DestinationMadeira

Reunions 2011: April 28–May 1

Alumnae Lives & Legacies: The weekendincludes opportunities to hear from sisteralumnae. Madeira women from eachdecade will share stories of what Madeirawas like during their time here and thetwists and turns, adventures and discov-eries since they graduated.

Class Visits & Campus Tours: Althoughthere have been many changes toMadeira’s campus, the beauty in and outof the classrooms remains the same.Alumnae are invited to join classes withcurrent Madeira students and see campuswith a student tour guide.

Faculty Presentation: Step back into theclassroom and experience what learningis like today at Madeira with two ofMadeira’s faculty.

Friday Cocktails and Dinner: Join us for the annual cocktail party followed by dinner on campus. Feel free to dress up!

Meet Pilar Cabeza de Vaca! There will be a number of opportunities throughoutthe weekend to meet our new Head ofSchool, Pilar Cabeza de Vaca.

Griffith Cottages Ribbon Cutting: Join us Saturday afternoon for the officialribbon cutting ceremony to unveil theGriffith Cottages and to thank all of thosewho contributed to the Cottages forCommunity Campaign!

The Royal Wedding: On Friday morningjoin us in the Hospitality Suite for a tasteof Britain. We will be serving tea andscones in honor of the Royal couple.

Destination Madeira: Reunions 2011

ake plans to join classmates and friends for Reunions 2011:April 28 – May 1 to celebrate the place that is etched in your heart.

All alumnae are invited to be a part of this special weekend to reminisce,reconnect and rediscover Madeira.

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What Miss Madeira told her graduates in 1939 about

Greenway’s beauty is still true today:

“It will come back to you very vividly, very oftenwhen you are in a vacant or pensive mood.Other memories will come, too, of friends, ofclassmates, of teachers… But no memory will bemore vivid than the charm of Madeira.”Strong in Her Girls: The Madeira School Centennial History 1906–2006

1931, 1936, 1941, 1946, 1951Planning done by the Alumnae Office.If you wish to serve on your class’s committee,please let us know!

1956Anne Archbold CollinsValerie Williams

1961Monnie BellMary Paul CollinsMeg HemingwayEleanor Rubottom OddenJulie SchieffelinPat Shea Ward

1966Sarah Pettit DaignaultWendy Berol GiffordTracy G. SavageAnne Leavitt SextonJulie SpragueChristina Weppner

1971Diana du PontHeidi HillKatie LordJoan MorganAnn Rasenberger

1976Dorsey EshelmanElliottCarrie Ford OrserJane Krumrine Lawson-BellLaurinda LowensteinDouglas Carol Morrison ShielsLiza NiemannChase Rodgers HarriganKitty Weyl DoveWendy WoodworthRobbins

1981Kelly Callaway BohartElizabeth Coley FralinAnne Murray GambalDeborah Miller GreenePage HopkinsJoanie TanousBronwyn KennewegThornton

1986Heather McMillenBlevinsMary Alice BoehmNatasha BoissierMia Laveran BuhlCarrie Rocco DennisEliza Wilson IngleAlex KuczynskiAvery Miller

MichelleMalek OlsonVictoria ReeseColman Rackley RiddellSheila SampathCameron Proffitt TaylorNarges Zamani

1991Alice AyresSarah Chellgren CornwellPriscilla Lawson

1996Pheobe duPont HarrisEleanor Johnson EstesNatasha Linn

2001Sarah AmsbarySarah GorrellKody Hill-DavisKathleen McDermottLouisa Swain

2006Noelle AndreanoMary CadwallenderKristina NeighbourCarolina Richards

Committee Members ❤

Register @www.madeira.org/reunionsor call 1.800.893.2419

Schedule of Events

Thursday, April 28

6:00–6:30 p.m. Alumnae Legacy CocktailsChapel/AuditoriumTerrace

6:30–7:30 p.m. Legacy Dinner*Chapel/AuditoriumFoyer Mother and Daughters, Jane Casey Hughes ’55,

Alexandra Kuczynski ’86, Carolina Kuczynski Reid ’81

*Madeira leg’·a·cy n., pl. -cies — an alumna with a family connection, either past or present, to The Madeira School

Friday, April 29 A hospitality area will be available in the Student Center Lounge

8:00 a.m.–8:30 p.m. Reunions RegistrationHospitality Area

9:00–9:45 a.m. Class Visits or Student Led Campus ToursMain

9:50–10:35 a.m. Class Visits or Student Led Campus ToursMain

10:55–11:55 a.m. Reunion Keynote SpeakerChapel/Auditorium Milbry C. Polk ’71

12:00–1:30 p.m. Luncheon with Head of SchoolMain Terrace Pilar Cabeza de Vaca

1:35–2:20 p.m. Class Visits or Student Main Led Campus Tours

Register @www.madeira.org/reunionsor call 1.800.893.2419

1:45–3:00 p.m. Hidden Greenway by Bus IStudent Center Explore the far corners of

Greenway. Visit spots youremember well and seenew additions to campus including Griffith Cottages.Led by Meredyth Cole,Assistant Head of School.

2:00–3:00 p.m. Faculty and Student Lecture Hall, PresentationSchoolhouse II Led by Martin Ferrell,

History Teacherand Kate McGroarty, French Teacher

3:45–4:45 p.m. “Madeira Women Have Something to Say” Lecture Hall Alumnae Panel

Moderated by Sarah Pettit Daignault ’66

4:45–5:45 p.m. Hidden Greenway by Bus IIStudent Center

6:00–7:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception for all Reunion ClassesMain Terrace

7:00 p.m. Welcome and Remarks

Main Terrace Head of School Pilar Cabeza de Vaca

7:30–9:30 p.m. Class of 1961: Leading Ladies’The Land Celebration Dinner

7:30–9:30 p.m. Class of 1986: 25th Reunion ClassMeyer House Celebration Dinner

7:30–9:30 p.m. Dinner for all Reunion ClassesChapel/Auditorium

Register @www.madeira.org/reunionsor call 1.800.893.2419

Saturday, April 30 A hospitality area will be available in the Student Center Lounge.

8:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Reunions RegistrationStudent Center

8:00–10:15 a.m. BreakfastDining Hall

9:00–9:45 a.m. Morning PilatesThe Hurd Alexandra Buss ’99,

Director of the Pilates Center at The Madeira School

9:00–9:45 a.m. Hike to Black PondStudent Center Led by Heidi Santner Freeman ’89, Science Teacher

9:00–10:00 a.m. Riding ClinicThe Stables Dianna Rankin, Director of Riding

9:30–10:00 a.m. Alumnae/Student Choir RehearsalMain Living Room All are welcome to join and rehearse with

Madeira’s singing group, Sweet Ti

10:00–11:00 a.m. Alumnae Memorial ServiceMain Living Room Reverend Marion N. Silbert ’72

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Edith Wharton and the Villas of RomeLecture Hall CeCe T. Haydock ’71

12:00–2:00 p.m. Red, White, and BluegrassThe Oval Picnic Lunch with the Virginia Ramblers

Featuring a Photo Booth

2:00–3:00 p.m. State of the SchoolLecture Hall Head of School Pilar Cabeza de Vaca

Board President Jane Krumrine Lawson-Bell ’76

3:00–4:00 p.m. A Day in the Life of a Madeira Girl: Lecture Hall Student Panel

Moderated by M.A. Mahoney, Dean of Academic Affairs

3:00–5:00 p.m. Alumnae Tea Hosted by the Main Living Room Black Student Union

3:00–4:30 p.m. Zip Wire and Giant Swing

4:00–5:00 p.m. Griffith Cottages Griffith Cottages Ribbon Cutting

5:00–7:30 p.m. “Dinner by the Bite” Reception The Land for All Reunion Classes

Sunday, May 1

8:00 –10:00 a.m. Trail RideThe Stables Lauren Blondell, Horse Care Specialist

Bridget Hutchens, Riding Instructor

10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Champagne Brunch Hospitality Suite and Weekend Slide Show ‰

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Reunion Speakers

Milbry C. Polk ’71

Milbry C. Polk ’71 is the Co-Founderand Director emeritus of WingsWorldQuest, a nonprofit organizationthat supports the work of womenexplorers. Her own explorations havebeen in the Middle East and Asia(North Africa, Arabia, Yemen, Iran,Pakistan, India, Nepal, Laos, andBurma) and recently in the Arctic andTibet. A Fellow of the Explorers Club,a Fellow of the Royal GeographicSociety, and an Honorary Fellow of theRoyal Canadian Geographical Society,Milbry is creating educational programs to engage young people in scienceand exploration. She is the author of numerous books, a widely exhibited photographer, and a lecturer. Her profile on CBS Sunday Morning, “They Also Dared,” won a Gracie Award. Her other awards include Leader of the 21st Century from Women’s eNews, the Women’s Environmental Leadership Award from Unity College and in March 2011, Milbry will be awarded theAnne Morrow Lindbergh Award from the Lindbergh Foundation. In additionto these awards, she serves on a variety of museum, theater, news and artsorganization boards. Milbry’s next venture involves a major conference onAffordable World Security. After graduating from Madeira, Milbry received a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Harvard University.

Milbry will be the Reunion Keynote Speaker on Friday, April 29 at 10:55 a.m. in the Chapel/Auditorium.

CeCe Turner Haydock ’71

CeCe Turner Haydock ’71 speaks frequently on historic gardens at colleges, arboreta, and garden clubs.A graduate of Princeton University,CeCe also has a master’s degree inlandscape architecture from SUNYSchool of Environmental Science and Forestry. She has practiced residential landscape architecture for the past 25 years and specializesin sustainable building as a LEED (Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design) accreditedprofessional. She is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council and theAmerican Society of Landscape Architects. Last fall she visited 25 gardensin France and is working on a lecture on Parisian gardens. In 2007 while aVisiting Scholar at the American Academy of Rome, CeCe researched andphotographed the Roman villas visited by Edith Wharton. Wharton’s prolificcareer as a fiction writer is well-known but her unusual ability both to observeand to write puts her at the forefront of Italian garden critics as well; her book Italian Villas and their Gardens remains today a scholarly resource onthe subject. CeCe will analyze eight Roman villas described by Wharton inher influential book and discuss the influence of the villas on Wharton's ownhouses and her novels.

CeCe will speak onSaturday, April 30 at 11:00 a.m. in the Lecture Hall.

Register @www.madeira.org/reunionsor call 1.800.893.2419

Awards

The Louise Wheelock Willson ’48 Outstanding Volunteer AwardThis year’s award recipient is Terry Huffington ’72.

This award, established in June 1998, by sisters Jo Monell ’83and Kathleen Kavanagh (former Director of Development and Campus Resident),recognizes a volunteer whose record of service to Madeira has made an outstanding contribution to the School. The award recognizes and honors the spirit and accomplishments of Louise Wheelock Willson ’48. A volunteerfrom her days as secretary for her class during her senior year, Louise went on to serve as class agent, class secretary, gift club chair, reunion committee chair, and in the process became a catalyst for communication among her classmates.Her enthusiasm and love of her school and her classmates were shown in everytask she undertook; no job was too big or too small for her to tackle and do well. It is a pleasure to honor Louise’s memory and future volunteers who, like her, help keep Madeira strong.

The Alumnae Recognition AwardThis year’s award recipient is Milbry C. Polk ’71.

The Alumnae Recognition Program was developed in1991 to note the achievements of special alumnae: tomake them known as real women and role models for the student body and other graduates. Miss Madeira wasdetermined never to have academic awards in her school,and wrote that “the principle of recognition is a correctthing, but not the principle of reward.” The Madeira

School recognizes Milbry Polk’s achievements in the field of exploration and her efforts to support women in exploration.

This year’s awards will be presented Saturday, April 30th at the Picnic Lunch: Red, White and Bluegrass. Ø

We, the class of 2011, have given with gratitude & excitement for the four years of education we received at Madeira. Won’t you join us?

Please celebrate your reunion by making a special gift to The Madeira Fund. www.madeira.org/giveonline

The Festina Lente CupAwarded to the reunion class that reaches the highest percentage of participation in The Madeira Fund.

The Madeira CupAwarded to the reunion class that meets itsfundraising goal for The Madeira Fund.

Challenge Cups to be awarded during Reunion Weekend

Awards will be calculated based on gifts/pledges received by April 22, 2011. In addition, winning classes will enjoy champagne throughout the weekend.

Transportation InformationShuttle ServiceMadeira will provide shuttle service from the Staybridge Suites McLean to campus throughout each day. A complete schedule of pick-up and drop-off times will be available at the hotel and theReunion Registration desk. Madeira will alsoprovide golf cart and shuttle service to andfrom events on campus.

Private Executive ServicesContact James Jones at 703.975.7920 orprvex@yahoo.com for private car service.

Travel InformationRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)National is approximately thirty minutes from Madeira and is Metro accessible.The nearest Metro stop to Madeira is West Falls Church on the Orange Line. (http://www.mwaa.com/national)

Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)Dulles is approximately thirty minutes from Madeira. (http://www.metwashairports.com/Dulles)

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)BWI is approximately one hour from Madeira. (http://www.bwiairport.com)

Union StationAmtrak trains terminating at Union Station are Metro accessible. The nearest Metro stop to Madeira is West Falls Church on the Orange Line.(http://www.amtrak.com)

Register @www.madeira.org/reunionsor call 1.800.893.2419

Arrival When you arrive on campus, check in at the Student Center to receive yournametag, weekend program, and other important information that you will needfor programs and events. Please Note: for security purposes, please wear yournametag at all times.

AttireThe dress for Reunions 2011 is both comfortable and casual. Friday night’s attire is cocktail while Saturday night’s attire is casual. Don’t forget to pack your Red and White and, as always, come prepared to do a good bit of walking around campus. The weather in Virginia in April can be unpredictable. We suggest youbring a light sweater and an umbrella, just in case!

Alumnae OfficeWe look forward to receiving your registration by Monday, March 28 and seeing you on campus April 28—May 1. Please do not hesitate to contact theAlumnae Office with any questions. Office hours are Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Madeira School, Alumnae and Development Office8328 Georgetown Pike McLean, Virginia 22102703.556.8221 800.893.2419 703.893.1532 (fax)

Holland Williams ’83 Director of Alumnae Relations703.556.8223 or hwilliams@madeira.org

Rebecca Sparks Assistant Director of Alumnae Relations 703.556.8232 or rsparks@madeira.org

www.madeira.org Facebook page: Madeira Alumnae

Hotel InformationThe Madeira School has established a special rate at the Staybridge SuitesMcLean-Tysons Corner, VA for the weekend. The dates of the block are April 28, 2011 to May 1, 2011

Staybridge Suites McLean-Tysons Corner6845 Old Dominion Drive, McLean, VA 22101 1.800.238.8000www.staybridge.com/mcleanva

Rooms and Rates:Studio suites: $99 per night, plus 9% taxOne-bedroom suites: $109 per night, plus 9% taxBlock code: J93Block name: Madeira SchoolCut-off date: Thursday, April 7, 2011

You can use the block code (J93) to make reservations on-line atwww.staybridge.com/mcleanva or you can call the reservation line at 1.800.238.8000 and ask for ‘group block’ and use our block name (Madeira School).

Other Tysons Corner hotels, at which Madeira does not hold room blocks, are listed below. Please note that there is on-going construction in the area surrounding these hotels.

Hilton McLean at Tysons Corner 7920 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102 703.847.5000

Sheraton Premiere8661 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, Virginia 22182 703.448.1234

Residence Inn by Marriott8616 Westwood Center Drive, Vienna, Virginia 22182 703.893.0120

Ritz-Carlton1700 Tysons Boulevard, McLean, Virginia 22102 703.506.4300

RegistrationWe expect strong attendance for Reunions 2011—please help us make your return to Greenway an enjoyable one by registering no later than Monday,March 28, via phone (703.556.8221) or online at www.madeira.org/reunions. It is essential that all alumnae and guests formally register to participate in any facet of Reunions 2011.

Fees & CancellationsThe weekend fee of $125 per person covers the cost for each individual to participate in all of the on campus activities and includes the cost of breakfast, lunch, cocktails, and dinners offered on campus during the weekend. Cancellations received prior to April 1 will be refunded less a $50 fee. No refunds can be made for cancellationsreceived after April 1.

Option 1:All Inclusive Reunion Weekend, $125 (per person)

Option 2:All Inclusive Reunion Weekend for the Class of 2006, $60 (per person)

Option 3:Friday: All Inclusive, $70Saturday: All Inclusive, $70(per person)

The registration deadline is March 28 and all fees are payable in advance.

Register @www.madeira.org/reunionsor call 1.800.893.2419

Can’t wait to see you at Reunions 2011April 28–May 1

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