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r. Evelyn Wiltshire Goodenough Pitcher, whose vision and vitality shaped every aspect of

Evelyn Goodenough Pitcher 1915 - 2004

Dr. Pitcher was a gifted observer ofchildren’s behavior and she taught scores ofprofessionals and parents to do the same.This was particularly evident in her assess-ment course, which reflected how shethought about children: “The thing thatengaged me intellectually was the marriage ofdevelopment and learning—how they fittogether. People referred to [my course] as atesting course, but it could have used anymaterial because what it established was thatmaturity went along with learning.”

what is now the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, died on June 25, 2004 atthe age of 89.

Dr. Pitcher came to Boston from Yale University in 1959 to direct the Eliot-Pearson School atTufts University, formerly the Nursery Training School of Boston. In 1964 the school becamean academic department within the University, and Dr. Pitcher had the formidable task ofoverseeing this transition. She attended to every aspect of the process: she selected new faculty,designed curriculum, negotiated with university officials, raised funds, erected buildings, andinspired an entire community of scholars, teachers, and students over her 22 year tenure. Dr.Pitcher accomplished this during a time when many in the University did not believe the studyof young children was a scholarly pursuit. The early years of the department were enormouslygenerative. In an interview shortly before her death, Dr. Pitcher commented on the “spirit ofEliot-Pearson” during those times: “Everyone believed in everyone else; everyone workedtogether. The faculty meetings were fun. Thesense of companionship was good. We wereall working for one goal.”

Shortly after Dr. Pitcher became chair, thedepartment received a federal grant to trainteachers for the new national Head Startprogram. She quickly realized that a textbookwas needed and in just three months thebook “Helping Young Children Learn” wasprinted and in use, a collaborative effort of

Evelyn Goodenough Pitcher:A Continuing Legacy

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A visit with Evelyn in Henniker, NH

Evelyn Goodenough Pitcher, observing a student

many faculty members. This text—now in its 5th edition—is still in print. Dr. Pitcher was also the co-author of three other books, including oneon the development of gender differences, initially inspired by watching her own two young children from her first marriage to Dr. ErwinGoodenough. While traveling on a train through Europe, her daughter Ursula went around “talking to everybody,” while her son Daniel “wastrying to figure out how the window mechanism on the train worked.” Interestingly enough, both of them ended up as accomplished scientists.

Evelyn met and married Robert Pitcher when he was a trustee of Eliot-Pearson, and together they were a devoted team of fund-raisers for theschool and department. Evelyn always envisioned having a state-of-the-art facility for the study and development of curriculum materials forworking with young children. With help from Robert, alumni and friends of the department, she realized this goal in the construction of thePitcher Curriculum Resource Laboratory. Evelyn recognized the importance of a center in which students could work directly with materials andstudy their impact on children. At the end of her life she gave a generous gift to the Pitcher Curriculum Laboratory and expressed the hope thatsome of those funds could be used to serve the community’s children. This past May Evelyn reflected on what the lab meant to her: “I alwayshad the dream of the curriculum lab and the availability of materials. It was my dream and my satisfaction that it came about.”

Dr. Pitcher officially retired in 1981, but stayed on teaching part-time foranother nine years, reflecting that Eliot-Pearson was a crucial part of herlife: “I felt that it was time for me to leave…but I hated to leave. I lovedmy job and knew it was something I would do whether I was paid ornot, and that’s the way people should think about their work.” In fact,she taught child development courses for many years in her retirementcommunity in Sarasota, Florida.

Many members of the community remember Evelyn and Bob’s twowonderful homes, one in Belmont, Massachusetts and the other inHenniker, New Hampshire. These homes were the gathering place formany delightful departmental occasions. It was Evelyn’s practice never totake work home. When asked about this, she remarked that family lifeand work must be balanced and “in the evenings we listened to music;we took walks; we read books.” During the years when the Hennikerhome was an active farm, Evelyn delivered a dozen fresh eggs onMonday mornings to each faculty and staff member. Evelyn spent herlast spring in Henniker surrounded by family and friends, and Depart-ment members visited her there several times. [See photo this page.]Evelyn was still intensely curious about the department and told wittyanecdotes that made everyone laugh.

The department is honoring Dr. Pitcher in several ways. At Tuftscommencement exercises in May, Dr Pitcher was awarded the first Eliot-Pearson Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented to her byChair, Fred Rothbaum, and was received by Evelyn’s son, DanielGoodenough. A plaque announcing the award, with photos of Evelyn,will hang in the Eliot-Pearson foyer. A memorial service on September 18was attended by many Eliot-Pearson community members. Later thisyear, the community will hold an event in Evelyn’s honor. An informalvideotape has been made about Evelyn Pitcher, and includes an interviewin which Evelyn reflects on her time at Tufts.

Evelyn Pitcher’s contribution to Eliot-Pearson is immeasurable—notonly with respect to her achievements but also with respect to the personshe was, one who approached life with tremendous vigor and enthusiasmand a deep capacity for love of people, work, and the exchange of ideas.Evelyn was as direct and inspiring in facing death as she was throughouther life. A few weeks before her death she wrote to a colleague whoexpressed sadness at the news of Evelyn’s terminal illness: “Do not fret!We all must die, and I am ready. But I’m not eager, and I will review alloptions to enjoy what I can. I’m eager and ready to do all things.”

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With the passing of Evelyn Pitcher, it is natural to take time to reflect on the changes that took place under Evelyn’s

Second, Abigail’s school and training program were interdisci-plinary from the start. Trained as a social worker, Abigailmade sure there was a strong home-school connection suchthat parents were helped to be better parents even as teacherswere helped to be better teachers. Her staff included both anurse and a social worker.

Third, Abigail’s school and training program stressed service to those most in need. From the beginning, both the schooland the training program addressed problems caused by poverty, disability, and prejudice.

leadership, as well as the changes since she stepped down from being chair. Those changes have been mostly aboutmaking Eliot-Pearson into an academic and interdisciplinary department – a center for research as well as for training.However, this simple characterization of how Eliot-Pearson has changed and developed misses something essential aboutEP’s development, namely, that EP’s development has been as much about continuity as it has been about change. Perhapsthe best way to make this point clear is to re-visit those features that made Abigail Eliot’s school and training programspecial, and to see that these very same features are what make Eliot-Pearson special today.

First, Abigail Eliot’s school and training program were grounded in research. Before founding her school, and while atOxford, she studied the Nursery School movement in England, which was itself a product of research. Health studies inEngland had shown that most young children of that day were entering grade school with significant health problems.This research led Abigail to include in her school a central health component.

From this brief glance back at what made Abigail Eliot’s school and training program special, we see what makes Eliot-Pearson special today. Eliot-Pearson’s interdisciplinary research and service is rooted, then, not in recent developments butin the original work of Abigail Eliot. Eliot-Pearson’s vision has always been a double vision, a vision looking forward tothe future as well backward to its origins. The contributions of Evelyn Pitcher stem, in part, from her having this doublevision. So too do the contributions that follow Evelyn.

The Eliot-Pearson building in the 1950’s.

Eliot-Pearson’s vision hasalways been a double vi-sion, a vision looking for-ward to the future as wellbackward to its origins.

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very two to three years the Departmentof Child Development awards the “Eliot-Pearson Award for Excellence in Children’sMedia” — otherwise known as “the Abby”.This year the award went to Linda Simensky,Christopher Cerf, Judy Stoia, Kate Taylor,Carol Greenwald and Jacqui Deegan forcreating three television shows: “Arthur”,“Between the Lions” and “Zoom”. Withthe help of Julie Dobrow and senior, ChildDevelopment major, Parker Perez, whoseCMS project was to coordinate this event,the awards ceremony was held on April 16thin the Stevens Library in the Child Develop-ment Department.

All three shows are produced by WGBH inBoston, which should come as no surprise.For years, WGBH has been known through-out the country and around the world for itsquality educational programs for children.

All three of the award recipients met thetough criteria used to select nominees for theAbby. Those criteria included the following:appeal to diverse groups of children,positive modeling of relationships, absenceof gender and ethnic stereotyping, educa-tional in content, and engaging to parents aswell as children.

“Arthur” is based on the series of books byrenowned children’s author Marc Brown. Itchronicles the life and times of third graderArthur Read, his pesky kid sister DW, babysister Kate and his parents. In case you havenever had the pleasure of seeing “Arthur,” heis an aardvark.

All of Arthur’s friends are different types ofanimals so that Arthur’s world is one inwhich everyone is different even as everyoneshares the same or similar values, feelingsand experiences. Each episode depicts issuesthat are common in the lives of children. Theclear consensus is that Arthur is cleverlywritten and beautifully animated.

A lot of time and care is put into thedevelopment of each show, and each isbased on best practice and current ideasabout how to use television to advanceeducational and pro-social agendas. Further-more, each show does an extensive amountof outreach and each prepares excellenteducational supplementary materials for useby parents and teachers. Finally, each has awebsite that serves as an interactive exten-sion of the shows by engaging children in avariety of games and activities.

Anyone involved in the study of children’smedia , in advocacy for media literacy, orsimply in parenting or teaching children islikely to be a fan of each of this year’srecipients of the Abby. Eliot-Pearson is,then, delighted to add to the EP commu-nity Arthur, DW, Francine, Cleo, Theo,Cliffhanger, Gwain, Click; and, of course, allthe Zoomers.

“Zoom” is a phoenix. Some may remem-ber “Zoom” from its first life in the 1970s.After being off the air for a number ofyears, “Zoom” is back again, and betterthan ever. While “Between The Lions” ismostly for preschoolers and Arthur ismostly for grade school children, Zoom’starget audience is “the tweens. The showuses children only. They are affectionatelyknown as “Zoomers”.

Thanks to Julie Dobrow, Parker Perez and theUndergraduate Child Development Association

for the coordination of this wonderful event.

From left to right: Julie Dobrow, Lecturer and Coordinator of Family and Media Initiative; Parker Perez,J04, G06; Linda Simensky, Senior Director of Children’s Programming for PBS; Christopher Cerf, co-creator of “Between the Lions”; Judy Stoia, Executive Producer of “Between the Lions”; Kate Taylor,

Director of Children’s Programming for WGBH and Exec. Director of “Zoom”; Carol Greenwald,Executive Producer of “Arthur” and Jacqui Deegan, Line Producer of “Arthur”.

reading skills. The lions who live and workat the library, and the large cast of puppetand animated characters who jump in andout of books at will, teach children vowels,consonants, phonic combinations and a loveof literature. Through an entertainingmixture of story, animation, pun and song,“Between the Lions” goes a long way towardmaking viewers see reading as a fun andattainable skill. The curriculum, outreachmaterials and website activities are all derivedfrom cutting edge research, which may bewhy current research projects are showingthat “Between the Lions” is helping toadvance the literacy skills of students in lowincome school districts.

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“Between the Lions” picks up where“Sesame Street” leaves off. “Sesame Street”teaches letter recognition, whereas “Be-tween the Lions” fosters a range of pre-

“Zoom”, today, retains some of the bestcharacteristics of the old show (like UbbiDubbi), while having much of its on-airactivities and ideas come from its currentviewing audience. The ethnically diverse andalways engaging cast encourages those

viewing at home to turn off the TV and tryone of the activities demonstrated on theshow. “Zoom” is, then, all aboutinteractivity.

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Soondarie, who was raised in Barbados, cannot remember a timewhen she did not want to be a teacher. Both her mother and aunt areteachers, and the large family she grew up in supplied her with ready-made pupils — her three little sisters. Now, the classroom is hernatural habitat. “It’s where I feel comfortable,” she says. “It’s where Ifeel most effective and where I find my ‘flow.”

After completing her undergraduate work at Harvard, Soondariecompleted Eliot-Pearson’s MAT program. But she has not stoppedstudying. She soon will complete the Department’s CAGS program.

As if continuing her graduate work and full-time job as a mentorteacher in the day care center were not enough, Soondarie is a fostercare provider. “When we came to America, my mother really wantedto adopt another child. For the past couple years, we’ve had morethan 20 children in and out of our home. We’ve helped to

Soondarie feels that the experience of being a foster care provider is a humblingone, “It is amazing to see how, despite the often horrific pasts of these children, theymaintain quite resilient characters. They know how to survive. Many of us couldn’temploy their survival strategies if we tried. That is truly amazing. They inspire me,and keep me going.”

Janet Zeller may have summed up Soondarie best: “Twenty-four hours of everyday is spent with her eyes on a single prize: the care and nurturing of children,especially children at risk.” No wonder, then, that Soondarie received the Eliot-Pearson Alumni Award.

place many other children into the welcoming arms of wonderful parents. And recently, we adopted a child – who is now myseven- year-old-sister. I want to be able to help as many children as possible have the kind of life they deserve: the kind of lifethat allows them the opportunity to use their many skills and strengths to address their challenges so that they become formi-dable human beings.”

Soondarie reading to a child at theTufts Educational Day Care Center.

Soondarie working with children at the Tufts EducationalDay Care Center, where she is a mentor teacher.

Award. Virtually everyone agreed there was and is no more deserving person. “In many ways, Soondarie is the essence of Eliot-Pearson,” says George Scarlett, the Department’s deputy chair. “Soondarie goes far beyond teaching children reading, writingand arithmetic. Her teaching is about character and community.” Janet Zeller, Director of the Tufts Educational Day CareCenter, where Soondarie now works, agrees. “Soondarie is the essence of Eliot-Pearson because her theories and hypothesesabout children and families are brilliantly informed by her practice, and her practice is eloquently informed by her theories.” BettyAllen, former advisor to Soondarie, adds, “Soondarie is just a wonderful person and scholar. She has a rare combination ofcreativity, intellectual power and enduring kindness.”

L ast May, Soondarie Barker received the Department of Child Development’s highest award: the Eliot-Pearson Alumni

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postdoctoral fellowshipprogram for the first timethis year to propel trainingin large-scale, theoreticallybased educational research.Each postdoctoral fellowis paired with a mentorwho is conducting well-known research in fieldsrelated to education.Thirteen fellows wereselected across the country,and Eliot-Pearson Depart-ment of Child Develop-ment will be home to one:Dr. Sasha Yampolsy willtrain with ProfessorMaryanne Wolf at theCenter for Reading andLanguage Research.

The Institute for Education Scienceand the American PsychologicalAssociation sponsored an exciting new

In September, Dr. Lerner, along withInstitute colleagues and students, andcolleagues at the Fuller TheologialSeminary, Michigan State University, andthe Search Institute, submitted a specialissue to the Journal of Early Adolescence onthe topic of Positive Youth Develop-ment. It is expected out in the Spring of2005. Other recently published worksinclude the Handbook of AdolescentPsychology (John Wiley & Sons), Natureand Nurture (Lawrence Erlbaum Associ-ates), and Liberty: Thriving and civicengagement among America’s youth (Sage).

Marina Bers, Assistant Professor, hasbeen selected as a Faculty Fellow byUCCPS. The project that she will beworking on aims to study if and howthe integration of a technology thatsupports the formation of virtualcommunities purposefully designed topromote positive youth development(i.e. Zora) into the lives of freshman oncampus, has an effect in their face toface civic engagement and their long-term success in their academic/socialexperience throughout college.

Applied Research in Youth Develop-ment. Dr. Lerner is also the co-convener and organizer of the first ofa series of conferences on positivedevelopment at the Center for AppliedDevelopmental Science (CADS) at theUniversity of Jena, Germany. Theconference is entitled “Positive Devel-opment: Linking Individuals, Commu-nities and Social Policies.” Dr. Lernerchairs the board of the CADS.

This past winter, the Center for AppliedChild Development Outreach Programheld a four-part evening workshopseries on the Tufts campus for earlychildhood educators from Medfordand Somerville. CACD Outreach staffand early childhood leaders from thetwo communities worked together toplan a professional development seriesfocused on how teachers can supportEnglish language learners in earlychildhood settings. Forty educatorsfrom Medford and Somerville wereinvited to participate. Eliot-PearsonAssociate Professor Chip Gidney andChildren’s School Head Teacher andLecturer, Heidi Given joined PhyllisHardy, a bilingual special educator fromFramingham, and Shelley Michaud, akindergarten teacher in the LawrencePublic Schools, to present workshopsfor the series. Participants completed areflection project to connect theworkshop content to their teaching andreceived a Continuing Education Unitfrom CACD. CACD looks forward tofuture collaborations with theMedford/Somerville early childhoodcommunity.

Julie Dobrow, Lecturer, spoke on“Beyond Big Bird: Myths and realitiesof Children’s Television” at this yearsTufts Community Day on September19th.

Ann Easterbrooks, Associate Profes-sor, was recently elected co-President ofthe Boston Institute for the Develop-ment of Infants and Parents.

David Henry Feldman, Professor,was given an award in April, 2003 for“Outstanding Contributions to Gradu-ate Education” by the Graduate Schoolof Arts and Sciences at Tufts. ProfessorFeldman’s work in advising, mentoringand directing the graduate programs atEliot-Pearson was recognized ascontributing to the excellent reputationof Child Development’s MA and Ph.D.programs nationally and internationally.

During the month of October, Profes-sor Richard M. Lerner presented atalk entitled “Thriving and civic engage-ment among America’s Youth: CurrentFinding from the 4-H Study of PositiveYouth Development” at the PositivePsychology Summit in Washington, D.C.The presentation was prepared incollaboration with Erin Phelps, JasonAlmerigi, Pamela M. Anderson, andother colleagues at the Institute for

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very proud moment in Mom’s life,”said her daughter, Abigail ofCambridge, who was arrested with herfor trespassing when voicingopposition to Harvard University’sinvestments in apartheid South Africa.Mrs. Schirmer, whose final protest —which she attended in a wheelchair lastwinter — was against the war in Iraq,died of heart failure on Aug. 8 at herCambridge home. She was 89 andsuffered from Parkinson’s disease.

the Boston Teacher Education Projectto work with the Cuban Ministry ofEducation. In 1985, she went to China,the Netherlands, and Denmark to learnabout child care in other cultures.

She came to this country in 1938 andworked as a volunteer for the BostonYWCA, investigating workingconditions in Boston industries. She alsovolunteered at the former WindowShop in Cambridge, helping refugeesget settled here. She enrolled atRadcliffe to study US history and metBoone.

Margaret Schirmer, 89,(Eliot-Pearson, MAT, 1968)

a gentle, urgent voice for peace, justiceBy Gloria Negri, Boston Globe, 8/19/2004

The couple lived in Boston with theirfamily, moving to Cambridge in 1960.When Boone’s activism took him awayfrom home for a period of years, Mrs.Schirmer worked as a seamstress andwas a union representative for theInternational Ladies Garment WorkersUnion, negotiating wages and prices forpiecework.

For decades, Peggy Chirner was a beloved memberand the heart and soul of the Greater Boston earlychildhood education community and Eliot-Pearsonis proud to have had her among our alumni.

In Cambridge in 1979, Mrs. Schirmer,who had been a preschool teacher,founded the Concerned EducatorsAllied for a Safe Environment(CEASE), an antinuclear, antiviolence,and antimilitary group of parents,teachers, and concerned citizens.

“Peggy was unstoppable,” said StateRepresentative and former Cambridgemayor Alice Wolf. “She was just awonderful, strong, quiet peace activist.”

Besides her husband, son, and daughter,Mrs. Schirmer leaves another daughter,Audrey of Montreal; a sister, Judith Bellof England; and eight grandchildren.

Her lifelong commitment to peace andsocial justice was a family affair. She metBoone Schirmer, her husband of 65years, when they were students — she atRadcliffe, he at Harvard — whilestuffing envelopes for the politicallyactive American Student Union.

When her husband returned, Mrs.Schirmer enrolled at Tufts University inthe Eliot-Pearson Department of ChildDevelopment, where she earned adegree in early childhood education in1968, and worked, first as a teacher atTufts and then as director of theRadcliffe Child Care Center and theCambridge Headstart program.

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For most of her life, Margaret (Fellows)Schirmer took part in protests andmarches for social justice and peace,making her point in a restrained yetdogged manner that got her arrestedonly once, in 1987, when she was 72.“Getting arrested for protesting was a

Her interest in early childhoodeducation took her many places. In1970, she went to Mexico to studySpanish and then to Cuba as part of

In Memory of Peggy Schirmer1914 - 2004

IN MEMORIAM

On November 11-13 three groupsfrom Eliot-Pearson Children’s Schoolare presenting at the annual NationalAssociation Education for YoungChildren (NAEYC) conference inAnaheim, California. The titles of thethree sessions are: Center-wide curricu-lum investigations: using the overheadprojector and blocks to engage children,teachers and parents in long-terminquiry (a joint presentation with theUniversity of New Hampshire labschool); Inclusion, balancing specialneeds and special interests: tackling thehard questions of children, parents andteachers in an early childhood school;and Can two mommies make a family?Can a boy wear a dress? Respectingdiversity in the early childhoodclassrooms—the perspectives of ateacher, parent and graduate teachingassistant. It is a great honor to have thisopportunity to share our work withover 30, 000 colleagues. Presenters fromEliot-Pearson include DebbieLeeKeenan, Betty Allen, MaryannO’Brien, Heidi Given, DavidRobinson, Ben Mardell andElisabeth Anderson.

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Dates for 2004-2005

All meetings are from 5:00 to 7:00pmon the first Friday of the month

* November 5, 2004* December 3* January 7, 2005* February 4* March 4* April 1* May 6

*There is no charge to attend these roundtables

Refreshments will be served

Please RSVP by Wednesday (TWO DAYS!)before each session!

Hello everyone! The Child Development Graduate StudentAssociation (CDGSA) is a group of graduate students whohave come together to continue to make a difference in theChild Development Department. We are committed tobringing social, service, and academic events to the depart-ment as well as becoming involved in university wide pro-grams and opportunities. During the fall semester we will behosting social events with the faculty members, academicevents with alumni speakers, service events to bring holidaygifts to local community members in need, and a wine andcheese party at the end of the semester to congratulate themid-year graduates. We hope that any graduate students whoare interested in becoming involved with the GSA will joinus at our next meeting on Wednesday, November 29 at 5pm.If you have any questions before then, please feel free toemail me at jessica.saltz@tufts.edu.

Thank you and we hope to see you at our next meeting orsome of the upcoming events!

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Invitation to a Teachers’ Round Table

This year at Eliot-Pearson we are offering first and second year teachers aRound Table opportunity to get together and talk about your experiencesin your classrooms and schools. Our aim is to provide collegial support for new teachers, and also to learn from you about the realities of your workas teachers.

The sessions will meet on the first Friday of each month, Novemberthrough May, from 5:00-7:00pm, in the Evelyn G. Pitcher CurriculumResource Lab at Eliot-Pearson. You are welcome to attend any or all ofthe sessions, which will be without charge. Refreshments will be served.Sessions will be hosted by Lab Director Mary Eisenberg, with participa-tion by Marion Reynolds and other members of the Tufts teachereducation faculty.

For more information or to RSVP contact Mary Eisenberg: in theCurriculum Lab at 617-627-2829 or by email: mary.eisenberg@tufts.edu

Are you enjoying or struggling with the challenges of teaching in Pre-K to Grade 6 settings?

Would you like to get together with other Tufts alums doing the same?

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graduation and alumni brunch - May, 2004

Sophia Hubbell, R04, and her family

Cristina Mendoza, R04, and her family.

Rika Nagaoka, R04, and her family.Jessica Saltz, J04, R06, and her family.

Eliot-Pearson Alums, Pat Schindler, R54, SylviaGarnett, R48 and Harriet Koch, R48 with

Department Chair, Fred Rothbaum.

Eliot-Pearson Alum, Jean Astrup Folsom, R54.

Rosa Ayres, R04, and her mother.

for P e a r s o nA C e l e b r a t i o n

g raduates and alumni!E l i o t -

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Susan Butler, R‘04, is an Early ChildhoodSpecialist for Child Care Resources Inc, inUnion County, NC. She is also teaching acommunity college class for early childhoodeducators in Union County (Child Develop-ment II), as well as providing on-sitetechnical assistance to child care centers andfamily child care homes. In addition to thatshe provides training for early child careprofessionals and develops and distributes amonthly newsletter.

Susan Gannon, R‘78, in the last two yearshas added a new subspecialty to her coachingpractice, ADHD/ADD. She was asked to beon the Executive Committee of SEPTA,Special Education Parent Teacher Associationfor Mamoraneck Schools. She feels like shehas returned to her Eliot-Pearson roots.

Denise Abadi, J’78, has moved to Charlotte,NC with her husband, Michael, where she iscurrently the Director of the Charlotte JewishPreschool. She says, “I am proud that weserve so many children and provide thewarm, nurturing, unhurried atmospherewhere any child can thrive.” Her ownchildren, Sara and Mark, are getting ready tofinish high school and to start college.

Rabbi Harold Kushner wrote the forward.According to Betsy, “It is an in depth look atMs. Wise’s recovery from a near fatal suicideattempt and depression. Reviews have beenextraordinary.” They have been speaking at avariety of forums promoting suicideprevention and education. “I was the EliotPearson Student of the year when I gradu-ated. I have it framed and hanging in myoffice. I am still most proud of this accom-plishment.”

Liz Crames Grossman, J’81, G ’83, isrunning her own tutoring business in theWashington, D.C metropolitan area. Shetutors children from Kindergarten throughgrade 8 who have learning disabilities,executive functioning disorder, ADHD. Inaddition to her undergraduate and graduatedegrees from Eliot-Pearson, she also got herMaster’s Degree in Italian from MiddleburyCollege and the University of Florence inItaly, (1982). She has two sons, ages 13 and16, and her husband, Jim Grossman, is alsoa Tufts graduate, A’ 79 and G’ 81.

Jeri Schoal Freels Brower, J’56, is stillmanaging her small training facility inWellington. She loves her teaching duties,both human and animal.

Emily Ehrenberg, M.S, graduated fromTufts in 1998 and majored in Child Develop-ment. After graduating from Tufts, shereceived a Master of Science in Speech fromEmerson College. She is currently workingas a speech- language pathologist at MinuteMan ARC Early Intervention Program inConcord, Massachusetts. Emily was marriedto Michael Blumber on October 9, 2004.They got married at Temple Emanuel inCloster, New Jersey.

well raveled Jewish activists. Through aseries of Shabbat observances and otheractivities, we sustained the hope that thiscommunity has for living and leaving aJewish life and legacy. Through my documen-tary images, I hope to interpret and commu-nicate this story as it evolves. One majordevelopment is the upcoming Bar Mitsvahof two of the community’s young men, oneof whom is the older son of Rebeca, thecommunal leader. This was the top prioritygoal decided upon by the Jews inCienfuegos, whom we have been proud tosuccessfully assist. Recently, I attended theHouston Foto Fest where my recent printsreceived encouragement and praise fromnumerous international photographyreviewer. I am actively seeking audiences forslide shows, talks, and exhibitions of hisgrowing body of work.

Linda Verdun Hirsch, J ’69, “Since 2001 Ihave been traveling to Cienfuegos and otherparts of Cuba, under a license to do Jewishrelated work. Enthusiastic and proud of myreligious and spiritual heritage, using mypsychology and photography skills todocument and assist a small but feisty Jewishcommunity outside of the mainstream inCuba was a challenge I welcomed andcontinue to meet. In 2002, I returned tostrengthen the bond between my owncongregation and the Jewish community ofCienfuegos. In between trips, I have been intouch by e-mail, through personal couriers,and through a cousin who lives in Havana. Ihave held several fundraising events to gathersupport, expand awareness, and stimulatecollaborative possibilities. My color andB&W photographs have been juried intonational and regional shows, with saleshelping to benefit a Cuba Fund, establishedby myself and my husband under the aegisof Congregation Beth El, Sudbury. Moniesfrom this fund provide religious materials,educational, art, cultural, medical, andnutritional assistance and supplies for theJewish community of Cienfuegos andsurrounding areas. In February 2004, Ireturned once again, this time , together withmy husband, Gary, leading a group whichincluded Rabbi Al Axelrad, his son~ ateacher, cantorial soloist, high school student(who brought his guitar), and 3 older,

Sonya Kurzweil, R’71, announces the recentpublication of “Forever Poems for Nowand Then” by mother and daughter, SonyaKurzweil and Amy Kurzweil. Illustrated byGreat Masters, BenBella Books, September2004. For further information aboutSonya’s clinical work, visit:www.playspace.org and www.skdc.org.

Kit Langdon, J’60, has completed her lastyear of teaching with many ambivalentfeelings. She plans to create and record avideo of the special children’s music in theclassroom. She was married on August 7th inSanta Fe to Jimmy Osterhart. They will beliving near Kingman, AZ until they build onsome property they’ve bought near Flagstaff,AZ (near the Grand Canyon.) She is hopingto go back to Art classes, study Dahn HanJujo and sing in Hospital/Hospice.

Betsy Glaser, J’77 , R’79, PhD ‘84, is aclinical psychologist practicing in Wellesley,MA. Recently, a former patient of hers, TerryWise, wrote a book about her treatmentwith Betsy called “ Waking Up: Climbingthrough the Darkness. An author,

Laurie Leventhal-Belfer, J’79, It was greatto be back on campus last summer with myson, who was looking at colleges, and see thegrowth of the department. As we ap-proached Eliot-Pearson my children tookone look at the playground and knew thatthis was where I went to school. As I wasthinking about what to say, I skimmed overmy honors thesis, “The Playroom: ADiagnostic and Therapeutic Environment,”and with amazement realized that my workhas not changed that much in the past 25years. I received an MA at the University ofChicago in 1985 and a PhD in clinicalpsychology at Berkeley in 1991. Since then Ihave been involved in clinical work,

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research, and teaching at Stanford UniversityDepartment of Child Psychiatry, TheChildren’s Health Council and privatepractice. My most recent work has been onthe diagnosis of, and the development ofintervention for young children withAsperger’s Syndrome and their families. Ihave had a very busy spring with the publica-tion of a book - Laurie Leventhal-Belfer &Cassandra Coe (2004). Asperger’s Syndrome inYoung Children: A developmental guide for parentsand professionals, London: Jessica Kingsley.Howard and I celebrated our 25th anniversary,our son, Isaac, graduated from high schooland will be attending Brown in the fall andour daughter, Jessie, became a Bat Mitzvah. Ithink of my introductory to Child Develop-ment class each year when I teach theObservation of Young Children class atStanford and assign 2 child psychiatry fellowsthe task of observing the same child,without telling them!

Mariela Paez, R’95, “I have finished myfirst year as Assistant Professor of EarlyChildhood at Boston college in the LynchSchool of Education. After finishing mymasters in Child Development at EliotPearson in 1995, I did my doctorate work atHarvard University and graduated with adoctorate in Human Development andPsychology in 2001. I am currently Co-investigator for a research project entitled“Early Childhood Study of Language andLiteracy Development of Spanish –Englishbilingual students from preschool throughsecond grade to investigate how they developtheir dual language skills. I live in Newton,MA with my husband, Miguel and my twochildren Miguel Juan (3 years old) andIsabella (2 years old). My children make thefield of Early Childhood very real and alwayspush me to think in practical ways. I lovedreading the Spring news and look forward tothe next issue.”

Margaret Picardi, R’75, is currently workingfor Head Start as an Education/Disabilitiesmanager in New Bedford, MA. “I’ve come‘full circle’ in my career since I worked in thissame job capacity in the mid 70’s in FallRiver,” she says.

Hebrew). In 1999, Iris landed a job at Hillelon the Stanford University campus. Just ayear after joining Hillel, Iris came up with theidea of bringing college students togetherwith children. This idea became CampKesem. In exploring the possibilities for herfirst camp at Stanford, Iris and her team offour students found that the children ofcancer patients were especially underserved.The first session of Kesem was held in June,2001, making dreams come true not just forthe kids, but for Iris as well. The next year,students at Notre Dame expressed interest.Today, Camp Kesem can be found at NotreDame, UC San Diego, Duke, and Stanford.Iris serves as Executive Director of thenational organization, doing everything fromrecruiting volunteers to advising campdirectors. More information on CampKesem National, and participating campusescan be found at:

Lisa Richtmann, J’87 “My husband and Imoved to Winchester, Massachusetts lastsummer with our twins, Peter and Juliette.They were born February 21, 2003. We areenjoying life with toddler twins; they keep uson our feet! I am teaching French part-timeat The Children’s Own School in Winchester,one of the nation’s oldest Montessorischools. I continue to be involved with theplanning of the Tufts Foster Children’sHoliday Party. It’s very gratifying to be givingback to the community and staying con-nected with friends from Tufts!”

Rosa Maria Ares Roman, R’04, wasawarded a United Nations FulbrightFellowship and will be in New York city thifall at the UN working at UNICEF. She will

Jason Sachs, R’93, in Mayof this year, Jason who isthe Research and PolicyConsultant at the Massa-chusetts Department ofeducation, was elected tothe Governing Board ofthe National Associationfor the Education ofYoung Children.

A manuscript written by Rebecca Stoltz,R’02, H. H. Bernstein, S. Rieber, D. Shapiroand K. Connors, appeared in the June issueof the Maternal and Child Health Journal.The manuscript is titled, “Assessing theLearning Needs of Maternal and ChildHealth Professionals to Teach HealthPromotion”.

Ellen Thompson, J’81, is working as anEducation and Program Manager at Boston’sChildren Museum. She is also working as amom to her 12 year old daughter, Remy.

Evan Wecksell, A ’01, is currently ProgramDirector of the New York Road RunnersFoundation. The mission if the Founda-tion is to promote health, well being, andpersonal achievement through participationin the sport of running in New York Citycommunities and populations with little orno access to structured athletic programming.Whether doing administration or working inthe field, Evan enjoys making a large impactin the lives of the over 3,000 New York Cityyouth the Foundation serves every week.

On October 2003, ten members of the Classof 1968 gathered together for a 4-day 35th

Reunion in Boulder, Colorado. Thanks tothe warm hospitality of Diane Merker, afabulous time was had by all. Not only didwe renew old friendships while exploringthe region, we also gleefully shared fondmemories of Tufts. Equally revealing werestories about family and work. Not countingour own children’s marriages, there havebeen 9 husbands, 18 kids and 262 plus yearsof marriage among us, as well as lots of talkabout life’s on-going challenges.

Iris Rave, J’99, is Founder and ExecutiveDirector of Camp Kesem National which isin its fourth year of operation, and kickingoff camps at four locations around thenation. The camps are geared to provide amagical experience for children who have aparent with cancer (Kesem means magic in

Attendees of the class of 1968 reunion included from left to right:Carol Bastien, Diane Smook, Leslie Margolis, Diane Merker, Joan

Rothstein, Frayda Viera, Judith Wasow,Janice Peters, Nancy Tamis, and Anita Marcus.

http://www.campkesemnational.org

be working on a projectdealing with infants atrisk. Rosa came to Eliot-Pearson from the Domini-can Republic and intendsto return there after herfellowship.

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