More than 800 childrenand adults converged onthe SSM campus Saturday,April 15 for the annualCommunity Easter EggHunt. This is the thirdyear the School has hostedthis Faribault ritual, whichdraws a wide group ofparticipants from the sur-rounding community. Thespacious campus creates apicturesque hunt and thisyear was a perfect 10! Blueskies and plenty of sun-shine kept bright smiles onparents, grandparents andthe little hunters’ faces.

Speaking of faces, the chil-dren were treated to freeface painting organized byBecky Stoneman ’10 and a dedi-cated crew of artists. Therewas also an abundantarray of baked good treats.

Such an undertaking couldnot be accomplished with-out the help of dozens ofstudent volunteers, anarmy of bakers (including two 8thgrade boys this year!), two adorableEaster Bunnies (Jenna Frankenfield ’08 andBecca Bossort ’07) and generous donationsfrom parents and local businesses.Special entertainment was providedby SSM musicians.

Nick Stoneman ...........................Pg 1Barb Brueggemann ....................Pg 2Bobbi Sumner ............................Pg 3Academic Honors ........................Pg 4Fencing Update ..........................Pg 4Hockey Nationals Recap..............Pg 5Christine Clayburg ............Back Cover

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NEWS AND VIEWS FROM SHATTUCK-ST. MARY’S

The two Easter Bunnies were big hits forcapturing great group photos.

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Recently, while attending the USAHockey National Championships,I heard a story about one of our

young, sibling fans who, when our teamwas losing with minutes to go in a semi-final game, turned to her aunt to be con-soled. Her aunt looked her in the eyeand said, “You’ve just got to believe.” In the final minutes of the game, shesaw her team mount a remarkable come-back to win in OT. Leaping in the air,she spun around to her aunt with herfists pumping and screamed, “I believe! I believe!”

The purity of her faith in these playerswas inspiring and set an example fromwhich we can learn. She sent a powerfulmessage of support to our students.

I believe. It is a simple message, but dowe say it enough? Do we qualify it whenwe do offer it? Sharing it genuinely,with no strings attached, is a gift, onethat helps develop in our children thatself belief necessary for navigating

through the oftentroubled waters ofadolescence. Evenjust the word “ado-lescence” conjuresup some truly vis-ceral reactions formany of us. Ourpre-teen andteenage studentsface many of the same challenges we did– but I would suggest to an even greaterdegree of complexity in our rapidlychanging world.

As our students leave the safe harbor ofparental support and approval and ven-ture into the world of peer acceptance,perhaps we can all make a commitmentas parents, as coaches, as teachers toshare the words of our young fan withthese adolescents in our lives, “I believe!I believe!” These words will inspire, willaffirm, and will make a real difference –of this I am sure.

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MMOONNDDAAYY MMAAYY 2299TTHH -- MMAAYY 3311SSTTExams (last exam concludes at 2:30 May 31st)

WWEEDDNNEESSDDAAYY,, MMAAYY 3311SSTT1:00 p.m. Commencement Rehearsal

for ALL Seniors - Chapel of the Good Shepherd

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Dorm Clean up4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony & Performing Arts

Presentation - Johnson Gymnasium6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Dinner - Morgan Refectory8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Dorm clean up

TTHHUURRSSDDAAYY,, JJUUNNEE 11SSTT7:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Breakfast - Morgan Refectory10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Dorm clean up11:30 a.m. Picnic Luncheon - Picnic Area (Morgan

Refectory if inclement weather)3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Wooden Soldiers and Crack Squad

Drills - Johnson Gymnasium5:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m. Picnic Dinner - Picnic Area (St. Mary’s

Hall if inclement weather)4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Baccalaureate - Chapel of the Good

Shepherd (Seniors, parents, and faculty)7:00 p.m. Head of School’s Reception and Senior

Dinner in honor of theClass of 2006 Seniors(Chapel Dress)- Morgan Refectory

Regular check-in times in dormitories. Overnights with parents allowed.

FFRRIIDDAAYY,, JJUUNNEE 22NNDD8:00 a.m. Holy Communion

- Chapel of the GoodShepherd

8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Buffet Breakfast- Morgan Refectory

10:00 a.m. Closing Chapel Serviceand Presentation ofCrosses to Senior Girls- Chapel of the GoodShepherd

11:00 a.m. Commencement- South Chapel Lawn(weather permitting)

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Buffet Luncheon (parentsand immediate family)- Morgan Refectory

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What is a “Town Hall” meeting?Traditionally, it is how populationsof typical small towns in New

England gather to transact community business. Such meetings often are marked by impassioned debate and always are con-ducted with an abiding faith that committedcommunity members can improve the collec-tive quality of life. After several centuries, themeetings are still going strong in many smallcommunities.

With this tradition in mind, we have startedto meet with parents and students to improvecommunity life through the involvement ofall constituencies – parents, students, staff andfaculty. We have talked about what is on ourminds, we have revealed what is important to us, we have listened to our “neighbors,”and we have acted on topics that have beenaddressed. The great value of such meetingsis their inherent diversity of perspectives andopinions. As described in the book BBrreeaakkiinnggRRaannkkss iinn tthhee MMiiddddllee:: SSttrraatteeggiieess ffoorr LLeeaaddiinnggMMiiddddllee LLeevveell RReeffoorrmm, we assume that somedegree of conflict and disagreement is notonly inevitable but fundamental to successfulchange. We assume that effective changetakes time, and that no amount of knowledgewill ever make it totally clear what actionshould be taken, (page 58). Ready to listen, to talk, and to work side-by-side with parentsand students, we have brought the town hallmeeting to Shattuck-St. Mary’s.

The first meeting with parents during theWinter Family Weekend was a huge success –measured by honest, direct conversationregarding the frequency and quality of par-ent/teacher communication, grading practicesas related to preparation for post-secondaryeducation (grade inflation versus grade defla-tion), and the School’s ongoing commitmentto the Centers of Excellence. Follow-upactions have included a re-commitment to frequent and quality contact with parents,weekly WhippleHill grade book updates, and the start of a student achievement/gradeanalysis. These topics demand continuedoversight, and they almost certainly will be revisited in future meetings; but the start is strong.

Our next stop in the Town Hallmeeting tour was a meeting withUpper School students on March 22. We were delighted by the turn out!Approximately 50students answered the invitation, and theycontributed comfortably and meaningfully to a quality and meaningful conversation. We covered a wide range of topics – dininghall food, computer use, weekend activities,final exams, and school traditions. Beyond a clear commitment to act on the students’ concerns and suggestions, it was evident that everyone who participated left with a better understanding of the “other’s” perspectives. As a result, we are better positioned to begin creatively addressing the concerns and challenges!

Shortly before Spring Break, we met with several Middle School students. Although itwas a light turn out, there was plenty to talkabout, especially regarding dormitory life andleadership opportunities in the day-to-dayroutine. Candid, insightful commentary wasplentiful, and we will aim to expand therange of young voices the next time around.This process can help us teach our youngeststudents how they can participate and positively affect their own lives.

Quality of life, quality of life-skill preparation,and quality of education, are what we areabout, and we must depend on each other tofind opportunities to “make it happen” everyday. We have started the conversations, andwe are committed to keeping the talk going.Here’s to the ongoing dialogue!

From the Associate Head of School and Director of the Upper SchoolBarbara Brueggemann

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This past March proved to be a verychallenging time to stay healthy in theSSM community. The School experi-enced an influenza outbreak with 25confirmed cases. However, LoriBillmeyer, the School’s Health ServiceDirector, is certain more of our studentsand staff went home before an officialinfluenza diagnosis was logged. On oneparticularly busy day, the Health Servicestaff of nurses made 21 doctor appoint-ments for our students! And, the timingwas especially difficult as students weregearing up for spring break travel andathletic competitions.

Looking back on this stressful time, we are reminded of several things:

First and foremost, we have a tremen-dous Health Service staff. Our caringnurses are well-informed and did anoutstanding job of assisting the sickmembers of our community. The staffoperated round-the-clock for nearly a week in caring for our sick students.

Early reporting of new cases to theHealth Service department helped tolimit the spread of the virus. The con-firmed cases were given Tamiflu if theywere seen within 48 hours of the onsetof symptoms. Roommates of sick stu-

dents were alsogiven Tamiflu as a preventativemeasure.

Our Health Servicestaff sent outreminders to drinkplenty of fluids andto keep washingour hands to help prevent the spread of germs. Those who were sick werestrongly urged to stay home.

While receiving the flu shot is not a100% guarantee against contracting it, the immunization still proved to bebeneficial to those people who fell ill.They experienced milder symptoms over a shorter duration. So, it is stillvitally important that all eligible mem-bers of the SSM community participatein the annual flu shot.

The Minnesota Department of Healthdoes not recommend closing schools as an effective way to control the spreadof influenza. It is reassuring to knowthat when SSM students get sick, theyare well cared for by our Health Service staff.

Here’s to a healthy spring season!

From the Associate Head of School and Director of the Middle SchoolBobbi Sumner

When Our Students Become Sick

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TTHHUURRSSDDAAYY,, MMAAYY 2255TTHH1:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Traditional Middle School Picnic

Cleary Park - Lakeview Area

FFRRIIDDAAYY,, MMAAYY 2266TTHH5:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. Picnic Dinner for Middle School

students and familiesEvangeline Whipple Dining Room – St. Mary’s Hall CampusTime to view the eighth (8th) gradeShowcase displays

7:30 p.m. Middle School Fine Arts Performance“School House Rock”Newhall Auditorium – Upper School Campus

SSAATTUURRDDAAYY,, MMAAYY 2277TTHH7:30 - 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

Evangeline Whipple DiningRoom – St. Mary’s HallCampus

10:00 a.m. Middle School ClosingChapel Service Bishop Whipple MemorialChapel – St. Mary’s HallCampus

10:30 a.m. Middle School AwardsCeremony – venue TBABuffet luncheon immediatelyfollowing the awards ceremony - EvangelineWhipple Dining Room

2:30 p.m. All student rooms vacatedunless prior arrangements are made.

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HHiigghh HHoonnoorrss.. The following students are awarded gold SSM pins for earning a grade-point average of3.85 or higher with no grades below a C- for winter term:GGrraaddee 88:: Maike Blakely, Seung Hee ShonGGrraaddee 99:: Emily Hughes, Sebastian Nilsson, RichardSoo, Yi Jung Kim, Mellaney Peper, Michael Webb, Kyeong Ho Moon, Rebecca Ruegsegger, Charles WilsonGGrraaddee 1100:: Barb Bilko, Sloane Kuramoto, RyanSappington, LaVana Colebrooke, Jocelyne Lamoureux,Sasha Sherry, Sung Jae Kim, Monique Lamoureux, Po-Ling YangGGrraaddee 1111:: Ji Min Kim, Keun Young Park, Ben Sippola,Young In Kim, Anne Rothacker, Jessica Stoneman,Itelina Ma, Chelsey SandGGrraaddee 1122:: Joseph Brock, Chun Chou, Natalia Mendoza,Shire-Baden Brown, Hsin-Chun Huang, TylerRuegsegger

HHoonnoorrss.. The following students are awarded silverSSM pins for earning a grade-point average of 3.25 to 3.85 with no grades below a C- for winter term:GGrraaddee 66:: Andrew Peterson, Summer O'Connor, KristinSirekGGrraaddee 77:: Benjamin Greiner, Nathaniel Hurley, KelseySorensen, Blake Hofstad, Elizabeth Sorensen, Da YuGGrraaddee 88:: Maxwell Cainkar, Han Byel Kang, AdriannaSimonelli, Jordan Garrison-Nickerson, Hayley Lofquist,Rebecca Stoneman, Faith Greiner, Claire McKennaGGrraaddee 99:: Quinn Bottum, Shu-Ting Hsieh, BlakeMatejcek, Ethan Caple, Hyen Kyoung Hwang, Yoon GiMoon, Eun-Young Cho, Madeline Justin, Mark Nasby,Hyun Young Choi, Jimin Kwon, Luke Sollie, Jessica Cohen, Courtney Langston, Lucas Sorensen,Spencer Duhaime, Hyun Bin Lee, Christian Stevens,Keegan Gunderson, Samuel Lofquist, Elizabeth Wilson,Natasha HellenGGrraaddee 1100:: Kevin Allen, Jenna Frankenfield, CatherineParkhill, Tai-Shan Allmaras-Zen, Luke Greiner, JuliePesta, David Carle, Benjamin Kett, Ellen Raaen,Amanda Castignetti, Sang Ho Lim, Nathan Sinz,Marcus Clemons, Yumi Matsumura, Chris Sutton,Elizabeth Cloutier, Kyle Murphy, John Tarley,Benjamin Crew, Babalakin Omosegbon, Laurin WolfGGrraaddee 1111:: Kyung Won Choi, Caleb Martin, Chen-YaoTang, Allen Daniel, Adam Novotny, Daniel Wood,Yeon-Hee Do, Clint Sevcik, Carolyn Worcester, EricFroese, Daniel TaiblesonGGrraaddee 1122:: Sarah Bartlette, Young-ah Kim, ScottPommerville, Alexander Bednar, Min Hui Lee, JenniferPorter, Chen-Chun Chen, Gabrielle Mazade, JamesStuart, Luanettee Colebrooke, Sarah Murray, AllysenWeidnerDDiirreeccttoorr ooff SSttuuddiieess SSppeecciiaall CCoommmmeennddaattiioonnss.. The fol-lowing students are awarded a commendation for rais-ing their GPA’s at least one point over two consecutiveterms:Wan-Chih Tsai, John Tarley, Jay Wang

Academic HonorsThis year, for the first time in five years,Shattuck-St. Mary’s School fielded a fullGirls Foil team. In addition to a Boys Foilteam, SSM also began a Boys Saber team.

“Thanks to the generous support of theParents’ Association, we were able to affordall the electrical equipment and uniformswe needed,” said Marcus Clemons ’08, the captainof the Fencing Team. “Along with this camehard work, putting the equipment to usefour days a week, practicing for severalhours a day, getting ready for the toughcompetition in the Winter Term. We arelooking forward to some new faces andanother successful season next year.”

The Fencing Team began its season againstthe Twin Cities team, Sword Play, by win-ning in Boys Foil and losing close contestsin Girls Foil team and Boys Saber. “This was very good for our first match, especiallyconsidering that no member of our girls’team had ever fenced competitively before,”Marcus Clemons noted. SSM’s fencers followed that outing with a sweep ofRoseville High School.

Among the many tournaments that the SSMfencing team attended were the Minnesotastate finals and the Midwest Championshipsin Des Plaines, Illinois. Two members of theSSM Foil Team finished fourth and seventh,earning medals, and a member of the Saber squad was ranked ninth at the state tournament.

Maria Benford, assisted by SSM alumnusLucas Clemons, coached the fencers.

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Members of the 2005-06 Fencing TeamStanding l-r: Michaila Siftar ’10, LukeSorensen ‘09 and Marcus Clemons ’08.Students sitting l-r: Claire McKenna ’10,Po-Lin Yang ’08, Ben Kett ’08 and SangHo Lim ’08. Coach Maria Benford is seated in front.

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GGiirrllss PPrreeppTToouugghh aatt tthhee TTooppAfter having won the Girls U19 national title in 2005,Shattuck-St. Mary’s Girls Prep team wasn’t interestedin relinquishing its perch at the top. But hanging on tothe title wasn’t easy.

The Sabres were 60-4-4 going into the championship inAmherst, N.Y., against an Assabet Valley team stillsmarting from a 6-1 spanking from the Sabres in theprelims. But come-from-behind victories in their quar-terfinal and semifinal games had taken a physical tollon SSM’s players.

“This tournament is so hard to win because it’s somany games in so few days,” said head coach GordieStafford. “We were very tired but the girls won it on heart and soul and guts.”

Seniors Sarah Murray ’06 and Emily Kranz ’06 provided the twogoals and goaltender Paige Keranen ’07 made 19 saves in theSabres’ 2-1 victory. Murray’s slapshot gave the Sabresthe early lead, and Kranz’s tally, with an assist by JenSchoullis ’07, broke a 51-second tie in the game’s closingmoments. Keranen withstood a frenzied counterattackto preserve the win.

In the semifinal game, Monique Lamoureux ’08 scored on a Sabre power play in the last thirty-five seconds of regulation to force the contest into overtime. Playingshorthanded, SSM won when Schoullis tipped in arebound off a Sasha Sherry shot.

BBooyyss PPrreeppTTiittllee HHooppeess DDiiee iinn QQuuaarrtteerrssThe Boys Prep Sabres fell behind late in the first periodof their national quarterfinal and never caught up tothe Los Angeles Junior Kings, who earned a 5-2 victoryin Brighton, N.Y.

“I thought our kids played good. We just didn’t score enough goals to win the game,” said head coach Tom Ward.

Jeff Smith ’07 slid in a backhander and Justin Brossman ’06scored his 25th goal of the season but the Sabre defensecouldn’t shut down an impressive Los Angeles attack,led by Mitchell Wahl’s hat trick.

“We (must have) played in their end for 95 percent ofthe game,” said defenseman Scott Pommerville ’06. “The onlytime they got any offense was off the rush and that’sjust our own fault but there’s nothing to really beatourselves up over.”

In the prelims, the Boys Prep team did savor its 3-2,sudden-death victory over nemesis the Boston JuniorBruins. Trailing 2-0 with five minutes left in regulation,Ben Youds ’07 and Brian Volpei ’06 scored to force overtime. Tyler Ruegsegger ’06 fed Zach Harrison ’06 from behind the net for the game-winning tally.

BBooyyss UU1166After winning a 5-4 overtime quarterfinal with DetroitHoneybaked on Joe Marciano’s ’08 second goal of the tourna-ment, SSM’s Boys U16 Team was shut out, 4-0, in its semi-final bout with the California Wave.

BBaannttaamm TTiieerr IISSM fell in the quarterfinals, 4-3 to the Syracuse Stars.Goaltender Michael Webb ’09 kept the Stars scoreless until the1:23 mark of the third period. SSM came back from a 2-0deficit to tie the game and cut Syracuse’s edge to 4-2 in thefinal minute.

GGiirrllss UU1166SSM went 1-2 in pool play but did not score enough goalsto advance to the quarterfinals.

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Reporting by Al Daniel ’07

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Current world events have come into sharper focus thisyear for the seven Shattuck-St. Mary’s School studentsinvolved in an unprecedented video conferencing class.

The students, primarily from the SSM honors program,discuss current events with their peers at Kelly College inTavistock, England. The hook-up technology is providedby Stephan Philip ’76, who works for the National Guard andsets up video conferencing programs for public schools in Minnesota.

Len Jones, chair of the School’s history department, monitorsthe discussions, which are not associated with a specificclass or course. Students read background material andnews articles to prepare for the conference sessions.

“This gives students an opportunity to discuss someweighty issues with students of very different back-grounds where there is an expectation that they must participate fully each time,” said Mr. Jones. “The ‘wow’factor of video conferencing gets the students into thecourse initially but they stay involved because they get to talk to a group of students each week that is differentfrom those that they’re in class with, day in and day out.”

He said the students have been discussing the balancebetween civil liberties and collective safety. “This is animportant topic for students in both countries right nowand is an important topic for people everywhere at alltimes,” said Mr. Jones. “The students began by compilinga list of rights that they felt should never be infringedupon by a government. They looked at the philosophical

underpinnings of natural rights and historical context of what governments have done in times of crisis. Thestudents are now looking at defining terrorism and put-ting together legislative proposals for alternatives to thelegislation that is currently out there in both countries to protect us from terrorism.”

One discussion expanded beyond the two student groupsto include an English soldier, an American soldier and a Kurdish Iraqi citizen in a three way videoconference.“This was a great opportunity for our students to discussthe war in Iraq with people very closely impacted by it,”said Mr. Jones. “The opportunity to speak with the Iraqicitizen was really a unique opportunity for the students.”

Time issues—quantity and schedules—are the biggestchallenges for the program. “There just isn’t enough timeto cover this topic fully,” Mr. Jones noted. “There are somany layers to the question of liberties and security andthere is so much that the students could read on the topicbut there just isn’t enough time. And, the schedules forthe two schools don’t match up very well so there havebeen times where we can’t meet for weeks at a time.”

Despite the scheduling obstacles, Mr. Jones says the program has been successful and will be continued. “We plan to use this as a seminar course in the future to discuss other ‘global” issues,’ such as disease in thedeveloping world, free trade and globalization.”

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Gaining a World ViewFaculty member, Mr. LenJones, discusses an issuewith SSM students. Thescreen in the backgroundprovides the visual con-nection between Faribaultand Tavistock, England.

Christine Clayburg, former Minneapolis television meteorologist, shared some “lessonslearned” with Shattuck-St. Mary’s MiddleSchool performing arts students recently.

A certified meteorologist with a bachelor’sdegree in geoscience, Christine worked forNBC in Boston before moving to CBS affiliateWCCO in Minneapolis. She now lives in LosAngeles where she appears on KABC whenshe’s not expanding her acting and producingrepertoire. In addition to several film projects,she hosts The Snow Show, a Minneapolis tele-vision program in its third season.

While Christine worked at WCCO, she mentored juniormeteorologist and SSM student Rebecca Enrooth ’11 andthe two have kept in touch. Because one of Christine’scurrent projects, a film entitled Minneapolis, requires her to travel frequently between Los Angeles andMinneapolis, a quick trip to Faribault was possible.

Although Christine spoke to the students about the workinvolved in meteorology, acting and producing, her tripwasn’t all work. “Rebecca and I gave her a tour of theUpper and Middle Schools,” said Deb Enrooth, Rebecca’smom, “and she attended the opening night of Godspellso that she could see Rebecca in that production.”

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Christine Clayburg (inset photo) with SSM Middle School students

Becky Enrooth ’11 is performing in the Children’s Theatre production of

Pippi Longstocking. A trip to the May 7th performance is planned. Tickets

are $30. Contact Deb Carpentier at 507-333-1649 or dcarpentier@s-sm.org