns. fo rmer teacher, BellY has a d gr e in ele mentary cducati n from V

Eliza beth Griggs coordinate the I nte rna ti ona l and lul ticu ltural Student Program . he is a l 0 a

t udent at V U seeking her degree in oc io logy. o mbined with ma king pl ans fo r he r May weddi ng, Eli zabeth I eeps more than a li ll ie busy!

Marcia Edward is co rti in at­ing t he gifted and ta lented program

ca lled 'T EP ( T eward Enrichment P rogram). Marcia hold s a Master in ' pecial Education. he and her hu band , Dr. Ma rk Edwards , uperimendem of Henrico ou m y chools, have two daughters , drian ( 12) and Autumn (8) .

C la iborne W in borne is directing the Parent Educatio n _ente r. G raduat ing from William , Mary with an undergraduatl:

d gree in psychology, Cla ibo rne a lso has a Ma te r' in Special Education (ro m , he is the mother of three chi l­dren : Brody ( 16). ara ( I ). and Blake (8) .

elde n and Michael o n gd o n ; and se nior queen and king ca ndid ates T ikia Bonne r , Amanda Taggart, Emil Padow, Jo h n Ki pley, Rusty Perkins, and cott Ada m s.

Highlight of the pa rade in­cluded temh grader An u sh a Abbas i ridi ng side-sadd le atop her ha nel-

Cene ,awyer, Homecommg Parade Marsha l, enl")" h,s celebrated ((UI!)C! illong lhf:.' parade! route

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so me gray Appaloo a p ny, SlIl/(lny SII II"; e, and the infam u leward "partan mascot (costu me co mpli­ments of the las of 199 ). An o the rwis' eri u (?) group of educato r a nd taffer plea ed the crowd as members of a ho mem ade in trument ba nd , juking to the rhythm o f band leader Pat Cuneo's boombox blasting ousa marches. Scott Mon cu re put n an e pe­cially pirited perfo rm ance a the band 's drum ma jo r.

Foil wing the parade, the c rowd chee red the teward s cce r team on to victory over ell' o mmunity and enjo ed ca rnival ga me and a c kout prepared by numerou~ parent vo lunteers under the leader­~ hip of usan Latou \"e1le.

Upper Schoo lers do nn d their finest atti re to dance to the tunc o f OJ Harry Weiner at Saturd ay night ' Home o ming Dance. e­nio rs Amanda Taggart and Rusty Perkins were crowned queen and king f the 1998 H meco ming. a special urpri se , la t yea r' queen and king, Ash ley McLaurin and

cott Howard , returned to their a lma mater t c rown the ir ucce-ors. It wa an e -peci a lly entim en­

ta l o casio n for Am anda and Ru ty s ince Ashle i Amand a 's very close friend and c II i " Ru ty' - un Ie. More than 100 pper choolers turned out for the pe tacul ar event.

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Homecom ing 1998

fop . The \lewMd facullY band prepare!) for thelf pMade performance

enter' Anu,ha Abb.'>1 broughl hcr 0\\ n pony, unda) 'xl"" e. to be a part of Ihe parade Borlom Lcfl Ilomccomll1g Queen, Amanda Taggarr . and Kmg, Ru Iy Perkm,. ,hare a ' royaT ddnce- aller (he" crowning. Borlom RIghI Til Sparran ma5cor (al a John ",plcyl made hl5 debul al Ihe pep rall) and Homecommg parade Ihanlu to I he Class of 1998 for I h wonderlul Spart ,1n cos(ume'

Lower School Happenings

With a record I (,LUdelll in grade K- . the Lower . chool bega n t. he year o n an act ive note. Field t rip lO such pl ac s a, the Luck ' lO ne qu arr y, hall enge Disc ve ry,

I~e t Cl ub. and the a irpo rt ; a ,econd grade tea pan . ; c las ' electi n ; and exc iti ng clas ro m adve illures have fi ll ed 'ptember and October day I inderganen ~ tude ills haw already discove reel the t h rill fa tewa rd edu catio n. and newco mers have bee n warml" welcomed bv clas -. . matcs.

\ Vc exte nd a Steward welcomc 10 the ' Ias of 2 11 · La uren As pey. teve n Brinn , M a tthew C ha rnes . Loui se Conne lly . Ka te C onway, Zacha ry a re ' , Li z Corne ll , Ne llie D e lane . G raham Diffee , co tt Ed e ls te in , C hriss Edwa rd s , Brooke Fai son , Robin FraY 'er , S tua rt Good , M o lli e H a rgrove, Wya tt Ja me rson , Ja mes Moncure . Kim Ni co l. Michael offs inger . Emi

o rman , Macke nz ie un na lly, Bo rd en Porter, Lo ri Re ibach , Jac k

aue r, Finn m th , Pa ul trad er . M e re dith T hompson . :m d C hri s­tophe r Walke r.

ew , eco nd graders eille ring . teward in Sc pteml cr a rc: Alex Bagard , Li za C oga r , Alex Dufo ur, M a rk Hargrove , Kaa rin Holmquist , Wi ll iam Shime r , Becea my th , M e redith S t. C la ir, and Natha n Wille tt.

G rade 3 i pl eased to we lcom it new member : arl D ageford e , Peter Diez, S te phe n Gi a nfortoni , G arne t Mi lle r , :lI1d Jackie Mo ncure .

i\ la nv new fourth gradcr~ havc jOined ur ' lUdent hody: Jay Ad erm a n . T im Brinn , Meagha n

ook, Mark Ed e ls te in . Lind ev G ood ·te in . Am a nda Lipscom b. A hto n Nixon , O liv ia Pa rke r , Ka tie St. Clair , and C he lsea Vo ltz.

S l ewanj"~ ncw fi ft h gradcr, arc: Ro main Bagard , Tracey B ' s t , Austin Brazze ll , Andy Brown , Philip a rte l', l a u re n Cos te ll o , Eli za be th Fra nklin , Jo hn Gannon , and Ja mes M e a u le ,.

Lower School Elects Student Council Onicers

Cn:at ivc campaign pmter\ I1lled the Lower Seh 01 halls and ' piri ted cam paign ~ peech " we I" dc liv<:fcd bv thc ca nd idatcs leading to Ihi, vear\ Lower School qudenl council officer elections. CongralU l ati()n~

to th is vea r', winners:

Pre idelll , I a tie-Beth urilcez ; Co-Vice-Pres idents ,

Fin ley Turne r a nd Ka ti e Ka per ; : ccreta ry, Tracey Bes t ; and Tn:a­sure r, Ma o n amp- rowd cr.

~tudel1l Counci l Repre,e l1l <l t ivl" arc fou rth grader Ashl e igh Rc ibaeh and Sa rah e lson and fifl h graders Dav id Pa rri sh . Harpe r Ea rl , nne logan Ta lo r , and Lo ui sa Ke ndig.

\ 11 the ca ndidate a rc to be co mplimented not only fo r I he ir ded ica led ca mpa ign eff rt s. bUI thei r good spOrt ma n hip--an auribute th at i ~ j U ~ 1 a~ commend­ab lt: a~ vinon '!

Something IIFishYII is Happening in

the Filth Grade by Ker" 81um

Fifth grade \cie nce i, ex­

pandi ng it s "hands-o n" experience with more di ~seCl i o n , t hi ~ vear! Stlldc lllS wi ll ·tan with a Loui iana Lubber, a large almo t wingles gra~, h0pper. and t hen go o n to a \cgmeilled w rm , a ~ t a r fj h , and fi nally a fre h- killed fis h. They will wo rk in t he ppe r - ho I bio logy lab afte r which they prepa re a rei n o n the ir experie nce.

Lm,.r hool rlil5S oft,eers and '>tudenr (ounol represenr.rlles lIefr ro flghr . back row) Karre­Berh Kurd I , rraeey Besr , DJv,,) Parrish, Ilarper [arly. Anne logan Jaylor, Mason Camp· rowder. Cirnnr rem) lou,;a kend,g, '>."ah Nel,on, kar,e kaspt·r. ,,,hlel Re,bach, and Imle), lurner

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Lower Schoolers Meet the Challenge by Ronny Hajek

On September 2 Steward' fourth a nd fif1.h grade rs travekd LO

halle nge Oi c very for a n o utdoo r adve nture . At the ropes course they broke int gro u ps a nd wo rked the ir way thro ugh bridge-building, rope-winging, ca bl e-wa lking , a nd o th e r

group pr ble m-so lving exe rc ise in o rde r to ga in insigh t illlo the va lue of gro up a nd the deci ion- making proces . These tudel1l a lso found a per~o nal c halle nge in clim bi ng th e LOwer and "pamper po le. " When askcd fo r reaction to the e peri­e nce, C hri topher Skove repli ed , " I li ked h w it wasn ' t lO hard o r to casy." O livia Pad<e r re marked that " it was cha lle nging climb ing the LOwe r." All tudeills a nd accompa­ny ing faculty had a day fi ll ed wit h fun a nd ad ve lllure.

Whlrn!')' lola nes gets harne sed (or her hill/eng l Iscovery ~'1 d~'en(U re.

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f urth graders enloy plckmg nul untque ~amples ul/flng ,helf field '''P to 'he lu k Slone quarry.

The Fourth Grade Weighs 3000 Pounds! by Estelle Grossman

On Friday, October L, the f()urth grad e: cla~ WCIll LO Luci S tone quarr v. We saw ca rt h mover~ and ro..:k cru her . We collectcd rocks , to uched a di a mo nd drill bit , and watched granitc slab cut fo r I itc hen coullleno p . . 'Ne even gOt to we igh th e wh ole <.:l ass o n lhe sca le thev u 'e lO weigh cars and truck.

Second Graders Host Tea Party by Suzy Kennedy

T he seco nd ·rade students reviewed manne rs during the mo nth of Septe mber. O n Oct ber:2 they ho ted a tea party LO experience being a ho tfhoste sa nd LO put the ir he t ma nne rs illlo practi ce. Parel1ls, teachers. a nd friend we re invited to e nj oy th e pun..:h , cookies, a nd conve rsat io n.

New second grad r l3ecca ~m)'rh e,,/o)' \ rhe rea Parry "'lfh her mOlher. uS/e, and her gr"ndparcnts.

Middle School Gets Facelill by Sandy Shaw

Gene awyer and the mainte­nance crew were busy th is umm er giving the Midd l ' choo l bui lding a fresh, new look. Most noti eab le a re the large blue and old t ripes that zigzag their way down the ha lls ofthe building. In additi n, several ci a room were reca rpeted a nd blackboa rd were replaced . The Auditorium also feallire so mething new-Murphy bed t Ie table and be nche for lunch time (mak ing clean- up much ea ier). Finall y, th e Head of the Middle chool, Noe l Wil son , has re located her o ffice to the Midd le chool building-now she ca n rea ll v keep an eye o n

BfIIlon lay/or (far right) and hI< "dIVine" sC'.nlh grader<

things! Even though fin al ren va­tion for thi building is evera l ~'ears away, the e new feature make it feel like a pecial pia e for Middle Schoolers and are welco me change to teward ' growing ampu .

Simply Divine by 8rlllon Taylor

n Friday, ctober 2, the eve III h grade wa imply divine!

T hi s tim , however, it was their garb th at wa heavenly, not their cia s­roo m beha ior. Auired with thun­derbo lts, anvil s, fl owers , swo rd , and toga ' , the eve nth grade r ame

Welcome New Middle School Students!

Grade 6 Hunter Belinguet jessie Brown Jess Burks Brittany Curtis John Glazer Alex Hawthorne Kyle Hendrick Lindsay Lillard Andrew Nesmith Cheves Pasco Emily Stainback

Grade 7 Erin Anderson Mary Krumbein Lindsey Leach Nadira Mohamec Carol Possamai Lily Wyckoff

Grade 8 Allison Balzer Drew Fields Mitchell Smiley Matthew Stafford

to cia s dre ed as Greek gods, godd esse , mo nster , and heroes in ord er to celebrate the completio n o f a three-week stud of my­tho logy. The cia received a pe ial treat

when Mr. Taylo r .. a il ed in ick," o nly to be replaced at the la t minute by Hermes, me -enger of the

god and occasional substitute here at teward School. Fleet-

foo ted Henne led hi s cia se lIlside where the tudem s pre­

semed the ir co ' tumes a nd posed for act ion photo . A urvey of Henne ' allendan e record how the foll ow­ing character were prese nt: Hephaes tu , Ody eu , Medu a, Hade , rtemis, Athena , upid , Per ephone, Demeter, Dio ny ·us, several sprite , and numerous nymphs. Appreciative of the tudent .' efforts , Hermes was

ove rheard sa ing, " I had so much fun today, I iu t ca n't wait for next year' pantheon party!"

New Look for Middle School Spirit Teams by Hobb Stolllemyer

The Middle chool pint Teams, heduled for fifth p riod o n Fridays, have taken a light turn from the pa t two yea rs' event which focused on phy ical activities. The main idea of this yea r' pro­gram is to increase advi or c m act with advi ees and to cultivat more meaningfu l interper a nal relation-hip wi th i n the grou p . A tiv i tie

range fr m off-ca mpu ' lun he to full piri t Team Blue G Id

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apture-the-Flag d ay , speaker-, a nd demo n trati ons . Thl: first pea ker o f th e yea r was rad io

~ ta lio n XL-IO:l's -l~Ha Hunter. Thank - LO facult v member Tris ha Duke fo r acqu iri'ng th i ~/ea r ' s speakers and LO the man v hl:lpful Middle choo l mo tlll:r - for thei r upport.

Middle Schoolers Adjust to Change

6th graders enjoyed rhe" new Middle .\ chool stcltU5 dunng horll Onllf18 WJl h a "P tacu/ar floar '

Leaving the halls fLower choo l can be intimida ting ... and

confusing. There a re locke rs LO

organi ze, c lasse to change , a nd new aClivities to pursue , no t LO men ti n co mpliance with the d ress cod e fo r Midd le and Upper ' choo l !

Mo t tudenLs maki ng the transitio n adju ' t quickl y and actu­a ll v find the new adventures a 1V~lcome cha llengl:. Onl: nl:1V Middle Schoole r commented tha t what she th o ught she wo u ld miss most in Lower S hoo l wa~ "lhe Holi lay Program and Grandparents' Day performances" whic h fea ture lhe Low r choo l. H wever, he was also excited about new o ppo r­t.unities in at hle tics and the fine an departmen t. Maybe being "in the middle" i n 't so bad afte r a ll !

Middle School Class Onicers

Co ngratul a ti u n> 10 t he fo li o\\"­ing for their electi o n as 1iddle Sc hoo l c1a~s officer:

Grade 8 President Jul iana Sumner Vice Pres. Morgan Valentine Secretary Carter Saunders Treasurer Phil ipp Schmidt- Ullrich

Grade 7 President Spe ncer Best Vice Pres. Sally Summerson Secretary Amy Strickland Treasurer Jimmy Atkinson

(Lerl 10 "ghe) Sarah Cl\ comb, Wallace Young. and /JI,lIr SUCl on are new MIddle or I he r leld Ilockey I eam

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President Vice Pres. Secretary Treas urer

Grade 6 Morgan Hutchinson Artis Mills Leigh Greene Cary Thompson

Student Council Representatives

Grade 6 Kate Garner Noah Schnoll

Grade 7 Andy Lawton Berkeley Halperi n

Grade 8 Hunter Sears Carter Henley

Upper School Anxious lor Taylor Hall Addition

With pper School e nrollment at I 14, it i no wo nder that class­roo m space is a co mmodity. Every nook a nd cranny ha bee n filled with elas e a nd study halls, a nd U pper Sc hoolers a nxio u Iyawait the co mpl etio n o f the Taylo r H all additio n . Each d a\' students are a ble LO b e rve fir' t-h a nd the progre s o n th e addition fo r which co n lruct io n began during the ummer months. With the walls

up and a roof overhead , it is beginning LO loo k like a rea l building, a nd what a we lcome additi o n it willi e . VVith eight new class roo ms , a new e mpu te r lab, a nd va ri ous d epartment o ffices , lhe

pper chool wi ll t ruly be a ble to "s pread the ir wing" a nd co nt inue to

acco mmoda te the ' rowth be ing experienced at t wa rd .

It's College Application Time by Shelby Holland

It mav o n Iv be O ctobe r, but our cnio r a rc pre pa ring a lreauy for next vea l" enture into the ivv hall f academi a. ow i th e t ime t pre pa re f r wr i t i ng a nd e nding in th o~c d aunting co ll'ge appli ca ti o n , a nd the tas l is no t casy. M an \' e ni o rs find the pr cc ' s ca ry' a nd

ve rwh e l m i ng .

At lcwa rd , howeve r, se ni o rs have a n advantage in th a t th ev recc ive spec ia l he lp in w riting th e e ay th a t mu st a co mpa ny th e ir a pplica t io ns. Bo th Mrs. Brenda Turner and Mr. Pat Cuneo pro id e ca refu l guid a nce in thi . a rea in e nio r English cia s. They teach a unit that ever writing trategics, approa hes, and

Upper School Grade 12 President John Kipley Vice Pres. Stephen Paulette Secretary Amanda Taggart Treasurer Michael Maszaros

Grade 10 President Laura Slabaugh Vice Pres. Daniel Wood Secretary Caitlin Rossmoore Treasurer Ted Benson

Steward Welcomes New Upper School Students

Grade9 Jason Ander on

Al lisonBo r

Jared ichocki

Tzeira Cred itor

Leigh Ivan

Alex Lauher Ore. Mo re

Cathy icho l Annal isa Palazzotto

ian-Ioui a Prest n

Gra cott

Laura Wei iger

Grade 10 Meli sa Beck

him H Uf\.\~ tz JamieRo e

Aimee Seiden

Parke mith

Phillip tanfield hri stopher tanle

Michelle Whitaker

Judson Wi lton Daniel 0 d

Grade 11 Jo eph a rter - rin Markowitz

shley elden

Bronwyn treat

Grade 12 ieola oeco

We're Glad You're Here!

what i; accepta bl e materi a l in these essays . tud ents wo rk on e say in c ia s ca rl yo n in the vea r, a nd th ev a l 0 may 'bring in thei r co mpo iti ' n thro ugho ut the yea r f I' c ritiquing anu help.

e ay? T hey u ua lly want an es ay th a t rcvea ls so mething impo rLant a bout the a ppl icant that canno t be ascen a i ned f I' m th e appl ica ti n it el f. ome examp les o f que ti o n th at might be asked are: " In what ways have you grown intell ectually during yo ur high cho I years?"; " Who is your hero, and why did yo u choose him/ he r?"; o r " Eva lua te a Significa nt ac hievement o r experi­ence th al has a ffected your life."

Just what do co lleges want th ei r a ppl icant t write in their co ll e Ie

las Officers Grade II President Jessica Gray Vice Pres. Elizabeth Sumner Secretary Katie Drzal Treasurer Carter Eberly

Grade 9 President Matt Porter Vice Pres. Clay Tharrington Secretary Jennifer Gray Treasurer Sean·louisa Preston

Fine . ow, how do o lleges wa nt api licants to an we r lhe e que li o n ? T he number ne rule seems to be that they want the applica nt to be speCific in the answer, no t g ne ra l; focu o n a fin e, ill ustrative po int to make an impact. And kn w your subj ect. Applicant. ho uld no t ta lk abo ut their dream

Student Council Officers for 1998-99

of beco ming an a tro naut because th ey "c rave excitement and love lheir countr ." They sho uld demon­Slrau: lh a t Lhey know a great dea l about astronauts a nd the space pro'ram . Do n' t try to hock in o rder to be no t iced . " I own a gun , and I'm no t a fraid to use it" i not t he k ind of lead-in t hat should be used in a college e sa .

President Secretary

Amanda Taggart

KalieDrzal

Vice Pres. Treasurer

John J<jpley

arter Eberl

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O ur se n iors a re fortunate . Mr . Turne r and Mr. u neo know exact lv how LO gu ide and provide in the e say process. o u pled wit h the meticulo us college appl ication ass istance from Mrs. C arolyn Brandt, Di recto r of tud ies , Steward' Class of 1999 are we ll o n the ir way to accepta nce in top co lleges a nd unive r ities fo r 19 9 .

AFS Adventures T"~ Stewfl rrl chool i lfls beclI fi ll

flctille pfl r ticipfl ll t ill AFS (A II/cri­m il Fiel rl Senl ice ) progralll Oller the yall's, hostillg forl'igll c.rch(lIlge stllrlmt frolll IIlfl l !)l co lllltries. Thi~

Y l'flr Stcwfl rrl is plcflserl to hflllC 011 C(/ IIl I' IIS Nicola C occo, Ollr II f lVl'st AF stllrlCllt fro lll [t fl!y. Gflil Hentol/ . Oll r faCIl i ty AFS coorrli llatOl; rcports:

Welcome Nicola by Gall Healon Buoll gi ro llo! O n a Mo nd a

mo rning in m id - epte m ber, Stewa rd t ud e m s a nd teac hers cha nted a warm gree t ing to o ur newest AF student , Nicol a Cocco. In hi first weeks a t tewa rd , the 17-year-o ld Sardi ni an b a lready learning a lot abou t American cul ture. Nico la i a li tt le hyat fi rst in th is fo re ign aLJTIO phere , but hi wide sm ile how that he hope LO make many new friend at t he c hoo l.

A n av id reader in Ita lia n , i a la ha we li- deve lo ped ana­

l /ti ca l sk ill s that wi ll help h im im prove hi ~ readin in Engli!>h . He st ili s truggle with o ra l c mpre hens io n of hi ' eco nd language. Hi s E L teacher. Eli za­be th Griggs , rema rk that ico la unde r ta nd be t whe n people peak slowly.

Ni co la h as been p ract ic ing his socce r sk ill s a t S teward . Acco rd­ing to Coach Coddington , icola is a n aggre ive player a nd has made several goa l . He i i III r-e ted in body-bui lding as we ll.

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The fa mi lv of tewa rd enio r Scott Adams i, host ing icola . Mr Adam ~o metilll es wonder whether ico la feels h o me~ ick .

Ever vo ne ho pes that by th~ e nd o f the year, Nico la wil l fee l at home in t he Stewa rd comm un itv. ""hen vou ~ ee Nico la in the ha ll ' or on the fie ld , sm ile and av iao!

My New Zealand Experience by Stephen Paulette

nllgcl/ c Pflulette, hl'rlri of thl' fl"~ rlrt!> dcpartlllCllt. 1I11r1 hi'/' . 0 11.

StephclI . (I Stclv{/rrl s<'1Iicl/; hal't' played host to IIUlllerOIlS FS sturlt'llts ill Ilast _yea r a//(( .It.illl'i it rl//(( COllllll llll imte Ivith tholl (I II ( I ''{'glliar brl is. This Prist lillllller tt'(lht'll tmllr/er! to <' IV Zerl/mlrl a allllFS sturlellt . i if share. his ",17)('/'iCllce Ivith 0 111' Billi' ,,' Cold rmrl!TI .

Traveling acru~ tile world to a countrv I have never v i ~ ited wilh peo ple ' l knew for o nly two day, wa a wo nde rful experience I wil lncvcr fo rget.

Thi sum mer I was a fore ign exchange (AF ) student t ew Zealand fo r even weeks. I left Richm o nd , Virg ini a , o n a pla ne by m)' If and arrived in Lo; Angele LO meet twenty-five peo ple who wou ld ha re thi e perience with me . We left the ne t day for New

Zealand a nd landed twelve ho ur later. A ha lf- ho ur la ter we were o n a hu, traveling to o ur firs t SLOp. Three weeks were ~pent at an o ut doo r camp where twenty Cana­dian joi ned the g ro up. The forty­five of us we re broke n up into ma il er gro u p . Whi le t h ree g ro u p

went o n expeditio n. two gro u ps sUlyed back at the ca m p. Expedi ­tion wa a week away from camp with JUSt your ro up . It consis ted of thr e day of h iking a nd fo ur day o f kayaking o n a lake . \ e et up camp whe n it gOt da rk. fte r the exped itio n we were g iven the opport unity to bungee jump. I cho e LO jump off the 17 -foot platform . Thi d3y ended the e~peditio n for my gro up a lo ng with two other groups .

The next three day were spent o n;J i'vIarae. which i ~ a M ;wri gree t i ng place. Thefe we karneu to

mah.e nute a nd weave ba ket . The guys we re taugh t the Haka (war da nce) fo r the particu lar tribe we were stay ing with . T he girl were taught the stick game, wh ich wa performed at gathering . Over the three day we heard many LOries about Mau ri a nce trvand

learned a great deal about their culture!

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These three days were fo llowed by the o ther two group leaving fo r expedition. The group who tayed behind went white wate r rafci ng, o riemeering, hi l ing, and ca mping. We did bo th t he high and low rope cour es as we ll a th e ind oo r clim b­ing wa ll. The th ree weeks were ended with a 24- hour sol T hi activity i where each mem be r of the group cho es eight items (food and water each coum a an item ). We take t hese item and g ut illlo t he wood s. The next 24 hours a rc

high school, Pa riiamelll. and a da iry fa rm . I staved one weekend o n t he d airv fa rm. I taught ca lves how to nur e from the feeder and herded ,

pent a lone. A shel ter need s to b . buil t and th en the re t is free ti me to th in k. I never reali zed h w m uch inte raction people had with each o the r until I was away from an human contact fo r twentv- four

t ran po rted , milked , a nd hel ped bra nd cows .

The

Af 5ludenl rephen Paulerr e IOdd, " calf on a rr.ller dunn' hIS d.,ry fa rm expertence In New l ealand

familv I

hou r .

After three weeks o f beco ming extre melv close friends wi t h ;)

tayed with was great. We had a wonderful time together. T hey a re fo ur extremely wa rm and ca ring peo ple. The fa mily co nsi ted of a mother, fa ther, and two -o ns ( 19 and 24) and a turtle named Vunle. The)' were always will ing to take me any place I needed o r wa nted to go. T hev wa nted me to see a much of t he North Island as J co uld . I was take n to two museums, many sites in Well ingto n and surr und ing a rc;) , manv tou ri tiles, the outhern-

, number of people, the forty-five of us were spread al l ove r ew Zealand fo r t he home tay po rtion of the trip. I ended up in pper HU ll, which is twenty m inu te nonh of Well ingto n (the cap ita l). I spelll the four weeks as an illlc rn in an elementary sc hoo l a nd lhe ity C unci l. I wa - a lso ab le to vi it a

Riverston Return!

Steward School is privileged to have a

sister school in England. t he Riverston School of London . In 1997-98, Stew­

ard students had the opportunity to travel abroad and visit Riverston friends .

This spring. we are returning the favor.

Steward will host a group from Riverston from March 22 to March 3 I.

Please contact coordinator Catesby Jones at Steward if you are will ing to

be a host family or assist in any other

way.

most poi lll of the Nort h Island to sec wild eals , and man mo re places. In t he hort ti me I spent with t hem, I feel I became a pan o f the family.

I\ y AF experi ­ence i o n I wi ll never for ' et. I made li fe lo ng frie nd s and partici­pated in many new act ivitie . I learned a huge amoulll o f New Zealand culture duri ng my stay. I f you eve r have a chance to travel to t h i magnificent coun-

try, it i we ll wo rth the e ffo rt. If you a re thinking about beco ming an AF tudem , I wi ll be more than willing to an wer any que lions you rnight have.

Middle School Head Revisits AFS Experience by Noel Wilson, Head of Middle School

I have certainly expe ri enced t he lo ng-tCfm and last ing effect f AFS . T his pa t summer I experi enced a two-week reu nio n with my AF "-iste r" in Austri a whe re I wa a n AF Sl udent a a junio r in high chool. We celebrated our many

year o f friend hip a nd sharing with fa mi ly and friends . Their child ren a rc a lso now friends, and t hey plan a vi it here in Ri ch mond in t he near futu re. In addit i n to being an AF tudcnt, I a lso wo rked in the AF

Ncw Yo rk ffiec and chape roned many tri p abroad fo r the o rga ni za­tion.

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Fall Athletics Underway Articles relating to Steward's fall athletic teams repea events as of Oaober IS, 1998 when the Blue & Gold went to press.

Varsity Soccer Team Undefeated The 199 I quad , under the

direction of Coach Ian Coddingto n and I\.!. si Lalll 'oach Britton Taylor, is off LO a 12-0 start . The team began t he ~ea o n by winning the -telVard Invitatio na l l Ournamenl. The team defeated Grove Avenue and ew Co ml11u­nity to captu re the charnpionship t rophy. The eoache pi ked an AII­Tourna melll ' Icam and ~e niors Murat Bilgin and S te phe n Pa ule tte , a lo ng with junio r J u tin Bowman and 'o pho mo re Will Pe rkins were eho en .

For t he first lime, the leam co mpeting in twO l eague~: the Virg ini a o ml11 nwea lth o nfer­ence (VCC) a nd the Tri - itie. I nd ependelll League (T I L). T he T IL is the lea rue in which o ur I oys ' va rSity ba kelba ll tea rn parti ci pates. The 12-0 seaso n includes eight hut- O Ul ~.

Goa lkeeper Stewart Felvey, o ut for the caso n due LO an appen­dectorny, has been repla ed bv Phillip Stanfie ld . Ass istin J ,'vith tro ng defens ive pres ure o n the

field are AJex Duty, Stephe n Paulette , Will Pe rkin s , and Matt Porte r. T hi defensi e unil ha "a ll owed " o nly e ight goa l ~ to be sco red against t.hem thu s fa r. At the sa me time , the o ffen se ha been very produ c ti ve ta ll y ing 6() goal to date . T he leading co re r are Murat Bilgin , Ju stin

Bowman , Will Perkins and Eric Sternberg. Barring injury, the tea m seem des ti ned to w in the VCC Tournament which would be the fir t champ io n hip s ince 1'39 1. Good Luck!

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Girls' Varsity Field Hockey The girl> ' var,itv field hoc"ev

team reco rd i, 4-5-1 . The 'o e~;,o n bega n with the first Annual -telVa rd Invitati o na l Tournament . S tewa rd defeated Fre le ri cksburg Academ v, the n faced Co llegiate ' JV tealll i'n the fina" . Thl: ougan. cli nched a 2- 1 ove rtime vicLOry. Threc r laver, we re chose n by th e coac he, to I~e mcmber o f the AII: lo urnamcnt team : Marshall Fe lve r, Je nnife r Gra r, and Laura S la baugh . T hi , ea on , in additio n LO the regular chedu lc, there a rc three "Middle

School o nly" game to a llow , I)l11 l: of the youngn pl ayer, guaran teed p laying tirne. In their fir t ga me . they defeated Iv l illwood

3-0.

Fo ur Illember ' of the var. it v ~4uad tried out for the " Fut~re, Program ," fi eld hockey 'S Olympic J) 'velormenta l Program . If ac­cepled , t he p l aye r~ train during the winter. Approximate lv o ne week­end pCI' mo nth from J;,nuarv to May they ka rn the latest field hockev . techni qucs from LOp level coacl~cs . Las t yea r, goa lkeeper Jess ica Gra was accepted (see re la ted article ). She will parti cipate aga in th i, veal'. In additio n. freshman J e nnife~ Gray and seve nth -grader Id a Henley were chose n fo r the - I ()

program while o ph o lll orc'o Brantley co tt and Laura

labaugh were c ho~e n a, alternates for the -1 8 group. Congratula-t ions!

Middle School Soccer There a rc two Mid dle Sc hoo l

,occer team s thi s fa ll. nder Coac he Adam Co hen a nd Robb

wttlem yer , the tea m, a rc try ing to wo rk out the kink c reatcd bv di viding in to two ' 4uad , . The~' have had victo ries over Luther -

1cmo rial and Cove na nt ~o far. Next vca r, it i h ped that a cO lllpetitive Middle Schoo l league will be in place.

Cross Country T he cros

(o untrv team i o ff to a good ~La rt .

Coach Todd Serr wa eage r to have ju nio r Chad Healey jo in the team . I ca ley agreed and al readv has estab- ' Ii hed so me o f Stewa rd 's be -t t.ime fo r th 3 .2 mi le event. The bu lk o f the

,ea~on i s till ahead fo r thi team.

New Field Creates an Expanding Athletic Environment

The outd oo r a thleti c a rea has heen illlpro e I t. re ill e nd o u Iv. Ove r t he su mill er, t he new a', h­kt ic ficld wa, prigged wi th bermuda gra s, and it is in fa llla tic co nditi o n fo r uch a "voun ," fie ld .

nde: the clirectio n o-f Buildings a nd Croul1d s C hai r, Jim Gottwald ,

the eillire area ha a new look. In add itio n , the two flel Li s each have a new coreboard . The 1997-Parem ' a iaLion cOlllribUled

10,000 to pu rchase the o reb a rd ,and Valeilline Elenri­

ca l d na ted the equipmelll a nd ma npowe r LO run electri ' itv LO each boa rd , The n II' field , t h ~ ,coreboa rd , a nd th e ,uon-to -be­co mpleted ftbal l diamo nd c reate a n ath leti co mplex a tmosp here. ' urrellll y, -teward ha twO of the

be t playing fjeld~ in the Ri chm nd area. teward will ~erve a - one of the (11'0 itc; fur the I nLiependelll

hoo l ta te Field Huckev To urna­melll ' h3111 1 ion hips nexl m mh o T ha ni's t a ll who have comributed their time , 111 0 ney, and efforts tOward thb proj 'ct.

Steward's Junior Olympians

)un i r Ie sica G ray and sev­emh-grader Id a H e nl e panici­paled in the 1998 Junior Olympic held in o rfo lk , A th is past ,ummer. ; rav wa; invol cd Wilh fie ld hocl ey \~ hil e Henley LO k pan in karate.

La;t fall, Cray tried o ut for and wa elected to th Field Hockev FUlLlres Progra m. This i, (he pon' O lyml ic Developmental

Program. Once per m mh from

Ida Henl") dl;play> one 01 her prIZed karale meda l;

Ja nu a ry t May, scil.:cted play 'r receive imtruCl ion from tOp level high s hool and college coaches. In M ava LO urnament is held a t a ll f the FUlu n; 's regi nal sites. ' lIvo g alkeeper were .. dec led from our regio n LO allend the

Join the Steward Athletics Boosters Club

and Support the Spartans!

Volunteers are needed to sell concessions at home athletic events.

a lio nal FUlLlre ' -J()urnamem held in

Get the Steward School spirit and support our teams.

1\la ryla nd . Jess ica ray was o ne of them .

Thiny goa lie; from aero" the nat io n as well a hundreds o f

Call Athletic Director Janet Rice at school (voice mail ext. 520).

fi eld playe rs were in 3llend ance. From the

a tio na l Tou rnamem pool , ~ i xt en goal ies we re c hosen to participate in the 1\1\ Juni o r O lympics which \\'a; held in ea rl y u~ust. Thi, e ve nt sho\vcase ~ the nalion '~ 1 C~l

playe r, . The field hockey panici­pa m were divided imo eight team, wit h twO goal ies per team. Each tea m played three games each day Je ; i -a' team placed sixth , but she ~aid it was a wonderful experience to p lay at that level.

Scvemh-grader Id a H e nley wa, al .. o in ' rfo ll for the Junior Olympics I arate compeliti ns. He nley, a ;econd degree bla II. belt , train, r ' oularly at the EgglesLOn I ar~lle :tud io in Richm ond . In add ition t this sPOrt, Id a i, a me mber o f _ tewa rd 's varsity fie ld hockev and ba kelball team a well a\ the Middle choo l ba ketball tea m.

I a rate, a Japa ne e word r r "empty ha nd ," i a form of se lf defen e developed by the

k inawan whe n they ca me under )apa ne e dom inat ion inth 17 th cemury. When the Japanese confi cated all weap ns, the peo ple had to devel p a lternative m a n to defe nd the m elve . T h Y ~ ught with bar hand and feet o r turned ordinary farm implemem inLO wea l uns. Id a o mpete wi th the nun huck (o n e used for thra hing

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grains} a nd the ecu (a boat oa r). Henley ompCles on the Nati o na l .ircuit for orth America n ' p rt

Karate sociation . She is ra nkcd # I in traditional forms a nd #3 in \\leap n . Althc j\J\U Junior Olympic , he won a silvc r mcda l in weapons and a lso ca l tured thc gold medal for we 'I pons in the atio nal C hampions hips.

Congratu la t ions to ho t h Jc. ica and Id a on achieving nationa ll cvc l recognition in th sc Sports!

JUnior JessIca Gray. goa lkeeper ,elected 10

attend the National f uturc\ TournarnC'nr

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The Fine Arts Fair by Bonnie Anderson

It was mon: than a "fair" day when tudent (grades 4- ) and teachers as cmbled 10 cxpericnce , teach , creatc, and genera lly just have fun a t the annu al Fine Arts Fair. S milin· faces were een and excited chane I' about thc ma ny project wa hea rd in everv class­room. Enthu iasm re igned !

This year the tud ent vi ited a mini-reco rding tucIi a nd made an o riginal rec rding, -reated a co mpo-ition in the co ml ute r grap hi cs

clas. , <lnd made love lv leat her creati ons in the il:ather tOo l i ng class. It was 01 served th at perhap some of the items (such a the v lives, watercolo r creature , and slate pins) wo ulcI make nice gifts fo r upcoming occa i n ~ . Fo r ome , expe riencing phot graphy wa a unique pr je(t , and the pu zzle frames could brighten an o ld pho to­graph. Other pro ject included printmaking po ts, fau x painting, hrink an , a nd wo dbuming a

favorite with the bo)'~) .

Facu lty helpers induded Rugen e Pa ule tte , Lynn Z inder , Bo nnie Ande rson , Rya n Imi rie , Br it ton Taylor, Wa ll ace Inge, Norva Meye r, Ro bin Ricketts , Rach ael Be lmo n te , Jo natha n Coulo mbe , Ma ry G reenlee , Noel Wil son , and parent vo luntee r Lynn Congdon . tudents from the Art lub a isted t he leac h­e r . Junio r Jessica Gray laught the o mpuler rap hi cs la ' while class mate Marga re t H aze ll tOok cha rge o f photOgrap hy. Other tud e nt helpers includ ed C h r is tine Be il , G ray Scott , Miche lle Whita ker, Je nnifer Latoure lle , La u ra la ba u gh , Wa lter Was h , o rbin Brie r re , and Taylo r o ilie r.

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Steward Theatre Presents

Friday & Saturday, November 20 & 21 - 8:00 p.m. Sunday, November 22 - 3:00 matinee

Fall Theatre Production Slated lor November

Reh earsa ls fo r th e fi 1'51 I heatre production fo r the 199 -99 chool vea l' a re underway with Middl<.: and . pper Schoo le r. 'dilige ntl y prepar­ing fo r their ro les in D OII 't J)ri ll !.: thl'

1¥t-II"r , a corned\' bv Wood v lien. Co ngratulat i o l~s t o lho~~ ea t III

the productio n: Spencer Best , Tay lo r Co llier, Lily W yckoff, M ichael Co ngd o n , Mel issa Beck ,

M a r o ngdon , Justin Bowman , Eli za beth Sum ner, , usti n Meh affey , Eliza Go ldma n , Lindsey Leach , Sa m Cates , Kev in Strader , and Phili p G ia nfo rto ni .

nder t he di re tio n of Rya n Imiri e , Ih is produclio n promi es to

be an oUl~ tand ing o pening to Steward ' I hea tri a l vear.

fhe fmc An nOde \Vd5 d "f)(.'{liJ(u/~lr iJUdlflOn to IInm('(ommg--(lcfc ro IIghu Corbm Bflerrc, Mar!!dr., I/.ud/. L1lldbclh,umner, dlld {jrd,"k~ \<011

1998-99 Annual Giving Drive Underway byJennSgro

The 1998-99 Annual Giving ampaign i off to a great tart!

This ea r's goa l i 15 ,000. Stan Greene , parent of 6th grade r Leigh , is serv ing as the ampaign hair.

tewa rd is al 0 exc ited to announce th at Vi. a , Mas ter ard & Discove r will be accepted a meth­ou . o f payment fo r the Annu al

living ampaign . Paying by cred it ca rd may a ll ow everal benefits, including paying yo ur gift ver a period of time and obtai ning fre­quent fl yer mileage .

Please contact Jenn Sgro in the Development Offi ce if you have any questi n about the Annual Giving

ampaign or would li ke to erve as a volun teer.

Annual Giving Campaign Leadership

1998-99

Annual Giving Chair - tan Greene

Lower School Head - Ward Good Captains; Kindergarten I t Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade

Mike & Brenda Brinn Linda Bagg John Leitch

lay Jacob Arthur Anderson

Middle School Head - Luke ewcomb Captains; 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade

Dudley Stainback Ed Lawton am Sears

Upper School Head - Russe ll Perkins Captains; 9th Grade lOth Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade

Betsy & Pau I Bu lIock Jim Out Mike Drzal Mary PadO\

1997 -98 Annual Report Corrections

Mr. and Mrs. Dale R. Ross. parent of Brooks and Ashley, were Spartan Club contributor . Th is contribution should also have been listed under the upporters for the la ses of 2008 and 2009. Their gift \ as inadvertently om itted from the Annual Report.

The donor Ii ted as Mr. Robert . mith hould ha e read Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. mith, parent of 3rd grader, Co leman.

Mr. and Mrs. David B. Marino, parents of Zachary' I 0, should have been Ii ted under the support from Kindergarten parents.

Dr. Bill Dead and Mrs. Margaret D. Maclin were unfortunatel mitled from the Ii t of upporters fi r the Capital alllpaign .

Steward apologizes/or these omissions alld t/ranks you/or your support.

Alumni News byJennSgro

Susan Cramer Twining ' 4 recently moved LO [Laly with her hu band Larry.

Bo Stee le ' 7 works for Proctor Rea lty and reeent.ly go t marri ed .

Randy Morehower '93 ha moved to Phoeniz, AZ and i wo rking in the computer indu try.

Emily Wolff '97 i taking classe at Radfo rd niver ity and love it.

Meghan and Whitney Hajek rea lly enj y o ll ege. Meghan

made the crew team at Unive rsity o f Virginia, and 'vVhitney made the cheerleading squad at Syracuse U niversity.

Jason McLaurin '94 graduated from William & Mary and is go ing to C lo rado to work with the Ameri o rp Pr gram .

T he Ja nu ary is ue o f the Bille & Colrl wi ll fea ture alum ni news! Send or fa;,; ( 04/740- 1464 ) you r information to Jenn Sgro in the Development Office. We want to include you in thi s special issue!

Bell SWlr/ '94 and IV.re, Dan, were married on (>lember 2 , 1998 III Lynchburg. Vlrgll1la. facult y members Brenda rumer and Janel RIce attended the wedding, whIle senIOr Jenntfer I a/ourell. was a bndesma,d Qenlll(er's mO/her, Susan, made all/ he b"desma,d dre ses). Ben and Dan now reSIde In Richmond

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From the Headmaster

In the la ·t vea r ami a ha lf, Ill V

wife I a thv anel I have been e no(­mo usl)' p;o ud to sec b th o ur so n ~ , Jaso n and Jonath an. beco me teach­ers in independent schools. While o ne is teaching hi tory a nd s rving as Dean o f tud ent . the o ther is teaching Engli sh a nd is co- po nso r o f th e freshman class. Both a re al a engaged in coaching the ir res pe tive school . bas ke tball tea ms. The reaso n fo r t h pride my wife anti I fee l fo r our so ns i ~ becau~e we ~ ee them. bo th g radu ates a an inde­pendent school. finding great sa tisfac tio n-sprinkled wi h joy and fru tra tio n from time to l ime-in the commi t memlhev have deve l­o ped in thcir new pro fessio n.

In Lheir respecLive experie nce; , they have a grea te r appreciat io n o f the st ruggles o f teachers and teach­ing. and ; imulLaneo usly the rigor a sociaLed wiLh the learn ing p ro­cess-fo r students and teache rs alike. They have ente red . and arc helping La fo rm . an environmem in which we are a ll engaged in the a mmo n Lruggle to learn . eve ry

day. who we a re.

They recogni ze that teaching i mo re th an ma Le ring the academi co nLem o f their di cipline;. The\' a re learning th a t teaching mea ns' being the re when Lhere is a pe rso na l need ; it means tha t students take thei r cue fr m u a b u L how to o nducL th ir own lives-how we

hand le tre s . o r disagree ment. o r ha rd ship. o r disappo intment; it mean s th aL while they a re inti-

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mate ly engaged in the lea rning process of t heir ~tudents . thev abo reali ze that their own lea rning­beyo nd schoo l and co llege- has rea ll v just begun .

Morc ~o than anv ot her imtit u­tio n in o ur country, -chool ' a ,,1 that evervo ne wiLhin Lheir mid st co n­sider changing th eir lives . be so me­thing new, become somethi ng that i, s trange a nd p reviously unknown to them . and bec me o met hing o r so me ne else. Each dav ludent; arc enc uraged to take ri sk" to try so meth ing di fferent , o r to ; ee so mething from a d ifferent persl ec­Live. From that pro es, 'o llles growth . The cha lle nge may be to allempt a unique inteq reutti o n o f a poem by Lan 's ton H ughes or Ro bert FrosL; t co n ide r how hisLOry might have changed had th ' we~tern powers ;LOod up to Hitler in hi s early challenges a ' a instthe TreaLY of Versai lle ; to qand o n stage and recite hopefull y well­memo ri zed line, befo re , everal hundred in an audien ce wh o a rc measuring each facet o f your pre­sentation; to face and overcome a bigger and stro nger o pponent o n the field hockev o r soccer field o r bas ketbal l coun in ho pes o f givi ng your team a chance LO preva il. Every day t he tea her, new a, well as ve teran . explo re ways to develop

int ere -t , a nd hopefully excitement. in t he learni ng process , and every dav the tudent i ' asked to grow ju, t a lillie bit mo re , to b ' . a the ph i lo~opht:r Martin Buber a id , what they arc beco ming.

This isc ue of the BIIII' & Gold is about "becollling." The cove r o f the magaLi ne ill ustra te t.he sense of belonging LO a tca m . a group. th at i expcriencing toget her the same proct:,~ of c mmitment , of hard work, of se lf-discipl ine , o f acco m­pli shment. The art iclec in side arc abo ahout acco mpli shm ent and growth: the benefit and o PI ortuni­tic affo rded b\' ou r ' enter for the Adva nce ment o f Lea rning. student council . fie ld trip '. extracurricu la r act ivi ties . new co n \ ruct io n. co llege t:arc hes, and art a tivities . The

t heme is an expres ion of Lhe . -hoo l's mi,sion in aeLion that "encourages student o f va ried ta lents a nd ab ilities La develop th eir uni4uc <,tl'e ngths in academ ics. ath letics, and the arts .. ... It has been tilu s ince the fo unding of : tewa rd in 1972. and we arc co m­mitted to it co ntinuation in what i clearly a ve ry brigh t and productive future .

The Coulombes extend a warm welcome

to our new Steward Faluilies

for 1998-99

Fall Fun at Steward lop lell ~l'mor )heTTy C/g"o rela,e< WilT! kauc ka.per (gr 4). Inp fight '.emor IIonw('ommg court membc-rs Emily PaUCJIN "-\(Olt Add/ll'l durmg the piJrade Cml<'r lefl I I"admasler Roger Coulombe congraru/ale fourth wader '\;"fl'/,~h Rl'/ba, h on her campaIgn s~h (or da. off/cer (l'nll'r flllhl Members 0/ Ihe Clas. o( 1998 rerum 10 !>Iewaro (or 11Jf.~ Ilurl)('(wmng /c;o.,t/v/t,e .. (/ to r · bar/...) Cabeli/onC!'!t ~ au , 1U\\,1fd. (/ to , Im"I) '(lfd RO!J}n1oore, ~'cg'Mn lidJe/..., dnd 8e(J .. y ,\/eY"rho// /lollnm lell \/" (halkley'.' (",1 graders enID)' a IflP 10 Mrs C,hh, I.m" to Il~,]rn ahotll makmg apple llUC(

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