Pine Point School

Summer/Fall 2011ViewPoints

Annual Report

BOARD OF TRUSTEESAlan BanisterLisa Tepper Bates (Community Leader) Scott Bates (Community Leader) Stephen W. Bennhoff, Head of SchoolKevin BowdlerMrs. Dionne L. ButlerDr. Stephen Coan (Community Leader) Lou DoboeSusan Funk, Vice PresidentLinda Goddard, PresidentGeraldine GriffinChris Hilton, TreasurerW. Lee HisleNorman JasonDebbie O’Brien Carla Petrocelli, SecretaryKimberly Dreir RickWilliam R. RollaJennifer SchwindtJoe StaleyMarcy Withington, Treasurer

PRESIDENT’S COUNCILPeter BriggsSearle FieldJohn FioreSusan FunkValerie GrimmDirk t.D. HeldSusanne KnisleyMarcia McGowanKim PaddonArdice PerryJanie StanleyKaren Stone

CONTRIBUTORSEditor: David Hannon, Director of DevelopmentAssistant Editor: David Cruthers,

Associate Director of Development Designer: Rosemary Robertson, Publications CoordinatorContributors: Stephen Bennhoff, Ann Bergendahl,Allen Davis ’07, Paul Geise, David Hannon,Ann Hallberg Harvey ’73, Lifetouch National Studios,James O’Brien ’05, Tom Owen ’08, Rebecca Proctor ’98,Chip Riegel Photography, Rosemary Robertson, andGary Williams

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Features2 Commencement 2011Pine Point bid farewell to the thirteen graduating members of the Class of 2011while honoring those in the Middle School who distinguished themselves duringthe course of the year. In his final official address to the Pine Point family depart-ing Head of School Paul Geise delivered the Commencement Address.

15 Pine Point Welcomes Stephen Bennhoff as Head of SchoolA new chapter in the School’s history began when Stephen Bennhoff assumed thereins as the 10th Head of School at Pine Point. Stephen comes to Pine Point witha wealth of experience in independent schools. In his first formal communicationwith members of the Pine Point community, he offers the three central tenets thathe believes are at the heart of learning and define what makes a school great.

20 Endowment Gets Strong BoostOver $332,000 was committed to the endowment last year, helping to push themarket value of this all-important asset over $2 million for the first time ever.

24 A Traveler’s SpiritSince her senior year in secondary school, all of Rebecca Proctor’s ’98 formalschooling has occurred in Europe, and for the last three years she has lived in theUnited Arab Emirates, but home will always be New London.

27 VariationsA sophomore at Williams College, Allen Davis ’07 is equally at home pursuinghis passion for astrophysics and philosophy as he is playing trombone with theBerkshire Symphony Orchestra.

28 An Expanding ViewAs he embarks on his final year at Colby College, James O’Brien ’05 reflects onthe semester he spent in Salamanca.

31 On the Road with Mr. WilliamsSupported by a Fiore Fellowship and with the spirit of Charles Kuralt guiding him,Middle School Teacher Gary Williams took to the road to rediscover America.

Annual Report36 Donations Top $740,000In an environment that remained challenging, the Pine Point family once againshowed its devotion to the School by pushing the Annual Fund to its second-bestshowing ever and raising $332,000 in endowment funds.

Front cover: In April, Stephen Bennhoff spent a week at PinePoint in his role as the newly-named Head of School. It was anopportunity for him to better acquaint himself with the Schooland the extended community.

Table of Contents: In a single day an outside photographer cap-tured the essence of Pine Point. Every day at Pine Point you’llfind students working closely with their teachers while togetherthey enjoy sharing their educational journey and their lives withtheir classmates.

Departments49 Class Notes

63 Former Faculty and Staff

67 Milestones

(Photos by Chip Riegel Photography)

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First Scholar Awards The First Scholar Award is presented to thestudent who has maintained the highest ac-ademic average in his or her class for theyear. The 2011 recipients of the First ScholarAward were:

Grade 6-Julia Little ’14Grade 7-Georgia White ’13Grade 8-Edward Litvinov ’12Grade 9-Hannah Long ’11

Hugh Huidekoper Toulmin PrizeThis prize is presented in memory of HughHuidekoper Toulmin, a former parent andBoard member known for his welcomingwarmth and love of Pine Point, to a studentcompleting Grade 6. The recipient is se-lected by the faculty and Head of School forpossessing qualities similar to the kindness,vitality, optimism, and sincere love and re-spect for all people which were characteris-tic of Mr. Toulmin. The Toulmin Prize wasawarded to Emily Marquardt ’14.

The moments before the formal ceremony takes place offerone more chance to have a little fun, to enjoy each other’scompany, and to put everything in its proper place. In thisphoto, Mrs. Dolphin adjusts Nolan Burkholder’s corsage.

(Photos by Lifetouch National Studios)

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Presenting Toulmin Prize winnerEmily Marquardt ’14, Middle

School Head Diana Owen declared,“Conscientious; hardworking, andkind-hearted; this year’s recipient

embodies strong minds and caringhearts. Refreshingly honest and

forthright yet sensitive and com-passionate, this 6th grader is always

first to offer help to anyone whoneeds it, assisting in matters as

mundane as lending a pencil and assignificant as lending an ear.” Emily

is shown with Lower School HeadSusan Kozel and Head of School

Paul Geise.

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The soon-to-be graduatesassembled for the traditionalclass photo, only to discover thatthey were missing one of theirclassmates − Bon Hui Cho ’11.He arrived a few minutes later,and a new sign was created.

Bon Huiis here!

Reflecting on Leib Award winner Mia Perry ’13, Mrs. Owen said, “As astandout student and natural leader, this person also radiates beauty andgoodness that positively impacts every moment of her time at Pine PointSchool. She has the poise to lead publicly and the conscientiousness tosupport her teachers and peers when others aren’t watching.”

David Whittemore Leib AwardIn memory of David Whittemore Leib, a distinguished and unselfishmember of the Class of 1970, this award is made yearly to a deservingstudent in Grade 7 whose willingness to help the school and whose aca-demic achievements are both meritorious. The recipient of the LeibAward was Mia Perry ’13.

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The Goldman Award for Excellence in MathematicsEstablished on the tenth anniversary of the retirementof Sheila Goldman in recognition of her enthusiasmfor mathematics teaching, the award is given by herfamily to commemorate her fifteen years of teaching atPine Point and presented to a student in the middleschool who displays the curiosity, joy of discovery, andproblem solving skills that are fundamental to mathe-matics excellence. The recipient of the award exempli-fies both talent in the discipline of mathematics andthe desire to share that knowledge and insight withhis/her classmates. The Goldman Award went toAustin Rosenberg ’11.

Loring M. Bailey, Jr. AwardIn memory of Loring M. Bailey, Jr., Class of1959, who died in Vietnam on March 15,1970, the award is given annually in hisname to that student in Grade 8 who, in theeyes of his or her classmates and the fac-ulty, exemplifies the spirit of “service to theschool.” The honor of the Bailey Award wasbestowed upon Emmanuel Perry ’12.

Andrew E. Leadbetter PrizeThis award, in memory of Andrew E. Lead-better, a member of the Class of 1989, isgiven annually to a student who bestdemonstrates academic achievement, aca-demic improvement, or the courage of An-drew Leadbetter. The recipient of theLeadbetter Prize was Shylia Barnes ’11.

Jules Escorcio-Schneider AwardIn memory of Jules Escorcio-Schneider, amember of the Class of 1986, this award isgiven annually to the student who bestdemonstrates those aspects of school spirit,cooperation, and enthusiasm that weredemonstrated by Jules Escorcio-Schneiderand who works toward the betterment of thePine Point community. The winner of theEscorcio-Schneider Award was CooperFeltes ‘11.

Regarding this year’s Bailey Award win-ner, Emmanuel Perry ’12, Mrs. Owensaid, “What makes this award extra spe-cial is that the recipient emerges fromthe votes of the students themselves, per-haps the highest praise possible withinthe life of a middle schooler. This personhas been actively involved with studentgovernment this year as a class represen-tative and was an exemplary communica-tor to his constituency. A gentle,mild-mannered smile and a quiet confi-dent spirit make this person stand out.What distinguishes this individual evenmore is that skilled ability to genuinelylisten to peers and to take concerns backto student leadership. This year’s recipi-ent superbly exemplifies the spirit of ‘ser-vice to the school.’ Known to all by justone letter [E], the 2011 Loring Bailey, Jr.Award is presented to Emmanuel Perry.”

Reflecting on Leadbetter Prize winnerShylia Barnes ’11, Mrs. Owen said,“Since kindergarten, this person hasgrown up at Pine Point under thewatchful eye of many teachers here.We have all embraced this youngwoman and have enjoyed watching thisgraduate grow into a hard-workingand self-directed learner. When theroad was difficult and the academicand personal challenges great, thisyear’s recipient demonstrated a steelyresolve to take on her challenges. Weare delighted to recognize this coura-geous scholar for her achievements.”

Presenting Escorcio-Schneider Awardwinner Cooper Feltes ’11, Mrs. Owendeclared, “There have been few indi-

viduals within the history of Pine Pointwho have had such a presence in the

daily rhythm and flow of school life asthis awardee. If a languished momentneeded a raucous cheer, he’d provide

it. If an infusion of positive energy waswarranted, he’d be there to supply it.Younger children flocked to him andlooked up to him, way up. He is theembodiment of school spirit at PinePoint.” Cooper was also one of fourgraduating 9th graders to receive the

Fine Arts Award.

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Marshall McKim Prize for WritingThis award is given annually in memory of MarshallMcKim to a student who reflects the sincere love for andappreciation of writing exemplified by Marshall McKim,a member of the Class of 1984, who learned to lovewriting while at Pine Point. The McKim Prize was pre-sented to Hannah Long ’11.

Mabel Kornacki Carlson AwardIn memory of Mabel Kornacki Carlson, a warm and giv-ing teacher who served Pine Point for twenty-threeyears, this award is presented to a 9th grade student whohas demonstrated patience, caring, and commitment tothe community. The winner of the Mabel Kornacki Carl-son Award was Marion Philippe ’11.

Nancy Tattersall Roberts AwardThe award is given in honor of Nancy Tattersall Roberts’25 years at Pine Point School by her son, Col. MalcolmRoberts, and her daughter, Nancy Hibbard Roberts ’65,to a student who has demonstrated a love for and excel-lence in foreign language. The Nancy Tattersall RobertsAward was presented to Hannah Long ’11 and MarionPhilippe ’11 for their work respectively in Spanish andFrench.

The Hinkle Award for Latin ScholarshipThe Hinkle Award for Latin Scholarship is presented to adeserving student in the middle school who demon-strates excellence in Latin. The Hinkle Award for LatinScholarship went to Natalie Hawley ’14.

Lower School HeadSusan Kozel andMiddle School HeadDiana Owen (alongwith Head of SchoolPaul Geise) have theprivilege of runningcommencement.

Alexander Hawley ’12 accepted the Hinkle Award for LatinScholarship on behalf of his sister, Natalie Hawley ’14, who wasdescribed as “quiet, determined and conscientious” and lauded

for her “consistent excellence in reading, writing and translatingLatin throughout the year.” On hand to make the presentation

were Janet Hinkle and her daughter, Lily Hinkle ‘10.

Coaches’ Award recipients shown to the left are Marion Philippe ’11,Simone City Kronholm ’11, and Nolan Burkholder ’11. Regarding theirselection, Mrs. Owen declared, “This year we recognize three athletes,two young women and one gentleman. Simone Kronholm ’11 was apowerful, skilled, and intelligent attack player who is blessed withspeed, shooting ability, and unbelievable endurance. As a gymnast ora jumper or a field hockey or lacrosse player, she was a coach’s dreamwho was consistently prepared and gave 100% at practice and duringgames. The other female recipient, Marion Philippe ’11, was aninspiration to her teammates and coaches, always willing to helpothers improve their skills while never giving less than her best. Itdidn’t take long to realize that she would be a consistent, strong, andsmart defender in all three seasons of sports, a position that is oftenunheralded. And of course, her passion for basketball was unbridled.The male athlete, Nolan Burkholder ’11, displayed his leadership andsportsmanship quietly, letting his actions and behavior serve as amodel for others. He lead by example and encouraged younger playersto be positive and to push their limits. His coaches described histenacious energy and fiery spirit.”

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Fine Arts AwardThe Fine Arts Award is given to adeserving student or students, in theMiddle School who demonstrate tal-ent and devotion to personal expres-sion through art, music, dance,and/or theater. The 2011 award waspresented to Ben Dameron ’11,Cooper Feltes ’11, Jade Gilman ’11,and Austin Rosenberg ’11.

The Coaches’ AwardThe Coaches’ Award recognizesoutstanding athletes in the graduat-ing class who have demonstratedskills, desire, and team spiritthroughout their athletic experienceat Pine Point. The recipient mustdemonstrate leadership as well assportsmanship and represent theSchool in a positive way to all com-petitors. The Coaches’ Award waspresented to Nolan Burkholder ’11,Simone City Kronholm ’11 and Mar-ion Philippe ’11.

Headmaster’s PrizeThe Headmaster’s Prize is awardedannually to a member of the gradu-ating class who has demonstratedexcellence in effort, academicachievement, loyalty, and service tothe School, and whose quiet effortshave helped make Pine Point a bet-ter school and a happier place. TheHeadmaster’s Prize went to HannahLong ’11.

Academic Highest HonorsAcademic Highest Honors are awarded to those students in the middle school who finished theyear with a 4.0 average, or better, based on their final course grades.

Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade Ninth GradeElizabeth Fleming Georgia White Alexander Hawley Hannah LongVivienne Gao Edward Litvinov Marion PhilippeHolly Gillespie Austin RosenbergNatalie HawleyAndrew HiltonGrace LinharesJulia LittleGrant Long

Academic High HonorsAcademic High Honors are awarded to those students in the middle school who finished theyear with a 3.67 average, or better, based on their final course grades.

Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth GradeMadison Hurtgen Athan Bourganos Andrew BronkMia Marciano Porter Brown Schyler DavisEmily Marquardt Mallory Kane Gaelen FrinkOliver Parsons Mia Perry Inpyo HongAndrew Rosenberg James ReidChristopher West Christopher Wilbur

Academic HonorsAcademic Honors are awarded to those students in the middle school who finished the yearwith a 3.33 average, or better, based on their final course grades.

Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade Ninth GradeIsobel Griscom Seth Antoch Maria Diaz Ryan DuguayJonathan Powell Ashlyn Buffum Karalyn Falck Cooper FeltesJulianna Rick Christian Diaz Alexandra Pavarini Simone City KronholmBrianna Seidel John Hisle Carl ReiserSamantha Seymour Orion Marco Cassandra Seidel

Mallory McArdleQuinlan WoodGeorge Zingus

Hannah Long ’11 was the First Scholar in the 9th grade and the recipient of the MarshallMcKim Prize for Writing and the Nancy Tattersall Roberts Award. Regarding the latter,

Mrs. Owen, said, “A master of vocabulary, as well as grammar, this Spanish studentknows how to communicate in a meaningful way. She has a love of the language but moreso, she is interested in Hispanic culture and people. She is proficient with both oral and

written expression. Additionally, she applied those skills to forge a special friendshipwith a student she met on the International Studies Program trip to Costa Rica.”

A student at Pine Point for eight years, she also won the Headmaster’s Prize. Reflect-ing on that selection, Mrs. Owen remarked, “This year’s recipient is a study in contrasting

characteristics. This student is tenacious, but also willing to bend and mediate. She ishigh-achieving, but also recognizes when she needs to improve. Although she doesn’t

hesitate to speak up, she will always listen carefully to others. She can be chatty, but alsoquiet and maturely reflective. She has the ability to intuitively switch gears at the right

time. This knack for knowing what needs to be done to succeed academically, to performathletically, to support others socially, and to serve the School loyally and graciously

speaks to her depth of character.”

For the last eleven years Head of School Paul Geisehas welcomed back to campus alumni and distin-guished guests to deliver the Commencement Ad-dress; this year that honor fell to him.

am delighted and humbled to be participating in this ceremony for the twelfthtime … but from this vantage point for the very first time. And what a distinct honor it is to be graduating with you today. Commencement

is a day which marks your end as well as your beginning from Pine Point. Mine, too.I trust you have been doing a bit of what I have been doing … thinking about thesefinal moments as a current member of the Pine Point community as well as remem-bering back when it all began. Austin, you are the king of longevity here, neck andneck with me for Pine Point time. Ryan, I still will consider you a lifer even thoughsome of us wish to point out the technicalities of your brief stint away from this fine,fine school. It does matter, however, that you began and finished here … kudos toyou. Simone and Ben, the two of you arrived here in kindergarten. Shylia, you beganthe following year. Then came Hannah with the move from Cincinnati as you enteredgrade two. Cooper, you began charming us in 5th grade and then we were wonder-fully flooded with Dan, Marion, Nolan, and Jade in 6th grade to begin your middleschool years here. Sam, initially under protest and now inspired, you entered in 8th

grade and later that same year Bon Hui, you enrolled having transferred from SouthKorea. All in all, you comprise a terrific group of strong minds and caring hearts!

Yes, we all had our separate starts and now our collective finish. But it’s the “in-between” that unites us; all the incredible moments we have shared together thathave informed and shaped us … that have linked and bound us. I think Tennysonexpressed it best:

“We all had ourseparate starts andnow our collectivefinish. But it’s the‘in-between’ thatunites us; all theincrediblemoments we haveshared togetherthat have informedand shaped us …that have linkedand bound us.”

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“You have been given invaluable gifts while atPine Point by your teachers who have taughtyou, challenged you, expected great thingsfrom you and have loved you … but also haveheld you accountable and demanded nothingbut your best efforts. They have wanted youto do the best with what you have been given.And now we’re showing you the door, publiclyconfirming that we think you are ready tocross the threshold into a new beginning.And I am joining you, having learned some ofthose same lessons from these greatteachers.”

I am a part of all that I have met;Yet all experience is an arch wherethroughGleams that untravelled world, whose margin fadesFor ever and for ever when I move.How dull it is to pause, to make an end,To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!…Little remains: but every hour is savedFrom that eternal silence, something more,A bringer of new things;…To follow knowledge like a sinking star,Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.

We are inextricably connected to each other. Throughout the years, I have had innumerable

opportunities to talk to and with you, sometimestalking at you, and always hopefully to learn fromyou. It has not been all fun and games, but I dothink you will reflect upon your years of study atPine Point as among the finest collection of learningexperiences you will ever encounter.

Your speech theme this year was of the positivepower of pain … and your final messages were re-ally quite moving and striking … Ben began with hisPhilmont challenges, pushing yourself to the limitand to keep going. Dan talked about his painful re-location from New Hampshire and described pain asa motivator. For Jade, her strength has come fromenduring the crashing tidal waves, as she expressedit, of illnesses and personal challenges growing up.Uncle Austin spoke about his baby nephew Matayoand that the painful intrusions of a new life are far,far outweighed by its joys and blessings. Marion andShylia and Cooper and Bon Hui, each in theirunique deeply personal stories, all shared theirhopes for healing amidst the pain of family strife,and that love conquers all. Ryan recounted his painfrom the departure of a close friend to learn thevalue of real friendship. Nolan told us moving ac-counts of his cousin’s tragic death coupled with theblessing of his nephew’s birth. Sam shared his per-sonal transformation at Pine Point from a resistantstudent to a genuine scholar and gentleman. Simonespoke about the pain of saying good-bye today andthe power of what the Pine Point family has meantto her. Hannah concluded the speeches commentingon the pain of loss and the prevalent pain of the un-known. She finished stating what every classmate ex-pressed in one way or another: she said, “I amscarred but strong, and ready to walk out the doorsof the past years and into the next.”

Such an appropriate and timely metaphor fortoday.

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In 1949, during the beginning year of PinePoint’s operation, a wonderful award-winning bookcalled The Door in the Wall was published. It’s afictitious story of a crippled boy in 14th centuryEngland whose experiences, challenges and educa-tion throughout his sojourn prove his moralcourage and earns recognition from the king. Themain character, Robin, was the Harry Potter charac-ter of his time … Brother Luke was Dumbledore.

In the beginning year of my tenure at Pine Point50 years later, when Austin and Ryan were TeddyBears, I wrote my first article about this book andthe positive power of the message it conveyedamidst the pains of the young boy’s journey.

The friar says to Robin, “Thou hast only to fol-low the wall far enough and there will be a door init.”

Later in the book, weary Robin asks his teacher,“What think you, Brother Luke, shall I everstraighten?”

And he replies: “ … this I will tell thee. A fineand beautiful life lies before thee, because thouhas a lively mind and a good wit. Thine arms arevery strong and sturdy [from exercise] … but onlybecause thou hast had the will to do it. Fret not myson. None of us is perfect. It is better to have

crooked legs than a crooked spirit. We can only dothe best we can with what we have. That, after all, isthe measure of success: what we do with what wehave. Come let us go on … ”

So there it is. The measure of success − ”Whatwe do with what we have.”

Each of you, in different measures, has beenblessed with great gifts. Some in writing. Some inspeaking. Others with analytical thinking and prob-lem solving. And still others with art and music anddance. On the sports field as well as on the stage.

Your parents gave you the gift of a Pine Point ed-ucation, and for that we are deeply grateful to them.And so should you.

You have been given invaluable gifts while at PinePoint by your teachers who have taught you, chal-lenged you, expected great things from you and haveloved you … but also have held you accountable anddemanded nothing but your best efforts. They havewanted you to do the best with what you have beengiven. And now we’re showing you the door, publicly

confirming that we think you are ready to cross the threshold into a new beginning.And I am joining you, having learned some of those same lessons from these greatteachers.

No matter what, in both the pains and pleasures which inevitably lie ahead for youin secondary school and in college and beyond that … know that you are loved by allof us at Pine Point School. We think the world of you.

We ask you to keep working on making the world a better place because of how youwill impact it. There is an immense amount of pain in the world, as you well know. Stepthrough the door in the wall and embrace the positive power of those pains to make ameaningful difference. We are a part of all that we have met, “yet all experience is anarch wherethrough gleams that untraveled world”… with respect, integrity, moralcourage, and excellence, breathe life into the future you carry through the door in thewall. And the world will measure your success by what you do with what you have. Maypeace be with you.

Come let us go on … Thank you.

Austin Rosenberg ’11 (who started out a TeddyBear in the Preschool) was the only student who

was here for Mr. Geise’s entire tenure. Due to thecoincidence of the alphabet, Austin was the last

person to graduate in this year’s class and so Mr.Geise had the honor of presenting his final

diploma to the student who had been at his side,in a manner, for all twelve of his years here.

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Edward Litvinov ’12 was the First Scholar inthe 8th grade.

Julia Little ’14 andGeorgia White ’13respectively werethe First Scholarsin the 6th and 7th

grade.

Mr. Mitchell and Shylia Barnes ‘11

Ryan Duguay ’11 started out as a Teddy Bear atPine Point and in the blink of an eye he’s sud-

denly a sophomore at Stonington High School.

Kelly Kong,Victoria White,

Victoria Ferrigno,Adam Verhoeff ,

and Sam Patel, allmembers of the

Class of 2011,came back to seetheir classmates

graduate.

GraduationScenes from

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President of the Board of TrusteesLinda Goddard paid tribute todeparting Head of School PaulGeise while also offering hercongratulations to the graduatesat the same time presenting themwith a charge.

On behalf of the Board ofTrustees, I would like to extend myheartiest congratulations to thesoon-to-be graduates and theirfamilies. This is indeed a momen-tous occasion and an accomplishment to be deeply proud of.

You all have truly been blessed to have had the opportunity to attend Pine Pointand to have had families who value education so as to make any and every sacrificeto have given you this opportunity.

With that opportunity, comes a corresponding responsibility – and it is therecognition and joyful acceptance of that responsibility, that I believe more thananything else Pine Point so uniquely develops in each of its students.

That responsibility, maybe not so simply put, is to be a caring, nurturing, inquir-ing, empathetic, creative, optimistic, diligent and determined citizen of planet Earth.

This wonderful school, situated here in the middle of the peaceful, bucolicwoods of southeastern Connecticut, has allowed you to look out from little Stoning-ton, Connecticut, with a wide and powerful lens – it has opened your eyes, ears,hearts and minds to not only the vast beauty and goodness and charity that thisworld holds and offers, but also to its often vast challenges, tragedies and in-equities.

It is incumbent upon you now to go forth and fulfill your responsibility in yourunique and special way. I am fully confident that you will. Pine Point and your par-ents have given you the moral compass and the intellectual curiosity and horsepowerto do so.

The Acceptance of Responsibility

After four years in the Middle School, DanCunningham ’11 is now at Norwich FreeAcademy.

A student at Pine Point for two years, SamGodfrey ’11 attending Kent School.

On hand to wish Ben Dameron ’11 well were family mem-bers Terry Lindquist, Mrs. Dameron, Zach Dameron ’09,Ellie Peterson, Michael Dameron and Peggy Lukens. Benwas one of the four recipients of the Fine Arts Award. Hewas described as “an impressive and inspired actor” whooffered “audiences truly memorable dramatic perform-ances.” On behalf of their classmates, Ben and ShyliaBarnes ’11 announced that the class was giving two elec-tronic scoreboards for the playing fields.

(Photos by Lifetouch National Studios and David Hannon)

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Marion Philippe ’11 was one of two recipients of the NancyTattersall Roberts Award, and one of three recipients ofthe Coaches’ Award. She also won the Mabel KornackiCarlson Award. In presenting Marion with the CarlsonAward, Mrs. Owen said, “Care and concern is manifestedin many ways by this student. When towering above ayoung student, she instinctively understands to crouchdown to make the little one feel more comfortable. Whenworking with peers who need academic help, she uses agentle and reassuring voice to instruct. When working onthe GIVE committee, she showed compassion to those inthe community who need attention and support.“

Marion was chosen by her classmates to speak ontheir behalf at commencement. Having moved with herfamily from Michigan to Connecticut, she arrived at PinePoint as a new 6th grader. Looking back over “four unbe-lievably brief, but compacted, years” she found that shehad “grown and matured and built confidence for the fu-ture that is awaiting me.” Not surprisingly, the processwas not always easy as she “was afraid of letting go of myold self to become a new, metamorphosized person.”Even those changes, however, would be of a short dura-tion, affirming: “This is simply another chapter in mylife…I will embark on another journey. I know I willchange in the near future and that this is just a beginning,but these four years that I have spent here will never beforgotten, for I have done what I came here to do. As weall know, ‘Every good thing must come to an end.’”

Concluding with a quote from James Dean (“Dream asif you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today”), she urgedeveryone to: “Dare to look fear straight in the eyes and totell it that you are not afraid to falter. Dare to keep beingyourself through the ups and the downs that life can throwat you. Dare to never take anything for granted, for eter-nity may not be what you think. Dare to declare your feel-ings to anything or anyone, for it, too, could be gone in ablink of an eye. Dare to start living life to the fullest andto commence living the way you want.”

Marion Philippe ‘11 with her sister, Julie ’09, and mother Laurence

Fifth Grade Teacher Gay Long and herfather-in-law, Paul Long, were obviously

on hand to see Hannah graduate.

Wunanittounkwequai Gregoire ’12, Kiona Carter ’12,Cassie Seidel ’12, Maria Diaz ’12, and Kara Falck ’12

Jade Gilman ’11 was one of the recipients ofthe Fine Arts Award. Regarding her talents,Mrs. Owen said, “This student sees manyfacets of her art subjects; like her namesuggests, the more she polishes, the moreshe shines.” Jade is shown with family mem-bers.

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Bon Hui Cho ’11 spenta year and half at PinePoint and was the firstinternational studentto enroll at Pine Pointas part of the GEO(Global EducationOutreach) Program.One of the families hetouched includedBetsy Trimble ’77,Cooper Feltes ’11, andMichael Feltes.

Mrs. Abbiati andChristine Kong ‘07

David Rosenberg, Linda Voung (Justin’s girlfriend),Justin Rosenberg ’00, Lauren Swepson ’03 and herson Matayo (with his aunt, Briana Rosenberg ’01),and Eleanor Gagnon were on hand to celebrateAustin Rosenberg’s accomplishments.

Hannah Staley ’09 and Catharine Garbo ’10Teal performed a song entitled “Love with All Your Heart.” Left to right:Dr. Smith ’69 (who wrote the music), Shylia Barnes ’11, Hannah Long ’11(who wrote the lyrics), Simone Kronholm ’11, Kiona Carter ’12, Kara Falck ’12,and Porter Brown ’13

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Austin Rosenberg ’11 came to Pine Point following in the footsteps of his three older sib-lings. In Austin’s case, he arrived at Pine Point in September 1999, graduating as the stu-dent with the longest tenure at the School in the Class of 2011. At Commencement he wasone of four recipients of the Fine Arts Award and won The Goldman Award for Excellencein Mathematics. As his instructor of math for the last two years, Mrs. Owen felt particu-larly qualified to call attention to his skills in math but also his willingness to share hisknowledge. She said, “It’s often said that the shortest distance between two points is astraight line. Elegance in mathematics is seen when a problem solver uses a minimum ofsteps or an unusually succinct approach. Somehow, this student always managed to findthe most efficient and unique methods for solving problems. Furthermore, he was happyto share his thinking with his peers in a humble and sensitive way.”

To mark the day, Austin wrote a sestina entitled “Doorstep.” (A sestina is a tradi-tional 39-line poem that repeats the same six ending words in various orders in each ses-tet, and includes all six ending words inside the closing tercet.) The first sestet andclosing tercet are offered.

DOORSTEP

Adam Verhoeff ’11 and Maddy Neff ’10

Ms. Rafterywith Sophie

Groton ‘10 andElizabethReiser ‘10

Offering greetings to one another are: Rocky Marciano and Mrs. New-bery, (Dr. Smith ’69 in the background), Sue Verhoeff and Mary Minn,and Mrs. Smith and Allen Davis ’07.

Nat Lawton and her grand-children, Maeve Bennett ’21and Owen Bennett ’22

The Faculty Chorus offered Billy Joel’s “Everybody Has a Dream” to the 9th

graders, family, and friends.

I remember in sixth grade, this day seemed so far away,But it has come, standing here on our doorsteps.Looking for my parents, I feel unprepared venturing into the future,But Pine Point has given us everything we need to face fate,And we will persevere, knowing we have the strengthTo endure any obstacle thrown at us,

Everything has been provided for us, placed on our doorsteps.We will give nothing away, everything having relevance to fate,Teaching us about strength, and the potential within our future.

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With the announcement in May 2010 by thenHead of School Paul Geise that the 2010-2011school year would be his last at Pine Point, theBoard of Trustees undertook a nationwide searchto find his successor. Working with Senior SearchConsultant Chuck Burdick of Carney, Sandoe As-sociates, a Search Committee was put togetherand chaired by current parent and trustee Joe Sta-ley. Not surprisingly, the opportunity to lead PinePoint attracted the interest of a large number ofcandidates. The committee worked tirelessly overa six-month period to winnow a list of talentedindividuals who could take advantage of PinePoint’s many assets and help it to realize its fullpotential.

After pouring over files, interviewing candi-dates on and off campus, and following up withreferences, the Search Committee found them-selves in full agreement that one individual stoodout. On December 23, 2010, Joe Staley and Chairof the Board of Trustees Linda Goddard reportedto the constituency:

“Our search introduced us to many excellentcandidates, but it was clear from the momentStephen, his wife Aymi and son, Bryce, came tocampus that their enthusiasm and willingness toimmerse themselves in our culture and communitywas the right fit.”

-David C. Hannon, Director of Development

Dear Members of the Pine Point School Community,

It is hard to believe that one month has come and gone since my family andI were honored to learn that I would be taking over for Paul Geise this July asthe next Head of School at Pine Point School. For our family, it was an easydecision: from the first visit on campus to the final farewell of the interviewprocess, Pine Point hummed with a welcoming warmth and care for truly ex-traordinary learning. It was instantly clear to us that this was a magical place,and we wanted to be a part of it!

I am so looking forward to working alongside such a vibrant and caringgroup of teachers, staff, and administrators, and partnering with parents andfamilies in helping their children learn and grow. I want to thank and honor Paulfor his years of service, his innovative vision, and his dauntless efforts in mak-ing Pine Point a jewel of a school. I know that as a result of his work, in consortwith amazing faculty and staff, board members and alumni, parents andfriends, the school is in very strong shape as it looks to explore new horizons.

I know that I speak for myself, my wife Aymi, son Bryce (and even our Brit-tany Spaniel Lucky) when I say that we are excited to join all of you in being apart of the coming chapters in the life of the school. We look forward to gettingto know you all better in the months and years to come.

Cheers,

Stephen Bennhoff

Pine Point Welcomes Stephen Bennhoffas Head of School

In late June Stephen Bennhoffarrived in Connecticut with hiswife, Aymi, and their five-year-oldson, Bryce ’21, after driving cross-country from Utah to assume thereins of Head of School. He will bethe 10th Head of School since PinePoint’s founding in 1948.

In early January, Stephen sent out his first formal communication to thePine Point family:

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Trying to capture in a page or two Stephen’s accomplish-ments, his familiarity with the many facets of independentschools, the fact that he is well versed in a variety of academicdisciplines, and the importance of having experience in a vari-ety of schools across the country, all the while maintaining alife outside of school, is difficult indeed.

Stephen comes to Pine Point from Rowland Hall in SaltLake City, UT. Rowland Hall is Utah’s oldest coeducational col-lege-preparatory school and was founded in 1867. (To put itsfounding date into perspective, Utah didn’t achieve statehooduntil 1896.) Two urban campuses serve 1,000 students from thePreschool (age 2) through grade 12.

Stephen served as Principal of the Middle School for hisentire eight-year stay at Rowland Hall, overseeing 230 studentsand 40 faculty/staff. In that role, he was responsible for theMiddle School budget, faculty hiring and evaluation, studentlife and discipline, academic scheduling and programmatic vi-sion. During his tenure he helped to foster increased rigoracross the curriculum, particularly in math. In terms of teach-ing, he taught electives in personal finance and debate.

His responsibilities touched all aspects of the program atthe school. He teamed with the Lower and Upper School tosuccessfully increase enrollment retention and recruiting acrossdivisions, coordinated curricular scope and sequence, and en-hanced arts and athletics programming. To promote profes-sional development, he partnered with Westminster College tocreate an independent school Teacher Training/M.A.T. Insti-tute. Seeking to better market the school and to create an alter-native revenue stream, the board gave him full backing to buildfrom scratch a summer camp program (SummerRocks) whichwas a success in its first year of operation. As a member ofRowland Hall’s advancement team, he attended all board meet-ings and served on numerous ad hoc board committees includ-ing world languages, strategic planning, and marketing.

Respected by his peers outside of the Salt Lake City educa-tional community, he served on three PNAIS (Pacific NorthwestAssociation of Independent Schools) Visiting AccreditationTeams.

Calling upon his musical skills (he plays the piano, saxo-phone, flute, guitar, drums, and sings) he composed the musicand lyrics of “Forever Rowland Hall,” which was adopted as theschool song in March 2009.

Before making the move to Rowland Hall, Stephen served asSpecial Assistant to the Head, was Head of the Middle School,and was a teacher of 7th and 8th Grade U.S. History and Liter-ature, and algebra at The Hampton Day School (Bridgehamp-ton, NY) from 1999-2003.

In 1999 he earned his Master of Education from HarvardUniversity. As part of his graduate program he worked withCambridge Friends School’s Board of Trustees on their Head ofSchool search, capital campaign strategies, and provided analy-sis of their budget shortfall. In order to further familiarize him-self with the business side of education, he worked with SeaEducation Association’s president and trustees on a distancelearning initiative, including financial feasibility, faculty sup-port, and mission match at their Woods Hole facility.

Prior to graduate school he spent two years at The GailerSchool in Middlebury, VT as the Administrative Policy Chair-person and as a teacher in the Upper School. Among his manycontributions, he developed and taught a 9th grade interdisci-plinary curriculum combining full sections of English literatureand composition, history, world religions, art theory and his-tory of world cultures. He also led Upper School seminars inforeign affairs, environmental issues, and social policy. He alsocoached the Middle and Upper School boys’ and girls’ basket-ball teams.

He began his formal teaching career (1994-1996) in theMiddle School at Westminster School in Oklahoma City, OK asa teacher, coach, playwright and drama director. In the class-room he taught 6th, 7th, and 8th grade French, monthly elec-tives, and interdisciplinary English literature discussions.

Last year’s 9th grade, which included Cooper Feltes ’11, Simone Kronholm ’11(hidden) and Austin Rosenberg, met with Stephen in the Marie Battles SmithLounge.

Over the summer, Stephen had numerous opportunities to meetmembers of the Pine Point family. At the end of July Harvey and

Jeanne DeMovick hosted a gathering at their home in Weekapaug, RIto welcome the Bennhoffs to Pine Point. A week later, Stephen and

Aymi were attending their first Alumni Reunion. He’s shown withJoan Wiles, Sixth Grade Teacher Carol Roper, and John Wiles ’60.

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Whether you’re speaking with Stephen,sitting in his office, or looking over his re-sume, it’s clear that he’s at home in the out-doors. For four summers in the late 1990s heserved as the Senior Trip Director forWilderness Ventures Expeditions in JacksonHole, WY directing and leading six-weeklong expeditions for Upper School studentsthat combined elements of backpacking,mountaineering, kayaking, and rafting inAlaska, The Yukon, the Rockies, and the Pa-cific Northwest.

As at home as he is in the mountains,he’s equally passionate about sailing. Overthe years, he has been a sailing instructor inEvanston and Chicago during his collegeyears at Northwestern (also managing theUniversity’s boathouse for a season); inSeattle, Lorain (OH), and Boston. At eachstop along the way he gave instructions to allages. He also taught para- and quadriplegicsailors aboard specially adapted Freedom20’s as part of a Chicago Park DistrictCommunity Outreach program. It’s easy tosee how excited he is to be once again livingnear the water.

Not surprisingly, the summer was a busyone, and Stephen hit the ground running assoon as he arrived, attending to a host of re-sponsibilities and opportunities, be it work-ing with the division heads to ensure asmooth start to school or meeting PinePointers in individual and group gatherings.One of the first projects that he threw him-self into was the painting of the MiddleSchool hallways and adjacent classrooms.(Along with new carpeting and lockers, thespace has really been brightened up.) Afterwielding a paint brush for two days, hestopped to offer a quick email to the entirefaculty before he and his family took a cou-ple of days off, writing:

“Before I wrap up a few more projectsand head out for the holiday weekend, Iwanted to thank everyone for making my firstweek on the job feel so good and easy. Itamazes me how at home I already feel, andhow the relationships already feel collegialand constructive. This is a remarkable place,and there are extraordinary things in our fu-ture together...I know it. I look forward togetting to know you all even better in themonths and years ahead as we partner tomove Pine Point ahead.

“Enjoy the July 4th weekend, and thanksagain for your warm welcome.

“Cheers, Stephen”Minus four days without electricity after Irene came to town, Pine Point was relatively unscathed,though there were a good number of limbs and branches strewn about the campus. Stephenspent a morning attending to the debris by the Preschool playground.

Harvard University Graduate School of EducationMaster of Education, June 1999Concentration in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy ProgramCoursework included classes at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School

Northwestern UniversityBachelor of Arts, Art History, June 1992Minor in Environmental Sciences

Rocky River High School (Rocky River, OH)Graduated, June 1988Lettered in tennis and band; musical and dramatic theater; A.F.S. club

Notable Distinctions/Experiences� Gilder Lehrman Fellowship in American History at Amherst College

Study of 18th and 19th century civil rights and abolitionism

� Two-time winner of Peconic Teaching Grant for innovative multi-media curricula on 20th century civil rights movement

� Co-presenter/facilitator at 2004 PNAIS Conference seminar: “Best Practices inSchools”

� Athletic Tutor, Northwestern University Athletic DepartmentHired by the Athletic Department to tutor undergraduate varsity athletes inbiology, mathematics, art history, English, and composition

� A.F.S. high school student in Mombasa, Kenya

Education

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Five words that describe me: creative, organized, energetic,outdoorsy, happy

Bookmarks on my computer: Huffington Post, CAIS (ConnecticutAssociation of Independent Schools), 1981 Tartan 33’ Sailboat,Pottery Barn

Teacher who inspired me the most: Irwin Weil, my Russianlanguage professor at Northwestern, who told us to study andpursue topics and careers that interested us rather than just go forthe big salary jobs. He said that if we worked a job that we loved,we would get really good at it, and eventually be so renowned thatwe would have financial security, a voice in the community, all whilestill being happy. He was right.

Favorite things to do with my family: Go on a bike ride throughthe rolling back streets of Watch Hill, hit the duBois Beach inStonington after Bryce finishes aquanaut camp with the SailingFoundation, go for a sail on Fishers Island Sound

Favorite quote that still guides me: “One hundred years fromnow it will not matter what kind of car I drove, the size of my bankaccount, or the kind of house I lived in, but the world might be adifferent place because I was important in the life of a child.”

Favorite course to teach: Personal Finance to teens and tweens.Too many of us shy away from discussing money with our kids. Ihave taught a personal finance elective for the past 12 years toearly and older adolescents. They are at the right age to learn aboutcompounded interest, savings strategies, and basic investing, andinvariably finish the class wanting to get a job. I love that.

What I wanted to be as a college freshman: The drummer of acritically and popularly-acclaimed rock band, which I started withmy two best friends in 7th grade.

What my parents wanted me to be: Whatever made me happyand helped the world in some way

Leadership style: strategic, delegatory, participatory, generative,and inspirational

Book that influenced me the mostwhen I was in Middle School:Jonathan Livingston Seagull taught meto look beyond the perceived limit of asituation and to envision and thenmanifest a more vibrant reality.

StephenStephen on

Greeting Bryce Antoch ‘15 and Kerilynn Antoch on the firstday of school

Mr. Bennhoff welcomesTheo McGee ’21 at thestart of the school day.

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Dear Friends,

So there we were, my wife Aymi and I, sitting on our couch in Salt Lake City,Utah with an early October snowstorm raging outside our windows, lookingthrough the quarterly journals, newsletters, and annual reports of theindependent schools we were vetting for our professional and personal move.

We had been reading the alumni section of ViewPoints, in which theschool community is lucky to hear from our former students about all of theamazing roles and responsibilities they are taking on, and how muchappreciation they have for, and owe a debt to, their time at Pine Point.

I remember turning to my wife after spending 10 minutes or so lookingthrough ViewPoints with her. She had tears in her eyes. I was worried,because I really liked Pine Point thus far and was eager to come out inNovember and interview. I asked her, “Honey, what’s going on?”

“Pine Point,” she said with a smile and tear-stained cheeks. “Bryce has togo to Pine Point. You HAVE to get this job!”

Here we are eleven months later and two time zones earlier, extraordinarilyexcited to be some of the newest members of Pine Point School. As PinePoint’s tenth Head of School since its founding in 1948, it is an honor,privilege, and gift to be serving the school community, one which I take withthe greatest care, enthusiasm, and passion. One of the unique perspectives ofapplying for a Headship is that a candidate has the chance to look nationwide,sometimes internationally, and explore the wide range of school styles, sizes,locations, missions, and communities. It can be daunting, but it quicklycrystallizes in a candidate that he must know what he is looking for and toseek, like a needle in a haystack, that institution living a seamless marriage ofpractice and mission. There was no question: Pine Point is that school.

Since my first full-time teaching interview in 1994, three central tenetssummarize my belief in great education and have lived in my personalphilosophy statement. They are: critical thinking, communication, andcommunity (and yes, for you English majors, I am a glutton for alliteration).

Pine Point School is an extraordinary place. Get ready to hear that a lotfrom me in the years to come. I’m eager to start the 2011-2012 school yearwith a reinvigorated push on enrollment, telling the story of the school to oldand new friends alike and going out into the community to engage those folkswho may be thinking about exploring Pine Point, but are not quite acting on ityet. I’m eager to begin work with a remarkable faculty and staff who aremaking magic in the classroom on a daily basis, and support them as theywork to accomplish great things with our students. I’m eager to workalongside parents, trustees, alumni and neighborhood partnerships as wecollaborate to ensure a vibrant future for the school in the weeks, months, andyears to come.

When you find yourself in or near Stonington, I invite you to visit theschool and give me a ring, or swing by, so we can meet. I would so enjoyhearing your own Pine Point stories, as I get to know the history of the schooland its community. Enjoy your autumn season, and please do stay in touch.

Cheers,

Stephen Bennhoff, Head of School

Editor’s note: Past practice has always had the letter from the Head of School as thefirst article in ViewPoints. In this instance, however, it seemed appropriate to beginwith Commencement and the Commencement Address, delivered by then Head ofSchool Paul Geise, and then formally introduce Stephen, to be followed by his letter.

Critical ThinkingOur world needs problem-solvers able to collaborate, beit around a seminar table or via digital video conferenc-ing, to identify, wrangle with, and eradicate challengesthat face our society. We need a generation that can askinsightful questions, respectfully challenge norms, andseek a world that is a better version of itself. At the coreof this is the ability to think for one’s self, to query, syn-thesize, explore. Students require a context for their con-templation, and thus content is as important as skills. Butin the end, we want our students thinking for themselves.Knowledge is stuff; wisdom is the ability to use knowledgefor innovation and impact. Pine Point students are in thelead with regard to critical thinking.

CommunicationThe best ideas in the world are veritably useless unlessthey can be communicated clearly, articulately, and pas-sionately. Whether in writing or in speech, be it in Eng-lish, French, Spanish, Mandarin, or a hundred otherlanguages, leaders require the skill to reach out and sharetheir message with a wider audience. Pine Point’s student-led morning meetings, our early reading strategies in pre-school and kindergarten, and perhaps mostpredominantly, our ninth grade speeches, all share thesame goal of preparing citizens who excel at the art ofquality communication. Equally important to meaningfulcommunication is the ability to listen. Only by taking thetime to hear other’s thoughts and opinions can we under-stand and appreciate our own ideas that much better, par-ticularly when those opinions diverge. Communication isan art we must teach, practice, and practice again eveninto our adulthood, and Pine Point excels at providing afantastic foundation for that process.

CommunityOnce one has talent, ideas, and the ability to share them,the logical question is what to do with it? Both BernardMadoff and Bill Gates exhibited unusually unique abili-ties, charisma, and vision, but each put his efforts to-wards different goals. An extraordinary school putslessons of moral courage, ethical citizenship, and em-pathic relationships at the center of the curriculum sothat we can be a rising tide to our local, regional, andglobal community. Pine Point lives this mission every dayin a manner unparalleled throughout our region. We seeit in the kindness of a Middle School student who thankshis teacher for the day’s lesson as he heads out the doorfor lunch; we see it in the Preschool students who ten-derly approach the new student and ask her if she wantsto join them on the recess field; we see it in the sports-manship awards, the service learning at dozens of sites,the G.I.V.E committee’s support of local and regionalneeds; perhaps most importantly, we see it in the “hithere,” “good morning,” and “how are you today?” spokenby our students, be they preschool to ninth grade as theygreat new visitors and long-time friends across campus.

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ver the last decade, the growth of Pine Point’s endowment has been well docu-mented. While the construction of the Library/Technology Center (now the

Geise Library/Technology Center) and the DeMovick Early Childhood Center were themost visible aspects of the School’s capital campaign, there’s no denying the impor-tance of the third goal of that effort−raising $1 million for the endowment. That goalwas more than met. Indeed, when the campaign officially closed in June 2009, over$1.7 million in new gifts and pledges had been committed to the endowment.

The importance of the endowment has been keenly felt over the last two years. Ina challenging environment, when the School saw a decline in tuition revenue, the en-dowment provided income of nearly $145,000, which is why the past year’s fund-rais-ing success is so encouraging. During the course of the year, over $332,000 in newgifts and pledges were made to Pine Point! (As a point of reference, the 2005-06school year was the best year ever for endowment giving with over $385,000 comingto the School.) In May 2011, for the first time ever, the market value of Pine Point’sendowment went over $2 million. In the near future, the School will be deploying en-dowment income of $100,000+/year!

In addition to the tangible support given to the endowment during the capitalcampaign, a second, but no less important result, was the increased understanding ofendowment. To a far greater extent, folks understand that when they make an endow-ment gift the principal of that gift is permanently restricted with the School using adefined portion of the endowment’s market value to support the program. In 1997,though the endowment stood at just at $150,000, the Board anticipated a day when itwould have greatervalue and establishedpolicy that stipulatedthat the draw be equalto 5% of a trailing three-year calendar average ofthe endowment’s totalasset value.

Business Manager Gordon Ringer captureswell the essence of endowment, writing: “It isthis conception of investing a gift, rather thanproviding a contribution that is spent all at once,that allows donations to have a longer term im-pact on Pine Point. This is the very heart andsoul of endowing Pine Point for the future.”

As reported in the winter/spring issue of thismagazine, the bulk of the new commitments($204,537) supported The Paul Geise Fund.(The effort to raise funds in Paul’s honor actuallybegan in September 2008. Initial conversationswith donors were fruitful, with $28,000 in giftsand pledges quickly being made. Unfortunately,we had barely started and the economic down-turn struck with a vengeance. The project was

Over $332,000 in New Commitments Added Last Year!-David C. Hannon, Director of Development

EndowmentGets Strong

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Mr. Mitchell withMaria Diaz ’12 and

Andrew Bronk ’12 inthe Science Lab

Nicky Newbery and Hampton Carr ’19 worktogether in the Computer Lab.

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shelved until a more opportune time.) Mr. Geise’s an-nounced departure, the response from over 200 donorseager to thank him for his service, and a sold-out event atMystic Aquarium in April were proof that the timing was in-deed better. The response was also evidence that PinePointers “get” endowment. As recently as the late 1990sthere was still a sense that putting funds “away” soundedgood but “we just can’t afford it.” Those days are gone.

Happily, in the last year the School received other signif-icant new endowment gifts. In the fall magazine we reportedon past parent Loring Bailey’s intention to establish througha bequest an endowment fund in honor of his wife and for-mer Pine Point teacher,Dorothy L. Bailey. Thefund will support the pro-fessional development ofthe faculty and/or be used,as Loring stipulated, to“reward especially worthymembers of the faculty, asthe Board of Trustees con-siders appropriate.” InMay, we received $75,000from his estate, making itthe largest realized be-quest in the history ofPine Point. (A second in-stallment will be made inthe coming months.)While Loring (and Dot)had provided for Pine Point years ago in their estate plans,the decision to create The Dorothy L. Bailey Fund, whichsupports the faculty, was made in Loring’s final days. Thecouple’s long-time attorney (and former Pine Point parent)Chip Anderson later wrote, “That codicil was executed threedays before his death and so represents Loring’s final wish.He drew great happiness from seeing it completed.”

Pine Point’s assets havebeen managed since thefall of 2007 by Profes-sional Planning Group(PPG), a financial planningfirm established by Mal-colm Makin in 1974 inWesterly, Rhode Island.The firm works with Ray-mond James FinancialServices and has put to-gether for Pine Point afairly conservative alloca-tion to Russell Funds dedi-cated to equities (US andinternational), fixed income, real estate, and cash that protected theSchool during the downturn and has seen solid growth since themarket low in March 2009.

Members of the Pine Point family should feel heartened that theSchool’s endowment is in the hands of an individual and a firm con-sistently recognized by a host of publications and industry peers forexcellence and best practices.

Mal Makin has been listed by Barron’s as one of the top 100 in-dependent advisors in the United States since the magazine beganproducing the list in 2007. (In its first year he was ranked 11th.) Bar-ron’s also ranks him each year as the top independent advisor inRhode Island. This ranking is based on the volume of assets over-seen by advisors and their teams, revenues generated for their firms,and the quality of the advisor’s practices. In 2009, The Wall StreetJournal presented a full-page article on PPG, their philosophy, pro-fessional approach to long-term investing, and their portfolios. InJuly of this year, he was one of three keynote speakers to address aBarron’s “invitation only” conference for the top 100 investment ad-visors in the Northeast. Most recently, Mal was included in the Au-gust 2011 issue of Research Magazine’s list of the top 100independent advisors (he’s ranked 9th) in the United States based onseveral factors including assets under management.

Mal is quick to point out that any individual honors that havecome his way are due to the great team with whom he works. “Anyrecognition going to me also goes to PPG. Our advisor team, oursupport staff.....awesome!”

Mal and the PPG team understand the sacred trust that theyhave been given. “We appreciate our relationship with Pine Pointvery much,” he said. “All of us at PPG are members of boards andcommittees for a variety of non-profit organizations. I’m the currentchair of the board of directors of the Ocean Community YMCA,and, on a national level, I serve as the president of the board of theAmerican Seniors Golf Association. All of us are committed to giv-ing our time, talents and treasure back to our community. Ourclients, be they individual and families, endowments like Pine Pointlooking for long-term growth while reducing market risk, or trustaccounts, trust us with their future and their portfolios because overthe years, we’ve earned their confidence. These are very difficulttimes, and I think one of our greatest benefits to our clients is help-ing them make appropriate decisions in spite of their fears. In this,we are grateful for the opportunity to help Pine Point achieve someof its financial goals.”

Management of the Endowment

Dorothy Bailey

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In April 2010 the Chester Kitchings Family Foundation es-tablished the Davis K. Knox ’04 Financial Aid Fund with agift of $200,000. With increased demand for financial aid bya growing number of families eager to have their childrenbenefit from a Pine Point education, the gift could not havebeen better timed. Eleven months later, they committed an-other $50,000 ($5,000 of which was immediately madeavailable for use with our financial aid program). The fundprovides financial aid assistance to either new or currentPine Point students who exemplify the spirit and character ofDavis Knox ’04.

Enduring CommitmentLooking back over the last year, what alsostands out is the enduring devotion shownby members of the Pine Point family whoyear after year demonstrate their commit-ment to Pine Point and all that it representsby enhancing the funds to which they havean attachment. (Some of these funds havebeen in existence for over four decades!)Last year, 16 of Pine Point’s named endow-ment funds were enhanced, and in so doing,they specifically impacted the following areasof the School: great teaching, the arts, theocean program, athletics, the entire program,financial aid, library acquisitions, graduationprizes, and the School’s physical plant.

Newly Enhanced FundsAlan Banister Endowment for the

Teaching of Science Dorothy L. Bailey FundLoring M. Bailey, Jr. ’59 Fund Frances and Jack Brown Fund Robbie Campbell ’76 Fund Jules X. Escorcio-Schneider ’86 Fund General Endowment Humphreville Endowment Andrew E. Leadbetter ’89 Fund Marshall G. McKim ’84 Fund Russel T. Miller ’55 Fund Richard W. Mitchell Fund Helen L. Petty Book FundNancy Tattersall Roberts Fund Hugh Huidekoper Toulmin FundThe Westerly Alumni Scholarship Fund

Davis Knox ’04 at his Pine Pointgraduation with his parents,

Howie Knox and Patty Kitchings

Ms. Iacoi and last year’s 2nd grade draw some of thebeautiful irises found by the walkway.

Working the waters off of Sandy Point aboard Quest

Alex Schwindt ‘15 with Mrs. Long

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As you consider your relation-ship with Pine Point and what itmeans to you, your family, andthe larger community, pleaseconsider making a gift to the en-dowment. Perhaps it is a gift tothe General Endowment, whichsupports the entire program atPine Point? Maybe there’s some-one in your life whom you wouldlike to honor by establishing afund that bears their name, and,in so doing, benefiting PinePoint today and in perpetuity?Give thought to joining the ranksof those who have made an in-vestment in the future of PinePoint.

From tiny seedlings come majestic trees

Anonymous (3)Loring and Dorothy Bailey*

Ratna Bindra ‘87 & Raja MukherjeeHilda Brunswick

David C, CruthersAlan Houghton

Susan KozelEric LarsonJohn K. Lee

Dorothy B. LeibJulie Olson

Miriam Patterson*Annie Philbrick Ana Schneider

Starr White Snead ’66 Alix and Janie Stanley

Talcott Stanley*

* Deceased

Members

The Katherine Tod Johnstone Society honors those individuals who have made a bequest toPine Point or provided for the School in their estate plans with a bequest, life income gift,

or a charitable trust. Please consider what legacy you would like to leave at Pine Point.

“It is this conceptionof investing a gift,rather than providinga contribution that isspent all at once, thatallows donations tohave a longer termimpact on Pine Point.This is the very heartand soul of endowingPine Point for thefuture.”

- Gordon Ringer,Business Manager

The Katherine Tod Johnstone Society

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What are the various magazines and blogs for which you are nowcurrently writing, and do they have anything in common?

I’ve been freelance writing for the past several years. I have writtenfor The Business of Fashion, Luxury Society, New York-based ArtObserved, London-based SQUA.RE, Shawati’ magazine, Mojeh,and Vision Magazine. I’m currently the Dubai Editor for Haute Liv-ing magazine based out of Miami and New York and Luxos maga-zine UAE edition. I work full-time in the editorial department ofCanvas magazine, a publication dedicated to the art and culture ofthe Middle East and Arab world.

Yes, all the publications I write for are concerned with luxury. Al-though I specialize in art, I believe that an artwork has many simi-larities with a bespoke luxury object. Although they are inherentlydifferent, both are one-of-a-kind items made with detailed crafts-manship and imbued with artistic expression. Luxury also concernsrestaurants, hotels and fashion products which, in my opinion, alsoare concerned with a unique and specialized product and experi-ence. It is nevertheless important to point out that what differs anartwork from a luxury object is that a work of art cannot be repro-duced in the same way; the luxury brand is a product while the artobject serves as a unique work that does not have a practical func-tion.

You’ve written a couple of pieces on the ethics of luxury. Could youelaborate a bit on how these two seemingly disparate things cancoexist?

Many luxury brands are increasingly trying to apply more ethicalstandards in the way they produce their products. In addition, stud-ies have shown that an increasing number of consumers want tomake “ethical purchases” meaning that they are concerned wherematerials are sourced from and how laborers are treated. I inter-

Rebecca Anne Proctor ‘98 has lived a well-traveledlife. After graduating from Pine Point, she attendedThe Williams School in New London for two yearsbefore heading to Rome for her senior year, where shegraduated from the American Overseas School in Rome. She stayedin Rome, graduating from John Cabot University. She then earned agraduate degree in International Relations, Conflict Resolution, andCivil Society Development from the American University in Paris.She works full-time in the editorial department of Canvas magazinein Dubai, United Arab Emirates and “writes for other publicationson the side.” Having been in so many places, we were curiousabout her journey to the UAE. Not surprisingly, we conducted thisinterview via email.

You’ve had varied interests, from ballet to retail and now writing.What led you to the United Arab Emirates after all this?

When I was living in Paris studying for my Masters degree, I startedto develop a great curiosity concerning the history and culture ofthe countries which make up the Middle East. I enrolled in an Ara-bic course at the Institut de Monde Arabe (IMA) (Arab World In-stitute) in Paris and would often go to art exhibits showcasingworks by Arab artists. That same year, in 2007, I went to the regionfor the first time with a trip to Beirut. Later that year, I enrolled ina summer Arabic course in Fez, Morocco.

After I obtained my degree from the American University of Paris Ibegan working at a branding firm in the city dedicated to fashionand luxury labels. But when the recession hit, the company decidedto downsize and I had to look for a new job. I applied for a posi-tion managing the Barakat Gallery of antiquities in the EmiratesPalace Hotel in Abu Dhabi. I was invited to the gallery’s branch inBeverly Hills and just a few days later I found myself on a plane toAbu Dhabi. I haven’t given up dancing completely. Although thereis not much dance here, I’ve performed in a few contemporarydance pieces in Dubai.

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At the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi

With friends at the Cartier International Dubai Polo Challenge

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During Ramadan, it is impor-tant to dress more respec-tively and also not drink oreat in public during times offasting.

Emirati women are makinggreat strides in their profes-sional lives. The country fos-ters education andencourages artistic expres-sion. After almost three yearsof living in the UAE, I am im-pressed to see how manywomen are opening up theirown companies and followingtheir dreams. In addition,universities have more estab-lished art and culture pro-grams. Many European andAmerican universities arealso launching programs inthe country.

My life is not much differentfrom when I lived in Europeor the United States. I can’twalk down the streets of Parisand get a fresh baguette, butI get to go to the beach year-round.

With one of your graduate degrees from the American University ofParis in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, you obviously havehad great interest in the Middle East. What other areas of the Mid-dle East have you visited, and how do they compare to the UAE?

I’ve been to Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, and Qatar. I love Beirut. Itwas my first Middle Eastern city and has so much vitality despitethe destruction of various wars. Lebanon is European in many ways.A Mediterranean city, walking around Beirut at times feels like I’mback in Rome. Qatar, another nearby Gulf country, is quite similarto the UAE. Doha, the capital, features the same construction ofmany sky rises and luxury hotels. Oman is stunning and providesme with the perfect escape when I need to get away from the crazi-ness of Dubai. The country has quite a unique history with thepresence of traders from Portugal since the 16th century. It is quietand serene and has beautiful beaches.

Has the construction boom that produced the Burj Khalifa, theworld’s tallest building, come to a standstill? And, does that build-ing have a fairly large vacancy rate?

Construction is still taking place but at a much slower rate than be-fore. Many projects have been suspended. Yes, there is a high va-cancy rate in the Burj Khalifa. Rents have been loweredconsiderably in the tower.

viewed Dana Thomas, author of Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Lus-ter, and she explained that “Luxury is ethical when it is motivatedby creativity and not greed. When you create something beautiful,then you are being ethical, soulful and true.” Luxury can beequated to a beautiful sunrise; it is a moment that temporarilytakes us outside of ourselves. In this sense, it is a human need. Thestruggle arises when we try to sell beauty, pleasure, and happiness.This is where ethics comes into question. A luxury product shouldbe made by treating people in a human way; you shouldn’t have toask poor people in difficult conditions to make beautiful things.Luxury must come from the inside – from what is ethical and just. Ithink we are moving in this direction albeit slowly.

The population of the UAE is over 5,000,000 and less than 20%are UAE citizens, with the rest being “South Asian, Indian, Pak-istani, Bangladeshi, Chinese, Filipino, Thai, Iranian, and Western-ers.” With the middle word of the UAE being “Arab,” are the Arabsin a class by themselves, more specifically, a ruling class?

Yes, it is true that the local Emirati population is the minority in theUAE and also the ruling class, if one could state this. The govern-ment of the UAE dictates the rules for Emirati and foreigners alike.One should be careful with how they designate the word “Arab.”An Arab is someone whose first language, as well as culture, isArabic. Emiratis are thus Arab, but there are also many other Arabsfrom the Middle East living in Dubai.

Pictures of the team of the new magazine you work for, Canvas,which is based in Dubai, show women in Western dress. What isthe place of women in the UAE, as opposed to other countries inthe Arab World? Also, as a Westerner, what would you say is thegreatest misconception of the Arab World?

Dubai is full of Westerners wearing Western dress. I think this isone of the most common misconceptions about the UAE. Althoughthe country is Islamic, the culture is very open. I do not have towear a veil as many might think who are not familiar with the re-gion. The UAE is very tolerant of Western culture in comparison toother Gulf countries. Alcohol is allowed in hotels and one candress how they please while being mindful of decency. This goesfor men as well. Dubai is probably the least conservative of Emi-rates in the UAE. When I was living in Abu Dhabi, the capital, Iwas more attentive to wear clothes that would respect the culture.

With friends in Dubai at The Royal Mirage Hotel

I’ve been to Lebanon,Morocco, Oman, andQatar. I love Beirut. Itwas my first MiddleEastern city and has somuch vitality despitethe destruction ofvarious wars. Lebanonis European in manyways. Oman is stunningand provides me withthe perfect escapewhen I need to get awayfrom the craziness ofDubai. The country hasquite a unique historywith the presence oftraders from Portugalsince the 16th century. Itis quiet and serene andhas beautiful beaches.

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You’ve lived a great deal of your life over-seas, even attending a portion of your highschool years, and all of college and gradu-ate school, abroad. What is it like whenyou come back to the States, specifically toyour hometown of New London?

I love returning home to New London. I’vetraveled so much and lived in a multitudeof world capitals which makes it really niceto come home to a smaller townsurrounded by beautiful nature and theThames River.

Thirteen years after your graduation fromPine Point, what are your fondest memo-ries of the School?

I have really fond memories of taking thebus to school and riding through the beau-tiful natural surroundings of Stonington. Iloved all of the recreational and art activi-ties Pine Point offered me. I have particu-larly strong memories of Mr. Salsich’sEnglish class where I really began develop-ing my love for working with words.

Where do you see yourself in ten years?

I’ve never been a long-term planner al-though everyone in my family as well as myfriends recognize me as fervent short-termplanner. I had no idea I would end up liv-ing in Italy for five years and then going onto obtain degrees in London and Paris andI couldn’t have dreamed I’d be living inDubai. I do have a traveler’s spirit; my cu-riosity for different cultures and ways of lifeleads me to seek out new places. I amhappy with the career path I have chosenand love working in the arts. I can’t seemyself working in another field. I do thinkof coming back to the US one day and liv-ing in New York but I’m not sure when thiswill be. As for where I’ll be in ten years, I’lllet destiny decide.

Have the troubles in nearby Bahrain andthe phenomenon known as “The ArabSpring” been felt in the UAE?

Not at all! It’s like we’ve been living in abubble. There’s certainly a great concentra-tion of people from the region living inDubai who are concerned about theirhomelands, but as far as violence and un-rest are concerned, they have hardly beenfelt in the UAE. This is to be expected be-cause Emiratis are generally quite contentwith their government. What the countryhas experienced is an influx of people fromsurrounding countries such as Bahrain andEgypt seeking refuge from the conflict. Ihave friends who have relatives in Syria andEgypt and know how difficult it has beenfor them to watch what is taking place intheir country from afar.

At the openingnight of Art Dubai

With her mother, Martha Wakeman,at a restaurant in Perugia, Italy

My curiosityfor differentcultures andways of lifeleads me toseek out newplaces. I lovereturning hometo NewLondon. I’vetraveled somuch and livedin a multitudeof worldcapitals whichmakes it reallynice to comehome to asmaller townsurrounded bybeautiful natureand theThames River.

Camels spotted in the desert during safari

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am entering my sophomore year at Williams, and I am still plan-ning on majoring in astrophysics and philosophy. My twenty fresh-

men dorm mates were fantastic, and we all became very close; many ofus have signed up to live together in the coming year. Last spring, Itook an intro to computer science class, which I really enjoyed. As afinal project, I wrote a “Hearts” computer game that four people couldplay over the Internet. Coming into the class with no programming ex-perience whatsoever, I was proud to have created something so sub-stantial.

I’ve also tried my best to keep up the trombone. Last year, I playedin several groups, but most notably our Jazz Ensemble and the Berk-shire Symphony Orchestra. The BSO is composed of professionalsplaying the lead parts, and students filling out the group. I also had theopportunity to play alongside baritone sax legend Gary Smulyan at ourfinal jazz concert, which was a real treat.

VariationsAllen Davis ’07 went through every grade at Pine Point and is a 2010graduate of Deerfield Academy. We caught up with him in late August andhe provided an update as to what he’s been doing at Williams College.

This summer I was focused on doing astrophysics research oncampus. It was a 10-week paid internship, through the KeckNortheast Astronomy Consortium. Williams and seven other smallliberal arts colleges form the consortium, and we trade studentsfor astronomy research. Together with my partner from Vassar, wewere collecting photometric data on star clusters, looking for vari-ations in hydrogen (Hα) emission. Stars with Hα emission are in-teresting to astrophysicists because they are usually spinning fast,puffing off gas, or involved in close binary systems. (The α is theGreek letter alpha. It represents the wavelength of a photon emit-ted when an electron in a hydrogen atom falls from the third en-ergy level to the second. Other transitions yield differentwavelengths and are denoted as H-beta, H-gamma, and so forth.)

My professor has guided our research in this project, and hedeveloped most of the techniques we are using. A few weeks ago Ipresented our research at a poster session, and in September, mypartner and I will give a talk at the KNAC conference at Wellesley.At first, I wasn’t really looking forward to spending two monthson-campus in the summer, but there were actually a lot of otherstudents here and it was a terrific experience all around. I’ve got-ten much closer to my professors and fellow majors as a result.This summer I also had the opportunity to become a planetariumlecturer, and I thoroughly enjoyed giving shows for the generalpublic and visiting campers. While researching material for myshow, I learned that our planetarium is actually housed in the old-est observatory in North America!

This year, I look forward to working as a teaching assistant forthe intro-level astronomy classes. Unfortunately I will not be ableto continue as a planetarium lecturer because the upperclassmenhave preference, but hopefully I will be able to in 2012. I’ve de-cided to scale back my music to a few of my favorite groups likethe Jazz Ensemble so I’ll have more time for my academics.

Playing with Williams’ Jazz Ensemble

Presenting our findings on variations on hydrogen emissions

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-David C. Hannon, Director of Development

James O’Brien ’05 is a graduate of Pine Point and Deerfield Academy. Asenior at Colby College, he spent the fall semester of his junior year inSpain at the Universidad de Salamanca enrolled in Colby’s LanguageAcquisition Program. (The program is designed for students for whomSpanish is not their first language. Living with a host family for the en-tire semester is an important component of the program in strengthen-ing one’s speaking abilities.) Salamanca was founded in 1218. It is theoldest university in Spain and the third oldest western university. Weconnected with James in late August to learn about his experiencestudying abroad and to find out what lies ahead for his senior year andbeyond.

Had you traveled to Europe in the past? If so, when and where?

I’ve traveled in Europe in the past. My first journey to Europe was in-side my mom’s belly believe it or not. That trip took me to Italy. Morerecently, I traveled to France with Pine Point as a ninth grader—a tripthat sparked my interest in travel. Then, as a junior at Deerfield Acad-emy, I was part of a delegation of six students that traveled to The Gor-donstoun School in Scotland in order to attend a RoundsquareConference. After that, my family took a journey to the Netherlandsand Denmark.

Why Spain? Are you minoring in Spanish?

I’m not minoring in Spanish, but I’ve always loved the language eversince my fifth grade Spanish class with Mrs. Dolphin. Spain gave methe opportunity to explore the country that I have heard so much aboutand to finally cement my fluency. Spanish is with me for life.

What specific courses madeup your academic program atSalamanca?

I took four courses in Salamanca.In the mornings, I, along with vari-ous students from other Americanuniversities as well as internationalstudents, took two hours of Span-ish Grammar. Next came SpanishConversation, then Spanish Litera-ture, and finally Spanish Film.

A Spanish flag flyingbelow a toro−the symbol,though controversial, ofSpain

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James ’05 (left)and brotherTimmy ’09 inSalamanca

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You mention an international student body. What wasthe extent of the international presence at Salamanca?

There were a fair number of American students in everyclass I had, but, that being said, we were never the ma-jority. Students from Canada, Portugal, Japan, China,South Korea, Singapore, Brazil, Italy, Germany, andmany more also joined in our classes, and, as a result,each class was an educational experience that taught usboth the Spanish language and culture, but also that ofother countries throughout the world.

What kind of reception were you given as an American?

I was surprised by the opinions held by the Spaniardsand the international students with whom I came acrossregarding the United States. When we, as American cit-izens, travel throughout the world, we are often encour-aged before we leave not to betray the fact that we hailfrom the United States to any passersby. To be honest, Ihad no intention of going along with this idea or plan.I’m proud to be an American, and, before travelingabroad, I looked forward to the opportunities I wouldhave to bust any sort of stereotypes held against us. Tomy surprise, we Americans were greeted warmly. I defi-nitely encountered a few questions regarding Americanpolicy, politics, and way of life, but never any hostility. Iwas always judged by my individual character and notthe idea of the country of my birth.

What are you doing at Colby (particularly in terms of academ-ics) and what are you focused on for your final year? What areyour post-graduation thoughts/plans/dreams?

I’m a sociology major at Colby and couldn’t be happier withmy choice of major. It combines a lot of theory work with ac-tual field observation—providing a unique set of skills thatare applicable to any field of my choosing. I utilized theseskills this past summer as an intern at Mediation Works Incor-porated, a firm located in Boston that provides innovativedispute resolution services and training to corporate, institu-tional and individual clients. I was able to analyze the situa-tion or dispute at hand and through a combination of skillslearned at Colby and through MWI’s training program, decideupon the best way to help both parties involved.

However, mediation is not my end goal. I have been heavilyinvolved in music since my Pine Point years and want nothingmore than to make it my life’s work. This past summer I hadthe unique experience of recording an EP with the band I singwith (The Joint Chiefs). Though it’s still in production, you’llbe able to find it on iTunes in the near future. I’m not yet surewhether I would like to continue producing music of my ownor transfer over to the business side of music, but, whateverpath I choose, music will be at its core.

A view of thestreet outside

Colby’s stu-dent center inSalamanca lo-cated directly

next to thePlaza Mayor

After a week offestivities celebrat-ing Salamanca’spatron saint, thestreets are linedwith confetti.

A “torero” named El Cid

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Returning to your time in Spain, as part of your program,you stayed with a host family. Looking back, tell me aboutyour first day with them as well as the overall impact yourentire experience had on you.

It was ten o’clock in the evening, and we were eating din-ner. This was my first hint that Salamanca would be dif-ferent than the salt air and constant humidity of Mystic.My host mother, or Charo as we called her, served a firstcourse of eggs fried in olive oil, a second course of mor-cilla—a delicious, dark sausage made from blood, rice,and various spices, a third course of salad and seafoodpaella, and a desert of mixed nuts which she referred toas frutos secos. Being new to Spain and drowsy from themassive amount of food I’d just ingested, this nomencla-ture confused me. Frutos secos, when translated directly,means “dried fruits” in English and I couldn’t for the lifeof me figure out where she was hiding the fruit portion ofdessert. As she rambled on in the Spanish that I wouldcome to understand in the following weeks, I alternatedbetween nods of feigned understanding and fruit-search-ing glances. Finally, it dawned on me that there were nofruits to be found and, while frutos secos might refer todried fruits in certain circumstances, Charo was talkingonly about the array of nuts housed in the elaboratelypainted terra cotta bowl in front of me.

Believe it or not, this slight cultural difference led to asubstantial revelation. When we’re young, the world iscomprised of clear-cut definitions. Good and bad arepositive or negative by nature, not by the sum of theirparts. Along those same lines, we take for granted thatwhat we are told about the world by children’s books orour parents’ simplified definitions cannot be anything but

the unwavering truth. In reality, good is variable depending on who is askedto define it, and, adding to this complexity, no two persons will ever agreecompletely. It is this complication that necessitates an abroad experience—no matter how worldly we would like to consider ourselves, there will alwaysbe another place to explore, another culture to discover, and a new popula-tion waiting to open our eyes to a way of living different from our own.

I stayed with my madre from the end of August until the middle of Decemberand I loved it. Charo was an absolute angel, a wonderful cook (who put upwith all my allergies beautifully), and she viewed me as a role model for theother students (18 or 19-year-olds) who stayed with us throughout my fourmonths. Staying with a host family is a wonderful way to feel integrated andauthentic within the culture.

Needless to say, Spain expanded my worldview. Not only do I speak a secondlanguage with passable fluency, but I’m also constantly reminded of the nu-merous peoples and lifestyles that exist in addition to our own, and, at thesame time, remain entirely separate. When I call my pup to chase a ball out-side, I yell, “Come on, Jazz!” while a Spaniard might yell, “Ve aqui, Jazz!” sixhours earlier and 3,526 miles (or 5,674 kilometers) away. There’s a lot to belearned that can only be accomplished from truly living within another cul-ture. And, no matter how many questions I’m asked about the merits ofstudying abroad, there’s only one that truly matters: Why not?

James with his dad, brother Timmy ’09, his madre, Charo, and his mom when hisfamily came for a visit

A view of Salamanca’scathedral taken fromthe Garden of Calistoand Malibea

Editor’s note: With each year, more and more of our alumni are choosing tospend part of their college years studying abroad. Just as James headed outfor part of his junior year, this is certainly the case with the Class of 2006.For the coming year, seven members of the class will be scattered across theglobe in Italy, Cameroon, Hong Kong, Ireland (2), England, and France.(One alumna in the class studies full-time in British Columbia while anotherspent a full year studying in Switzerland.) James’ experience and the onesabout to be enjoyed by the Class of 2006 have us wondering how many oth-ers have studied abroad, or intend to do so. If you fall into this camp, let usknow about your experience! We hope to make this a feature in a future issueof ViewPoints.

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On the Roadwith Mr. Williams

In December 2005, the Fiore family established a sabbatical programfor the School’s teachers and administrators. John and Barbara Fiorewere involved at all levels of School life during their daughter’s(Lauren ’96) seven years at Pine Point. The sabbatical program isdesigned to strengthen the individual’s teaching while also beingpersonally fulfilling and energizing. Each fall the recipients presenttheir experiences to their colleagues and the community.

This was the sixth summer a Pine Point teacher or administratorwas able to pursue a personal passion, and, in so doing, return to theSchool with a renewed commitment to teaching and learning.

This year, it was Gary Williams’ chance to take to the road. Mr.Williams teaches 8th and 9th grade history and has been at Pine Pointsince the fall of 1985.

Here’s what he found when he headed out to rediscover America.

Sitting in an ancient doorway of Pueblo Bonito (Chaco Canyon, NM)

In the Black Hills atMount Rushmore

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n October of 1967, CBSreporter Charles Kuralt set

out to look for America. Foralmost thirteen years, he andhis small crew traveled thebackroads of the UnitedStates in a beat-up motorhome. “The backroads con-nect up a country that stillseems rather fine and strongand enduring,” he wrote.“You don’t read about thisAmerica in your morningpaper. But it’s there.” Thepeople he discovered andthe stories he wrote becamea part of CBS News with Walter Cronkite, CBS SundayMorning, a weekly news program he anchored, and laterin his books, On The Road with Charles Kuralt andCharles Kuralt’s America. I don’t remember the first timeI watched him, but I do know that he had a way with peo-ple, a way with words and a job that fascinated me.Tapped to take Kuralt’s place on his retirement in 1994from the Sunday morning staple, his colleague CharlesOsgood said, “He was an explorer, Charles Kuralt was. Helived in the city, but went out like a restless soul acrossthe backroads of this country to see and hear and feel forhimself what America was all about. No one in my time,no one on television, has shown ourselves to ourselves,as lovingly, as skillfully, as memorably, as he did.”

I’d been cross-country four times – with two friendsand by motorcycle in 1972, with my wife Jean in 1976 andagain in 1979, and with the educational company, Glob-alearn, in 1998. It was time for me to get back on theroad again. It’s been said that in 1960, John Steinbeck de-cided to reacquaint himself with America after beingaway. His reasoning was simple, “I’ve lost the flavor andtaste and sound of it. I’m going to learn about my owncountry.” Thanks to Pine Point School and the Fiores, Iwas given the opportunity to do a lot of looking, and lis-tening, and tasting. I learned so much on so many levelsabout so many things. Sometimes you do things thatchange you. This trip was one of them.

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Portrait of Charles Kuralt atthe Kuralt Learning Center,UNC-Chapel Hill

Jean and Jan at the counter of Holy Cow (Hopkinton, RI)

Driving down the PacificCoast Highway

The Wounded Knee Memorial (Lakota Pine Ridge IndianReservation, SD)

Where Brig. Gen. George A.Custer fell (Little Bighorn, MT)

On the way to Chisos Mountains(Big Bend National Park, TX)

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And now comes the hard part, picking pieces of the trip totell you about. I’ve been asked so many times, “What was yourmost memorable experience? What did you like best? Is thereone place you have to go back to?” When I find myself strug-gling to answer difficult questions like these, my tried and truesolution is to go for ice cream. So that’s what I did. It’s truethat there’s no place like home; it’s also true that there’s noplace like an ice cream shop. Holy Cow’s the name of the placeI went to and it’s less than a mile from where I live. Jan andJean and their wonderful children have turned the old Hopkin-ton General Store back into an old time gathering place forfriends and neighbors. It was a dream they’d had since child-hood and when they saw the building, they knew this was theplace. With warmth and laughter, they filled my tank withhomemade ice cream, hot fudge, and homespun stories – andthen off I went to look for America.

Edmund Pettus Bridge, site of Bloody Sunday during the Selma to MontgomeryMarch (Selma, AL).

Looking down from Mount Washington on Pittsburgh’s Golden Triangle

A guest at Sourdough’s (Blue Lake, CA)

White Sands National Monument (NM)

“Point of View” withGuyasuta andGeorge Washington(Pittsburgh, PA)

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My first stop was the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. That’s thehome of the Kuralt Learning Center, and the Southern Historical Collection thatholds his papers and even his CBS office. It’s one thing to read his books; it’s an-other to have the opportunity to sit in his office and to hold notes that he had writ-ten by hand. I’d brought along enough electronics in my Dodge Dakota to start myown technology center. After my visit, I decided that the pen was mightier than thelaptop. (I’ve got notes written in journals, on national park brochures, and on nap-kins – and I like it that way.) I wrote pretty much every day for the next six weeks.

From mid-June through the first week in August, I logged more than ten thou-sand miles on that truck of mine. We saw flooding on the Missouri, fires burning inthe mountains north of Albuquerque, and severe drought in Texas. I spent time withan 80-year-old St. Louis couple who tried to integrate a segregated college in Vir-ginia in 1961, a wonderfully caring Native American family of artisans keeping theirlanguage and culture alive in a New Mexican pueblo, and two of the most endearinghomeless characters on a levee in Louisiana. I laughed with Mark Twain in Hannibal,MO, lost my heart at Wounded Knee in South Dakota, and was blown away byMount St. Helens in Washington state. I traveled most of the time alone, but hadtwo of the best friends anyone could have riding shotgun with me for parts of thetrip, and even celebrated my 35th wedding anniversary with my family in the Big Easy.I saw a great deal of this country of ours and I learned so much from so many amaz-ing people.

I’m grateful to the Fiore family for giving me the opportunity to get out “on theroad.” I look forward to sharing my journey with my students, the faculty and thecommunity.

A Texas oilplatform

Cousin Michael Apicelliin San Franciso

On the road in Wyoming

Devil’s Tower National Monument (WY)

Brown Chapel AME Church (Selma, AL)

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Lessons Learned From “the Going”

I’m very lucky − and wealthy beyond my wildestdreams. I’m blessed with a loving (and very toler-ant) wife, two sons I’m extremely proud of, and themost remarkable band of friends.

There’s a very big difference between solitude andloneliness.

This country is very big and very beautiful. Andwe’ve been able to make parts of it very ugly. Wereally shouldn’t try to mess with Mother Nature.We’re not very good at it.

We still call it the United States, but these days, I’mnot so sure.

I saw a lot of sad, lonely people out there, but I stillthink there are more happy ones.

Trucks and trains are everywhere and they carryeverything.

There are no UFOs coming and going on the backside of Devil’s Tower.

Put away your cell phone! You’re dangerous and theworld is passing you by.

After visiting the Lucchese Factory in El Paso, I’llnever look at a pair of cowboy boots the same wayagain. (Yes, I bought a pair.)

There must be a better term to describe “NativeAmericans.” It doesn’t go nearly far enough in ex-pressing how wonderful they were to me.

Everyone really does have a story to tell and all theyask is that you take a moment to be quiet and lis-ten.

“You never really understand a person until youconsider things from his point of view − until youclimb into his skin and walk around in it.”- Spoken by Atticus Finch, by Harper Lee, To Kill aMockingbird

The troubadour, Harry Chapin, wrote in his song, Greyhound,

“Stepping off of this dirty bus, first time I understoodIt’s got to be the going, not the getting there that’s goodThat’s a thought for keeping if I could It’s got to be the going, not the getting there that’s good”

Truer words were never spoken. So what did I take away with me in“the going”?

Chaco Canyon National Historic Park

Todd Westika, Zuni Fetish carver on Zuni Pueblo in western New Mexico

Anthony Lovato with his jewelry (Santa Domingo Pueblo, NM)

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he past school year was another busy one in terms of develop-ment. Looking back to last summer, we started in early August

with an alumni reunion that brought some 75 people to campus. InOctober the annual Donor Reception was held on a beautiful fallevening in the Alicia Z. Russell Memorial Garden. It was the firstformal gathering in that space. During the course of the year wesponsored restaurant gatherings at S&P Oyster House, BravoBravo, Azu, Senor Flaco’s and Bridge, and the spring was certainlyjam-packed, beginning with the party at Mystic Aquarium to honorPaul Geise. Minus the 50th anniversary party held in May 1999, with300 guests in attendance it represented the largest turnout in thehistory of the School. Two weeks after that we hosted one of ourfavorite events–Grandparents’/Grandpersons’ Day, which annuallybrings over 200 friends to Pine Point. In mid-May, approximately110 guests came to campus (on a Friday night no less!) for a lectureon Abraham Lincoln by noted historian Michael Burlingame. Laterin the month we held Pine Point’s annual golf tournament at Ston-ington Country Club.

The purpose in offering a varied calendar of events isn’t simplyto keep the Development Office or a core group of dedicated vol-unteers busy. Rather, they are designed to help us bring people to-gether, thereby fostering that all-important sense of community forwhich we are known and that has bound us over the generations.The events are also presented to reach out to those who don’t havea relationship with the School, or even know much about PinePoint. The Lincoln lecture is a perfect example of this. It was con-ceived as means of strengthening our brand, to let people knowthat we’re a place focused on things intellectual. (Full disclosure.My colleague, David Cruthers, and I are both Civil War geeks.) At

Donations Top $740,000!One of the great traditions at Pine Point has our 2nd graders interviewing

members of the faculty and staff and presenting their findings to the entireSchool for display in the Houghton Wing. Their writing is also accompaniedby their drawing of those interviewed. It was the first time I had been inter-

viewed in my seventeen years at Pine Point. It was great fun for me getting toknow Jack Ryan ‘18 and Caitlin Reardon ‘18. They described me as “a happy

guy” and showed me with lots of hair. What could be better than that!

the end of the day, however, the purpose of special events is to ei-ther raise funds directly, or to put us in a better position to do sodown the line.

So how did we do with fundraising? As documented earlier inthis magazine, Pine Point had its second best year ever raising en-dowment funds. At the end of the fiscal year, over $332,000 in newgifts and pledges had been committed to the endowment. After tu-ition income, the Annual Fund, and auxiliary income, the endow-ment is the fourth largest source of revenue for Pine Point. Itsimportance in providing a stable source of funds for Pine Pointnow and into the future cannot be underestimated.

Lost a bit in the success of the endowment fundraising effortswas the fact that the Annual Fund posted it second-best showing inthe 63-year history of our School, raising nearly $256,000 to sup-port the entire program, easily besting the $226,000 raised in2008-2009. (The high-water mark for the fund was $305,000 in2009-10.) The success of the Annual Fund is a function of severalfactors. Firstly, with 520 donors making a gift this past year, it en-joys a broad base of support. Secondly, within that group are quitea number who make a gift year after year. Over the last five yearsthere are 196 donors who have consecutively made a gift and over aten-year period that number is 83! Consistent, and generous, giv-ing is critically important to any fund-raising effort, and that’s cer-tainly the case for small, independent schools. Lastly, we areblessed to have the support of leadership donors. Donors givingover $500 accounted for 84% of the Annual Fund.

During the course of the year individuals and families alsomade generous gifts that impacted everything from technology inthe classroom and the Pouncing Panthers to the construction ofnew boats for the Preschool playground and the beautification ofthe campus.

When all was said and done, over $740,000 in new gifts andpledges were made to Pine Point! While Pine Point has been ac-complishing great things with children since 1948, we are still inmany ways a small school. We can’t rest for a moment in our workto ensure its vitality. In this last year, 660 people made a gift to theSchool. To this group, I extend our great thanks for their faithful-ness. And if you haven’t made Pine Point a priority with your phi-lanthropy, I hope this will be the year that you join the ranks ofthose who care so passionately about Pine Point.

-David C. Hannon, Director of Development

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2010-2011 Annual Report(July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011)

nnual FundTotal Giving $740,261

ANNUAL FUND $255,978Alumni $27,918Businesses 4,803Faculty/Staff $26,185Foundations $33,068Friends $14,215Grandparents $28,365Parents $75,379 Past Faculty/Staff $4,920Past Grandparents $3,275Past Parents $37,800Students $50

RESTRICTED GIFTS $440,558 Alan Banister Endowment for $200the Teaching of Science Dorothy L. Bailey Fund $75,500Loring M. Bailey, Jr. ’59 Fund $625Frances and Jack Brown Fund $1,055

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Robbie Campbell ’76 Fund $250Davis K. Knox ’04 Financial Aid Fund $45,000DeMovick Early Childhood Center $15,000Jules X. Escorcio-Schneider ’86 Fund $150 Fund for Excellence in English $5,000

and Scholarly Writing at Pine Point General Endowment $2,750Paul Geise Fund $204,537Humphreville Endowment $200Instruction $75Andrew E. Leadbetter ’89 Fund $500Marshall G. McKim Fund $50Richard W. Mitchell Fund $1,000Restricted $15,641Russel T. Miller ’55 Fund $175Helen L. Petty Book Fund $125Nancy Tattersall Roberts Fund $100Scholarship $72,525Hugh Huidekoper Toulmin Fund $100

SPECIAL EVENTS $43,725An Evening to Honor Paul Geise $11,970Golf Tournament $24,575K-1 Quilt Raffle $6,160Summer Reception $1,020

All dollar figures presented in this listing representnew commitments in support of the School.

Donor names presented in the following pages reflectall new gifts and pledge payments made in the last fis-cal year.

A listing of Honorary and In Memoriam Gifts can befound on page 46.

HEAD OF SCHOOLS’ CIRCLE ($10,000 and above)Harvey and Jeanne DeMovick, Jr.Paul and Robin GeiseCharlie Gill and Linda GoddardJoshua and Alejandra Welch

PINE POINT PARTNERS ($5,000-$9,999)AnonymousVictor K. Atkins, Jr.Alan and Patience BanisterGeorgina Miller BissellMrs. Joan B. GrayHugh and Debbie O’BrienBob and Nancy SchachnerDavid Schulz and Karen StoneBarbara Timken

PINE POINT PATRONS ($2,500-$4,999)Jill BachMr. and Mrs. Julian E. GillespieCharles and Kathleen GlewChristopher and Fiona HiltonBruce HolsteinJohn P. HolsteinPhilip Iredale and Marie-Claire PeakmanTheodore Liston and Cynthia OksanenRobert ‘81 and Carla PetrocelliCarl and Dot ReiserMr. and Mrs. Daniel RickCassandra White Sweeney ‘73Feng Bian and Lingyu Zhu

FOUNDERS GROUP ($1,949-$2,499)Mr. and Mrs. Rodney ButlerLeslie and Michael HawleyJennifer and Daniel KingAaron McBride ‘89Thomas and Betsy Moukawsher

Mr. William R. Rolla & Dr. Donna Romito RollaMr. and Mrs. Charles M. Royce

1948 SOCIETY ($1,500-$1,948)Cy and Maury AnfindsenDrs. Anca Bulgaru & Constantin CarseliRaymond F. DuBois, Jr. ‘61The Sarah E. Kelly Family FundLifetouch National School StudiosDennis and Deborah O’BrienS&P Oyster HouseMarcy Withington and Dave KelseyJenny and Adam Wronowski ‘87

BENEFACTORS ($1,000-$1,499)Drs. Matthew and Amy AmaroRatna Bindra ‘87 & Raja MukherjeeSusan Blair ‘65Peter and Candace BriggsMr. and Mrs. James C. BuffumJak and David CruthersArdelle F. Darling

Robert and Lorilee DarlingJohn “J.B.” Daukas ‘77Lou and Sandy DoboeDrs. Lisa and Bill DonovanAnne Fix ‘76 and Kevin BowdlerReginald H. Fullerton, Jr.Alan ‘71 and Sue GardinerBeth and Peter GianacoplosHadley GilmanGeorge Haines ‘55Barb Silver Holt & Harry HoltDorothy B. LeibPatsy MarshallChudy and Adanne NduakaDiana and Page OwenDrs. John Pagnozzi and Kathleen SchwamKatherine H. PerkinsArdice and John PerryPine Point School Parents’ AssociationCynthia H. Raymond

In an effort to be mindful of beinggreen, the 3rd grade used recycled

magazines as the medium for creatingcollage flowers. The students chose a

flower to work from, either their fa-vorite or one they liked, and sketched

a light outline on black cardstock.They studied their flower and its col-

ors, tones, and textures and thensearched through magazines to find

matching color fields to work with. Bycutting and tearing and then gluing,

their collages came to life!

Erica Liston ‘17

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BENEFACTORS ($1,000-$1,499) (continued)Phil and Starr White Snead ‘66Joe StaleyAnh Tran and Xiang GaoBetsy Trimble ‘77 and Michael FeltesTravis and Carrie WagerRuth Saunders and Jonathan WhiteJohn A. WilsonSue and A.J. Zimbelmann

MAJOR DONORS ($500-$999)Eddie and Julie AbbiatiRichard and Susan ArmsMr. Emmanuel Borbon & Dr. Yolanda BorbonBrad and Mimi BordenGopa and Arindam BoseDrs. George Bourganos & Penny VlahosBrian S. Bronk and Dianne K. BryceKaren S. BronkDavid and Heather BurnhamMr. and Mrs. Carl L. CarboniJoy CastleThomas R. Castle ‘67 & Dorrit P. CastleSally and Tom CoganSusan and Harvey DeMovick, III ‘87Christopher Dutcher & Timothy ReitzMargaret W. FieldMarcia and Jack FixJim and Susan FunkBarbara Ginsberg ‘70 and Marc GinsbergLester and Johnatha GorinJack and Stephanie GosselinAnn Gray ‘73 & James RoyleMartina HamiltonNorman JasonInsu and Mary Minn KongJohn, Mona, and Simone City Kronholm ’11General William Mayer FoundationThe John & Karin McCormick FoundationThomas and Karen MitchellMr. and Mrs. Thomas P. OwenDonna C. Parssinen ‘80John and Sandy PereiraJames and Dina PetroskyVic and Claire PleskunElizabeth and Jim ReidHamilton SalsichDavid and Jennifer SchwindtCarol H. SmithParesh and Manju SoniAlix and Janie StanleyMr. and Mrs. James WeeksPriscilla M. WinnDr. and Mrs. Richard Withington

GREEN AND GOLD TEAM ($100-$249)AnonymousAzuBinti and John AckleyElaine M. Anderson ‘86Karen AndersonKerilynn AntochLindsay Bloom Backman ’95Mr. and Mrs. Harold BakerBank Square BooksLisa Tepper Bates and Scott BatesHugh Beach ‘65Frank and Sandee BeamanSheilia Terranova Beattie ’78 & Tom BeattieDebbye and David BellDean and Sheila BennettThorr Bjorn ‘83Neal Bobruff ‘73 & Jane Lassen Bobruff ‘75Kip BochainBravo BravoLeslie Ahern Brown ‘64Jeff and Janet BuckleyCharles and Jane BuffumMr. and Mrs. Robert C. BuffumErin C. Call & Jay FrinkDr. James F. Calvert, Jr. ‘59

Thomas J. Capalbo, III, Esq. ‘98Betsy CarrRobert J. ChambersJudy and Curt ChristoffersenKaren Church ‘83Lee Sprecace Clark ‘78John Coggeshall ‘55Robert Collier ‘66 & Diane G.W. CollierKevin and Mary CollinsPaul Connor ‘58Steven and Martha CuttsGalan ‘78 and Denise DaukasJudy DavisThe Diaz FamilyWendy Brakenridge Diffley ‘81The Diwali Party Organizing CommitteeThomas and Sarah DoddSue and Owen EhrlichMonica and Frank EppingerRichard and Jayne FawcettAnthony G. Featherston, IV & Dr. Helen RoyJeri FieldsJoseph A. FogliaTiffany Barres Foley ‘98John and Erica Eppinger Fox ‘88Adam S. Fritzsche ‘76Patricia S. FritzscheKate Murphy Gardner ‘94

Hunter Dolphin ‘17

Tyree Brooks ‘17

Charlie Ritter ‘17

HOUGHTON CIRCLE ($250-$499)AnonymousRichard Arms III ‘87BridgeMrs. Paul I. BartholetDaniel P. & Cynthia M. BenfieldDr. Melinda Blum & Dr. Thomas BlumLouise Desjardins and Jacques BrunswickMarilyn Royce BundyJoe and Dode CarrDenny and Rich CarusoClarity Quest Marketing (The Slocumb Family)Mr. and Mrs. Vernon A. DavidsonJulie Wright DelPrado ‘89 and Juan DelPradoFrederick and Patricia DeMaryLara and Garth DolphinPeter and Anne-Marie FlemingBeth and Dave GarboHolly ‘14, Dean ‘16 & Anna Gillespie ‘19Tom Goehring ‘77Randy Greene ‘63Anne GregersonDavid and Jane HannonEleanor HarveyAnn Hallberg Harvey ‘73 & Peter Harvey ‘75Walter C. Hay, III ‘76Mr. and Mrs. Dirk t.D. HeldLori Ingersoll JaffeAngela Kanabis ‘87 and Maarten De jongHarry and Alice LamMark and Maryellen LamsonJennifer (Niffy) Powers Ligeti ‘81Bruce and Catherine LittmanGay S. LongPeggy LukensAdam and Lorena ManciniMr. and Mrs. Gregory W. MartinOliver and Kari MayorgaRichard and Linda MitchellMerrill and Margaret MooneEllie PetersonStefanie Pluschkell and Raymond GreeneBagley ReidGordon and Lynne RingerEdwin L. RussellLisa and Stephen ScottSenor Flaco’sDavid Smith ‘69 and Robin SmithG.A. Sprecace, M.D., J.D.Cynthia Stein Therrien ‘73Roxanne Nanson TischDaniel and Carol ViccioneKathleen K. WattlesMr. and Mrs. F. Bradford WesterfieldMr. and Mrs. William B. WhiteMary Denny WrayCharlie and Debbie Wright

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Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Gaus (Alyssa Olsson ’94)Richard Gildersleeve ‘53Ken and Margo GodfreyGoodSearchBrendan Gouin ‘98, D.M.D.Cecelia Bookataub GrillsRoy, Valerie & Duncan Grimm ‘08Jared and Beth GruczkaGuarino PaintingGilbert and Jeanette GuimondAnne and Doug HagenBill and Sharon HallAlice L. Hanson ‘88Kristin Powers Harkness ’77Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. HatfieldSue HeckrotteDavid ‘65 and Jackie HemondW. Lee Hisle and Julie WorthenMr. and Mrs. Thomas H. HodgsonMr. and Mrs. Russell HollandHeather Honiss Salsich ‘96Peter W. and Ana P. HoopsJessie Hoyt ‘92 & Chris FondulasRobert A. Humphreville ‘73Meredith Jason ‘79Kathleen G. JohnsonRobert Johnson and Patricia BurrTom and Dottie KelseyChris Knisley ‘78Robert and Susanne KnisleyKathy and Connie KronholmPeri Powell Lagassa ‘63Elizabeth LangilleAndrew and Lynne LangloisJenny D. LassenMr. and Mrs. Arthur M. LawtonJack and Ann LazarekMary LenihanGeoffrey Little and Meg LyonsAberdam-Makover FamilyLisa MarcianoHugh A. Marshall ‘81Sally McBeeMr. and Mrs. Brian McCormick ‘90Karen McGeeRobert E. McGeeEllen Humphreville ‘68 and James McGuireChristopher J. Mitchell ‘87Jon Mitchell and Jenny DoakSusan and Tony MitchellDorothea Moore ‘67Liza Moore ‘74William and Deborah MoreheadSue Mosher

Dr. Mathilde NagerNancy and Brian NeffNancy Neiman-HoffmanMargo Novak and Andy GiffordMr. and Mrs. John C. O’BrienJulie A. Olson, Ph.D.Joan Schwartz O’Neill ‘75 and Tim O’NeillHarry H. Orenstein, M.D. ‘68Kim Anker PaddonLauren Edelstein Park ‘81Casey Morgan Peltier ‘60David C. Perkins & Olga LaBellaJane B. Perry ‘61Miles N. Peterle ‘73Gloria V. PetroskyChristopher Raithel and Ming Lee ProsperoAnn W. ReynoldsBetsey Hofer Rice ‘61 & Josh Hall ‘88Rebecca RichardsonWard RobbinsBruce and Debbie RogersDr. Vincent R. RogersSylvia O. RosenbergAreerat and Daniel RoyleDale RundlettLinda SampleDavid Schrage and Diane ThompsonRobert N. Schwartz ‘73Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Selinger, Jr.Diane Corwin Seltzer ‘67 & Mark SeltzerRegan and Chris SeymourJoan Sindall and MacGregor FreemanSusan SindallRay and Janine SrourMr. and Mrs. Harry L. StaleyZachary A. Stanley ‘96John and Marilyn StarrMrs. Sigmund C. SteinElizabeth StewardFifi StillmanCindy Jason Sullivan ‘76Eunice and John SutphenLillian H. Tang ‘65Jim and Sue TrembleNick and Eileen UtterSanda O. WaltonKatherine S. White ‘70William King White ‘81John ‘60 and Joan WilesBruce and Nanette WilliamsGary and Jean WilliamsPauline B. Wood, M.D.Jenna WorthenHeather Lofkin Wright ‘87 and FamilyCornelia Petty Young ‘69Carol N. Ziegenhagen ‘60

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS ($1.00-$99)AnonymousEd and Audrey AdamAhold Financial ServicesKimberly Fullerton Anderson ‘85 & Robert Anderson ‘84Carol and Walter AnselMrs. Herbert M. AthertonAlicia Banister ‘97David Banister ‘91Sarah H. Banister ‘94

Mike and Judy BarberPeter ’76 and Amy BarryEdward J. BehneyChris and Alejandra BenbowTeddy Benfield ‘08Thomas Benfield ‘10Ann and Paul BergendahlRobert and Phyllis BoggsBabi Bose ’07Janice BotskoCathy and Doug BrandtAndrew Bronk ‘12Liz and Ron BronkDuncan J. Brown ‘08Elma Burnham ‘06Laurel A. Butler ‘72 & Chris DanielsSarah Cahill and Sally McGeeGerald and Linda CallLouise V. CardJason Everett Carter ‘95Frank and Margaret ChurchDoug and Samira CloughMarguerite CollierJoan M. CookLeota Daniel

Annual FundHighlights

The Annual Fund was supported by 520donors with an average gift of $492.

Alumni comprised 34% of the total donors.The average alumni gift was $188.

120 donors made a gift of $500 or more.Those leadership gifts accounted for 84% oftotal giving.

Matching gifts accounted for $26,765, or justover 10% of funds raised.

Online gifts totaled over $40,000.

Consistent giving is critically important to thesuccess of any fund-raising effort. 196 donorshave made an Annual Fund gift for 5 consecu-tive years while 83 donors have made a gift for10 consecutive years! Securing the support ofnew donors is also important. This year therewere 44 new donors.

The most important gift? The one you make!

AedenConnelley ‘17

EricaCrawford ‘17

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CIRCLE OF FRIENDS ($1.00-$99) (continued)Peter Davis and Jill Maurer-DavisDoug and Tricia DeLappOlivia Rose Denison ‘09Nathaniel P. Dodge ‘56Alexis DuddenMr. and Mrs. George B. Dunnington, Jr.Judith G. duPont ‘56Frederick C. Eckel, Jr. ‘60Evan M. Ehrlich ‘06Lucy R. Featherston ‘13Riley R. Featherston ‘08Bruce and Pamela FellmanLaura Field ‘92Carol FinkelmanLucy Whitford Freitas ‘96 and Michael FreitasJim Friedlander ‘60Arianna E. Funk ‘00Nathaniel T. Funk ‘04Suzanne Colegrove Gally ‘53Mr. Edward R. Godfrey, IIISheila and Irv GoldmanKatie GoodeMichael and Maureen GosselinAnnick Gouin ‘99Bruce Gouin and Christine BenoitStephen Graham ‘85Marilyn M. GrahamPriscilla H. GriscomJulia GriswoldLaura Hagen ‘06Will Hagen ‘05Virginia Haines ‘65Sally D. HalseyEliza J. Hannon ‘03Molly B. Hannon ‘06Amy Leadbetter Higgs ‘85Eleanor M. Hilton ‘09Betty Jean HisleCynthia Holland ’20Robert (“Bob or “RJ”) John Holland ‘17Anna Holt ‘09Wendy Hunter-Higgins ‘67Astrea S. HupfelChristopher and Caitlin HurtgenTom and Nancy HurtgenMaria IacoiGillian Sulick Janus ‘98Jennifer Johnson and John WilburJessica Johnstone Kam ‘72 and John KamDr. and Mrs. Donald H. KaplanLarry ‘73 and Lisa KaplanSusan KozelJohn F. (Jef) Kurfess, Jr. ‘61Laurie Jean Lamb ‘68Lands’ End, Inc.Susan Albrecht Leach ’61Peter and Linda Lindquist

Ekaterina LitvinovaHannah E. Long ’11Emily LynchKate MacCluggage ‘97Reid and Linda MacCluggageMr. and Mrs. J. Matthew Mannix (Lisa McCormick ’87) Steven P. Marenakos ‘75Howie MartinRobert and Bonnye McGillScott McGill ‘83Megan McKay ‘97David McWethy ‘61Ariel Mitchell ‘00Sabine MoffettMatthew Moore ‘85Joan Morgan ‘68Chris and Edie MorrenLaurie MortrudeJurgen Nebelung ‘97Madeline Neff ‘10Nicky and David NewberyPatricia Oat ‘69James Noble Porter O’Brien ‘05Tim O’Brien ‘09Mel and Dorothy OlssonHeidi Fritzsche O’Rourke ‘77Mary Jo ‘63 and Victor OrsingerDenise Paddon ‘98Lydia Paddon ‘96Molly Paddon ‘00Henry R. Palmer, III ‘68Dorothy H. PappJohn J. PappBarbara PattendenMolly M. Patterson ’05Nanette PattiM. Holly Peirce ‘83Bill and Jamie PeirceEthan Perry ‘84Marcia Woolworth PorterDaniel Potter ‘60 and Marya UrsinGeorge and Helen QuallichStephen G. Quallich ‘04Mary G. RafteryMrs. Sonia RamosLouis and Theresa RandazzoBrian Reubelt ‘08

Charles W. Reyburn ‘69Danielle Robertson ‘06Rosemary and Skip RobertsonDonald F. RobinsonMr. and Mrs. Robert RollaMrs. Barbara RomitoCarol RoperJenni L. RosadoMarcia M. Schaller ‘72Gabriella P. SchlesingerAlex M. Schulz ‘05Ian Schulz ‘02Lydia Schulz ‘09Kate Scott ‘09Robert Scott ‘04Kyle Sebastian ‘09Jeff and Bethany Seidel

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. SeymourBrett Smith ‘00Evelyn SmithScott R. Smith ‘97Diptesh Soni ‘03Lawrence and Susan SpencerAdam Sprecace ‘85 & Jean SprecaceNick StahlHannah Staley ‘09Target, Inc.M. S. Terrass, CDR USN (Ret.)Maya ‘13 and Mason Thieme ‘17Addie and Wilson TuckerMartha Wakeman and Robert ProctorJennifer Warmath ‘02Amber Weinberg ‘07Sarah L. Whitford ‘91Pat WilburPeter Wiles ‘62Brian Williams ‘74Tess Adelle Moffett Williams ‘06Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wood (Alexandra Johnstone ’91) Erin M. Wright ‘91Matthew E. Wright ‘98Wick York ‘65Anne ZogbaumDale Butler Zumsande ‘71

Matching Gift Companies and FoundationsAbbott LaboratoriesBank of AmericaDominion GoogleSC Johnson Wax PfizerQuest Diagnostics Reid and RiegeUnited Technologies

Danshi Antinoph ‘17

Alex McAusher ‘17

Did you know that 21% of allAnnual Fund donors (up from17% in the previous year) madetheir gift online and that theaverage online Annual Fund giftwas $370? The next time you’rethinking about making your gift

to Pine Point, consider usingour safe and secure onlinecapabilities. Online gifts save

the School postage, they’reeasier on the environment, andwe immediately put your gift towork!

Did you know

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Class of ‘53Suzanne Colegrove GallyRichard Gildersleeve

Class of ‘55John CoggeshallGeorge Haines

Class of ‘56Nathaniel P. DodgeJudith G. duPont

Class of ‘58Paul Connor*

Class of ‘59Dr. James F. Calvert, Jr.

Class of ‘60Frederick C. Eckel, Jr.Jim FriedlanderCasey Morgan Peltier Dan PotterJohn Wiles Carol N. Ziegenhagen

Class of ‘61Raymond F. DuBois, Jr. Jack Humphreville* John F. (Jef) Kurfess, Jr.Susan Albrecht LeachDavid McWethyJane B. PerryBetsey Hofer Rice

Class of ‘62Edward J. BehneyPeter Wiles

Class of ‘63Randy Greene Peri Powell Lagassa Mary Jo Pucci Orsinger

Class of ‘64Leslie Ahern BrownLloyd MillerMichael Petty*

Class of ‘65Hugh BeachSusan Blair Virginia HainesDavid Hemond*Nan RobertsLillian H. TangWick York

Class of ‘66Robert CollierStarr White Snead*

Class of ‘67Thomas R. Castle

Alumni Giving(July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011)

The following alumni made gifts to the Annual Fund, the endowment, or a restricted fund.

Wendy Hunter-HigginsLea Jewett*Dorothea MooreDiane Corwin Seltzer*

Class of ‘68Laurie Jean LambEllen Humphreville McGuire*Joan MorganHarry H. Orenstein, M.D.Henry R. Palmer, III

Class of ‘69Patricia OatCharles W. ReyburnDavid Smith*Cornelia Petty Young

Class of ‘70Barbara Ginsberg Katherine S. White*

Class of ‘71Alan GardinerDonald F. RobinsonDale Butler Zumsande

Class of ‘72Laurel A. ButlerJessica Johnstone KamMarcia M. Schaller

Class of ‘73Neal Bobruff Ann GrayJohn GrotonAnn Hallberg Harvey Robert A. HumphrevilleLarry KaplanErica LindbergMiles N. PeterleRobert N. SchwartzCassandra White SweeneyCynthia Stein Therrien*

Class of ‘74Liza MooreBrian Williams

Class of ‘75Jane Lassen BobruffPeter HarveySteven P. MarenakosJoan Schwartz O’Neill

Class of ‘76Peter BarryG. Stuart CampbellAnne FixAdam S. FritzscheWalter C. Hay, IIICindy Jason Sullivan*

Class of ‘77John “J.B.” DaukasTom GoehringKristin Powers HarknessHeidi Fritzsche O’RourkeBetsy Trimble*Julie Klotz Wolman

Class of ‘78Sheilia Terranova BeattieLee Sprecace ClarkGalan DaukasChris Knisley*

Class of ‘79Meredith Jason*

Class of ‘80Donna C. Parssinen

Class of ‘81Wendy Brakenridge DiffleyRon HelbigJennifer (Niffy) Powers LigetiHugh A. MarshallAaron McBride Lauren Edelstein Park*Robert PetrocelliWilliam King White

Class of ‘83Thorr BjornKaren Church*Scott McGillM. Holly Peirce

Class of ‘84Robert Anderson*Ethan Perry

Class of ‘85Kimberly Fullerton AndersonStephen GrahamAmy Leadbetter Higgs*Matthew MooreAdam Sprecace

Class of ‘86Elaine M. Anderson*

Class of ‘87Richard Arms IIIRatna Bindra*Harvey DeMovick, III Angela KanabisLisa McCormick MannixChristopher J. Mitchell Heather Lofkin Wright*Adam Wronowski

Class of ‘88Erica Eppinger Fox*Josh HallAlice L. Hanson

Class of ‘89Julie Wright DelPradoAaron McBride

Class of ‘90Brian McCormick

Class of ‘91David BanisterSarah L. Whitford*Alexandra Johnstone Wood*Erin M. Wright

Class of ‘92Laura FieldJessie Hoyt

Class of ‘94Sarah H. BanisterKate Murphy Gardner*Alyssa Olsson Gaus

Class of ‘95Lindsay Bloom BackmanJason Everett CarterAllena Tillman-Brown

Class of ‘96Lucy Whitford FreitasHeather Honiss Salsich*Lydia PaddonZachary A. Stanley

Class of ‘97Alicia BanisterKate MacCluggage*Megan McKayJurgen NebelungScott R. Smith

Class of ‘98AnonymousThomas J. Capalbo, III, Esq.Tiffany Barres Foley*Brendan Gouin, D.M.D.Gillian Sulick Janus*Denise PaddonMatthew E. Wright

Class of ‘99Annick Gouin

Class of ‘00Arianna E. Funk*Ariel MitchellMolly PaddonJustin C. RosenbergBrett Smith

Class of ‘01Kathleen Coss*Jessica S. Williams*

Class of ‘02Ian SchulzJennifer Warmath

Class of ‘03Eliza J. HannonDiptesh Soni

Class of ‘04Nathaniel T. FunkStephen G. QuallichRobert Scott

Class of ‘05Will Hagen*James Noble Porter O’BrienMolly M. PattersonAlex M. Schulz

Class of ‘06Elma Burnham*Evan M. EhrlichLaura HagenMolly B. HannonDanielle RobertsonTess Adelle Moffett Williams

Class of ‘07Babi BoseAmber Weinberg*

Class of ‘08Teddy BenfieldDuncan J. BrownRiley R. FeatherstonDuncan GrimmBrian Reubelt

Class of ‘09Olivia Rose DenisonEleanor M. HiltonAnna Holt*Kimberly MeneoTim O’BrienLydia SchulzKate ScottKyle Sebastian*Hannah Staley*

Class of ‘10Thomas BenfieldMadeline Neff

Class of ‘11Carrie Meneo

Class of ‘13Lucy R. FeatherstonMaya Thieme

Class of ‘17Mason Thieme

* = Class Agent

he School’s annual golf tournament, held at Stonington Country Club, was a greatsuccess for Pine Point. It was also a great deal of fun. Once again sponsored by

The Holstein Family (and Noank Shipyard) and Professional Planning Group, theevent was also generously supported by 25 tee sponsors, 96 golfers and generated$12,000 in net income to benefit the students and teachers!

This year’s tournament was chaired by parents Lou Doboe and Jim and Dina Pet-rosky. In addition to building the field of golfers, they were also focused on raisingadditional revenue. The latter was accomplished with the inclusion of a number ofgreat raffle items including golf outings at Lake of Isles and The Course at Yale andStonington Country Club, tickets to see the Broadway version of Mary Poppins, get-aways at a lovely home on Groton Long Point and historic Mohonk Mountain House,technology from The Wireless Zone, and a birthday party for 10 at Galaxy Roller Rink.

Mark your calendar for next year’s

Lou Toscano, Ronnie Capalbo, AndrewCapalbo, and Joseph Saunders

Mike Delaney, PhilEmery, Rich Bryce,and Eddie Abbiati

Insu Kong, Carl Reiser, Marc Ginsberg, andCal Ackley

Ann Hallberg Harvey ‘73

(All photos by Ann Bergendahl and Ann Hallberg Harvey ’73)

(Photos of groups that contain a member of the alumni appear in Class Notes.)

John Pereira,Joe Kuzmic,and Neil Ryan

Peter Fleming, Anne-MarieFleming, Linda Kent-Farinha,and Antonio Farinha

Curt Christoffersen, Tony Semproni, Jim Cook, andPhil Iredale

Dina Petrosky, Jim Petrosky, Nikki Scott, andSteve Scott

Taylor Heal, Bill Girard, RockyMarciano and Kip Bochain

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19th Annual

Corporate SponsorsThe Holstein Foundation

&Abbott Holstein Boardsen ’94

Jonathan H. Holstein ’92Lauren Holstein ’99Melanie Holstein ’02

and

Tee SponsorsAnonymous (2)Van M. Brown, Beth Tillman, Allena Tillman-Brown '95and Dugan Tillman-Brown '97Cable Components GroupDock and DineThe Exchange Bar and GrillIn Memory of Duncan FullertonScout, Smokey, and Pete FullertonGo Fish

Hamilton Point Investments (2)Insu Kong, M.D.New England Glass and MirrorNorwich Family Dental Associates (Dr. Matthew Amaro)Premier Business Services, P.C.Race Rock Garden CompanyRoot Canal Specialists, P.C. (Dr. Amy Amaro)David Schwindt, M.D. LLC Integrative MedicineSeward and Monde CPAsShawmut Design and ConstructionStaleyRobesonSteak LoftTen Clams

Thanks, Paul! (2)

Pine Point SchoolGolf Tournament

19th AnnualFor the third year in a row, the team of Bill Ernst,Tim Sisk, Tom Kiely, and Jon Kodama won the tour-nament. This year, they shot a 63.

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Pine Point SchoolGolf Tournament

David Cruthers, Sam Rodman, Howard Martin, andTony Dinoto

Bruce Holstein, John Holstein, Jill Holstein Bach,and Harry Boardsen

Wendy Touton, George David,Charlie Gill, and Linda Goddard

Cassie Deegan, William Horgan,Christine Horgan, and Paula Robbins

Alex Alpert, Dale Rundlett, Jim Weeks,and Debbie O’Brien

Christian Drew, John Leger, Lou Doboe, andBob McDonald

Ann Bergendahl

Jim Reid, Robert Gay, Josh Parsons, and Lee Hisle

Tony DiCicco, David Newbery, Barry McLoran,and David Rush

Charlie Meyers, Tom Doherty, David Burnham,and Todd Pezzolesi

Tim Burrows, Dave Waddington, Isaac Lazarou, and RobRenehan

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RESTRICTED GIVINGThe Dorothy L. Bailey Fund Loring M. BaileyNorm Jason

Loring M. Bailey, Jr. ’59 Scholarship FundAlan and Patience BanisterMr. and Mrs. Richard M. ChapinRuth CrockerJak and David CruthersJames A. HandsMr. and Mrs. Eino KerttulaMr. and Mrs. Thomas LaskoskiMr. and Mrs. Robert L. Sicilian

The Alan Banister Endowmentfor the Teaching of ScienceAlan and Patience Banister

Frances and Jack Brown FundThe Tillman-Brown FamilyAllena Tillman-Brown ’95

Robbie Campbell ’76 FundG. Stuart Campbell ’75

DeMovick Early Childhood Center Coventry Health Care, Inc.Harvey and Jeanne DeMovick, Jr.

The Fund for Excellence inEnglish and Scholarly Writing at Pine PointKimberly ’09, Carrie ’11, Jacqueline,and Ron Michael Meneo

Jules X. Escorcio-Schneider ’86 FundAna and Jeffrey SchneiderEdward Wozniak

General EndowmentAnne Fix ’76 and Kevin BowdlerMerrill and Margaret Moone

Geise Library/Technology CenterMr. and Mrs. Charles M. Royce

The Humphreville EndowmentMr. and Mrs. John Humphreville ’61

InstructionGlobal Youth Leadership Institute

The Davis K. Knox ‘04 Financial Aid FundChester Kitchings Family FoundationPatricia Kitchings

The Paul Geise Fund ($10,000 and above)AnonymousAlan and Patience BanisterMr. Kwang-Suk Hong & Ms. Sung-Hee KimPatricia KitchingsDavid Schulz and Karen StoneThe New York Community Trust

(Wattles Family Charitable Fund)

($5,000-$9,999)Peter and Candace BriggsReginald H. Fullerton, Jr.Charlie Gill and Linda GoddardChristopher and Fiona HiltonDennis and Deborah O’BrienHugh and Debbie O’BrienOcean Blue CateringArdice and John PerryRobert ‘81 and Carla PetrocelliSea Research Foundation, Inc.Cassandra White Sweeney ‘73Barbara TimkenJoshua and Alejandra Welch

($2,500-$4,999)Charles and Kathleen GlewJohn and Sandy Pereira

($1,949-$2,499)Merrick and Alexandra AlpertLou and Sandy DoboeThe Linhares Family

($1,500-$1,948)Norm JasonThe Sarah E. Kelly Family Fund

($1,000-$1,499)Daniel P. & Cynthia M. BenfieldMr. and Mrs. James C. BuffumThe Carbonneau FamilySharan A. Carney & Dennis A. HoltDr. and Mrs. Stephen M. CoanJak and David CruthersLara and Garth DolphinJohn ‘73 and Alice GrotonRobert and Susanne KnisleyJulie A. Olson, Ph.D.Pine Point School Parents’ AssociationCynthia H. RaymondMr. William R. Rolla & Dr. Donna Romito RollaPhil and Starr White Snead ‘66Paresh and Manju SoniJoe StaleyThe Tillman-Brown FamilyBetsy Trimble ‘77 and Michael Feltes

Priscilla M. WinnMarcy Withington and Dave KelseyJenny and Adam Wronowski ‘87

($500-$999)Brad and Mimi BordenDrs. Tamim Braish and Teresa SmolarekMr. and Mrs. Rodney ButlerAnne Fix ‘76 and Kevin BowdlerJim and Susan FunkBeth and Peter GianacoplosJack and Stephanie GosselinLeslie and Michael HawleyMohammad and Tasneem KhanInsu and Mary Minn KongDorothy B. LeibTheodore Liston and Cynthia OksanenThomas and Karen MitchellThomas and Betsy MoukawsherCarl and Dot ReiserMr. and Mrs. Daniel RickDavid and Jennifer SchwindtShawmut Design and ConstructionBarb Silver Holt & Harry HoltAlix and Janie StanleyRuth Saunders and Jonathan WhiteMr. and Mrs. Christopher Wick

($250-$499)Gopa and Arindam BoseDrs. George Bourganos & Penny VlahosSusan and Harvey DeMovick, III ‘87Roy, Valerie & Duncan Grimm ‘08David and Jane HannonRon ‘81 and Betty HelbigChudy and Adanne NduakaNancy and Brian NeffDrs. John Pagnozzi and Kathleen SchwamDr. Prior L. ParkerMiles N. Peterle ‘73Annie and Ben PhilbrickBob and Nancy SchachnerEunice and John SutphenNick and Eileen UtterMr. and Mrs. William B. White

($100-$249)Drs. Matthew and Amy AmaroKerilynn AntochNeal Bobruff ‘73 & Jane Lassen Bobruff ‘75Elizabeth Tobin Brown

Sam Conley ‘17

Lucian Kronholm ‘17

Clairr Griffin ‘17

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Charles and Jane BuffumMarilyn Royce BundyKevin and Mary CollinsJohn and Laurie D’AmatoMichael and Leslie DameronThomas and Sarah DoddDrs. Lisa and Bill DonovanMargaret W. FieldEnid and Gabriel FordDenny and Tamara GibbsRichard Gildersleeve ‘53Mr. and Mrs. Julian E. GillespieAnn Gray ‘73 & James RoyleBill and Sharon HallJudith Howe-TuckerMr. and Mrs. Richard A. KimballErica Lindberg ‘73Peggy LukensRocky D. MarcianoLynn McClureKim Anker PaddonKatherine H. PerkinsDr. and Mrs. David N. RosenbergEdwin L. RussellMr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Selinger, Jr.Alan and Tanya Sylvestre.Margot WelchSteve and Maggie WhiteJohn ‘60 and Joan WilesChristie Max Williams & Catharine MoffettMark and Julie Klotz Wolman ‘77Charlie and Debbie WrightIsabella M. ZagareSue and A.J. Zimbelmann

($1.00-$99)Eddie and Julie AbbiatiTheresa AndersonVicki and Scott AndersonCy and Maury AnfindsenRuth BaggittSarah H. Banister ‘94Ingrid S. BeachChris and Alejandra BenbowDr. Melinda Blum & Dr. Thomas BlumCathy and Doug BrandtBrian S. Bronk and Dianne K. BryceAndrew Brown and Monica GallegoSteve and Kate BrownMr. and Mrs. Robert C. BuffumNick and Camille BurlinghamErin C. Call & Jay FrinkTom and Bert Capalbo

Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. CarboniJudy and Curt ChristoffersenSally and Tom CoganKathleen Coss ‘01Robert and Lorilee DarlingJulie Wright DelPrado ‘89 and Juan DelPradoMonica and Frank EppingerMark FaderMarcia and Jack FixAdam S. Fritzsche ‘76Ken and Margo GodfreyTom and Mildred GoebelBill and Geraldine GriffinCecelia Bookataub GrillsMr. and Mrs. Edward Haberek Jr.Tina J. HaleyAmy HallbergAndrew and Danielle HelbigJanet HinkleW. Lee Hisle and Julie WorthenRita HoranWilliam and Christine HorganChristopher and Caitlin HurtgenLea Jewett ‘67Susan KozelMark and Maryellen LamsonBob and Suzanne LaneMichael LobdellMrs. Gay S. LongLinda LozisDouglas LyonsLisa MarcianoFrank and Cathy MarcoMegan Marco and Noah SchappaMr. and Mrs. Gregory W. MartinSenator Andrew MaynardMiss Porter’s School, Inc.Jon Mitchell and Jenny DoakMadeline Neff ‘10Nicky and David NewberyJames Noble Porter O’Brien ‘05Tim O’Brien ‘09Diana and Page OwenDorothy H. PappJames and Dina PetroskyMary G. RafteryGordon and Lynne RingerRosemary and Skip RobertsonThe Rev. Mark K.J. & Eleanor P. RobinsonMrs. Barbara RomitoCarol RoperMr. Justin C. Rosenberg ‘00

Lisa and Stephen ScottJeff and Bethany SeidelDiane Corwin Seltzer ‘67 & Mark SeltzerAnish U. Shah and Kate A. Flanagan-ShahDavid Smith ‘69 and Robin SmithLawrence and Susan SpencerCindy Jason Sullivan ‘76Lou Toscano and Judith Florio ToscanoSanda O. WaltonJohn and Lisa WestBruce and Nanette WilliamsJessica S. Williams ’01

Andrew E. Leadbetter ’89 FundAllen and Barbara Leadbetter

Marshall G. McKim ’84 FundAlan and Patience Banister

Russel T. Miller ’55 FundRichard Gildersleeve ’53Lloyd Miller ’64

Richard W. Mitchell Fund for Teaching ExcellenceAnne Sanger

Parents Association Spring GalaThe Pfizer Foundation

Helen L. Petty Book FundMichael Petty ’64Cornelia Petty Young ’69

RestrictedAlan and Patience BanisterRodney and Dionne ButlerPeter FiewegerJose A. Guerrero & Debra P. GuerreroBill and Geraldine GriffinPaul LongDonna PintoDr. Joseph M. ProsperoTrever Salmon Consulting EngineerRegan and Christine SeymourUnited TechnologiesTom and Lynn ThompsonWalsh Home InspectionsJosh and Alejandra Welch

Devin Shah ‘17

Katerina Petrosky ‘17

John PaulWronowski ‘17

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ScholarshipThe Compass FundCompass Point Research & Trading

Charitable FoundationMr. and Mrs. Julian GillespieChester Kitchings Family FoundationPatricia KitchingsThe Frank Loomis Palmer FundMr. and Mrs. Charles M. Royce

Nancy Tattersall Roberts FundNan Roberts ’65

Hugh Huidekoper Toulmin FundSaren Langmann

The Westerly Alumni Scholarship FundMr. and Mrs. Charles M. Royce

Honorary and In Memoriam GiftsAlan and Patience Banister (I/M of Mabel Kornacki

Carlson, Bob Hyde, Andy Leadbetter ’89 andIrene Campbell)

Andrew Bronk ’12 (I/H of Mr. Geise)Sarah Cahill and Sally McGee (I/H of Theo McGee ’21)Robert and Bonnye McGill

(I/H of Sean ’81 and Scott McGill ’83)Mr. and Mrs. Vernon A. Davidson

(I/H of Katie Sullivan ’02 & Matt Sullivan ’05)Christopher Dutcher & Timothy Reitz

(I/H of Leslie Dameron and Heather Gillespie)Peter Fieweger (I/M of John Prospero)Alyssa Olsson Gaus ’94 (I/H of Kyle & Gavin)Jose A. Guerrero & Debra P. Guerrero

(I/M of John Prospero)Laura Hagen ’06 (I/M of Alicia Z. Russell)Jennifer Johnson and John Wilbur (I/H of Paul Geise)Dr. and Mrs. Oliver Mayorga

(I/H of the Preschool Program)Aaron McBride ’81 (I/H of Jeannie Williams)Megan McKay ’97 (I/H of the Fabulous PPS faculty!)Hugh and Debbie O’Brien

(I/M of Donald and Marilyn O’Brien)Katherine Hull Perkins (I/H of Jack Carver Ryan ’19)Donna Pinto (I/M of John Prospero)Dr. Joseph M. Prospero (I/M of John Prospero)Trevor Salmon Consulting Engineer

(I/M of John Prospero)Scout, Smokey, and Pete Fullerton (I/M of Duncan)Joan Sindall and MacGregor Freeman

(I/M of John H.C. Sindall)Carol H. Smith (I/M of Rose M. Smith)Diptesh Soni ’03 (I/H of How Cool Pine Point Is!)

Nick Stahl (I/H of David, Jen and Alex Schwindt ’15)Tom and Lynn Thompson (I/M of John Prospero)Jonathan White and Ruth Saunders (I/H of Paul Geise)Tess Adelle Moffett Williams ’06

(I/M of Alicia Z. Russell)Heather L. Wright ’87 (I/H of Ethel T. Perreault)

All capital gifts to funds honoring, or memorializing:Dorothy L. Bailey, Loring M. Bailey, Jr. ’59, Francesand Jack Brown, Robbie Campbell ’76, Jules Escorcio-Schneider ’86, Paul G. Geise, Neil Humphreville, An-drew E. Leadbetter ’89, Marshall McKim ’84, Russel T.Miller ’55, Richard W. Mitchell, Helen L. Petty, NancyTattersall Roberts, and Hugh Huidekoper Toulmin.

Matching Gift Companies and Foundations(Capital Giving and Special Events)PfizerUnited Technologies

19th Annual Pine Point School Golf TournamentAnonymousEddie AbbiatiDrs. Matthew and Amy AmaroAlexander K. Bochain, Jr.Kippery Bochain ‘01Cable Components Group LLCGus CamposJak and David CruthersRev. Anthony C. DinotoLou Doboe, Jr.Dr. William DonovanKevin FiftalMr. and Mrs. Peter FlemingAdam Fritzsche ’76Pete FullertonCharlie Gill & Linda GoddardMarc GinsbergDavid HannonTaylor HealChris HeddenLee HisleHolstein Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. William E. HorganDr. Philip IredaleJTK Management CorporationDavid KelseyDr. Insu KongRocco MarcianoHoward MartinDebbie O‘BrienJosh ParsonsJohn PereiraDr. and Mrs. Robert R. Petrocelli ‘81Jim and Dina PetroskyTodd Pezzolesi

Premier Business Services, P.C.Professional Planning GroupRace Rock Garden Company, Inc.Jim ReidCarl A. Reiser, IIIJustin RobbinsRev. Samuel RodmanDale RundlettNeil RyanJoe SaundersDavid and Jennifer SchwindtSeward and MondeShawmut Design and ConstructionSoccerPlus Juniors StoningtonJoseph L. StaleyThe Tillman-Brown FamilyLou ToscanoDavid WaddingtonWesterly Dental Group Inc.

Gifts-in-KindAgwayDennis and Cynthia BurkholderJak and David CruthersRobert and Lorilee DarlingArthur GeyerDavid and Jane HannonHip PicklesThomas McWilliamsRonald and Jacqueline MeneoJon Mitchell and Jenny DoakHarry H. Orenstein, M.D. ‘68John and Sandy PereiraNan Roberts ‘65David and Jennifer SchwindtMr. and Mrs. William B. WhiteJennifer Johnson & John WilburYe Olde Curiositie Shoppe

Great care has been taken to ensurethe accuracy of this report. Pleasenotify the Development Officeshould you find an error or omissionas we want the opportunity to correctour records and appropriately recog-nize all contributions.

Lekha Sapers ‘17

Jason Harris ‘17

Bob Holland ‘17

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Class Notes

The 1950sPaul Connor, 12 Spring Street, Noank, CT 06340, PACNOANK@aol.com

1960In a May 2011 letter to his patients, John Wiles reported that after thirty-fiveyears practicing dermatology, twenty-seven of them in New London, he wouldbe retiring at the end of August.

1961Jack Humphreville, 456 South Arden Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA90020-4736, Jack@TargetMediaPartners.com

Charles Peterson ’64 got in touch with Pine Point, and told us that he was in the floor-ing business. But not just any old floors, as you can tell by the photo to the left. Charles’website describes him as “New England’s only Nationally Degreed Advanced MasterCraftsman.” The floor in the picture was created for Charles’ book, Wood Flooring: AComplete Guide to Layout, Installation, and Finishing. The former nuclear engineerfound his love for wood when working alongside his grandfather, who was a furniturebuilder. When Charles left the nuclear field, he decided to devote his life to readingabout wood floors. “I read every book I could find on the subject, traveled all over theworld, and studied with people whose families have been doing floors for five genera-tions,” he told This Old House magazine online. “To me, a floor is a blank canvas.”Nothing makes Charles happier than the chance to make a floor the center of attention.

Nan Roberts ’65 was sorry to miss the alumni reunion, though she keeps inregular touch with Michael Petty ‘64. She sent along a photo of herself and

husband Mike Godfrey on the Banana River porch of the home they’vebeen rebuilding since Hurricane Frances devastated that area back in

2004. Nan runs her own non-profit consulting firm (Roberts & Associates)in Indialantic, FL, and also keeps busy mentoring at-risk high school stu-

dents and reading with primary students during the school year. She’s also“trying to keep elected officials aware of their constituents’ rights.” Always

thinking about how to help out Pine Point, she donated two old Beers1868 Stonington maps (one is a detailed rendering of the Borough and the

other shows the coast from Westerly to New London). She also donatedfor use in a future auction her mother’s REAL camel hair coat. Perhaps

alumni in the 1960 and 1970s will remember her mom (Mrs. Roberts) com-ing to School in the cooler weather to teach French wearing that coat?

1964Michael Petty, 1007 McCeney Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20901,sundancepetty@gmail.com

Michael Petty continues to serve as director of the Washington, DC chapter ofthe Lewis and Clark Society. He’s currently working on a book about the his-toric duo’s travels from the East Coast to the more well-known “starting” pointat St. Charles on the Mississippi River.

1965David Hemond, 81 Silas Deane Road, Ledyard, CT 06339,davidlhemond@yahoo.com

1966Starr White Snead, 1359 North Edgewater Drive, Charleston, SC 29407,1stStarr@bellsouth.net

1967Lea Jewett, 227 Vauxhall Street, New London, CT 06320,hl_juet@sbcglobal.net

Diane Corwin Seltzer, 4 Windover Turn, Westerly, RI 02891-4069,dcorwinseltzer@gmail.com

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1968Ellen Humphreville McGuire, 203 Glenwood Av-enue, New London, CT 06320,Pigel@ct.metrocast.net

Ellen Humphreville McGuire reports: “Big newshere is that Courtney and Jamie ’94 are the proudparents of Jeffrey James McGuire. He was born onTuesday, July 19, weighing in at 8 pounds 6ounces. We left for Maryland shortly after hearingthat Courtney was in labor as did the other set ofgrandparents. This is the first grandchild for bothfamilies. Picture six adults captivated by one littleguy.”

1969David Smith, 30 Spruce Street, Westerly, RI02891, robndav@cox.net

1970Kassy White, 42 Centre Street, Dover, MA 02030,KassyWhite@aol.com

1971Paul Marshall, 63 Duck Cove Road, NorthKingstown, RI 02852-6240,imagesideas55@hotmail.com

1973Cynthia Stein Therrien, 47 Paag Circle, Little Sil-ver, NJ 07739-1738, Therriens@Comcast.net

1974Sharon Butler, 9 Pearl Street, Mystic, CT 06355,butsharon@gmail.com

1976Cindy Jason Sullivan, P.O. Box 90, Higganum, CT06441-0090, csullivan09@snet.net

Cindy Jason Sullivan and her husband David areboth well. One of their favorite activities is watch-ing their 13- and 16-year-old boys play baseball.This year’s season took them into early August.

1977Betsy Trimble, 3 Heron Road, Mystic, CT 06355,IETrimble@sbcglobal.net

Seth Goldberg has moved from New Jersey toDurham, NC.

David Schlesinger ’75 (far right) and hiswife Rachel moved to Hong Kong afterseven years in London. David completedhis assignment as global editor-in-chiefof the Reuters news service and was ap-pointed Chairman, Thomson ReutersChina, providing senior leadership andstrategy for the news, media and informa-tion group in the region. It’s a return tohis roots–after graduating in East Asianstudies from both Oberlin and Harvard,David and Rachel lived in Hong Kong,Taiwan, and China for more than adecade before moving to New York andthen London. Here, David meets ChinesePresident Hu Jintao.

Adam Fritzsche ’76 (second from left)played in the School’s annual golf

tournament and was joined byDirector of Development David

Hannon, past parent and past trusteeKevin Fiftal, and David Buckley (farleft). His team shot a 77 on the day.

Adam runs his own investmentpractice, Fritzsche Financial LLC, in

Canterbury, CT. He and his wife, Jill,have seven children between them!

John Groton ’73 (fourth from left)is a member of The PondviewRacquet Club 8.0 tennis team ofWesterly, RI, which won the NewEngland Section championships inJuly in Springfield, MA. They haveadvanced to the NationalChampionships in Tucson, AZ inNovember. Also members of theteam are John’s wife, Alice (fifthfrom left) and Annick Gouin ’99(far right). John is Vice Presidentfor Sales for the National BookNetwork.

After 13+ years with The Koffler Group, a real estate investment/develop-ment/management firm based in Providence, Chris Knisley ’78 has joined

RJ Kelly Company, Burlington, MA, as its Chief Investment Officer. RJKelly is one of the pioneering suburban Boston/Route 128 real estate

firms, having developed over 5 million square feet of commercial spacealong the corridor during the past forty years. In his capacity as their CIO,Chris is responsible for sourcing new acquisition and development oppor-

tunities, and securing high net worth, family office, and institutional eq-uity to leverage RJ Kelly’s buying capacity as they expand and diversify

their real estate holdings. Here are Chris and his wife Julie’s four children:Lilah (12), Peyton (19), Vannie (14), and Carson (17).

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1978Chris Knisley, 175 Beech Street, Wrentham, MA 02093,knisley@rjkellycompany.com

1979Meredith Jason, 6130 31st Street NW, Washington, DC20015, crcmlj@msn.com

1980Liz Held Jensen is working at the Maritime Aquarium atNorwalk in their education department.

1981Lauren Edelstein Park, 1519 5th Street, Boulder, CO80302, lparkco@yahoo.com

1982Dan Wood, 156 Ludlow Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY10002, dxwood@work.ac

1983Karen Church, 1951 Canyon Drive, Los Angeles, CA90068, karen.church@tvc.cbs.com

Kristin Held opened a physical therapy massage studiowith a friend in Agawam, MA. Bill Priestley passed awayon April 8 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was alawyer with the firm of Edwards Angell Palmer & DodgeLLP in Providence. After leaving Pine Point, Bill went onto St. Paul’s and Colby, before getting his law degreefrom Boston University Law School in 1995. We send oursympathies to his wife, Kinda, and their four children.

1984Bob Anderson, The Dormers, 3 Everett Avenue, WatchHill, RI 02891, anderboard@me.com

1985Amy Leadbetter Higgs, 87 Fernbank Avenue, Delmar, NY12054, amylhiggs@gmail.com

Bob Petrocelli ’81 (right) played in Pine Point’s golf tournament with his wife, Carla, and fellow Pine Point par-ent Rodney Butler. (Dionne Butler also played with the group for the first nine holes before having to depart.)The team shot a 74. Bob is the CEO of GreenBytes. According to the company’s website, “GreenBytes is aprovider of high-performance, energy-efficient inline deduplication storage appliances. Featuring the world’sfastest, most efficient next-generation Hybrid Storage Architecture (HSA), GreenBytes’ GB-X Series storageappliances combine highly innovative software technology and advanced power management design with aworld-class server platform to address the storage and energy efficiency crises facing today’s IT operations.”The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Ashaway, RI. The Petrocelli’s daughter, Alison, is a1st grader this fall and beginning her third year at Pine Point. Carla is a trustee of the School and a member ofthe Executive Committee of the Board.

Bill White ’81 (far left) was part of the Professional Planning Group (PPG) foursome that played in thegolf tournament. (For the 4th year, PPG was one of the tournament’s corporate sponsors.) He joinedScott Upham, Christopher Wallace, and Peter Wallace ’85. The group shot a 65 to take 3rd place. Bill isin the reverse mortgage business and lives in Wakefield, RI, with his wife and two children. Peter is afinancial advisor with PPG and lives in Essex with his wife, Katrina, and their daughter, Lauren.

If you’re a Facebook member, type PinePoint School in the search box, and joinour new page, which is listed as “PinePoint School, Non-profit Organization”rather than the “Group” page. If you are amember of the “Group” page, please switch.We want to bring our latest news directly to your homepage,and you’ll receive it by “liking” our new page. You can also sendyour news to the School and your friends through the page!

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Dan Spano ’86 plays keyboardsin a band called The Rivergods,and, given his many years in theWhaling City, offers a view ofthe New London music scenethat is based on first-handknowledge. “The New Londonscene is an extremely support-ive environment for local musi-cians to create and performoriginal music. The Rivergodshave been a mainstay for over adecade in New London’s thriv-ing music scene second only (interm of years) to The Reducers,another New London favorite.Our strength and longevity liesin our ability to draw influence(and fans) from a wide range ofmusical genres including har-mony-rich folk, traditional country, swamp blues and straight up rock-n-roll. Allthese styles merge to create The Rivergods’ Americana-tinged ‘Authentic New Lon-don Sound.’ We recently released our third studio album, ‘Signs’, which is avail-able on iTunes.

“New London recently hosted their own version of The Grammy Awards calledThe Whalie Awards at which The Rivergods were voted ‘Best Americana Band’ bythe local community. We have also performed throughout New England at eventssuch as Sailfest 2011 in New London and at Summer Pops in Westerly with TheChorus of Westerly where I began my musical career with fellow bandmate BenParent (Rivergods’ founder) at the age of 8.

“I graduated from Dowling College in New York with a degree in music educa-tion and taught grade school and college level music as well as working in admin-istration at Mitchell College and The New England Institute of Technology. Iretired in 2003 and live in Westerly with my wife Emily and three daughters Mar-garet, Isabella, and Sophia. The members of the band pictured here are: MikePalazzolo (bass), Trevor Chandonnait (drums), me, Ben Parent (guitar/vocals), andNancy Parent (pedal steel/vocals).”

1986Elaine Anderson, 42 South Street, Middlebury, VT 05753-1316,elaineavt@gmail.com

1987Ratna Bindra, 7 Pond View Lane, Ossining, NY 10562-1961,ratna.bindra@pfizer.com

Heather Wright, 132 Irving Avenue, Providence, RI 02906-4510,hlofkinwright@gmail.com

Special thanks to Ratna Bindra and Heather Wright who haveonce again taken on the responsibilities of being co-ClassAgents! Lynne Langlois Hunter’s son, Andrew Michael, turnedone in June. She is running Lynne Hunter Marketing LLC out ofher home in Andover, MA. Angela Kanabis continues to buildher family’s restaurant business in Mystic. She purchased thehouse and property across the street from Bravo Bravo with theintent of rehabilitating the house for a restaurant. However, thestructure was in too poor of a condition to be fixed, so it wasrazed in late July, and construction on a new building began inAugust, with the intention of having it ready to go as a 51-seatrestaurant with two apartments above it by next summer. JoiningAzu and Bravo Bravo, there will be three restaurants owned bythe Kanabis family in downtown Mystic and, if it’s as good asthe other two, it will certainly be just as popular! Jillian DeyMaydon wrote in early summer, “The big news here is that wehad a son, Angus William Robert Maydon, on April 7. (Yes – Isuccumbed to the English two middle names!!) Freya is anamazing big sister and is doing very well. We also moved into anew home very near to our old place so we are still in theSouthfields section of London.”

Geordie Carr ’86 owns Bump Wine Cellars, which is locatedin Sonoma, CA. He held a tasting in July in Stonington Bor-ough. Geordie selects grapes from local California vineyardsand has three wines currently on the market: a sauvignonblanc, syrah, and zinfandel. The sauvignon blanc is availablelocally at the Cask ‘n’ Keg in Mystic.

New London Sound

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1988Erica Eppinger Fox, 65 Montauk Ave, Stonington, CT 06378,eeppfox@gmail.com

1989Meredith Michaud Hargus, 140 Castle Hill Road, Pawcatuck, CT06379, Meredith.Hargus@genzyme.com

1990Vanessa Oat Ghantous, 1278 Kawili Way, Makawao, HI96768-9555, ghantoat@live.com

Ben Hong passed away in San Diego on July 7. He left Pine Pointin 1989 and went to Norwich Free Academy. After NFA, Ben wentto UConn, the University of Hawaii, and got his law degree fromStetson Law University in St. Petersburg, FL. He was employed bythe law firm of Epsten, Grinnell & Howell, APC in San Diego. Oursympathies go out to his parents and two sisters, including RobinHong Kimball ’92.

Rick Arms ’87 now has a new set of initials to go after his name – M.D. He graduated from CreightonUniversity School of Medicine in Omaha and has embarked on a four-year residency in obstetrics andgynecology at the university’s hospital. His brother, Isaac ’92, whose furniture business in Bozeman, MT,continues to flourish, flew east to celebrate with their parents, Rick and Susan, the latter a former presi-dent of the Pine Point Board of Trustees. Following graduation, Rick and his parents spent 3 1/2 weekstravelling in France, principally around Normandy and Picardy. Not surprisingly, there were lots ofchateaus and battlefields to be seen, along with some marvelous art history. (In a certain sense, the tripfor Rick was about going home as he was born in France and baptized at The American Church in Paris.)

Rick is pictured with his mother outsidethe Château de Beaumesnil in Nor-mandy, a masterpiece of Louis XIIIstyle, constructed in the 1630s. He isalso shown with his father outside thetown of Armes in Burgundy. The seniorArms wrote, “The ‘Arms’ surname wasoriginally spelled ‘Armes.’ The ‘E’ wasdropped after Queen Anne’s War, circa.1716, as being too French for BritishNorth America and Massachusetts.”

Proud mom Alice Hanson ’88sent along pictures of her twochildren. “Benjamin is now 1 yearold and Samuel turned 4 in Sep-tember. We have been busy withall the activities of pre-schoolersand toddlers. The images arefrom Ben’s 1st birthday in April

and Sam at karate (when heearned his green belt).” Aliceis the Inventory Manager forDC Rental, a company thatspecializes in high-end glass-ware, linen, and other items foruse in the hospitality industry.

Rick Arms ’87

Classes of 1952-2005Boston Alumni Reception

February 16, 20126:00-8:00 pm

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Head of School Stephen Bennhoff renewed old ties with Elaine Anderson ’86and her husband, Rick Bunt. Stephen and Elaine were colleagues years ago atThe Gailer School in Middlebury, VT.

The Class of 1976 was well represented. From left: Anne Fix ’76,her husband and Pine Point Trustee Kevin Bowdler, Cindy JasonSullivan ’76, her husband David, Jill Fritzsche and Adam ’76, alongwith Oliver Porter and past faculty member (and current grandpar-ent to five Pine Point students) Priscilla Griscom-Porter.

English teacher Hamilton Salsich was delighted tosee Sara Groton ’04 (left) and Katie Geise ’03.

JustinRosenberg ’00

(right) camewith his friend

Linda Vuong(left) and sister

Briana ’01.

Julia and PaulLeeming ’92attended the

reunion. Paul is theexecutive directorof research in the

wealth managementdivision at UBS.

Alumni Reunion2011Seventy people gathered in the Alicia Z. Russell Memorial Gar-den on Saturday, August 6 for our annual reunion. The threat ofshowers held off, making everyone dry and happy. A range ofalumni from the Class of 1960 to the Class of 2004 celebratedtheir time at Pine Point.

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Arianna Funk ’00 (third from left) is shown with(from left) her friend Erik Lehto, former facultymember Jim Royle and his wife, Ann Gray ’73.The next day, Arianna and Erik flew back to hisnative Sweden, where she is now living.

Lucy Whitford Freitas ’96 celebratedher 15th reunion along with her hus-band, Michael. Lucy is teaching 8th

grade math at Pawcatuck Middle Schooland is expecting their first child!

Kimberly FullertonAnderson ’85,Elaine Anderson’86, Rick Bunt, andBob Anderson ’84

John Wiles ’60 (third from left) was the “earliest” alumnus to attendthis year’s affair. He is joined by (from left) his wife, Joan, Sixth-

Grade Teacher Carol Roper, and Head of School Stephen Bennhoff.

The Class of 1991brought back sixmembers for their20th anniversary!From left: RebeccaJones, Sarah Whit-ford, Becca McBee,Evan Field, ErinWright, and DavidBanister.

Ted O’Brien ’90 came back from Manhattan,where he is an event planner in the City.

Art TeacherJulie WrightDelPrado ’89(far left)enjoyed thecompany ofAymi Bennhoff,wife of Head ofSchool StephenBennhoff,David Heacockand his wife,former BusinessManagerIsabella Zagare.

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1991Sarah Whitford, P.O. Box 8403, Portland, ME04104-8403, slwhitfo@hotmail.com

1992Zach Oat, 214 Haviland Drive, Patterson, NY,12563-1326, zachoat@gmail.com

Sam Gager moved from Astoria, NY, to San Fran-cisco. He explained: “Basically, my wife got intothe #2 Nurse Practitioner Program in the country,and I got a job offer at the same time fromLinkedIn that I just couldn’t pass up. Sheer luckreally. I’m starting a new line of business withinLinkedIn that is focused on Employer Brandingand Recruiting Insights. I’m working with high-endcorporate clients to help them understand theiremployer brand and competitive landscape in theworld of hiring and retaining top-tier talent, espe-cially as we enter a more highly-skilled and mo-bile, information-driven workforce.” Zach Oatwrote, “I left TelevisionWithoutPity.com to take ajob as Marketing Supervisor at Diamond SelectToys, so I’m still going to be on Facebook andTwitter pretty constantly. I’m also going to be trav-eling to a couple of conventions a year, includingSan Diego Comic-Con and New York Toy Fair.”Jane Simmons was appointed Executive Director ofthe LaGrua Center in Stonington Borough. Shewill be responsible for advancing the center’s pro-gram of events and activities. Along with its boardof directors and volunteers, she will promote thegrowth and mission of the center, providing cul-tural arts and educational programming to south-eastern Connecticut. She will also be responsiblefor the facility’s financial management, marketing,building maintenance and general oversight. Be-fore her appointment, she had worked for her fa-ther, former Rep. Rob Simmons, on both hiscongressional and senate campaigns. Her appoint-ment was announced by the Center’s Board presi-dent, Peter Castle ’68.

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Jessie Hoyt ’92 re-ports, “Life is swell.My son, Diver HoytFondulas, was bornlast December. Thatis, by far, my biggestnews to share. I actu-ally was able to intro-duce Diver to somePPS teachers andfriends at the Roylefamily Christmasparty right after hewas born. I think hewas about 5 or 6 daysold then! My husbandChris and I moved from Manhattan back to Brooklyn in March. So, with the baby and the move,we’ve had our hands full. I left my job in advertising to stay home with Diver full-time. It’s beenterrific, and really rewarding. I’ll pound the pavement again in the future, but for now, I’m lovingstay-at-home-momdom.

“Here’s a family photo taken during a recent trip to Spain. I hadn’t been back to Spain sinceSept ‘01. I’d been living in Barcelona for a spell, down the street from Ted O’Brien ’90 actually.We didn’t make it back to Barcelona, as there was just too much to see and do! We spent a fewnights in Madrid (where the photo was taken), drove 5 hours north to Santander, where we at-tended a family friend’s wedding, then drove west to Picos de Europa, then back east, passingthrough Bilbao (had to return to the Guggenheim and show Chris and Diver) to Pamplona, thento Rioja and back to Madrid. It was a really great trip. Diver is a super travel companion. Wemade time to visit the three major museums in Madrid. Really impressive.

“Until April I was employed by JWT (formerly known as J. Walter Thompson) as a projectmanager. My accounts ranged from Smirnoff and Jose Cuervo to Kleenex to Human Rights Watch.Chris is a screenwriter and a sound recordist for NBC’s 30 Rock and HBO’s Bored to Death.”

A Swell Life

Sarah Whitford ’91 sent us happy news, writing, “Abigail Louise Sweeneywas born in January. She is doing great and Ethan is a wonderful big

brother. We had a great time at our 20th (yikes!) reunion in August.”

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1994Kate Murphy Gardner, 1460 Church Street NW,Washington, DC 20005,KGardner@winston.com

Jamie McGuire and his wife, Courtney, are theproud parents of Jeffrey James McGuire, who wasborn on Tuesday, July 19, coming in at 8 pounds,6 ounces.

1995In the Front Porch Chatter section of The West-erly Sun it was reported that Ben Leadbetter andtwo Westerly friends are running De Las Olas, amobile taco trailer in Providence, RI.

1996Heather Honiss Salsich, 22 Orchard Terrace,Arlington, MA 02474, hhoniss@gmail.com

Adam Stewart is a medical journal publishingprofessional. He has published on a broad rangeof topics, including the neurological impact ofcombat injuries, and has held editorial positionswith the American Journal of Industrial Medicineand Pediatric Pulmonology. Currently he is themanaging editor of Annals of Neurology, a publi-cation of the American Neurological Association.

In the last issue, it was reported that Noah Bean ’93 was nominated for Outstanding Actor (Large Theater) inBoston’s Elliott Norton Awards for his performance in Bus Stop. Unfortunately, he was not the winner, but formerteachers Linda and Peter Lindquist saw him in the show and said he was great! We asked him what he’s doing andhe reported: “I’m working on a few things right now. I just finished an off-Broadway production of an adaptationof an unproduced screenplay by Tennessee Williams called One Arm at the The New Group in New York. It wasdirected and adapted by Moises Kaufman (the creator of The Laramie Project). I’ve got a film that’s doing the fes-tival circuit right now called The Pill that just won the Audience Award at the Gen Art Film Festival in New York. Ishould be starting back up on the second season of the television show Nikita on the CW soon, and I’m stayingbusy doing some workshops and readings in New York in the meantime. That’s a kind of a jumbled version ofsome of the things going on for me.”

As reported in the last issue of ViewPoints, KateMacCluggage ’97 was nominated for OutstandingActress (Large Theater) in Boston’s Elliott NortonAwards for her performance as Portia in The Merchantof Venice. The ceremony was May 23rd, and Kate won! Inher acceptance remarks, she thanked the playwrights ofthe two other plays which were up against hers, as wellas Shakespeare, and “all the other playwrights who writereally complicated and interesting female characters forall us chicks to play.”

At the invitation of English teacher Hamilton Salsich,Kate visited Pine Point in May and spoke to his 8th gradeclass about the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet, andto the 9th grade on the use of iambic pentameter inJulius Caesar. In thank you notes to Kate, some studentscommented on her visit. Schyler Davis ’12 wrote, “Inever really thought about all the stage directions thatRomeo and Juliet say. I always thought of it more as

Megan McKay ’97 made a giftto the Annual Fund, and, un-prompted, wrote, “I would en-courage other alums todonate! Spare that Friday nightdinner one week and send themoney to PPS. It’s really a verysmall thing that helps theSchool if everyone gives, andhurts the giver not one bit. I’ma broke law student and I stillsend $!” Megan is shown withher mother, Molly, at ArchesNational Park in Moab, Utah.

Actress and Teacher

poetry, but you helped mepaint a picture in my headabout what the stage lookslike and what the actors do.”Jade Gilman ’11 wrote, “I havealways enjoyed readingShakespeare, mainly for hisvibrant metaphors. You helpedme to realize a whole otherside to his work. I never onceunderstood how brilliant hewas and how deliberate everyword was, and I appreciate hiswork so much more now.”

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hen you drive into Firefly Farm, the firstbuilding you come across is a low, green

structure with the initials “YMCA” on a white sign.The building, sign, and letters all have peelingpaint. The door’s glass window is shattered. “Thiswas taken out with a cinder block,” says thefarmer.

The farmer is Dugan Tillman-Brown ’97, who,along with his family (Beth, Van, and Vanessa “Allena” ’95), has purchased the 135-acre, formerCamp Anderson in rural North Stonington, CT, inorder to transform the property into what Duganhopes will be a certified humane and organic,aquaponic, and hydroponic farm, raising goats,pigs, laying hens and roasting chickens, beef cat-tle, tilapia, fresh-water mussels, and a wide varietyof herbs and vegetables.

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The first building on the property,which may be renovated for livingspace for Dugan and future interns

Dugan Tillman-Brown ’97with his dogs Loki and Zoe,of whom he remarked, “Youmay be in danger of gettinglicked!”

There’s plenty of work to be done before that, however. Besides the firststructure, vandals have damaged every building on the property, looking mainlyfor copper wiring and pipe. The first priority was realized when electricity was re-stored to the farm. Next, living quarters for Dugan will be established, either byrenovating the first structure on the property or by building a new home. Eventu-ally, when fences and new buildings are erected, Dugan hopes to use wood cutand milled on the farm. One way that trees will be chosen for harvesting is by let-ting pigs loose! “Pigs actually kill trees by eating their roots,” Dugan explained.“They are land clearers. We will clear out some trees, but clearing out too manywill change our land classification from farm to pasture, which could carry taxcomplications. I’d like to balance it by having trees with space between them, al-most like the redwood forests.”

The animals to be raised on the farm will be chosen from a list of critically en-dangered species developed by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy.Dugan would like to get myotonic, or fainting, goats. These goats’ bodies tenseup when startled, causing them to fall over (they do not actually lose conscious-ness). “The myotonic goats actually have about 25% more muscle than regulargoats, because when their bodies tense up, it builds muscle. They are reallyripped, and will produce more meat as a result.” All of the animals will be freerange, with chickens contained by movable fencing and housed at night in mov-able coops. Dugan is searching for a balance where certain animals will be in onearea, then moved for other beasts to graze in that same area. “The worms andmaggots that are in the fields help to provide balanced diets for cattle and chick-ens especially, and the manure will help grow the vegetation.” He also hopes tohave minimal farm equipment on the property, and possibly use draft animals inthe future.

All of this will not happen overnight, though, as the transformation from campto farm will be a long one. But Dugan has in his head how he’d like it to appear.“Think of a children’s book with pictures of a farm. That’s what I want this to looklike. A red barn with a high-pitched roof and white trim, for example. I want thisplace to be one that families would want to make a destination.” There’s a lot ofhard work to be done, but Dugan’s dedication to his vision for Firefly Farm issuch that it’s apparent he’s ready to roll up his sleeves and get his hands dirty.

Editor’s Note: We will continue to monitor how Dugan is doing and will share in a year orso where he stands.

Ready to Roll Up His Sleeves

“I want this place to be one that families would want to make a destination.”Dugan’s thoughts at working the land in a sustainable manner have

been brewing since he spent a semester of his junior year of secondaryschool at The Mountain School of Milton Academy in a program thatprovides 45 students from across the country the opportunity to live andwork on an organic farm in rural Vermont and he’s had the bug eversince. “Classes were held in the morning, and farming duties took up theafternoon,” Dugan said. “Beef cattle, pigs, turkeys, hens, and sheep wereraised, maple syrup was boiled, and barns were built. With the excep-tions of certain fruits and milk, all of the food consumed at the schoolwas either raised or grown there.”

A large, z-shaped swimming pool, now mostly empty, stands on theproperty. Approaching it, Dugan tells of his plans for it, pointing tosome tall trees behind the pool. “Our idea is to put up a dome about theheight of those trees, about 14,000 square feet, over the pool, whichholds 250,000 gallons of water. We’ll raise fish in the water and use thatsame water to grow our vegetables. We’ll be able to use the facility dur-ing all four seasons, so I anticipate that sometime down the road we’ll beable to have a winter farmer’s market.”

- David Cruthers, Associate Director of Development

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1997Kate MacCluggage, 16 Park Avenue, Apartment 15C, New York, NY 10016, katemac@gmail.com

1998 Tiffany Barres Foley, 2310 Rock Street, #6, Mountain View, CA 94043, tfoleyram@gmail.com

Gillian Sulick Janus, 97 Hancock Street, Apt. 2, Cambridge, MA 02139, gbsulick@yahoo.com

1999Tiana Baker, 45 Auburn Street, Apt. 4, Framingham, MA 01701, tiana.baker@gmail.com

Hilary Castle performed with bravado again this year at the Mystic Congregational Church. In thepast, she has done fund-raising violin concerts to benefit the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center,and has appeared at the LaGrua Center in Stonington Borough with her experimental group, Project60/40, which plays 60% rock, folk, and pop, and 40% classical music. This time, she played a con-cert in memory of a family friend, accompanied at times by her father, Thomas ’67, on piano. Eliza-beth Jordan married Moussa Traore in Mystic in July. The two met when Elizabeth was volunteeringfor the Peace Corps in Burkina Faso two years ago.

2000Arianna Funk, S:t Johannesg. 30E:182, 752 33 Uppsala, Sweden, ariannafunk@gmail.com

Justin Rosenberg reports that “since graduating from Connecticut College in 2007 I have been doingbiochemistry research in a lab on campus. In May I graduated from Connecticut’s Alternate Route toCertification program to get certified to teach Biology and Chemistry in public schools. I am now along-term substitute teacher at NFA for the first semester of the year, where I will be teaching chem-istry.”

Scott Smith ’97 earnedhis masters degree from

Middlebury College’sBread Loaf School of

English in August. Scottis shown with hisbrother Brett ’00,

grandmother Kay Hill,mom and first-grade

teacher Robin, Scott’swife Meghan, and dad

and seventh-gradeteacher David ‘69.

Just as his brotherNick ’00 was

about to get mar-ried in August, T.J.

Capalbo ’98 an-nounced his en-

gagement toPerrilea Phoenix.

They will marry inJune 2012 at the

Watch Hill Chapel.T.J. continues as

an attorney in hisfamily’s law firm in

Westerly.

Arianna Funk ’00has settled into lifein Sweden. She re-ported: “I’m livinga pretty charmedlife over here inUppsala, on vaca-tion at my friendErik’s parents’ sum-merhouse in thecountry, sailing inStockholm’s archi-pelago, still work-ing on thosebuttons forVasamuseet inStockholm. I’m tak-ing government-subsidized Swedish lessons, and it’s coming along rather well. Now I’ve just got to findthat perfect museum job. This is a picture of me sailing on my friends’ tremastskonare(three-masted schooner).”

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Kimberly Shockley ‘98 is the Director of Public Programsat the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Cen-ter. Recently, she was one of the speakers at the 16th an-nual Developing a Multicultural Curriculum Program,hosted by the Museum. Asked about her responsibilities,she wrote, “I develop and coordinate innovative educa-tional programs for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal com-munity as well as a large, predominantly non-nativevisiting public, and I direct a multi-discipline Public Pro-grams department. Some of my other responsibilities in-clude: reviewing, revising and implementing departmentalpolicies and procedures; working and coordinating withseveral Tribal Departments including the MPTN educa-tion, cultural and child development center departments.I also provide professional development workshops forteachers and other educators, write and administer grantsfor various cultural and historical projects in consultationwith the Executive Director, various department headsand other MPTN departments, assist in exhibit develop-ment, provide long range program planning, develop andmanage the department’s budget, and contract and hireoutside presenters of public programs.”

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2003After graduating from Parsons School of Design,Jonathan Shockley worked for a year in the visualgraphics department at Foxwoods. He is a first-year graduate student at Pratt Institute pursuing adegree in architecture. Diptesh Soni is heading toFrance to teach English and become proficient inFrench in Le Mans, a town about 200 km south-west of Paris. We’ll have more about this in ournext issue. After reading the article on Peace OneDay in the winter/spring issue of ViewPoints, hecontacted the School, writing, “Peace One Daysounded like an awesome event! I’m glad you’rekeeping the kids socially and politicallyinformed!”

2004Samantha Luca, 4 Seagull Lane, Mystic, CT 06355,Lukky555@aol.com

Sewell Robinson, P.O. Box 1671, Gambier, OH,43022, robinsons@kenyon.edu

Evie Ansel was the recipient of the UndergraduateAward for Excellence in Library Research atBrown. She participated in the graduation cere-mony in May but has one semester to go. CarolinePribble recently graduated from Wheaton (MA)with a BA in Economics and is currently workingas an Operations Specialist in Reconciliation andAnalysis at Brown Brothers Harriman in Boston.

2001Kathy Coss, 8 Concord Street, Apt. A2, WestHartford, CT 06107, audriie@hotmail.com

Cindy Morren Griffin, 405 Gardiner Road, WestKingston, RI 02892, cindymorren@yahoo.com

Jessica Williams, 180 West 8th Street, #3, Boston,MA 02127, jessicaswilliams87@gmail.com

Future lawyers populate the Class of 2001! KathyCoss reported, “I received acceptance into UConnSchool of Law. I am very pleased to report that Iwill be living in the Hartford area and attendingUConn for a graduate degree just as both of myparents did.” David Lattizori is also attending lawschool in Los Angeles. Jessica Williams is a J.D.candidate at the New England School of Law. Sheanticipates getting her degree in 2013.

2002Chris Fiftal continues to expand his business,Emulsion Apparel. Emulsion is a professionalscreen printing and design company, of which heis the executive officer and owner. It’s also an ap-parel company that occupies a very solid niche inthe skateboarding scene. Established in Bostontwo years ago by Chris and the company’s creativedirector, Dave DiAngelis, they are now operatingout of their own storefront on Thames Street inNewport, Rhode Island.

After getting married earlier in the year, Ariel Mitchell ’00 and her husband, RyanDillon, celebrated their wedding with friends and family in Maine in August. Toprow, from left: Eric Repp ’00, Eric Goodman ’00, Molly Paddon ’00, Ryan, NateFunk ’04, Cat Schrage ’06, and Emily Gibbs ’06. Bottom row: former Art TeacherPeter Manganello, Danica Mitchell ’06, Ariel, Arianna Funk ’00, and SamanthaRepp ’98

Congratulations to the followingmembers of the Class of 2004 ontheir graduation from college:

Bailey Briggs – Rollins College

David Burnham – Oberlin College

Kristen Butler – University ofNorth Carolina

Andrew Carney – Hampshire College

Nate Funk – Bates College

Matt Ginsberg – Georgetown

Sara Groton – University of Denver

Davis Knox – Union College

Sabina Ksiezopolska – PurchaseCollege, State University of New York

Erin Larson – Dartmouth College

Megan Mooney – University ofConnecticut

Stephen Quallich – RensselaerPolytechnic Institute

Danny Shiling – University of Miami

Kip Bochain ’01 (left) once again put together another strong foursome for this year’sannual Pine Point Golf Tournament. He was joined by Chris Hedden, Gus Campos,

and Justin Robbins. His group shot a 63 to finish 2nd for the second straight year. Kipalso lent a hand by bringing a second foursome into the tournament. Why not considerputting together a group and joining Kip and other members of the alumni who partici-

pate? The next tournament takes place on May 21, 2012 at Stonington Country Club.

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2005 Will Hagen, 27 Chriswood Trace, Ledyard, CT 06339,will_tucker@comcast.net

Chris Douglas stayed out at Stanford for the summerconducting research in a psychology lab full-time andtook a programming class at night, but he took a cou-ple days off to come home to see his sister graduate.He was excited to spend the summer in the Bay Area.Regarding his work in the psych lab, he wrote, “We’relooking at early language learning in children, doingsome studies at the local children’s museum and usingthat data to build a model of the word acquisitionprocess itself. It’s a good mix of hands-on work andtheoretical analysis. I’m really happy with the way it’sturning out. I decided this year to start pursuingHuman Biology with a focus in Neuroscience as mymajor, but might be switching to Biomedical Compu-tation (which is a little heavier on the engineeringside) if the next few computer science courses I takefit well with me. The weather’s beautiful, and a lot ofmy close friends were either on campus with me ornearby in California, so I couldn’t really have asked formuch more.” Will Hagen was also in touch, writing,“Amazing how quickly time goes–I hate thinking abouthow I only have one more year of college left. I workedfor Attorney General [Rob] McKenna this summer as alegislative policy research intern doing research for ananti-gang bill that AG McKenna wants to get passedthis next session. The AGO submitted one this lastsession, but the Democrat-controlled legislature wasloathe to give the most popular Republican in thestate a victory, especially given that he’s running forgovernor (I’m going to try and get a job on his cam-paign staff). That goes both ways in politics, unfortu-nately; the state suffers because of politicalpartisanship.” Will is a senior majoring in PoliticalScience at the University of Washington and is VicePresident of Phi Delta Theta. Sejal Soni reports: “I’vestarted my own business. It’s called Sarecycle and Itake vintage sarees and make them into fine crafts likescarves and accent pillow covers.” She’s a senior atTufts. Chris Wiles returned from Oaxaca, Mexico inJuly where he lived with a Mexican family, took Span-ish language lessons and had an internship working in4 different clinics shadowing physicians. He alsoworked this summer as a bartender on the CrossSound Ferry and fixing up an old catamaran that hebought in June.

Here’s a happy Sara Groton ’04 with an equally happy dad, John ’73, at Sara’s graduation from the Universityof Denver last May. She wrote this happy news: “I am now living in Boulder, CO with my boyfriend Peter. Iabsolutely love it here-so beautiful, great hiking, fun people. We hope to move around a lot more, though,maybe out of the country at some point. I currently have a job as a personal assistant for a film producer inBoulder, and I am interested in a career in event planning. Overall, life is great, and I couldn’t be happier!”Sara graduated with a B.A. in sociology, and a double minor in Spanish and communications.

Tucker Walsh ’05 is a senior at theCorcoran College of Art and Design inWashington, DC. He wrote to us: “Lifehas been non-stop these days! Thispast spring, I was a video intern withThe Washington Post, where I wasable to dive head-first into video sto-rytelling. I’ve found a new passion forcreating concise, intimate multimediastories shared through social mediaand innovative online platforms. Tohelp expand these skills, I pursued asummer internship with NPR.org,where I helped produce Intern Edition,a thirty-minute web documentary thatfeatures interns’ stories. This fall, I willbe heading up to Brooklyn to intern with MediaStorm, an Emmy Award-winning multimedia production com-pany. I’m thrilled and grateful for the opportunity to learn from and work with them, and I look forward to livingin NYC for the semester!” Tucker is shown in the newsroom of the Post on his last day as intern.

Rose Slavin ’05 and her brother Max’04 were shown on the BBC the daybefore this past spring’s Royal Wed-ding, as they camped out on The Mallin anticipation of seeing PrinceWilliam and Kate Middleton returningfrom Westminster Abbey after theceremony. Here, Rose got a greatphoto of the newly-married Duke andDuchess of Cambridge as they re-turned to Buckingham Palace. Maxhas enlisted in the Royal Navy, hasstarted his medical residency, and isstudying at King’s College, London,while Rose is studying at QueenMary, University of London.

Stephen Quallich ’04 graduated from RPI in May,and wrote, “I am headed to the University ofMinnesota to pursue a Ph.D. in biomedical engi-neering. The BME program at UMN generallytakes 5 years for graduate students to complete.The incoming class of Ph.D. students is 15 peo-ple. I decided to pursue a Ph.D. because I wouldlike to do academic research. Down the line, Iwant to mentor graduate students, conduct inno-vative research, and take my dedication to helpsolve problems that will improve the quality oflife. At RPI I was involved with research in a labthat focused on facilitating neuronal regenerationwith biomaterials. I majored in biomedical engi-neering, and I took a wide range of classes in thefield that ranged from tissue-biomaterial interac-

tions to clinical orthopedics. My research and the classes that I took led me to develop aninterest in tissue engineering facilitated by biomaterials that I intend to further pursue atUMN.”

Engineering, Tissue, and Change

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2006Elma Burnham, 43 Wilcox Road, Stonington, CT06378, eccburnham@gmail.com

Mariél Rice Frechette, 57 Denison Hill Road,North Stonington, CT 06359,m.frechette@comcast.net

Laura Hagen checked in from North Dakota, atone of the few opportunities she had computer ac-cess, starting with hockey news from Vancouver,where she attends the University of British Colum-bia (UBC). “The Stanley Cup aftermath was crazy;I couldn’t believe it when I heard. All I know isthat it was not the average Canucks fans whostarted rioting−all my friends up there wereshocked by their own city. Being beaten by Ameri-cans at their own game in their hometown musthave snapped something in all the anti-Americanyahoos. I’m working in North Dakota again thissummer, at the same ranch I worked at before. Igot here in mid-May, and I leave the first week ofAugust. I’ve been busy leading trail rides, brand-ing calves, driving the tractor plowing fields, anddoing campground maintenance. The rain we gothere in May and June was unbelievable and re-sulted in landslides in the badlands, includingparts of the campground. The main road north ofus is closed, so business has been very slow.There are always a thousand things to get donearound the ranch, though, so we’re always busy.This week we drove the cattle down to their sum-mer pasture on the Little Missouri River, so we hada full day on horseback, which I had been lookingforward to since we branded at the end of June.I’m learning constantly, and this doesn’t even feellike a job; things could not be better! I was ac-cepted into the Creative Writing program at UBCin May, so I have one official major. I’m still work-ing on my chemistry and biology prerequisites forthe Applied Animal Biology major that I want toadd for a dual degree, BFA and BS. I’m also cur-rently the Vice President of Property for my soror-ity, Alpha Gamma Delta.” Sarah Lane interned atGlobus Medical, a company based out of Pennsyl-vania that develops spinal devices. She served as aproduct manager with a focus on working withreps and surgeons in the field to formulate de-mand for new products and then develop them. Asthe development proceeds they go through manystages and prototypes, narrowing down what does-n’t work and what they need to fix in the cadaverlabs. Back in June she was working on a LLIF (lat-eral lumbar interbody fusion) plate and a lamino-plasty plate. She also tracked the growth of thecurrent products in order to forecast what theyneeded to order in the future. While she really en-joyed the development and forecasting aspects ofthe job, she is still thinking of interning at a lawfirm next summer as a paralegal. She took a num-ber of law classes last year and really loved them.She wrote, “I’m still a business law and financemajor, and I’m hoping that I can study abroad inIndia next year. Drexel doesn’t have a program so Imight end up taking some time off and trying toget a finance job there in the next couple of years.It seems like an awesome place to spend some

time.” Danica Mitchell reported in early June: “Myfirst year at RISD/Brown was extremely intense butincredibly rewarding; I declared a major at RISD(industrial design) and next semester will be tak-ing shop classes there and pursuing a B.A. in en-gineering and an environmental studies focus atBrown. I’m loving it so far and have grown somuch as an artist and a thinker. This summer has alot in store too. I’m currently working as a market-ing intern for O’Neill and Associates in Boston,and I’m about to start a second job as a server atThe Salty Pig, a brand new gourmetmeat/cheese/wine/beer place opening up in theSouth End/Back Bay area. They’ve got me memo-rizing a 20-item long wine list, including regions,grapes, nose and finish, pairings, the whole nineyards... So I’m pretty excited to expand my finedining knowledge there. I’m also designing somebrochures for Boston private investing firm How-land Capital, when I’m not working. Looking for-ward to being a bridesmaid in my sister’s weddingnext month... and that pretty much covers it all ina nutshell!” Spencer Scribner is a sophomore atMerrimack College. One new experience duringhis freshman year was playing rugby. Josh Williamswrote, “I will be going to Ireland in the fall for asemester and I am excited for that. I’m going tothe University of Limerick and taking classes tocover electives. I may also try and play some rugbythere which may not end well, and yes I am stilldevoted to the Red Sox!”

Quite a few members of the Class have eitherstudied abroad, or will be doing so this year, aspart of their college program. Maddie DiLascia-Azia (Pepperdine) spent last year in Switzerland,Laura Hagen (University of British Columbia) isessentially always abroad, and Mariel Frechettewas in Costa Rica over the summer and then headsto Italy. Headed out either for the fall or the springare: Elma Burnham (Middlebury) to Cameroon,Molly Hannon (Northwestern) to Ireland, ZoeMcLean (Loyola-New Orleans) to Hong Kong,David Peterle (Roger Williams) to England, Josh

Williams (Plymouth State) to Ireland, and TessWilliams (Tulane) to France. As mentioned above,Sarah Lane (Drexel) is contemplating going toIndia. No doubt there may be others who areheaded to international destinations. If so, contactPine Point and let us know what you’re doing!

2007Amber Weinberg, 80 Peters Drive, Groton, CT,aweinberg89@yahoo.com

Sarah Brandt reported that she absolutely lovesSyracuse, writing, “It’s the perfect size and loca-tion, although it’s a little far from home (fivehours) but that doesn’t bother me. My first yearwas a little overwhelming but about two months inI was completely adjusted. I’m currently an adver-tising major and my home college is the S.I. New-house School of Public Communications. Afterone year of taking a communications and mediacourse, a filming course, and my first advertisingcourse, I fell in love with my major. For now, I amhappy with what I’m doing and it doesn’t look likeI’ll be switching majors anytime soon (but thatcould very well change). As a sophomore in New-house you are required to pick a minor and I amthinking about choosing Information Systems.Computers pair very nicely with today’s advertisingindustry and how it’s becoming predominantly dig-ital. My hope is to someday work in a large digitaladvertising agency in LA or New York. I have notyet decided if I am more interested in the creativeaspect or management aspect of advertising yet,which is why this summer I did an internship inNew London, working with Dave Quinn at Quinn& Hary Marketing. I had a very productive summerand have gained some great marketing and salesskills from working there. This summer I also hadtwo jobs. I had a VERY busy summer but I’m ex-cited to be back at Syracuse for my sophomoreyear!” Dana McGuire is headed from Eastern Con-necticut State University to Fordham.

Hayley Caruso ’07 (center)and her sister Scarlet ’09returned to Pine Point forLower School Rising, lift-ing their sister Shepherd’15 in triumph as shemoved from the 5th to 6thgrade. Hayley transferredfrom Loyola College (MD)to Fordham University,while Scarlet is in her sen-ior year at StoningtonHigh.

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2008Lee Cattanach graduated from the Williams School and was oneof 16 recipients of scholarships from the New London Elks.Duncan Grimm was awarded the Evelyn Page Memorial Prizefor Excellence in History and The Marion H. Hamilton Bowlduring honors ceremonies at Williams, while Jack Haronian re-ceived The Senior Class Award and was Class Speaker at TheWilliams School graduation. Sam Hodgson is headed to theUniversity of Chicago with no definite thoughts of a specificmajor at this point. Sam was on the debate team all four yearsat Daniel Hand High School (Madison, CT) and was a tri-cap-tain this past year with the team having a very solid season. DanMaren stopped by the School in April. Over the summer, he wasinvolved in a project in Indonesia called Dance for Orphans.The effort provides orphaned Indonesian children with a future-brightening education that not only involves lessons in Indone-sian, history, English, math and sciences, but one that alsoallows these children to show off their passions. Congratula-tions to Cody Williams for being selected to the secondlacrosse team by the Southeastern New England IndependentSchools Athletic Association through The Williams School.

Christine Kong ’07 graduated from Exeter and is shown with familyfriends (and Pine Point past parents) Mary and Tobias Goodman.Christine later came back to Pine Point to visit old friends and see herformer teachers at graduation. Afterward she reported, “At Exeter thispast year, I was the captain of the cross country team and I played onthe golf team. I took a lot of courses in the classics department, and Iwon an award for my studies in Latin and Greek. Latin was not one ofmy best subjects in the 6th grade at Pine Point, but I really started to likeit a lot when I did e-Latin with Ms. Rice in the mornings during my 9th

grade year. I took it very seriously at Exeter, and as of now, I’m thinkingseriously about majoring in classics or anthropology at Princeton nextyear. I am also thinking about playing on the golf team as well as joininga lot of clubs related to the environment.” Christine also repeated aswomen’s champion at Stonington Country Club in August. “I graduated from Berkshire School, a boarding school in Sheffield, MA. I had

been there for three years, or as some would say, two and a half. I spent the firstsemester of my senior year in Denmark. I really cannot come up with a reasonwhy I chose Denmark. Mainly it was a place that I had never traveled to as wellas not knowing anything about the country. So I thought it would be fun, andthankfully my hopes were true. I absolutely loved studying abroad. The languagewas very hard to grasp, and I am nowhere near fluent, but I made some greatfriendships that will last a lifetime, lived with an amazing family that feels likereal family, and learned about an environment that I never thought I would traveltoo. When I came back to Berkshire, time flew before I graduated. I had alreadyknown where I was going to college, at the College of Charleston, so that felt re-ally nice. At graduation, I received the creative writing award. This summer Itaught sailing at Ram Island Yacht Club in Noank, and then went off to school. Ialso sailed a lot myself during the summer and will sail at the College ofCharleston. While there, I am hoping to major in hospitality and then go to culi-nary school to become a chef, but I still have time to decide for sure.”

Choosing the Unknown

Riley Featherston ’08 is shown after the commencement exercisesat Buffalo Seminary wearing a long white dress (as is the custom

at that school) of her own design and manufacture! (Is it any won-der that she’s headed to the Fashion Institute of Technology?)

Shown with her are her sister Lucy ’14, mom Helen Roy, and dad,former Pine Point Middle School Head Tony Featherston, now

Head of School at Elmwood Franklin School in Buffalo.

-Cassidy Walsh ‘08

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“Although I generally don’t like writing about myself, Mr. Hannon in-formed a certain middle school head that he was looking for an updatefrom me, so I couldn’t ‘forget’ to write this lest I incur Mrs. Owen’swrath. Just kidding... kind of...

“This summer, I worked full-time at Connecticut College as theCommunications Intern in the College Relations department. I wroteprofiles, features, announcements, and other stories for the college’swebsite and alumni magazine. I interviewed the first female SupremeCourt Justice for the state of New Jersey, a reality show star, and manyother members of the college community.

“Since I’d like to one day be a writer or an editor, this was the per-fect summer job for me. As corny as it sounds, I’ve always thoughtthere’s something almost artistic about talking to people, trying to re-ally understand who they are and what their story is, and figuring outhow to best convey their message to the rest of the world. The bestwriters don’t just let words flow out of them; they make conscious de-cisions and ensure every word is on the page for a reason. Every articleI write is an opportunity for me to practice making those choices. Ofcourse, I also get paid, which doesn’t hurt.

“My work is building on my internship last summer at Figment, auser-generated literary community and mobile platform for readers andwriters of young-adult fiction. The three hour commute into Manhattanwas rough at times, but I had a great experience. Since the website wasstill in private beta, the staff was extremely small, so I was able to workclosely with founder Jacob Lewis, the former managing editor of TheNew Yorker. The website was officially launched in December and al-ready has over 45,000 users and 150,000 writings.

“In other news, I just graduated from St. Paul’s School in Concord,New Hampshire. Highlights from an amazing four years include run-ning cross country, falling during Nordic skiing, writing for the schoolnewspaper, singing in the school choir, exploring the woods, and mak-ing great friends. Now, I’m a freshman at Dartmouth, where I’ll pursuea degree in Comparative Literature and continue to brave the NewHampshire winter. Email me at owen.thomas.p@gmail.com so I can tellyou all about my frostbite.”

English teacher HamiltonSalsich attended a gradu-ation party for DominickTwitty ’08 from FitchHigh School in Grotonand had these comments.“When I walked in thedoor, his mother intro-duced me as the onlyteacher in Dominick’shigh school years whodidn’t give him an A. Icame to learn that Do-minick was a straight Astudent at Fitch. I noticedhe was wearing a Cornellt-shirt, and when I askedhim why, he visiblystraightened up andproudly said, ‘Becausethat’s where I’m going tocollege next year.’ Turnsout he was THE outstand-ing math student at Fitch(the math chair was thereto verify it), and will bestudying engineering atCornell. I was totally im-pressed, and very happyfor his family. His mom told me, several times−and told everyone there−thatPine Point was absolutely crucial in forming such a fine student.”

Where You’ll Find the Class of 2008:

Teddy Benfield – Union College

Duncan Brown – University of Findlay

James Crawford – College of the Atlantic

Riley Featherston – Fashion Institute of Technology

Victoria Garbo – Smith College

Duncan Grimm – Trinity College

Jackson Hallberg – Parsons The New School of Design

Jack Haronian – Pennsylvania State University

Joe Holt – Berklee School of Music

Alexandra Keck – Rhode Island School of Design

Dan Maren – Stanford University

Wiley Markham – Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Jake Mortrude – University of Rhode Island

Tom Owen – Dartmouth College

Nina Sheffield – Columbia College, Chicago

George Sinclair – University of Hartford

James Stewart – University of South Carolina

Emma Sutphen – St. Lawrence University

Dominick Twitty – Cornell University

Cassidy Walsh – College of Charleston

Cody Williams – Ohio Wesleyan University

Every Word Has a Reason-Tom Owen ‘08

Tom (far right) with his St. Paul’s classmates at their graduation

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2009Anna Holt, 43 Barnes Road, Stonington, CT 06378,aeh5678@aim.com

Kyle Sebastian, 65 Coachman Pike, Ledyard, CT 06339,bradliereels@gmail.com

Hannah Staley, 156 Long Wharf Road, Mystic, CT 06355,prepster245@aol.com

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation identifiedWilliams School juniors Zach Dameron, Ege Izmirli, andChristina Menniti as high scorers on the Preliminary SAT/Na-tional Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Christina was alsothe recipient of the Middlebury College Book Award. Otherformer Pine Point students at Williams almost swept the cardfor the Class of 2012 Student Council elections. Co-Presidentsare Gabe Campbell and Julie Philippe (who also is a EugeneAtwood Scholarship Nominee and won the Smith CollegeBook Prize), Vice President is Anna Holt, and Secretary isKyle Sebastian. Scarlet Caruso is a senior at Stonington HighSchool where she is still involved in their drama program andhopes for a lead in the coming year’s productions. RashadYoung received the Underclassman Athletic SportsmanshipAward at Williams.

2010Nathaniel Ryan has been elected Vice President of TheWilliams School Class of 2013, Gia Eapen is Secretary, andAmita Bose is the Treasurer. Sophie Groton has started herjunior year at The Williams School. Zoë Moffett was namedbest new artist when it came time to hand out music awards atWilliams. Taras Pleskun had another fantastic year at NFA. Heachieved high honors - with a tough schedule. Taras swam onthe NFA Varsity Swim Team, participated in Outdoor Club ac-tivities throughout the year, performed in NFA’s Playshop pro-duction of Fiddler on the Roof, and brought home a GoldMedal for NFA in the CT COLT (Connecticut Organization ofLanguage Teachers) Poetry Recitation Contest (2nd year Russ-ian student competition category). The Contest took placeApril 27 in Burlington, CT with more than 1,000 studentsfrom 99 schools participating. Taras spent his second summeras a docent at the Mystic Aquarium. Although he enjoysspeaking to the public about the nature of the Aquarium ex-

Ms. Raftery caught up with Emma Sutphen ’08at Pine Point’s graduation. Emma is a freshmanat St. Lawrence.

Teddy Benfield ’08 smiles along withhis brother, Thomas ’10, after his

graduation from Berkshire. Teddy isattending Union College.

Sarah Shourds ’09and Kyle Sebastian’09 were votedPrincess andPrince at TheWilliams School’sJunior Class promheld at Lake ofIsles in May.

Olivia Denison ’09 wasin a group from PinePoint that attended aproduction by the Colo-nial Theatre of The Tem-pest in Westerly’s WilcoxPark in July. Olivia’s 9th

grade class saw theRoyal Shakespeare Com-pany perform the sameshow during the ISP tripin 2009. Here she iswith English teacherHamilton Salsich. She isa senior at The WilliamsSchool.

Kate Scott ’09 is aproctor in Barbs Dor-

mitory at Westoverthis year and is play-

ing varsity fieldhockey this fall.The

photo was taken whileshe was on vacation

with her family inNew Hampshire.

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hibits, his true love is getting his hands dirty and he cannot wait until heturns 16 and have his name entered on the waiting list for the coveted be-hind the scenes animal husbandry program. Taras took a Lifeguard Certi-fication Course this summer and will be working with an advisor to startorienting himself to the new age of the college application process. HaleyWalsh was in Burma for a month over the summer where she hiked, back-packed, and explored the country. She spent the last trimester in CostaRica with two other students from her school (Proctor Academy in NH).She studied, traveled, and got her scuba diving license down there. Haleyis a junior at Proctor, which she absolutely loves, and is hoping to look atcolleges in California.

2011Shylia Barnes, 148 Mathewson Street, Unit 402, Jewett City, CT 06351,shylia.barnes@gmail.com

Cooper Feltes, 7 Bellaire Road, Niantic, CT 06371, cfeltes5@gmail.com

Matt Owen enjoyed his first year at St. Paul’s. Over the summer heworked in a robotics lab at Connecticut College. Olivia Parker receivedtwo dance awards during COMPCHOREA 2011 at The WilliamsSchool – one for Creative Achievement and the other for Excellence inPerformance. Adam Verhoeff has been elected Secretary of The WilliamsSchool Class of 2014 and was selected to the Southeastern New EnglandIndependent Schools Athletics Association tennis team.

Zach Dameron ‘09 (third from left) recruited some friends inMay to help out with his Eagle Scout project. The focus ofthe work was maintaining the cross-country course on the

back acreage of the School. Lending a hand were OliviaDenison ’09, Lily Hinkle ’10, and Director of Development

David Hannon, along with a number of Scouts from his troop.

Quintin Parsons ’11 (center) came back for LowerSchool Rising, proudly congratulating his brotherCharlie ’15 (right) while middle brother Oliver ’14happily looks on. Quintin is in his second year atMiddlesex School and doing well in and out of theclassroom.

Eleanor Hilton ’09 enjoyed spend-ing time with Mr. Salsich at thisyear’s graduation. She wrote, “I’min my junior year at Kent. Iachieved high honors at the endof last year. This year I am takingAP Bio as well as AP US Historyand continuing with honorsclasses in French, English andmath. I will be auditioning againfor Regionals, All State, and NewEnglands for clarinet. I have alsobeen inducted into the Tri-Mmusic and choral society. I’m alsostill enjoying JV lacrosse and willbe trying out for varsity in thespring. This past summer I wenton a month-long architecture andarcheology tour of Europe withother high school students. InAugust I traveled around the UKwith my family.”

&Alumni Soccer

Sunday,October 30,

20111:00 pm

atPine Point

Field HockeyGames

Past parents and alumni–please join us!

Contact Mr. Cruthers(dcruthers@pinepoint.org)

if you will be playing or attending.

T-shirts for the first 50 players signing up.

15th Annual

All in the Family – Part 2!In the last issue of ViewPoints, we ran pictures of current students who had a parentwho also attended Pine Point. There are seven new additions to that list! There are now23 alumni children in the preschool through the 9th grade. At the start of school inSeptember there were 13 alumni who are also current parents at the School. With 246students at the start of the year, alumni children constitute just over 9% of the entirestudent body! The new students this year are:

Joaquin DelPrado ’21 and Lorenzo DelPrado ’23 (Julie Wright DelPrado ’89)Reagan DeMovick ’23 (Harvey DeMovick ’87)Hannah Hargus ’23 (Meredith Michaud Hargus ’89)Halsey Hollenbeck ’23 (Morgan Lloyd Hollenbeck ’96)Erin Ritter ’15 (Irene Carlson Ritter ’78)Peter Wronowski ’21 (Adam Wronowski ’87)

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Fourth Grade Teacher Michael Burns contacted the School, writing, “We’re cruising awayhere in St. Louis. The girls are in 4th and 6th grade with all the requisite teams and activi-ties that fill their lives. Jacqueline’s work here keeps her home most of the time and isgoing very well. I’m in my second year of a Master’s of Educating for Sustainability degree.My practicum work is done at Ham Salsich’s old school, The College School.” SecondGrade Teacher Holly David is teaching at Juliet Long Elementary School in Gales Ferry, CT,and got married in mid-September. Music teacher Katie Goode spent two great weeks inWesterly renting a house near the beach for her summer vacation from HomeGoods, as hasbeen her practice for the last several years. Katie is an Assistant Vice President, Director,of Human Resources with the company, which is a division of The TJX Companies. MathTeacher Sheila Goldman and husband Irv celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary lastyear while marking their 78th and 79th birthdays. Their days are filled with tons of reading,computer work, time with their physical trainer, and the sharing of household duties rang-ing from keeping track of finances to shopping and cooking. (Of course, visits with, andfrom, children and grandchildren and friends are always the highlight of the year.) Bothread The New York Times and are hopeful that the next year will “bring some needed hopefor cooperation between the parties and some resolution to some of the world’s problems.”Like many living in the northern part of the country, they love all that Vermont has to offerfrom ice-fishing and cross-country skiing to chats by the fire. Of course, Sheila continuesto follow the comings and goings of Pine Point. She was grateful for the letter that wassent to her after Pine Point’s graduation informing her of this year’s winner of The Gold-man Award, which is focused on mathematics excellence in its many forms. She wrote,“Thank you for the letter to inform us of Austin Rosenberg’s ’11 award in mathematics.

-David C. Hannon, Director of Development

Diana Owen heralded Austin’s innate talent for prob-lem solving and, most importantly, his sharing of ideaswith his peers. He joins special members of the PPSfamily like Molly Hannon ’06, Matt Owen ’11, and oth-ers. Please thank Diana for carrying on the excitementof students for studies in algebra and geometry...I amcontinually awed by the breadth of academic tools,skills developed, and deep interest in research andproblem solving. Yes, I miss the classroom.” Sheila andIrv send their very best to everyone in the Pine Pointfamily, from old colleagues to former students. In mid-June it was announced that Music Teacher Simon Holt(who remains as the executive and artistic director ofThe Salt Marsh Opera while continuing to teach at St.James School in Maryland) was named by the WesterlyLand Trust as the first executive adviser of the UnitedTheater Project in downtown Westerly. According toreports, he will “spearhead efforts to finalize the de-sign of the United with input from local theater andperforming arts groups” while “engaging the commu-nity in exploring the range of program possibilities forthe Canal Street theater.” Simon will also be in chargeof starting a capital campaign to raise the funds tocomplete the project. The Westerly Land Trust hasplayed an important role in bringing together the area’smany arts organizations, including the opera company,and Simon’s addition to the United Theater furtherstrengthens the overall effort to establish the town as amajor arts community.

Former Faculty and Staff

Second Grade Teacher Margo Novak and herhusband, Andy Gifford, welcomed their firstchild, Eloise Sigrid Gifford, into the worldback on April 28th. Margo reported over thesummer that Eloise is thriving. She “juststarted to roll onto her side and back, shesqueals along with gurgling and cooing, and

she is learning cause andeffect - she has a musicaltoy which can be set tobe motion activated, soshe has to bat her dan-gling toys or kick the‘arches’ it is fastened toin order to get it to lightup and play music. It’sfascinating to watch herfigure things out!”

Former Heads of School Dick Mitchell, Margie Field andNorm Jason returned to Pine Point in March to serve asjudges for last year’s 8th Grade Assessment. (They are shownwith former Head of School Paul Geise.) All are doing welland are happily seen on campus on a fairly regular basis. Liv-ing closest to the School is Norm Jason, who resides inDurham, CT. As a trustee of the board, he’s on campus atleast once a month.

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K-1 Teacher Sue Mitchell, now in her 10th year living inFlorida, wrote, “Nothing new here. Tony is a softball fa-natic and enjoys challenging golf courses. The boys(Chris ’87 and Paul ’84) are both doing well. I am quietlyworking Pine Point’s magic here teaching kindergartenand 1st grade at The Villages Elementary of Lady LakeSchool and still love being in the classroom.” When he’snot serving as the principal of Cherry Brook PrimarySchool and raising his two children, Seth and Ramona,with his wife Katie, Intern and Fifth Grade Teacher AndyRobbin enjoys playing keyboard with The Substitutes, aband he joined fouryears ago. On theirwebsite, they billthemselves as an “en-gaging rock and rollband playing songsthat you love to hearin an enthusiastic,crowd-pleasing per-formance.” Their songlist clearly shows alove of classic rock ‘nroll with plenty of tunes by The Who, Neil Young, TheBeatles, Dylan, and more. If you’re in need of a greatcover band, check out their website (thesubstitutes.com).In the early spring School Secretary Carlene Stangle re-ported that she was trying to decide between coming upfor the gathering to honor Mr. Geise or for graduation.(She ended up coming back for graduation and accom-plishing both objectives!) She wrote, “Things here inFlorida are excellent. Brian is working as hard as ever, andup for what is potentially the job of his dreams (runningthe entire electrical department) at the Hutchinson IslandNuclear Power Station, which is part of NextEra Energy(formerly Florida Power and Light). Jess [their daughter]is the assistant manager of The Limited in the GardensMall. She received her degree this past January so shemay decide to go back to school or maybe she will justcontinue in retail management - the choice is hers. I lovewhat I am doing and plan to work part-time for a fewmore years at least. Life is nice and easy and good.”

Science Teacher Lynne Holden haswritten a memoir on the thirty yearsshe spent as both a settled and in-terim pastor in churches in Connecti-cut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts,both for the American BaptistChurches USA and The UnitedChurch of Christ. In The Pastor hasGorgeous Legs: A Memoir of an Or-dinary pastor on an Extraordinaryjourney who met Exceptional people,Lynne reflects on her mindset as shedealt with the various moments in herlife when she felt the calling to serveGod. She found herself by the age of thirteen feeling that call, but, for a varietyof reasons, was unable to answer it for nearly thirty years.

She started her career in the world of education at the Thomas School forGirls in Rowayton, CT (now King Low Heywood Thomas School) before comingto Pine Point to serve as the Chair of the Science Department. It was actually atPine Point that she wrestled once again with the need to enter into the Christianministry, eventually enrolling at Yale where she earned an M.Div. degree, and in1998 received the D.Min degree from Pittsburgh Theological School. She has re-tired from active ministry but is a sought after guest preacher in churchesthroughout New England. She holds the honorary title of Pastor Emerita from

the Second CongregationalChurch-United Church ofChrist-Attleboro, Massa-chusetts.

In the book she offersboth humorous and seriousreflections on her experi-ence in the male-dominatedecclesiastical world as wellas “the joys and the sorrowsand the ups and the downsof parish life.” Through itall, she has “maintained adeep passion for Christ, HisChurch and His mission.”

She lives in Harmony,RI, close to her son anddaughter and their familiesand never tires of spendingtime with her four younggrandsons, delighting intheir summer activities onthe lake during “MeemaCamp.”

Journey

ExtraordinaryAn

Andy Robbin atthe keyboard withThe Substitues

Carlene Stangle and former Head of School Paul Geise

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Lisa Beth Antinoph, 55, died on March 10, 2011 of complications after a long andcourageous battle with scleroderma. A graduate of Pennsylvania State University (and alife-long admirer of Nittany Lion Coach Joe Paterno) she received her Doctor ofVeterinary Medicine from The Ohio State University, whereupon she moved to theStonington area and began her practice. She started Home Care Veterinary Services,and later opened Mystic Veterinary Clinic where she practiced until her death. She wasa noted avian vet in the area.

The joy of her life was her adopted daughter, Isabel Danshi Antinoph ’17, whocame to Pine Point in the fall of 2006. In addition to her devotion to Danshi andanimals, Lisa also enjoyed sailing at Mystic Seaport and Wednesday nights racing inStonington Harbor. She was a member of the Stonington Small Boat Association andThe Wadawanuck Club. Lisa’s passing was sudden, and her many friends, both twolegged and four, miss her.

This magazine is now regularly running to over 60 pages each issue, and, over the years, has presented information on hundredsof alumni, students, and current and former faculty and staff. Last spring Pine Point lost a parent, two past parents who had longserved the School, and a new grandparent. It only seemed appropriate that we mark their passing.

Joan Averill (Powers)Humphreville, 85, died onMarch 31, 2011. For 64years, she was married toNeil E. Humphreville, whopredeceased her in Febru-ary 2009. Joan was sur-vived by her children (John’61, Richard ’65, Joan H.Fitzgibbon ’65, Edward’68, Ellen H. McGuire ’68,and Robert ’73), a sister, abrother, and numerousnieces, nephews, andgrandchildren, many ofwhom attended Pine Point.A life-long learner, she wasa graduate of The MadeiraSchool and Wellesley Col-lege and in 1988 received amaster of arts degree in liberal studies from Wesleyan Universitywith a concentration in art history.

She was devoted to her family’s church (St. James’ EpiscopalChurch) and served it in a variety of capacities. Over the years shewas a member of a host of New London organizations and served ona number of boards including, but not limited to, the Lyman AllynArt Museum, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, the Thames River Gar-den Club, and Connecticut Early Music. She served two full terms asa trustee at Pine Point from 1967 to 1973.

Speaking on behalf of his family, Joan’s youngest child, Robert,offered a beautiful eulogy at her memorial service. At the end of hisremarks, he said: “Joan Humphreville once wrote that the values shemost deeply valued were being a decent person, being considerateof others, learning perpetually, staying in good shape, listening toothers, and not being dictatorial. She engaged life with enthusiasm,lived purposefully, and had a genuine concern for others. She had astrong sense of responsibility and was clear about what was right andwhat was wrong….She had strength, poise, elegance, and style andby example tried to teach her children all these things. Whether shesucceeded may be up for debate, but in one of our many chats in re-cent years, she told me that she was proud that we all became pro-ductive members of society and that her eleven grandchildren werewell on their way to doing the same....Few things meant as much toMother.”

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John M. Prospero, 75, died on April 29, 2011 of a heart attack while spending Grand-parents’ Day at Pine Point with his beloved grandson, Hayden Raithel ’20. He was agraduate of The Hill School and Pennsylvania State University. He worked for severalarchitectural firms with most of his career spent with Davis, Brody Bond Aedas, wherehe was the firm’s field representative on many projects in New York including buildingsfor Mt. Sinai Hospital and New York University. He lived most of his life in New York,a place he loved and where he found constant inspiration, though he also loved totravel and had a particular passion for backpacking in the Himalayan Mountains.

He is most immediately survived by his daughter, Ming Lee Prospero, son-in-lawChris Raithel and grandson Hayden ’20. Looking back on his life, Ming Lee wrote, “Al-though he traveled the world and reveled in learning about other cultures, in his lateryears, he derived the most pleasure from spending time with his family, in particular,his six-year-old grandson. He was an intelligent and gentle man who was generous notonly to his friends and family, but to strangers as well. He was a voracious reader whoheld spirited conversations on issues that were important to him, but through exam-ple, he demonstrated the qualities of patience and kindness. He will also be remem-bered for his unfailing ability to tell a good story in an animated fashion.”

Anne Holmes White, 80, died on April 18, 2011, at her home inWatch Hill, R.I., a town where four generations of her family haveenjoyed spending time with one another and others in the com-munity. She passed away after a lengthy struggle with heart andlung ailments. Anne attended Chapin School (NY) and PeckSchool (NJ) before graduating in 1947 from Westover School inMiddlebury, CT. She attended Bryn Mawr College before marry-ing Charles “Chuck” Bradley White in Watch Hill in 1950.

Anne devoted her life to her four intertwined passions: family,Pine Point and Westover schools, and the community of WatchHill. She served as a trustee of Pine Point from 1968-1974 andagain from 1978-1981. She was president of the board from 1973-1974.

Anne served the greater Westerly community in numerousways. She and her husband were one of four founding couples ofthe East Beach Association, whose board of directors honoredher in 2010 for her 25 years as treasurer. Anne was treasurer ofThe Westerly Hospital Auxiliary for nearly three decades and alsoprovided long service as treasurer of the Westerly Historical Soci-ety. She was a lifetime member of the Watch Hill ImprovementSociety and an ardent supporter of a number of Westerly commu-nity organizations.

Anne is immediately survived by her children, Anne-StarrHolmes White Snead ’66, Cassandra Bradley White Sweeney ’73,and William King White ’81 and their spouses. She was prede-ceased in 1989 by her daughter, Marice “Muffy” White Dwyer ’69,who is survived by her husband. Anne is also survived by sixgrandchildren, two great-grandchildren, two nieces, and anephew.

A day after her passing, Candy, Starr and King contacted PinePoint, writing: “With the grace and dignity that she displayed her

entire life, Mom took her last breath yesterday afternoon with thethree of us at her side. She was an amazing lady approachingeach day with strength and courage, always looking for the posi-tive in every situation. We all knew that this day would come andare glad that she is finally at peace and no longer suffering – andthat she is with Dad and Muffy, not to mention a host of others,all of whom she had missed terribly.”

Starr ‘66, King ‘81, and Candy ‘73 with their mother on her 80th birth-day party last September at Shelter Harbor Inn

In a recent survey, alumni were askedwhat three words most immediately cameto mind that best described Pine Point.We took those words and utilized thecomputer program Tagxedo to turn theminto a word cloud, though in this casethe cloud was the Pine Point tree. Thewords were individually sized dependingupon the frequency of their occurrencein the responses given. Over 110 alumniranging from individuals who were atPine Point in the 1950s to those whowere at the School just two years ago of-fered their thoughts.

The word cloud served as this year’s invi-tation to the annual Donor Reception. Insending it out, members of the PinePoint family were encouraged to contactthe School if they thought a word wasmissing from the list.

The first individual to contact Pine Pointon that subject was past parent Letty LeeStein, who immediately called the Schoolupon receiving the invitation. Letty Lee’srelationship with Pine Point goes back tothe fall of 1966 when her daughter, Cyn-thia Stein Therrien ’73, started makingthe trip each day from New London toStonington. Letty Lee made her mark onPine Point in her role as a Trustee and asPresident of the Parents Associationfrom 1970-1972.

In contacting the School about the wordcloud, she said, “I went through everyword of the card and something’s miss-ing.” She then recounted how on the firstday of school long ago then Head ofSchool Jack Sindall (1967-1972) ad-dressed the entire student body andasked them to keep in mind twothings – respect and consideration.(Those two words are missing from theword cloud.) Afterward, Letty Lee ap-proached him and asked, “Jack, Whatabout ‘love?’” He quickly replied, “WhyLetty Lee. You can’t have love without re-spect and consideration.”

Past parent and former Castle AwardWinner Alice Groton wrote, “The wordmissing from the Pine Point tree is‘nurturing!’”

So what does Pine Point mean to you? Isthere a word missing that in your mindcaptures the essence of Pine Point? Letus know!

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Every Friday afternoon after school you’llfind a small group of enthusiastic stu-dents working in the dance studio underthe tutelage of Jean Williams. Mrs.Williams, who is beginning her 32nd yearteaching dance at Pine Point, startedDance Ensemble 11 years ago for MiddleSchool students who were interested inexploring and participating in moredance and choreography than they havein their regularly scheduled academicprogram. After a brief warm-up, Mrs.Williams works with the dancers to gen-erate a piece that is based in moderndance technique, but also incorporatesother styles. It’s an opportunity for stu-dents to give their input to the piece aswell, and it ultimately becomes a collab-orative effort. They may work on severalpieces throughout the semester, and oneof these will be performed in the SpringArts Program. There have also been oc-casions when, if the dancers are ready,they will perform on Grandparents’ Day.

(Photos by Chip Riegel Photography)