Canterbury School 2015 Annual Report

2014-2015 Annual Report | 1

Report of Annual Giving& Honor Roll of Donors

2014 - 2015

2 | 2014-2015 Annual Report

$503average Annual Fund gift

$121,177total raised from golf tournament, gala,

canterbury cup & theater productions

$9,000corporate matches

$1,500tuition gap per student

48donors who gave for Teacher

Appreciation Day 1-day campaign

464total Annual Fund gifts

YOUR GIFT AT WORK

install gates in courtyards

makerspace and innovation lab

renovate Hough Campus bathrooms

update facilities e.g. re-paving Knowlton driveway

lower student-teacher ratio

increase opportunities for faculty/staff professional development

increase in alumni Annual Fund giving 100%

Annual Fund class participation for 2nd grade & 4th grade 90%+

Thank you . . .

2014-2015 total amount raised

$336,086


HEAD OF SCHOOL SOCIETY ($25,00 OR MORE)Hough Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. Steven McMullen

LEADERSHIP SOCIETY ($10,000 - $24,999)Mr. and Mrs. L. Mike HannaMr. and Mrs. W. Robb Hough, Jr.Mr. John Milkovich and Mrs. Stacey Allaster-MilkovichPhoenix Venture Philanthropy Foundation, Inc.

1968 SOCIETY ($5,000 - $9,999)BeachHouseFL.comDr. and Mrs. Michael BortnerPaul and Kimberly ChanceJon ClementsSuzanne ClementsJim and Lara ConnorsMark Dubina and Katherine Connor-DubinaMr. and Mrs. Douglas J. PolandMr. and Mrs. John A. PoseyScott and Analia RennerJoseph and Shelby RogersWells Fargo Foundation Educational Matching Gift Program

CRUSADER CLUB ($2,500 - $4,999)Jonathan Ellen and Margaret de LisserMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. EvansJ.S. and Tara FlemingSteven and Kim GivenKevin and Kay SchmidRoss Preville and Elise SchreinerThe Ryan FamilyMr. and Mrs. Jonathan SpecterGregory and Sheryl Williams

BLUE AND GOLD CLUB ($1,200 - $2,499)Scott and Laura AlbeeWayne BrysonTodd and Heidi BurgJennifer BurnsDavid Conyers and Rhonda HolifieldJanet L. CzyszconIntel Foundation Matching Gifts to Education ProgramKenneth and Patricia JohnsonAndrew Klymenko and Jennifer BrennanChristin KolzigOlie KolzigMr. and Mrs. Anthony Linguanti Jr.Thomas and Shannon MahaffeyScott and Wendy MantellTim Myers and Jodi GustafsonGregg and Lori NicklausCarey Paulus and Erika HoertigDaniel and Lori RomanelloUBS Matching Gift ProgramThomas Wells

FRIENDS OF CANTERBURY ($500 - $1,199)2 Hungry Dogs Productions, IncAmazon Services, LLCMichael and Julie BabboniJerry Bailey and Danya GodoyBox Tops for EducationChristopher Brooks and Jennifer Worden-BrooksR. Christopher and Anne BulleitRyan and Amanda CarlsonNicholas and Danielle CarlsonRichard and Deborah CoakleyR. Bruce and Rachel DeskinMr. and Mrs. Bob DobbsJames and Kimberly DonatelliT. Brent and Tuesdi DyerDavid and Bonnie FarnsworthFerman Motor Car CompanyLourdes FernandezThe Finch FamilyRich and Mandy FiolaJon P. GaudinoGiuseppe Ghisleni and Elena MaveroThe Goldenberg FamilyScott and Paige GormanPatrick and Tishara GriffisMr. and Mrs. Mac HallMr. and Mrs. Frank V. HallMatthew Harrington and Heather LaneJ. Haugland and Margo StruthersRichard and Victoria HitchcockDr. Elizabeth Crist HydenInnovation Express CorporationPeter and Elizabeth JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Jeff KellerMark and Rheba KillingsworthPavel Kubina and Andrea KubinovaPeter and Heather LambieLands’ EndRandy and Nancy LeviMr. and Mrs. Hartmut LiebelAlejandro Lugo and Patricia LarbalestrierJohn and Nicole McQueenStephen and Marcy MortimerDia and Andrea NicholsMr. Charles OlsonMr. Dale ParkerPartridge Animal HospitalPaul Davis RestorationEnos and Ligia PerezThomas and Kristen RobinsonJoaquin and Maria RodriguezSAP CorporationGeorge and Despina SayeghAntonio and Beth ScognamiglioK. Jonathan ‘83 and Leigh SerrieWalter and Melissa SmithJames and Glicia SpencerPaul Sprunger and Barbara SharplessKaren and Brent SwagerTarget Take Charge of Education


Mr. and Mrs. Konrad C. TestwuideThe PEW Matching Gifts ProgramDwight and Lisa ValentineJohn and Pamela WalkerChris and Alicia WarburtonWeiguo Weike and Huijie YangMs. Betsy WellsMrs. Mary WheelerTianzhang Zhang and Juanhong LIXipeng Zhang and Yaping Li

CRUSADERS ($250 - $499)Jeffrey and Angela AdamsThe Alderson-Taber FamilyAlternative SolutionsAnderson McQueen Funeral Homes & Cremation Tribute CenterColette Lerat ApplebaumLaurence ApplebaumAthletic House, Inc.Wanda BooteThe Boss FamilyMr. and Mrs. John E. BridgeScott and Carolyn Buchanan

Dr. Glenn CallMs. Lisa Charest ‘92 and Mr. Mark YeagerMr. and Mrs. Steven CoatesJustin and Erin CorialeMr. and Mrs. P. Michael DavisBob and Mary Gay DeskinMr. and Mrs. Robert Dobbs, Jr.S. Patrick and Bari FallonPaul and Melissa FitzpatrickJustin and RyAnn FloodMatt and Tara FlorellFabio Galati and Anita RubinoMr. and Mrs. Jesse E. Graham Sr.Steven and Dorothy Guy

“As a young scientist, I spend my days reading, writing, and searching

for novel methods to investigate the systems that characterize our planet. While

I’m still finding my exact niche in academia, I am grateful every day for the verbal and quantitative skills I developed in my classes at Canterbury. Furthermore, the passion for science and discovery passed to me through the school’s fabulous teachers (special shout-outs to Mr. Murphy and Mr. Wyness!)

has been an unparalleled motivator. Thank you, Canterbury,

for giving me better academic preparation than I could have ever asked for!”

-- Andrea Ritch, Class of 2010

Cal Tech, Class of 2014, B.S. in Geology

Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. HaleLee Hanna ‘10Mr. and Mrs. David HerzikRobert and Rosslyn HicksHyobin ImMs. Sharon A. Israel ‘82Jeffrey and Wendy KatanickPeter Katcha and Martha CollinsRenata Valachova KluzekMichael and Lauren KruseChristine LentSteve and Alysha LuperEileen A. Maloney and Dale L. KleineMike and Andrea MastryMr. and Mrs. Todd MooreJohn and Becky OakesMr. and Mrs. Michael and Michelle RobinsonRodney and Kimberly RohrsLee and Debbie ShettlePeter Simard and Shannon GowansMr. Jeff Wilemon and Dr. Scottie SmithMr. and Mrs. Joe SpanglerSunshine AutomotivePaul and Lisa Suprenand

Chris and Jennifer SuttonIan and Stefanie SwainBrian Swartzwelder and Christine StoverThe St. Petersburg Cabinet CompanyPhilip and Bonnie TraynorSharon WeintraubMartin and Cynthia Wingate

DONORS ($1 - $249)Academy of the Holy Names of Florida, IncJohn and Sarah AdamsMiss Tegwyth Alderson-Taber ‘13Gina Alvarado-JenkinsCynthia Angelo


AnonymousMr. and Mrs. Raul AresTodd and Nicole AustinMr. and Mrs. Robert M. BarnardRobert and Becky BeltranJulia BeresfordKari Bianchet (MacFawn)Big T PrintingMr. Webb Bond ‘04 and Mrs. Kara BondWilliam and Kimberly BondBrenna Bortner ‘19Samuel Boutros ‘03Michael and Karen BrownMs. Joyce A. BrownDavid and Lesly BryantWade and Patricia BurdMr. and Mrs. Phil M. BurgessMark Butje and Hillary HeathVictoria CainCanterbury Alumni AssociationCaptiva MVP Restaurant Partners, LLC - PDQMargaret CarlsonPhillip Catalan and Zory Ashley-CatalanOliver and Tawana ChannerTiffany ChennevillePiti and Ongchanika ChenvanijMs. Claudine CieutatBlair and Natalie ClarkeJohn and Brooke CocksonLaura ConleyAnne Junkin Cox Paul and Patty CravenChad and Jenna CummingsShane and Gabriela CunninghamMr. and Mrs. Dick DaileyMiss Christina Dandar ‘06Mr. and Mrs. Mark DannPrerak and Kshipra DaveDaniel DeGregoryMegan DepatieRobert and Carmen DeSapioAaron C. Dobiesz, ‘01 and Megan Kennedy Dobiesz, ‘06Emery and Burchie EllingerNicholas Badger and Victoria ElliotKim Earle Esposito (Tomko)David and Barbara FarnsworthLaura FauverAndrea FelderElizabeth Davis FinkLarry and Reese FloodChristopher and Stephanie FlynnRonald and Sharon FrankelLee and Amy FriedmanDr. Ashley Gairing and Mr. Peter GairingMr. Clark Gairing ‘10Royal Gardner and Mary FahyMrs Mr. Daryl Bortel. and Linda GarrisonP.J. and Patricia GiampocaroWendy GiffinJoel and Anne Giles

Carlos GomezRobert GradyScott and Carla GrahamMr. Steve GravesTom Phillips and Kathy Graves-PhillipsAngela GregoryShannon GruberDietta Hahn ‘13Mr. Harrison Hall ‘12Ms. Macey Hall ‘09Ms. Haley Hall ‘07Robert and Vilayphone HamMs. Cassie A. Harris ‘05Per HauglandPhilip and Sandy HayfordMr. and Mrs. Reggie HeathMs. Katie Hehn ‘07Ms. Alyssa M. HenriquezDr. Andrew Hicks ‘77 and Mrs. Kimberly HicksThe Hill FamilyMr. and Mrs. Eddie HobbyThomas and Mary Anne HochadelGreg and Jennifer HochsprungMr. and Mrs. Rich HolsingerMr. and Mrs. John Hower Jr.Dr. and Mrs. William A. HunterChris IrvinSuhail Jaffari and Kanwal KazmiLindsey and Jacqueline JarrellJohn McLay & AssociatesJoan JohnstonMrs. Angela Herzik Kaczor ‘98Eric and Ellen KaltenbacherBruce and Pamela KemperJerry and Charlotte KendallMs. Sara Kennedy ‘03The Kent FamilyKim KiserFred and Pat KollhoppThuy LeErika LeonAllison LesterRobert and Ishtar LewisLea LittleCharles and Lorraine LivingstonPatrick and Kelly MahoneyPavan Mantripragada and Janaki YenamandraDouglas and Patricia MartinGeorgia MatternJ. Richard and Rebecca McClureBill McFarland and Nessie Haideri McFarlandMichael McGourinEmily McMullen ‘14William and Kathy MichaelsDr. and Mrs. Ron MillerDarrell MitchellThomas and Quinny Neak MorilloMr. Sean MurphyPhoebe Norris ‘26Ms. Patti A. Northrop continued on page 6


Ms. Susie OssenmacherOuterwall Inc.Nitesh and Chetna PatelRosa PaulusMr. and Mrs. Craig PerryPublix Super Market CharitiesMartin H RennerJennifer Lynn RhynerJoao RimoliThe Rios Family (Art Rios ’86)Shawn and Molly RobertsMr. and Mrs. Sebastian RocaLois Anne RozyckiJon and Laura RussellMandy and Mark RutledgeScott SaposnikChris Sedivy and Deanna Rodriguez SedivyDr. Hendrick SerrieTravis and Laura ShiversJames and Elizabeth SkidmoreMr. David B. SmithMr. and Mrs. Rick SmithGlenn and Molly SmithJoseph and Hilary SosaMr. Henry NorrisMrs. Carolyn Soule-NorrisMr. R. Evan Basset and Mrs. Nicole St. LegerSt. Pete Bagel CompanyPeter and Teresa SteinMr. and Mrs. Eugene StenovMichael and Gina StephensJohn and Susan StephensMargaret StevensDorothy J. SullivanAlbert and Ashley SwaneganMr. and Mrs. Mike SweeneyTarget Corporation (Thanks a Billion)Joseph TaylorRichard Thomas and Karen DilleyCharlye ThomasTide The Knot Beach Weddings, Inc.Yeimi ToribioMs. Jessica TrehyBradley Van ScoikTom and Lee WalkerLola WardTara WardJonathan and Spring WebsterMr. and Mrs. Charles WenigerSusie WheldonErica WhitemanGlen and Sherri WilliamsDoug and Jane WilliamsGordon and June WingateJustin and Vanessa WiseEdward and Manda WoodwardJohn and Linda WordenSarah WudykaMr. and Mrs. Paul R. WynessChristopher and Joanne Young

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Special Event Supporters

TEE IT UP

2 Hungry Dogs Productions/Joel FreedmanColette Lerat ApplebaumLaurence ApplebaumARG/Rob and Michelle BrennanAvid Brew/Jeff KellerBassett Law Offices P.A.Big T Printing/Todd MooreBodega/George and Debbie SayeghClimate Design/Tom RobinsonFlynn Law Firm P. A.Human Resources, Inc./ Scott and Carolyn BuchananSteven and Kim Given Publix Super Market CharitiesSound Images Florida, Inc./ Richard and Victoria HitchcockStrickland Investments LLCTampa Bay Imaging, LLCThe Posey Wealth Management Group at UBS Financial

CANTERBURY CUP

3 Daughters BrewingAetnaAll Florida Orthopedic AssociatesBama Sea Products/Stephens FamilyBassett Law Offices P.A.Bodega/George and Debbie SayeghBuffalo Wild WingsChris BulleitCognitive Research CorporationCotts BeverageFresh MarketGigi’s Italian RestaurantJeanne JonesMac and Marsha HallMarine Max

Moon Under WaterPhoenix Venture Philanthropy Foundation, Inc.Port of Tampa BayPower DesignPublix Super Market CharitiesRum Fish GrillScott and Laura AlbeeSkyway MediaSunshine Automotive/Dean PickelSylvan Learning CenterThe Optical ShopUnited Capital FundingWallace, Welch & Willingham

THEATER PRODUCTIONAnderson McQueen Funeral Homes & Cremation Tribute CenterBob Lee’s Tire CompanyMr. and Mrs. Mark DannRegions Bank/Jim DonatelliMcQueen & SiddallFranklin SchneegoldPrecoaSunshine Automotive/Dean PickelThe Whitmore Group

GALA

Caribbean Medical SupplyDr. and Mrs. Michael and Andrea BortnerARG/Rob and Michelle BrennanJ.S. and Tara Fleming Mr. and Mrs. L. Mike Hanna Regions Bank/Jim DonatelliThe Mahaffey Apartment CompanyMr. and Mrs. Steven McMullen Charles Rutenberg Realty/John Milkovich Publix Super Market CharitiesRios Immigration Law FirmJoe and Shelby Rogers Ms. Elise SchreinerMr. and Mrs. Jonathan Specter Mr. Paul Tomey


alumnus stamp of approvalJonathan Serrie joined Canterbury in 1978 in the middle of his 8th grade year. At the time he was attending a public middle school in Sarasota, but wanted something more academical-ly challenging. His father was a professor at Eckerd College (where Canterbury’s Middle and Upper School campus resided) so it was an easy decision to make the commute with his father.

After Canterbury, Serrie attended Emory University and ma-jored in English and Political Science. He credits Canterbury with an easy transition. “Academically, Canterbury was every bit as challenging as college--and I went to Emory, which is not exactly a party school.”

After three jobs at local television stations in Sarasota, Green-ville, SC, and Atlanta, GA, he finally landed at Fox News Channel in 1999, “and I’ve been with them ever since.” Serrie is now based in Fox’s Atlanta bureau and covers the southeast for the national network, but shortly after 9/11, he covered the war in Afghanistan.

“Although I never found myself the target of an attack, there was one point when our crew got caught in a crossfire,” Serrie recalls. “US bombers were helping the Northern Alliance recapture a group Taliban fighters who had seized control of a huge weapons cache at a prison fortress. At one point, there was machine gun fire between the two sides and we had to take cover. We could hear bullets overhead whipping through the leaves of the trees. That was the scariest moment of my life.” But in the same breath, he will also say it was the best trip he ever went on because “[Afghanistan] is a fascinating country, wonderful people. The local people we met were wonderful, very hospitable.”

Today, Serrie looks for stories in the Southeast region that would be of national interest. Even though he covers some-thing happening in Atlanta, North Carolina or Mississippi, it has to be interesting enough that people who live in New York or California would also want to know about it. Serrie covers a lot of Southern politics and medical stories, as his offices are in the backyard of Emory University and the CDC, “and I have a personal interest in science, so I do a lot of science or tech-re-lated stories,” he says. “This weekend I’m going to Plains, GA, to attend one of former president Jimmy Carter’s Sunday School classes. It’s a phenomenon. People camp out for it--it’s moved up on people’s bucket list to attend.”

Ask Serrie where he first felt a spark for a life in journalism, and he will tell you that it was at Canterbury. Though he would not say which teacher influenced him

the most at Canterbury because, “every single teacher I had, had a profound influence on me and I’d hate to name even a few names because I’d be leaving people out.” But the project that had a profound influence on him was writing the Senior Thesis--a project still in practice today where the seniors write a 15-20 page thesis on a topic of interest and then defend their thesis before a faculty panel in a formal presentation. Serrie researched and presented on The Future of Television News. “It was through that research that I determined there was a huge market for cable news,” he says.

Now that he’s a successful adult, Serrie deems it hugely im-portant to give back to Canterbury because, “I’m grateful for the financial aid that I received while I was a student at Canter-bury--my father was in academia, my mother was in the arts. I also have classmates who were from working class families who were able to get a great education thanks to the generosity of alumni and parents,” he says, “so [giving to the Annual Fund] is the best way I can pay it forward and help future students get what I think is the very best education there is.”

Philanthropy, Serrie says, should be a part of everyone’s personal mission because it “makes a difference in the world, makes it a better place, looking at the macro level. At the micro level it’s a personal statement. It’s a way of expressing your personal values. When you donate to a cause you put your stamp of approval on it and say, ‘This is something that’s important to me.’”

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Jonathan Serrie

reporting from

Afghanistan.

I V I N GI V I N GGGculture ofCanterbury’s


parent paves the wayPeter Katcha and his wife, Marti Collins, chose Canterbury for their daughter Arden because, he says, “we felt, based on our research of all schools public and private, Canterbury was the most family-oriented community. Families were open, and their outreach to new families was excellent. Many of the families we spoke with were on a similar wavelength concerning social and emotional learning.” Since his entrance into the community three years ago, Katcha has been a consistent supporter of the Annual Fund because he understands how all contributions can be leveraged out to the entire Canterbury community. “Canterbury administrators have demonstrated they can deploy capital investment to benefit the entire community. From the shade structures in the [Hough] courtyard, to the investment in the human capital--our instructors. [Canterbury has] a sound track record of retaining talented educators.” Katcha continued, “Arden has been fortunate to have committed instructors, like Mrs. Bridge and Mrs. Kemper.” Retaining amazing teaching professionals confirms to Katcha that Canterbury is a tremen-dous community to be a part of, and he appreciates the board investing Annual Fund dollars to ensure Canterbury educators have the resources and facilities necessary to maximize the potential for our children. Katcha also points to the marine science program at Canterbury as an added strength. “Marti and I believe access to a marine sci-ence curriculum is important for our girls to gain a solid science background. Mrs. Jones and Ms. Cummings are exceptional role

models who encourage all children to get in-volved with STEM-ori-ented stud-ies.” Katcha acknowl-edges that contributing financially beyond tu-ition to the Annual Fund each year can be difficult, but empha-sizes the focus is on participation or amount. “These are person-al decisions, but I hope parents appreciate that total participation is necessary to increase Canterbury’s chance for additional grant money and, ultimately, the continued growth and development of the school.” Additional commitments beyond money are also necessary for the community. When asked why discussions about financial and time contributions to Canterbury are important, Katcha replied, “If others are persuaded to engage in the Annual Fund or to donate time, then all our children benefit. People shouldn’t feel like funds are the only way to contribute. Time and exper-tise are also important.”

grandparents: the reinforcements

Attend a Grandparents’ Day on the Hough or Knowlton Campus and you will get a glimpse of how important grandparents are in the education of their grandchil-dren. Bob and Tedi Dobbs, whose son Robb and daughter-in-law Kerry Knowlton Dobbs have a long-standing relationship with Canterbury, attend this event each year to support their grandsons Grant (2018) and Max (2022).

“Both of the boys have high goals academically, and Canterbury reinforces that,” Tedi says. “When they see us get involved, it reinforces that it’s not just their parents, it’s also their grandpar-ents--and they have grandparents on the other side with a long history at Canterbury, too--so they have a lot of reinforcement that the school is important, and that’s good. The more extended family that can be involved in that the better.”

In addition to Grandparents’ Day, Bob Dobbs has attended almost every Veterans Day Celebration since Grant was in kindergarten. “We read about the educational things like the makerspace, and those things are important. [But special events are also] part of an

educational process, in addition to books and studying. It’s part of a life experience,” he says. Bob and Tedi donate annually to Canterbury’s Annual Fund to support the “extras” that Canterbury provides. “We’re part of their pre-paid college plan--and they both plan to go to college--so why shouldn’t we also support their current education?” Specifically, Bob gives back because he appreciates “the consid-eration of God, country and family. Being able to supplement their faith and their respect for country and family life is the key difference. You can go to any school and play sports, but these other aspects--students don’t receive that type of nurturing in other types of schools.”

Bob and Tedi also give back to the school because their grand-sons “are really into the extracurricular, the sports,” Bob says. “We know those cost a little extra money, so we want to support that as well. Grant and Max have played a lot of things at Can-terbury: basketball, football, baseball, and they run cross coun-try. We watched [their father] Robb for years, and he always loved sports, so it is good to watch the next generation play the sports their daddy played.”

Family traditions and support are all a part of the Dobbs legacy at Canterbury. Long may it reign.

The shade structure over the Hough courtyard.


HOUGH CAMPUSInteractive Library & Courtyard Sunshade

KNOWLTON CAMPUSMcMullen Science Center

New Facility Celebrations

Documents

Canterbury School 2015 Annual Report