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t h e l a b s c h o o l
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a n n u a l r e p o r t
building on our foundation
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“My son had transitioned to Lab after
many years in the public school system. I
picked him up one day and casually said,
‘How was your day?’ He said, ‘Great,
Mom! Every day is a great day now that
I go to The Lab School.’”
–lab school parent
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t h e l a b s c h o o l | A n n u a l R e p o r t | 2013— 20142
The Lab School of Washington is different from other schools — in extraordinary ways. Our students are bright, creative, and engaged. They also learn differently in ways that The Lab School understands, supports, and celebrates.
We recognize our students’ exceptional talents, capitalize on their strengths, and show them how their non-traditional approach to problem-solving and achievement is uniquely suited to 21st-century success. Our innovative, arts-based curriculum has continually placed Lab at the forefront of learning differences education.
Founded in 1967 by Sally L. Smith, The Lab School is recognized worldwide as the leader in our field, backed by groundbreaking research and professional resources that help our students reach their highest aspirations. For students with learning differences,
including dyslexia, ADHD, and related language-based learning difficulties, Lab transforms lives.
The donor lists included in this Annual Report were compiled by the Institutional Advancement Office of The Lab School of Washington. We have made every effort to prepare this report accurately. However, despite our best efforts, errors and omissions do occasionally occur.
If you made a contribution between August 1, 2013 and July 31, 2014 and your name was omitted, please accept our sincere apologies. To advise us of an error, please contact the Institutional Advancement Office at 202.944.2201 or email [email protected].
The Difference Is Extraordinary!
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Annual Report2013—2014
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t h e l a b s c h o o l | A n n u a l R e p o r t | 2013— 20144
As chair of the Board of The Lab School of Washington, I am delighted to present the 2013-2014 Annual Report. What a year of dreaming and planning it has been. We are certainly building on our foundation so that current students and future students — and of course our staff of incredible educators and administrators — have all they need to make success a given.
We could not do all that we do without the incredible commitment of our Board of Trustees as stewards of this inspired school. Our donors, parents, faculty, staff, and students rely upon the Board to be vigilant guardians of the school’s financial health.
There is so much I could write about here, but I have chosen to focus on a group — a big, tireless, wonderful, indispensable group. A group that we could not do without. Our volunteers. Volunteerism can sometimes seem like a thankless job, but I am here to say that without every single one of you, Lab would not be the school it is today, nor the school it will continue to grow to
be. All you have to do is look into the face of even one Lab School student and you will know that every volunteer hour, every volunteer minute is absolutely worthwhile and appreciated.
The Board’s work has been carried forth in a number of volunteer committees. There are the volunteers who have led the 2013-2014 Annual Fund to a whopping $556,443; the volunteers who led the Gala, raising a remarkable $868,131, and the volunteers who are intently focusing on the Capital Campaign, which by early November 2014 has raised $6.5 million.
I am humbled every day by the diligence, devotion, and generosity of our inspired and thoughtful Head of School Katherine Schantz, our faculty and staff, our parents and children, and all of our loyal donors, friends, and volunteers. I cannot thank you enough.
My best to you,
Mimi DawsonChair, Board of Trustees
From Our Board Chair
In March 2014, Baltimore Lab School became independent from The Lab School of Washington. After several years of analysis, The Lab School Board concluded that each school would be better positioned to execute its respective missions as separate institutions. The separation has increased Baltimore Lab School’s access to local Baltimore philanthropy, and has allowed The Lab School of Washington leadership to focus on the exciting new endeavors of both Washington campuses.
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2013-2014 FINANCIAL SUMMARY (DC)
income Tuition and Fees $17,487,925Contributions $1,463,986Other $643,628
Total DC Operating Income $19,595,539 expense
Instructional $13,143,289Administrative $3,480,321 Plant and Facilities $2,955,673 Total DC Operating Expense $19,579,282
Surplus $16,257
Front row: Feinberg, Schantz, Soto, Denckla; Back Row: Thompson, Tenhula, Wiley, Fulton, Dawson, Hutton, Bernstein, Klausner, Jonas; Not pictured: Camalier, Cullen, Drury, Fisher Gambal, Malchow, Tennis, Tongour
The Lab School of Washington Board of Trustees 2013-2014
Executive Committee
Mimi Dawson, Chair
Mac Bernstein, Vice Chair
Kate Fulton, Vice Chair
Mike Tongour, Secretary
Bill Tennis, Treasurer and Co-Chair, Facilities Stewardship Committee Bruce Drury, Chair, Audit Committee
Hal Malchow, Chair, Communications and Advancement Committee
Susan Hutton, Chair, Development Committee
Davis Camalier, Co-Chair, Facilities Stewardship Committee Cal Klausner, Chair, Finance Committee
John Jonas, Chair Governance Committee
Katherine Schantz, ex officio
Members
Neil Cullen
Martha Bridge Denckla, MD
Sheila Feinberg
Linda Fisher
Leah Gambal
Lori Soto
Kathy Tenhula
H. Brian Thompson
Richard Wiley
Honorary Trustees
John Clifford
Allyn Kilsheimer
Connie Richards
Smith Family Representative
Randall Smith
Parents Association Representatives (PALS)
Julie Butler
Sara Savitt
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t h e l a b s c h o o l | A n n u a l R e p o r t | 2013— 20146
Musings from Katherine Schantz
When I sit back and think about the past year, it comes to me in a series of images that resonate deeply with my belief in the importance of The Lab School experience for students, faculty, parents, and the educational community at large. Lab is engaged in a period of expansion — of our professional development and methods, our role in educational reform, and our facilities; we are building on our foundation.
We are incredibly fortunate to be working directly with three researchers in the field of learning differences: Dr. Martha Denckla, MD, neurologist at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Guinevere Eden, DPhil, at Georgetown University, and Dr. Lauren McGrath, PhD, at American University. We are not only studying their findings, but also groups of us are meeting with them to consider research at Lab that could bridge the gap between ideas and practice.
In our Elementary division, we are teaching “mindfulness,” an example of taking research directly to the classroom. In their sessions, I can see our students paying careful attention
to their surroundings, and through exercises focusing on attentive listening, emotional and body awareness, and mindful breathing. They are actively developing lifelong habits to help recognize feelings, act decisively, and gain confidence.
Shaun Miskell, head of Performing Arts, has been able to take what he has learned through his own professional development to heighten and expand his program in the classroom and theater. In spring 2013, I was lucky enough to sit next to Shaun in the Globe Theater in London as he tried to soak in the experience of being — for the first time — in the mecca for scholars of the Bard.
Shaun returned this past spring to attend performances at the Globe with members of his department; I can only imagine the power of that shared experience and the ways it will resonate with a newly acquired measure of passion, appreciation, and authenticity in their teaching of Shakespeare.
This spring, we were once again privileged to continue our collaboration with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Last time I was in New York, I was honored to listen to Chris Rauschenberg and his staff share their perspective on Lab’s important role in illuminating the power of the arts. One of the Foundation’s objectives is to organize national voices that are committed to persuading educators and policy makers about the potential of the arts to transform American education — to repair it, to enrich it, and to engage the disenfranchised students so all students can discover their talents to make the world a better place. As Art Teacher Mark Jarvis reiterates, our kids know that they are taking arts to expand their minds and possibilities and that is so much more than “Am I a good artist?”
It will come as no surprise that for 18 months now my mind’s eye has been filled with the images of the proposed new High School. It has been months of working with the architects and our faculty to design new spaces that will create an environment for Lab’s next act in leading the way in educational promise. The more I study the designs, the greater my anticipation of the energy these spaces will create for Lab. (See the enclosed insert on the campaign Transforming Lives, Transforming Education.) It is so exciting to be involved designing facilities that honor and nurture the great minds of our students.
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There is no greater reminder that our foundation is based on a history of bold, creative ideas than when saying good-bye to three loyal, iconic pillars of Lab — individuals who were among the pioneers that Sally Smith hired to help her expand her dream into a vibrant, ever growing reality. Peter Braun, Karen Hanish, and Neela Seldin provided a marvelous foundation in and of themselves — inculcating so many with their infectious enthusiasm, humor, and passion for Lab. Their ability to see and draw out the highest potential from our kids was powerful. We are missing them greatly, but fortunately, they were mentors to many so their spirit lives on.
There is always so much to tell about Lab, but I will save those musings for another time and stop here to thank our whole Lab School community of faculty and staff, students, parents, grandparents, alumni parents, and friends. We could not offer such an outstanding education without the support and generosity of each and every one of you.
With gratitude,
Katherine SchantzHead of School
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t h e l a b s c h o o l | A n n u a l R e p o r t | 2013— 20148
Have you ever noticed that when your schedule is jam-packed, and the demands placed upon you seem too much to juggle, you make the silliest mistakes? Perhaps you forget why you walked into a room or where you put your car keys. Maybe you lose your train of thought in mid-sentence. In some cases, you may even need to set a buzzer or a chime to remind yourself to “BREATHE.”
Elementary students have busy days, brimming with many challenges. For young children with learning differences, the continual need to transition, learn, and be productive can be particularly stressful. Now, with the help of staff Clinical Social Worker Rebecca Gracia, Lab School’s youngest students are acquiring mindfulness techniques to help manage everyday pressures. “The practice of mindfulness centers on paying careful attention to yourself and your surroundings,” she says. “This often comes naturally to very young children, and can become harder as we grow older.” She and her Elementary
division colleagues hope that by introducing children to mindfulness exercises at an early age, young learners will develop lifelong habits to help them remain calm, concentrated, and confident throughout their adult lives.
A member of the Lab School team for three years, Ms. Gracia felt that “something was missing” from the Elementary school day: the chance for a child to just sit and “be,” free of any obligation to be productive. She enrolled in California’s esteemed Mindful Schools program, receiving the training necessary to work with young students and their teachers. Beginning last fall, Ms. Gracia visited each of Lab’s Elementary classes twice weekly for 25-minute mindfulness sessions. Teachers, assistants, and interns joined students as Ms. Gracia guided them through topics such as attentive listening, emotional and body awareness, mindful breathing, awareness of thoughts, and mindful eating.
elementary students focus on mindfulness
Saved by the Bell
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“Each session begins with the ringing of the traditional singing bell. Students take turns ringing the bell, while the rest of the group listens carefully until the sound gradually, gently fades,” explains Ms. Gracia. This technique proved so effective in getting children to calm down, focus, and regroup that every Elementary class at Lab now has a bell of its own. “Each teacher has a different way of using the bell to evoke positive responses in their classroom. The bells have been particularly effective in helping students make smoother transitions, focus before a class presentation, or reflect on their emotions as they start their day,” she adds.
Mindfulness exercises underscore the importance of awareness and acceptance — traits that Lab strives to foster in every student. “We encourage children to notice their feelings and accept them, without judgment. The goal is not for students to be still and quiet without any thoughts — but to be aware of how they are feeling and what they are thinking. If students are feeling fidgety, they are encouraged to notice what sensations they feel in their body; if they are feeling a strong emotion, such as anger or sadness, they are encouraged to sit with that feeling. Sharing emotional observations in a safe, non-competitive setting boosts self-confidence while helping children be more compassionate and thoughtful of their peers,” explains Ms. Gracia.
The students responded positively to the introduction of mindfulness. They connected easily to lessons that encouraged awareness in age-appropriate ways, such as learning that our minds are often like “puppy dogs,” wandering away from what we are trying to focus on.
Parents can benefit from mindfulness exercises as well. Doug Fagen, PhD, the director of Psychological Services at Lab, along with Ms. Gracia, introduced Lab’s mindfulness program during an Elementary parent discussion. They helped parents understand that “mindful parenting” models positive behavior that young children may emulate; it also eases some of the challenges of raising a child with learning differences. “When a parent can say, ‘I am feeling frustrated, so I am going to take a break and do some mindful breathing,’ the child realizes that mindfulness is important for adults as well as kids,” says Ms. Gracia. That pause can make everyday life more enjoyable and less stressful for parents as well … singing bell, optional!
The Mindful Schools program has conducted significant research on the positive effects that mindfulness practices have on young children. For more information, visit www.MindfulSchools.org.
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“So many schools don’t introduce Shakespeare until late Middle School or early High School,” says Shaun Miskell, Lab School’s head of Performing Arts. “That’s simply too late.” The fact that Lab works deliberately to make Shakespeare accessible from a very early stage serves its students well. “I have had alumni return to campus and tell me they are taking Shakespeare in college. And guess what? Most of them tell me they know more about Shakespeare than anyone else in the class … including the professor!” This makes Mr. Miskell understandably proud. He and the school’s other theater instructors guide students in all divisions through the complexities — and joys — of studying Shakespeare.
“Before we dive into the script and start listening to the rhyme and rhythm of Shakespeare’s language, we always start with the basic story, told in modern-day vernacular,” explains Elementary Musical Specialist Elizabeth Ferrante. Intermediate Theater Teacher Amal Saade takes the same approach with older students. “When a student understands the essence of the plot — the characters and their motives, and the fundamental lessons of the tale — then moving from ‘page to stage’ becomes
much easier,” she says. This “story-first” approach is one reason that Lab School students are so comfortable with Shakespeare at such an early age. “We break down a complex tale such as Much Ado About Nothing through oral storytelling, stopping to act out complicated twists and turns to make the message more concrete,” explains Ms. Ferrante.
Once Elementary children have a clear grasp of the basic story, they break into groups and begin to approach the play from a variety of angles. One group works with an abridged version of the play’s original text, grappling with terms and sentence structures that are — at first glance — unfamiliar and challenging. A second group writes a contemporary interpretation of the play, translating dialogue into the words of today’s youngsters and updating the plot to a modern setting. The third group serves as the story’s narrators, providing the essential context audiences need to follow these stripped-down versions of Shakespeare’s works. Their hard work is rewarded when they hear the hearty applause from fellow participants and “groundlings” — parents, teachers, and friends — at the Folger Theatre’s Annual Children’s Festival. A proud Ms. Ferrante exclaims, “Think about third and fourth graders performing Shakespeare before a live audience. That’s incredibly impressive!”
Although Theater is, in theory, a stand-alone class at Lab, there are significant cross-curricular opportunities for teachers to work together. For example, in the Elementary division, the Knights and Ladies Academic Club might be studying Shakespeare’s Renaissance or the Gods Club may be able to draw parallels with Antony and Cleopatra. Teachers and students in the Music class often provide instrumental or choral interludes to enrich their classmates’ Shakespeare productions. Ms. Saade points out that students in Art class were essential in providing her students with a beautiful Arden-like backdrop for the Intermediate division’s staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The cross-curricular connections are even more profound for Junior High and High School students. “Context is everything,” emphasizes Mr. Miskell. Older students become what are known in the theater world as “dramaturges,” studying the
Who Sayeth, “The Bard is Hard”?
lab school makes shakespeare accessible for all ages
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ancient political, social, economic, and cultural conditions that set the stage for Shakespeare’s rich stories. “An actor needs to grasp the history that surrounds the play. It adds perspective and insight, and brings the breadth and depth that make their performance authentic. Our colleagues in the Social Studies department help tremendously,” adds Mr. Miskell. Students in the upper divisions classes might read Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets as literature — another example of how the most beloved playwright in the English language surfaces in classes beyond Theater.
While older students immerse themselves in the Bard for an entire semester, Shakespeare is also a very important part of the Elementary and Intermediate Theater programs. Ms. Ferrante and Ms. Saade use creative approaches to make Shakespeare’s work accessible to younger students. “One group created a silent film of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which let them learn storyboarding and videography,” says Ms. Saade. “Another created a modern-day interpretation of the play. They learned script writing, character development, and how to take 500-year-old stories and make them timely.”
Many Lab students get bitten by the Bard and want to study Shakespeare on a deeper level. Lab offers an extracurricular drama club, which highlights Shakespeare as well as other significant, often classical, works. Some students enroll in summer acting programs that focus on Shakespeare, such as the DC Theatre Lab, where Ms. Saade teaches in the summer. Another highly popular option is Lab School’s own drama-based summer immersion camp, led by Mr. Miskell with the help of 10 other instructors. Influenced by Trevor Nunn’s program designed for the Royal Shakespeare Company, staff chooses a topic for the summer production then the students dive into storyboarding, script writing, set design, scene construction, directing, lighting, sound engineering, publicity, and a live-audience performance. With their unique background in Shakespearean studies, Lab students will no doubt continue to revel in and pass on the magic of the Bard.
“The deep places in our lives —
places of resistance and embrace
— are not ultimately reached
by instruction. Those places of
resistance and embrace are
reached only by stories, images,
metaphors, and phrases that
line out the world differently,
apart from fear or hurt.”
This quote by Walter Brueggemann speaks to Lab School’s Head of Performing Arts Shaun Miskell. The Lab School Performing Arts staff uses these words as their touchstone when helping students master the glory of Shakespeare.
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Joshua Fritts, the new head of the Elementary division, arrived at The Lab School of Washington in the most circuitous of routes. After two years in Qatar at the Qatar Foundation heading up educational services and expanding special education programs in the region, Mr. Fritts and his family were heading home to Portland, Oregon.
Then he got a call from Head of School Katherine Schantz. “If you get here, I know you will want to stay,” she told him. In addition, one of his colleagues in Qatar who coincidentally had been a teacher at The Lab School — and was mentored by Founder Sally L. Smith, no less — echoed Ms. Schantz’s words by saying, “You have to answer them … and you can’t go anywhere else.”
Fast forward to the school year of 2014 and Mr. Fritts has already found his stride. “A previous mentor of mine told me years ago that most people have that one job in their life, the job that means the most to them and makes the biggest impression,” says Mr. Fritts. “After only a few months, I’m thinking that Lab will be that ‘it’ job for me.”
For Mr. Fritts, the clincher to forgo returning to the West Coast to build a new life in DC was seeing the kids. During his visit to Lab, he saw the Elementary students presenting on the theme, “Bigger than Us.” There was a play about children and homelessness. There was a short film about animal rights.
There was a presentation about the 99 percent (a slogan used in the 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement about social and economic inequality) and another about Soles4Souls (a global not-for-profit institution dedicated to fighting the devastating impact and perpetuation of poverty). “The kids showed me all of this,” he says. “To say that I was moved and awed would be an understatement.” Mr. Fritts was hooked. And already he feels as if he is part of the Lab family.
This year’s theme for the Elementary division is “Explorers and Explorations.” For someone who has lived, worked, or contributed something to the field of special education in 18 countries — from Hungary and Israel to Guatemala and Sri Lanka — Mr. Fritts should certainly be in his element.
Welcome:joshua fritts
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“What would Neela think?” Who knows how many teachers, parents, and even students have asked themselves that question.
Neela Seldin retired in 2014 after 34 years at The Lab School of Washington, most of which were served as head of the Elementary division. “Neela was a nurturer. She was a life learner, always interested in new things, in what people had to say. She was definitely a teacher at heart. She simply understood kids and what they needed. Neela was also a champion at helping parents better understand their kids and how they learn. And, lord knows, she had a wicked, delicious sense of humor,” says Diana Meltzer, associate head of school, who for years has been a colleague and friend of Ms. Seldin.
At her retirement party, parents, graduates, and parents of alumni who hadn’t been on campus in years came back to celebrate with her because she was the person who changed everything. She was the person who told parents, “He’ll get there … he has so many talents.” She was the person who made students understand that they were not broken. She made them feel safe, and she helped them flourish and grow into their best selves.
She was also the person who helped teachers become the teachers they had dreamed of being. She gave them advice and help when they asked, and the tools and the freedom they needed to lead their students to success.
In 2007, in the middle of the school year at the request of the Lab School’s Founder Sally L. Smith, Ms. Seldin moved the Elementary school to the Foxhall campus. It was no easy feat, but as always, she took a challenge and found the opportunities in it. The Foxhall campus is what it is today because Ms. Seldin was never afraid to take bold steps, to see what worked and what didn’t. She put her heart and soul into the school, her teachers, “her” kids, and their parents.
Those of us who knew Ms. Seldin will always keep a special place in our hearts for her. But we can smile when we think of her, knowing that she is traveling and discovering interesting corners and people and stories wherever she goes, that she is laughing and making others laugh, that she is nurturing those around her with her wonderful cooking and her sweet spirit. And no doubt, during her quiet moments, she is curled up with a British mystery novel trying to figure out who done it.
neela seldin
You were there when our son needed you.
You were there when WE needed you.
Thank you, thank you! –alumni parents
We will miss you!
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Karen Hanish used to bring sheep from her farm on the Eastern Shore to school. As an Art teacher here at Lab for 24 years, Ms. Hanish exemplified how The Lab School of Washington teaches students through experiential and project-based learning. “Where do you think that lovely wool sweater that you’re wearing came from?” she’d ask a student during class. “My mom … the store … it’s a hand-me-down from my sister,” would come the answer. Then she would take her class out to see the sheep, which, she’d explain, is where a wool sweater begins. She’d teach her students to shear the wool, and then they’d use it for various projects, learning opportunities, and collaborations with other teachers and subjects. Her work manifested her understanding of Founder Sally L. Smith’s philosophy that the arts are central to all learning.
Besides inspiring her students to find their talents through different projects and media, Ms. Hanish excelled in showcasing their work. A few years ago, her students had been studying birds and had made ceramic sculptures of various species. Instead of simply setting them out in the gallery, she created a backdrop from wood, cloth, and other found objects that showcased the birds in their best light. She had birds perched up high as if in a tree, or down on a low platform as if they were trying to camouflage themselves in the brush. Visitors to the gallery just stood there taking it all in … and in the case of the
birds, they were transformed, if only for a few moments, into the woods and grasslands where the alive counterparts of these birds live.
“The way Karen exhibited her students’ art work was inspired. She was passionate about it and it certainly made the kids proud of their work,” says Diana Meltzer, associate head of school.
Ms. Hanish’s passion and commitment to teaching art to her students came to light in many ways. She lived with her family on a farm on the Eastern Shore. Each week, she would drive to DC and stay with friends while she taught, then go home at the end of the week where her family, her sheep and dogs and chickens, and her lush vegetable garden awaited her. That commitment to The Lab School puts “commute” on a whole higher level.
Although Ms. Hanish is now enjoying time with her family on their farm since her retirement in June 2014, it is easy to remember her lovely spirit and some of the big projects she made with her students, many of which included found objects. There was the under-the-sea mural with papier-mâché sea creatures, coral reefs, and plants, and her 3-D city complete with papier-mâché people looking out of windows, curious and observant just like her.
karen hanish
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peter braun
When Peter Braun was in college studying Medieval English history, his father kept asking him what he planned to do with that major. It was not the most practical, he said.
Fast forward to June 2014 and Mr. Braun is retiring after 39 years at The Lab School of Washington. Only Founder Sally L. Smith worked more years here than he has. And, it seems, he did most everything during his tenure — from being a classroom teacher to coordinator of the Upper School to serving as director of Operations during his last 30 years.
“His job title was ‘Director of Operations,’ but if what he actually did was written on paper, it would be multiple pages,” says Associate Head of School Diana Meltzer. With a warm sense of humor and a kind smile, Mr. Braun knew every inch of the campus and nurtured the systems and structures of the old buildings on the Reservoir campus as if they were his children. “If someone wanted to know where a certain pipe was, Pete would know immediately,” says Ms. Meltzer. “’Oh, that pipe,’ he’d say. ‘Let me show you. It’s on the north back wall of the castle under the third window.’” He was an eternal optimist, anything could be solved, no question. And he played a key role in ensuring that Lab always served as a good neighbor in our community.
Any time anyone asked for anything, he’d say “I’m on it,” or “I’ll have that ready for you tomorrow.” Mr. Braun — whose son graduated from Lab and whose granddaughter is currently in Elementary — was a real support to Ms. Smith in the early days, and to all the staff, faculty, and students as the school grew. Mr. Braun helped facilitate the move in 1983 from the old campus to the current Reservoir campus. He oversaw the building of the gym, pool, and Arts Wing. And he helped make Neela Seldin and the Elementary division’s move — mid-year — to the Foxhall campus as seamless as possible.
His whole life, Mr. Braun loved water and boats. He and his family owned a kayaking and white water business in West Virginia. On many occasions, he arranged for school water adventures. His long-time dream was to live on a boat and to travel, and now, he and his wife are making that dream come true. They are spending a year traveling around the world on their boat.
“Pete and I took classes together in Sally’s master’s program at American University and, for years after, when something came up that at first we didn’t know how to solve, we’d joke with each other and say, ‘They never taught us that in graduate school!’” laughs Ms. Meltzer. “We will greatly miss Pete, but I, for one, am thrilled for him that not only did he make an amazing imprint on this school, but now he is bringing his dream to life.”
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DANIELLE GOLDBERG PARENTMy daughter, Lindsey, is in the fourth grade here at Lab, but my journey with The Lab School of Washington started some 20 years ago. It was my sophomore year of college and I found myself in a class called arts and special education — something I knew nothing about but thought would be a good fit for my major in elementary education and my minor in special education. In walked the professor. She was wearing two different hues of lipstick, her fingernails were polished with five different colors, she wore a kooky, colorful scarf and a big smile on her face. She talked about her son and how teacher after teacher told her that he was stupid and lazy and that he’d never be able to learn. But she was his mother and she knew he was smart and that he could learn. She couldn’t find the kind of school she was looking for to help him, so she opened her own. Sally Smith. Lab School’s founder. Right.
I was wowed … but what struck me even more those first weeks of class was that the children with learning differences that she was describing sounded just like me. It was one of those lose-your-breath moments. Suddenly, I realized why school had been so difficult for me. Why I had felt dumb compared to my peers, ashamed that I didn’t learn like everyone else. A huge light flicked on for me personally, but also for what I wanted to do career-wise. Being Sally’s student solidified my desire to be a teacher, and I vowed to myself back then as an undergrad that I would do whatever I could to ensure that no child in my classroom would ever feel the way I had.
Fast-forward to motherhood. Little did I know that the students I had been imagining when I made that vow to myself would include one of my own children. So, I certainly wasn’t going to let my daughter — or any of my children — grow up feeling like they were not smart or less in anyway. In fact, like the teachers and everyone at Lab, I tell my children that they are capable of accomplishing anything they set their minds to. I believe that is what we all want for our children.
I think that all of our children’s experience in other school settings has shown us that not all teachers differentiate instruction, meet the needs of individual students, treat each and every student with love and respect, have never-ending patience, and often spend time outside school hours working to make sure our children receive everything they need to be successful, feel good about themselves, and allow them to learn in the speed and style that is best for each of them. That is why I am incredibly grateful that Lindsey is at Lab.
And that is why I give.
Why I Give
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MARK JARVIS ARTIST AND TEACHER Why do I teach here at The Lab School — and why I have stayed for more than 20 years? Let me show you. See this mural over here by the art building? It was made by students from all divisions. The little kids made tribal masks when they were learning about Africa. Then, the High School digital photography class laid them out on the floor and, standing on chairs above them, took photos of each mask. From there, we projected the images on the wall and various classes of art students traced and drew replicas of them on the mural. Then the High School students painted the masks and background on this huge 16x5 horizontal mural. It’s collage-like with colors and textures and faces. It was definitely a collaborative effort from all our art students, not to mention the history, culture, and geography they learned along the way. This is just one example of why I teach at The Lab School.
I never set out to be a teacher. I was — and still am — a portrait artist. But as life tends to tease us and send us on twists and turns, I ended up working as an art sub during a summer program at Lab. I was intrigued. So, when I was asked to stay, I did. What moves me about The Lab School is how we teach. We are not in silos with art over here, reading over there, science, math, and music over that way. We overlap all the disciplines
as often as possible. In fact, we create our curricula to overlap subjects so that the kids get myriad opportunities for project-based learning.
Our kids at Lab often come to learning on a crooked, non-traditional path. And, as teachers, it is our job — and joy — to find ways to teach them to their strengths. I had my own crooked path, so I identify with the kids. You see, when I was in high school, I had some challenges learning. It was difficult. And ironically, I hated art instruction. I wanted to spend my time drawing and painting, not go week to week from pottery to sculpture to making copper jewelry with no big picture or purpose behind it all. At the Lab School, I teach drawing. I also teach set design, stage craft, and architectural design. But the beauty of it is that we use art to teach art but also to teach other subjects. There’s a reason and a project-based plan behind it. How do you make math enticing to a student who is math-phobic? You get her involved in an architectural design project, which deals with building and art but also with the basic measurements of scale. What about someone who loses his breath at the thought of physics? You involve him in a collaborative project making a public art fountain and figuring out how to get the water not to shoot out, but to drip down the way rain does from the umbrella above the dragon and boy holding it. What if a student says he could care less about Pompeii or learning Latin? You involve him in a mosaic mural, and through that art project, he is immersed in the language and the history.
And it goes the other way, too, for students who are convinced that art is not their thing. If a child is afraid of drawing or painting because he thinks he’ll fail at it, we’ll come around that wonderful crooked, non-traditional way to get him experimenting until his fear of failure is brushed away with the dust of his charcoal pencil. We figure out ways to teach kids so that they are proud of their learning styles, and own their success.
As a Lab School teacher, I am given the freedom to be innovative. The school will consider any idea you have as long as it has a strong pedagogical reason to back it. That is exciting, and daunting. I love that challenge, year after year, collaboration after collaboration, student after student. Teachers here have higher degrees, and in the small classroom settings, we know how to teach to transform these kids’ differences into advantages. So, I say, embrace the crooked paths. Sometimes our best successes emerge without a map.
That is why I teach at Lab.
Why I Teach
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Have you ever heard of “bench to bedside?” In the medical world, the term describes the process by which the results of research conducted in the laboratory are directly used to develop new ways to treat patients. It’s the same at The Lab School. It has always been central to the school’s mission to implement promising research in the field of learning differences to forward the education of Lab students. In fact, Lab School’s Founder Sally L. Smith was also a founding director of the Master’s Program in Special Education: Learning Disabilities at American University in Washington, DC. Ms. Smith’s central role in both institutions forged a synergetic relationship that continues to this day. Both schools share faculty, and AU uses Lab as a primary training site for aspiring teachers in its master’s program. The sharing of ideas and expertise offers myriad opportunities that benefit students enrolled in both schools.
Now, Lab School is poised to take that confluence of ideas, energy, and innovation one step further, not only with American University, but also with educators and universities across the learning differences educational field. Lab’s 2010 strategic plan identified expansion of the school’s scientific research connections as a key institutional goal. To that end, Lab has recently embarked on a number of important projects that will not only give Lab access to the very best data and analysis in the field, but that will help position The Lab School at the very forefront of learning disabilities research and information dissemination.
Labs Are Where You Learn the Best Science
lab school embarks on research that enhances education
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“Of course, we want to continue to stay current on recent findings and to integrate the education field’s best practices into our curriculum,” says Head of School Katherine Schantz. “But we also want to be the leader — the first and the foremost — in conducting ground-breaking research, disseminating our findings, and inspiring intellectual dialogue among our staff and our industry colleagues.” Lab School’s leadership is firmly committed to becoming a trailblazer in learning differences research and implementation. Important steps toward reaching that goal are already underway.
Science Review Group
If you envision a laboratory as an incubator for observation, creativity, inspiration, and progress, The Lab School of Washington is aptly named. “We are in the unique position of having a student population that learns differently and whose progress we can observe, record, measure, and analyze over long periods of time,” explains Doug Fagen, PhD, Lab’s director of Psychological Services. “The experience and knowledge base of our educators and clinical specialists is extremely valuable, partly because it’s rare; very few schools specialize in learning differences education that spans primary through high school. We are able to conduct hands-on, long-term, longitudinal studies that also allow us to foster a deeper, more meaningful relationship with our students.”
When students enroll at Lab, they benefit from an extensive bank of assessments that reveal a wealth of information about that specific child, but also about how the brain of a student with learning differences works and evolves over time. Beginning in 2000, the results of these student evaluations — which are anonymous and repeated at periodic intervals throughout a child’s development — have been stored in a Lab School database. This information is an extraordinary resource for Lab School’s research as well as for other researchers in the growing study of brain science.
To this end, Lab recently formed its Scientific Review Group, a committee comprised of Lab School staff members who review, discuss, and synthesize relevant research in learning differences and allied fields. The Lab School Board of Trustees also welcomed to its ranks Martha Bridge Denckla, MD, one of the foremost experts in the fields of learning and developmental cognitive neurology. Her expertise has been vital in helping chart Lab’s burgeoning research studies.
The Lab School of Washington Scientific Review Group
Judith Belkin, MOT, Occupational Therapist
Noel Bicknell, MA, Academic Club Coordinator
Katherine Dube, PsyD, Psychologist
Jennifer Durham, PhD, Curriculum and Technology Coordinator, Elementary Program
Doug Fagen, PhD, Director of Psychological Services
Laurie Matz, MS, Speech-Language Pathologist
Lauren McGrath, PhD, Assistant Professor, American University
Katherine Schantz, EdM, C.A.S., Head of School
John Silsby, PhD, Psychologist
The Important Role of Sleep in Memory Consolidation
Another area of research on which Lab School is focusing is sleep, the all-important part of every person’s life cycle. Many of us wish we had a better memory or a keener ability to focus, particularly the night before a big exam or project. Conventional wisdom tells us to “get a good night’s sleep,” but this old adage seems outdated in our fast-paced world. Last year, Lab’s Scientific Review Group embarked on an in-depth exploration of the neurobiological evidence supporting “a good night’s sleep” as one of the critical supports to optimize learning and memory.
The group discovered that the signs and symptoms of sleep deficits vary depending on the age of the person. In children, it turns out, a sleep deficiency can also look much like an attention deficit disorder. Moreover, children diagnosed with attention deficit disorders and/or sensory processing disorders often also have difficulty with the quality or the amount of sleep they get.
Young children experiencing lack of sleep often exhibit hyperactivity. They also often have problems paying attention or concentrating and sometimes they can exhibit excessive emotional reactions, frequent mood changes (mood dysregulation), poor impulse control, and behavior problems.
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These symptoms can certainly impact school performance. Furthermore, sleep-deprived children may be more prone to accidental injuries.
Adolescents experiencing sleep deficits may experience excessive daytime sleepiness and poor concentration. They may appear depressed or anxious. Poor sleep quality is associated with higher rates of car crashes in adolescents and increased risk-taking behaviors. Academic performance is frequently impacted; research is currently examining the impact of sleep deprivation on executive functioning skills.
Dr. Fagen finds the research compelling. “Studies document sleep difficulties in an estimated 25-50 percent of children and adolescents with ADHD. In some of these cases, ADHD symptoms may be significantly exacerbated by chronic sleep deprivation. Those numbers are high enough to warrant thorough sleep assessments by primary care providers for all children diagnosed with ADHD,” he advises. Real-life examples and advice such as this benefits parents, teachers, and ultimately students, making the work of Lab School’s Scientific Review Group all the more important.
Does my child need more sleep?Chronic sleep loss is a widespread issue for children in America with busy after-school schedules and early wake-up times for school. While some students may actually need more or less than the recommended amounts of sleep, the National Sleep Foundation recommends 10-11 hours of sleep for young school-aged children, and 8.5-9.25 hours for teens. That means that a school-aged child who wakes up at 7am would need to be asleep by 9pm — and therefore in bed before that time — to get a sufficient night’s sleep. Factor in after-school activities, homework, and social networking and it is clear that many young people regularly receive far less sleep than the amount of sleep they need. It is also important to consider not just the number of hours of sleep, but whether this sleep is mostly undisturbed. It is best to consult with your child’s doctor if you suspect a disturbance in quality of sleep. Ms. Schantz makes an important caveat, “If your child is already getting the recommended hours of undisturbed sleep, then increasing sleep will probably not result in any functional academic changes.”
Processing Speed and Learning Differences Education
In the fall of 2013, educational researcher Lauren McGrath, PhD, assistant professor at American University’s School of Education, Teaching and Health, identified a crucial but under-researched issue that could have a profound impact on the positive outcomes for children with learning differences: speed of information processing. Beginning this year, Dr. McGrath will be collaborating with Lab to study the variables that influence the speed with which children process written and oral communication, mathematical problems, and abstract information such as symbols and patterns. She will be analyzing the results of her research with the goal of disseminating specific suggestions that parents, teachers, counselors, and students can use to improve a child’s academic functioning.
Dr. McGrath brings strong research training and experience in the fields of neurology, neuropsychology, and learning differences to Lab School. She is also passionate about bidirectional dialogue between researchers and parents. “The data and analysis are important, but what will truly make a difference in the lives of children is what we do with the results of our studies,” says Dr. McGrath who is also skilled in making research lingo accessible — even exciting — for a lay audience. As a member of Lab’s research group, in January 2014, she and Dr. Fagen facilitated a parent discussion at the Foxhall campus on the neuroscience underlying reading. The presentation was well attended and enthusiastically received. An encore presentation is slated for late February 2015 — bringing more research bench to bedside.
“The field of neuroscience has
exploded over the past decade. We at
Lab are excited to be collaborating
with neuroscientists like Dr. McGrath
to better understand learning at the
neuropsychological level. The more
we know about what happens in the
brain in students with learning
differences, the better we can tailor
interventions to foster learning,
both in school and beyond.”
–doug fagen, PhD
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Mandy Chmieleski Advancement Services Coordinator
Mimi Hayes Events and Alumni Coordinator
Kimberly Sgroi Communications Associate
Joshua Swanson Social Media Coordinator and Administrative Assistant
An Exciting Year for LabMeet Our Institutional Advancement Staff
We topped our goal for the Annual Fund at $556,463.
We added a silent auction and a “raise the paddle” event for financial aid to our 29th annual Gala, making it one of the most spectacular and successful nights ever!
We began Transforming Lives. Transforming Education, the Capital Campaign for The Lab School of Washington, with a robust “quiet phase,” which garnered early support for the future of Lab from our Board of Trustees and
special friends. (For details, see the special insert on our Capital Campaign included in this report.)
All of our efforts are guided by and made in partnership with Head of School Katherine Schantz and our ever supportive Board of Trustees and its Development Committee, once again headed by Development Committee Chair Susan Hutton. We are also incredibly grateful for our amazing volunteers — parents, parents of alumni, former board members, and others who show their continued support and gratitude with their tireless effort on behalf of all of our students — past, present, and future.
I also have immense gratitude to departing staff members who have gone on to the next phases of their careers — Brooke Buchanan, Tiffany Parry, and Claire Menegus.
We have a great team in the Institutional Advancement Office, and we thought we should put their faces with their names — all are ready and available to support your efforts at Lab in so many ways!
With deep gratitude,
Marty Cathcart
Director of Institutional Advancement
Wendy Jennis Director of Community Relations and Liasion to the Board of Trustees
Victoria Tilney McDonough Director of Communications
Caitlyn Walters Director of the Annual Fund
GIFTS RECEIVED (DC) 2013-2014
Annual Fund $556,443
Gala $868,131
Other $39,392
Total $1,463,986
See insert for report of gifts to Capital Campaign.
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Combined Giving Combined Giving Societies
The Combined Giving Societies acknowledge and celebrate the generosity of donors who support any and all of our annual fund-raising efforts at the highest level. We are incredibly grateful for your above-and-beyond support of The Lab School of Washington.
Capital Campaign gifts are listed separately in the Transforming Lives. Transforming Education insert.
Einstein Society
Donors who contribute $25,000 or more in total giving during the fiscal year, including gifts to the Gala, the Annual Fund, or other designated gifts to The Lab School of Washington.
AT&T
Alan and Ashley Dabbiere
Bruce and Deborah Downey
Steedman Hinckley and Lisa Farnsworth
Marc and Elise Lefkowitz
Jacqueline B. Mars
Shippy Foundation
Da Vinci Society
Donors who contribute $10,000 or more in total giving during the fiscal year, including gifts to the Gala, the Annual Fund, or other designated gifts to The Lab School of Washington.
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld LLP
Breaux Lott Group
Davi and Lynda Camalier
CTIA
Mimi and Rhett Dawson
DLA Piper LLP
FeinbergRozen LLP
Linda Fisher
Frechette Family Foundation
Dan and Amy Graham
Mr. Erwin Gudelsky and Mr. Barry Gudelsky
Cal and Barbara Klausner
Bob Lagoyda and Becca Gould
The Edith and Herbert Lehman Foundation
The Meltzer Group
Pfizer Inc.
PhRMA
Paul Rabil Foundation
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Mohaymen and Karen Sahebzadah
Peter Scher and Kim Tilley
Menlo Smith
Jim and Alice Taylor
Peter and Kathy Tenhula
Brian and Mary Ann Thompson
Mike and Lalie Tongour/TCH Group LLC
Andrew Tweddle
Verizon
Dick and Betty Wiley
Wiley Rein LLP
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Annual FundAnnual Fund Committee 2013-2014
Annual Fund Chairs
Doug and Diane Wiley
Vice-Chairs
Chris and Amy Swonger
John Parachini and Hadley Boyd
Brian and Teresa Byrne
John Paliga
Ambassadors
Stephen and Margie Baker
Mike Beach
Scott Butler
Mary Cabriele
Lori Jo Carbonneau
Trish Copenhaver
Ashley Dabbiere
Krista Di Iaconi
Laura FitzGerald
Janis Fleischer
Dennis and Malinda Garris
Danielle Goldberg
Amy Graham
Lisa Hohenemser
Kevin Hovland
Alison Howard
Lori Jones
Barbara Kaltenheuser
Kim Kaplan
Rina Battiata Kunk
Becky Marshall
Patricia Moran
Lisa Puchalla
Peter Redmond
Dana Rice
Sally Sagarese
Cynthia Simmons
Susan Stein
Mare Tillett
Ginger Williams
Alumni Chair
Kevin Bucher ‘91
Parents of Alumni Chairs
Alan and Nancy Bubes
Grandparent Chairs
Allan and Suzy Goodman
Faculty and Staff Chair
Debby Wise
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ANNUAL FUND LEADERSHIP GIFT SOCIETIES
The Visionary Circle
$25,000 and above
Bruce and Deborah Downey
Steedman Hinckley and Lisa Farnsworth
Jacqueline B. Mars
Shippy Foundation
The Founder’s Circle
$10,000 and above
Alan and Ashley Dabbiere
Mohaymen and Karen Sahebzadah
Menlo Smith
Andrew Tweddle
The Head of School Circle
$7,500 to $9,900
Clark-Winchcole Foundation
The Partner’s Circle
$5,000 to $7,499
ARX Communications LLC
Mike and Katie Beach
Mr. and Mrs. Morton Bender
Brian and Teresa Byrne
Jon Cuneo and Mara Liasson Cuneo
Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. FitzGerald
Matthew and Barbara Forman
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Goodman
Andreas Gutzeit and Kakali Banerjee
Mrs. Anne Hartz
Mike and Kathy Hill
The Sally F. and James Scott Hill Foundation
Aimee Imundo
Robert King and Patty Millett
Paul and Noelle Logan
Christopher Lyon and Art Coleman
John Parachini and Hadley Boyd
David and Amy Polinger
Jon Riberas and Belen Orjales
James Ritter and Andrea Calem
Peter Scher and Kim Tilley
SunTrust Bank
Jim and Alice Taylor
Peter and Kathy Tenhula
Antoine and Emily van Agtmael
Wiley Rein LLP
The Supporter’s Circle
$3,000 to $4,999
Carlos Angulo and Laila Sultan
Tony and Kathryn Everett
Dennis and Malinda Garris
GE Foundation
Dan and Amy Graham
Cal and Barbara Klausner
Jeff and Nicole Maddrey
Mark and Kathy McAfee
Craig and Ilene Miller
Ian and Cindi Simmons
Mike and Lalie Tongour
Bill and Mary Frances Walde
The Washington Post
Doug and Diane Wiley
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Wiley
The Friend’s Circle
$1,500 to $2,999
Imran Akram and Seemi Andrabi
Steve Baker and Margie Grisius-Baker
Heather Barr
Peter Beck
Judy and Clarke Brinckerhoff
Kevin Bucher ‘91
Paul and Lori Jo Carbonneau
Rea Carey and Margaret Conway
Marty Cathcart
Craig and Kim Cohen
Thomas Connolly and Nancy Walsh
Jeff Crater
Ms. Carol Cutler
Tom and Krista Di Iaconi
Padraig Drennan and Sandra Keogh
David and Sheila Feinberg
Allan Freedman and Heather Morgan
Henry and Laurie Friedman
Frank Fromowitz
David Fuss and Tara Turturro-Fuss
David and Danielle Goldberg
Martin and Tricia Green
Ed and Helen Haislmaier
Christopher Hardimon and Lisa Balzereit
Michael and Vicki Herson
Mr. Richard Hertz and Ms. Doris Meyer
Kevin Hovland and Sharon Block
David and Alison Howard
David Hudson and Mary Cabriele
Brooks and Courtney Hundley
John and Sheila Jonas
Jonathon and Ansleigh Jones
Skip and Barbara Kaltenheuser
Kim Kaplan
Arthur Keys and Jasna Basaric-Keys
Jeff Kline and Maria Bothwell
Adam Krinsky and Ranit Schmelzer
Bob Kyle and Kate Fulton
Dawn Laguens and Jennifer Treat
Beau and Susanne Lendman
Carl Leubsdorf and Susan Page
Brian and Colette Marvin
Barbara Mattox
Laurelle Sheedy McCready
Alan McDonald and Candy Winkler
Charles and Jan McNamara
Marshall Mills and Michelle O’Neill
Doug Mishkin and Wendy Jennis
John and Donna Paliga
Jeff and Sherri Pellegrino
Pam and Michael Poth
Bob and Leigh Ann Pusey
Dan and Dana Rice
Clint and Rachel Robinson
Marc Rose
Jim and Debbie Roumell
Darby Rove
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Bahman Rowhani and Azin Bekhrad
Fred and Genny Ryan
Chipp and Davina Sandground
Tige and Elizabeth Savage
Chuck and Sara Savitt
Mr. and Mrs. D. Stephen Seawright
David Seddelmeyer and Jan Hausrath
Robert and Michelle Senko
Denny and Melanie Sisson
Ben and Lori Soto
Bruce and Susan Stein
Chris and Amy Swonger
Bill Tennis and Sara Cartmell
John and Andrea Valentine
Ryan and Crystal Wade
Jon Walters and Tessa van der Willigen
Mr. Eric Wentworth
Trey and Christina Wills
Ted and Samira Woodings
Daniel Zelikow and Marcelo Sanguinetti
PARENTS78 percent participation
ELEMENTARY
Ms. Sonberg’s Class
Ambassador: Ashley Dabbiere
Alan and Ashley Dabbiere
James and Laura Doyle
John and Anne Gebhards
Bill Lee and Mary Freed
Charles and Jan McNamara
Mohaymen and Karen Sahebzadah
Peter Skerlj and Roberta Alvarez
Jesus Soriano and Corinne Graff
Jason and Mare Tillett
Daniel Zelikow and Marcelo Sanguinetti
Ms. Owen’s Class
Ambassadors: Danielle Goldberg, Kim Kaplan, and Mary Cabriele
Chris and Liz Baer
Abba and Loryn Blum
Irineu de Carvalho Filho and Maria de Carvalho
Alex Diaz-Asper and Rachel Lerman
David and Danielle Goldberg
Kim Kaplan
Ryan and Kimberly Lepine
Anthony and Michelle Pappas
Jon Riberas and Belen Orjales
Marc Rose
Chris and Amy Swonger
Michael and Rebekah Weisskopf
Ms. Shattuck’s Class
Ambassador: Amy Graham
Anonymous
Gary Cutler and Caitlin Adams
Dan and Amy Graham
John Haecker and Jennifer Hoffman
Michael Hichwa and Anita Brassart
Ryland and Annie Kendrick
Marshall Mills and Michelle O’Neill
Bahman Rowhani and Azin Bekhrad
Michael Silence and Mary Ann Carter
Eric and Maureen Sorensen
Michael and Jana Toner
Blair and Susan Vietmeyer
Ms. Lefkowitz’s Class
Ambassadors: Lori Carbonneau and Krista Di Iaconi
Michelle Bernard
Paul and Lori Jo Carbonneau
Tom and Krista Di Iaconi
Michael and Laurie Edberg
Robert and Melinda Edwards
Shelly Hall
Christopher Healey and Marya Myslinski
Chris Kirkpatrick
John and Amy Repke
Ben and Lori Soto
Mike and Lalie Tongour
Trey and Christina Wills
Ms. Palmer’s Class
Ambassador: Pat Moran
Benjamin Brown and Rebecca Bond
Jon Cuneo and Mara Liasson Cuneo
Stephen D’Esposito and Becky Marshall
Allan Freedman and Heather Morgan
Scott Johnston and Bernadette Reilly
Michael Liebman and Sharon Cohen
Pat and Pat Moran
Bob and Leigh Ann Pusey
Tige and Elizabeth Savage
Tim Staples and Pamela Wyville-Staples
Doug and Diane Wiley
Ms. Forbes and Ms. Ray’s Class
Ambassador: Ginger Williams
Anonymous
David and Carolyn Ani
Eduardo and Michelle Bocock
Jen Fanning
Matthew and Barbara Forman
Michael and Vicki Herson
David Hudson and Mary Cabriele
Dana Lesemann
Martin Paredes and Kathryn Vincent
Ryan and Crystal Wade
Paul and Mary Weiss
Brent and Ginger Williams
INTERMEDIATE
Ms. D’Andrea’s Class
Ambassador: Janis Fleischer
Anonymous
Teseo and Cecilia Bergoglio
Eric and Candace Campbell
Anna Connolly
Tim and Hilari Dunn
Alan and Janis Fleischer
George and Jennifer Imredy
Paul and Raba Letteri
Gretchen Mikeska
Robert Ourlian and Elizabeth Seymour
Michael and Perri Rosen
Mike and Carol Rothenberg
Ms. Beatty’s Class
Ambassador: Lori Jones
Gerard and Inga Baptiste
Flore de Preneuf
Padraig Drennan and Sandra Keogh
Dave Eskin
Monique Eskin
Lee Hockstader
Ricardo and Lizka Iglesias
Neil Schwartz and Maxine Kniseley
Robert and Michelle Senko
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Ambassadors: Mike Beach and Sally Sagarese
Mike and Katie Beach
Laurence and Michele Connor
Terrence Costello and Betty Brooks
Gus and Lisa Eger
Bill and Tina Evans
Brooks and Courtney Hundley
Daryl Kimball and Sally James
Beau and Susanne Lendman
John Parachini and Hadley Boyd
Mark and Sally Sagarese
Robert and Allison Soffer
Ms. Scifo’s Class
Ambassador: Lisa Hohenemser
Scott and Stephanie Deutchman
Christopher Hardimon and Lisa Balzereit
Alison Harwood
Lisa Hohenemser and Mindy Feldbaum
Jonathon and Ansleigh Jones
Rogelio Maxwell and Kelley Ellsworth
Craig and Ilene Miller
Dan and Dana Rice
John Schmidt and Elizabeth Vogel
David Shaffer and Kelly Briscoe
Heather Steinitz
Ms. Miller’s Class
Ambassadors: Susan Stein and Alison Howard
David and Alison Howard
Peter Jenkins and Julie Donovan
Peter and Debbie Keefe
Kristy Kennedy and Ginger Noce
Bruce and Susan Stein
Dawn Tayman
Chris Weston and Katy Roth
David and Sandy Wexler
Paul and Suellen Williams
Ms. Mithani’s Class
Ambassadors: Steve Baker and Margie Grisius-Baker
Steve Baker and Margie Grisius-Baker
Sara Eagle
Christopher and Claudia Harvie
David and Rachael Jennings
Jeff Kline and Maria Bothwell
Jeff and Nicole Maddrey
Josephine Martin and Melissa Meyers
Pat and Pat Moran
John and Donna Paliga
Jamie and Florence Williams
JUNIOR HIGH
7th Grade
Ambassadors: Malinda and Dennis-Garris and Trish Copenhaver
Carlos Angulo and Laila Sultan
Curtis and Peggy Blake
David and Colleen Browne
David Budin and Margot Mahoney
Brian and Teresa Byrne
Rea Carey and Margaret Conway
Rodrigo Chaves
Craig and Kim Cohen
Peter Cole
Laurel Conger
Tom Conger
David and Trish Copenhaver
Terrence Costello and Betty Brooks
Renny and Sherry Delaney
Christian and Giorgia Eigen-Zucchi
David and Sheila Feinberg
Henry and Laurie Friedman
David Fuss and Tara Turturro-Fuss
Dennis and Malinda Garris
Martin and Tricia Green
Sarah Ives
Mark Katkov and Ellen Hamilton
Robert King and Patty Millett
Adam Krinsky and Ranit Schmelzer
Bob Kyle and Kate Fulton
Glenn and Joanne LeMunyon
Christopher Lyon and Art Coleman
Paul Macrides and Anna Kyriakoudis
Marcus and Susan Migliore
Tim and Mary Jo Mullin
Jenny Quinn
Clint and Rachel Robinson
Jim and Debbie Roumell
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Chuck and Sara Savitt
David Seddelmeyer and Jan Hausrath
Denny and Melanie Sisson
Janice Steinschneider
Wahbe and Vanda Tamari
Jim and Alice Taylor
John and Andrea Valentine
Ted and Samira Woodings
8th Grade
Ambassadors: Laura FitzGerald and Cynthia Simmons
Dan Adcock and Pam Wasserman
Steve and Valerie Dorian
Tony and Kathryn Everett
Robin Farley and Karyn Barlow
Francisco Ferreira and Bernice van Bronkhorst
John and Laura FitzGerald
Patti Francis
Jon Greenblatt and Linda Adams
Len Guedalia and Shelly Weinberger
Erik and Nelia Gustafson
Tom and Susan Hutton
Kristy Kennedy and Ginger Noce
Todd Kutyla and Jennifer Azzariti
Lee and Gricell Medley
Hunt and Tara Mitchell
Bob and Christi Nichols
Dawn Nickeson
John and Caroline Osborne
James Ritter and Andrea Calem
Chipp and Davina Sandground
Ian and Cindi Simmons
Gregary Smith
Sunny Smith
Sam and Elizabeth Snee
Heather Steinitz
Andrew Tweddle
HIGH SCHOOL
9th Grade
Ambassador: Scott Butler
Heather Barr
Henk and Miranda Barten
Elizabeth Birch
Scott and Julie Butler
Jennifer Click
Thomas Connolly and Nancy Walsh
Jeff Crater
Virginie Despointes
Stephen D’Esposito and Becky Marshall
Ellen Durkee and Denise Cunningham
Matthew and Barbara Forman
Robert and Kathy Frazier
Cam and Catherine Funkhouser
Salomon and Jasmin Gruenberg-Reisner
Andreas Gutzeit and Kakali Banerjee
Ed and Helen Haislmaier
Katherine Hazard
Kyle and Victoria Isakower
Bronwen Jones
Rick and Karen Karas
Dawn Laguens and Jennifer Treat
Tim Ogborn and Karen Brody
Martha Oliver
Donna Pavetti and Mary Fran Miklitsch
Jeff and Sherri Pellegrino
Peter Redmond and Melissa Estok
Anthony and Michelle Robinson
Hilary Rosen
Kim Sperduto and Marsha Pearcy
Bill and Mary Frances Walde
Joan Weber
Daniel and Natalie Wicks
Rick and Debbie Yorgey
10th Grade
Ambassador: Barbara Kaltenheuser
Carol Alter
Karmela Barron
David Boundy and Patricia McCarthy
Andrew and Vicki Burns
Bernard Demczuk
Sara Eagle
Steedman Hinckley and Lisa Farnsworth
Adrienne Gude
John and Bonnie Harte
Joel and Karin Hemphill
Charlie and Diane Hinson
Aimee Imundo
David Jolliffe
Skip and Barbara Kaltenheuser
Bob Lagoyda and Becca Gould
Timothy Mahoney
Brian and Colette Marvin
Mark and Kathy McAfee
John and Donna Paliga
Curtis and Traci Porter
Douglas and Valerie Price
Peter Redmond and Melissa Estok
David Sahr and Lori Milstein
Eric and Rene Simpson
Daryl and Jackie Sink
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Wahbe and Vanda Tamari
Jim and Mary Taneyhill
Jari Tuomala and Heidi Mattila
David Turner and Laura Filipescu-Turner
Marc Van Allen and Michelle Bacchus
Jim Werner and Chris Bird
11th Grade
Ambassadors: Rina Kunk and Chris Puchalla
Christopher and Ulrike Bergin
Mac and Barb Bernstein
Alice Bodley and Terrie Bjorklund
Rhonda Brunell
Thomas Endres and Joyce Bader
Casey and Barbara Hopkins
Steve and Rina Kunk
Paul and Noelle Logan
Stefan Lund and Sari Diller
Jerry and Cynthia Moore
Valerie Powers
Carlos Powers
Gregg and Lisa Robinson
Robert Shapiro
James Sires and Tricia Long
12th Grade
Ambassador: Kevin Hovland
Dick and Chris Berg
Philippe Hermel and Annie Bartoli
Kevin Hovland and Sharon Block
Peter and Sharon Hubley
Judy Jeffries
Nick Keller
Arthur Keys and Jasna Basaric-Keys
Martin Livezey and Emily Paulsen
Ed and Amy McCleskey
Eric and Lisa Moholt
Jeff and Tamara Munk
Kevin and Regina Phillips
Cynthia Post
Manuel Rivera and Claudia Vacirca
Sam Smith and Celeste Regan
Morton and Beverly Toole
Laurent and Carole Van Huffel
Jon Walters and Tessa van der Willigen
PARENTS OF ALUMNI
Anonymous
Edward and Noelie Angevine
Geoffrey Aronow and Melinda Halpert
William and Karen Atkinson
John and Ursula Banzhaf
Gary and Francine Bauchan
Edward and Kathleen Beal
Ed and Ellen Bodurian
Lon and Deborah Bouknight
Peter and Jane Braun
Judy and Clarke Brinckerhoff
Davi and Lynda Camalier
Marty Cathcart
Geoff Cleasby and Molly O’Neal
Harlan Cohen and Patricia Salas
Julie Connor
Asimina Coroneos
Neil and Trish Cullen
Michael and Laura Cutler
Mimi and Rhett Dawson
Drusilla Demmy
Bruce and Deborah Downey
Karen and Douglas Duncan
Charles and Betty Ewing
Nicholas and Rosalie Fedoruk
Linda Fisher
David Florin and Robin Thomashauer
Frank Fromowitz
Kevin and Kathleen Gilday
Joel Greer and Annie Storr
Peter and Susan Greif
Sean and Nina Hagan
Gary and Nancy Hartz
Mike and Kathy Hill
William and Marie Hoffman
Mary Kay Howard
William and Christina Howells
Anita Isicson
John and Sheila Jonas
Michael Joy and Deborah Fischer
Melissa Kahn
Bill and Bobbie Kilberg
Cal and Barbara Klausner
Judith Krivit
Lou and Kathie Kroot
Henry Lavine and Ronda McCrea
Carl Leubsdorf and Susan Page
Hershel Lipow and Susan Siegal
Hal Malchow
David and Jackie Marlin
Tony Marra and Mary Sheehan
John Martin and Michele Pacifico
Kent Mason and Susan Adams
Barbara Mattox
Claire McCarthy
Alan McDonald and Candy Winkler
Rick Messick and Rita McWilliams
Douglas Mishkin and Wendy Jennis
Shaun and Rebecca Miskell
Dalpo and Amy Moroney
Louis and Sherry Nevins
Alan and Elizabeth Pisarski
Gordon and Kathrin Plants
David and Amy Polinger
Pam and Michael Poth
Mary Quirk and Albertino Goncalves
Darby Rove
Fred and Genny Ryan
John and Virginia Ryan
N. Ross and Elizabeth Safford
Perry Saidman
Peter Scher and Kim Tilley
Moire and Raymond Scherl
John and Cecilia Scorah
David and Sandra Sellers
Joseph Shlaferman and Judy Zins
Kenneth Simon and Janet Hahn
Timothy and Elizabeth Smith
Marx and Joan Sterne
Peter and Jodi Susser
Peter and Kathy Tenhula
Bill Tennis and Sara Cartmell
Jari Tuomala and Heidi Mattila
Ted and Jennifer Ullyot
Antoine and Emily van Agtmael
Mark and Wendy Wigtil
Tom Williamson and Shelly Brazier
Lawrence and Susie Wolk
Rebecca Womeldorf
ALUMNI
Adam Boldt ‘91
Kevin Bucher ‘91
Charlie Lefkowitz Crowley ‘03
Dave Eskin
Leah Gambal ‘87
Tyler Hartz ‘13
Andrew Jost ‘06
Chris Joy ‘10
Kevin Koerner ‘08
Gwenn Lavine ‘10
Travis Martin ‘13
Adam McDonald ‘13
Sarah Mishkin ‘10
Darrel Parker
Courtney Plants ‘93
Johnny Ryan ‘13
Jon Stocks ‘86
Charles White ‘03
Austin Wood ‘13
Class of 2013
100 percent participation
Peter Berg ‘14
Russell Goodacre’14
Cedric Hermel ‘14
Eli Hovland ‘14
Caroline Hubley ‘14
Justyn Jeffries ‘14
Julia Jensen ‘14
Emily Keller ‘14
Alex Keys ‘14
Eli Livezey ‘14
Shanna Luster ‘14
Shanna Luster ‘14
Ryder McCleskey ‘14
Zac Moholt ‘14
Caldwell Munk ‘14
Sean Phillips ‘14
Camilo Rivera ‘14
Brandon Shiel ‘14
Marilena Siegel ‘14
Orli Siegel ‘14
Anya Smith ‘14
Nick Van Huffel ‘14
David Walters ‘14
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GRANDPARENTS
Ms. Pauline Alexander
Mrs. Felicia Angulo
Ms. Joanne Beach
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Braun
Mr. Paul Butler
Mr. John Calkins
Ms. Patricia Calkins
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Cohen
Ms. Carol Cutler
Ms. Anne Davis
Ms. Nicole Despointes
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Deutchman
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ewing
Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. FitzGerald
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fleischer
Mrs. Anne Fulton
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Goodman
Mr. Charles H. Gustafson
Ms. Mary Haecker
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Healey
Mr. Richard Hertz and Ms. Doris Meyer
Ms. Diane Hockstader
Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Hoffman
Ms. Audrey Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lasko
Ms. Grace Lerman
Ms. Linda Mercuro
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Milstein
Ms. Rita Myint
Mr. Gene Pfeifer
Dr. and Mrs. Jerrold Post
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Rosen
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Sahr
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Sarajian
Mr. and Mrs. W. Marshall Schmidt
Mr. Menlo Smith
Ms. Janice Sorensen
Ms. Elizabeth Teferra
Mr. and Mrs. H. Brian Thompson
Morton and Beverly Toole
Mr. Eric Wentworth
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Weston
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Wiley
Professor and Mrs. Michael Yahuda
FACULTY AND STAFF
Seventy-five percent of the faculty and staff contributed to a combined cam-paign that included the Annual Fund and the Capital Campaign.
Anonymous (2)
Rebecca Alberts
Jaylene Arnold
Cathy Arrington
Audrey Awa
Tony Barnett
Odalis Batallan
Alison Baytop
Peter Beck
Judith Belkin
Noel Bicknell
Wendy Bond
Leslie Bray
Marla Brazier
Kathy Briançon
Judy Brinckerhoff
Kim Brown
Brooke Buchanan
Anne Cafritz
Frank Cappello
Angelo Carmina
Julia Carpenter
Mary Carr
Susan Mebane Carter
Marty Cathcart
Priya Chenthil
Mandy Chmieleski
Rachel Clement
Charlie Lefkowitz Crowley
Doré Culbert
Diana D’Andrea
Stefanie D’Andrea
Sarah DeBolt
Patricia Devine
Allison Duggan
Karen Duncan
Jenn Durham
Meg Edson
Rachel Epstein
Victoria Erat
Doug Fagen
Elizabeth Ferrante
Marc Ferrara
Trudy Fleisher
Lori Forbes
Matt Frattali
Sharon Frost
Emily Glodzik
Rebecca Gracia
Audra Gray
Karen Hanish
Daniel Hartmann
Kelly Hassan
Courtney Heldman
Chris Hernadi
Jeff Herrity
Abby Himmelrich
Lisa Holley
Vicki Howard
Jenny Howe
Grayson Isenberg
Cheryl Jackson
Mark Jarvis
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Wendy Jennis
Margie Jurist
Barbara Karayn
Martha Kiger
Kevin Koerner
Leila Kramer
Eleni Kranias
Bob Lane
Azure Lea
Kristine Letschin
Bunny Lilly
Sarah Lowenberg
Jessica Lux
Jodie Macht
Francisco Maravilla
Laurelle Sheedy McCready
Abe McDowell
Katie McGinn
Lisa McMahon
Diana Meltzer
Claire Menegus
Ali Meyer
Kay Lauren Miller
Shaun Miskell
Chris Molishas
Mark Moverman
Pat Murray
Torey Nelson
Catie Nicholson
Evelyn Novins
MacRae O’Brien
Peg O’Donnell
Brittani Ogransky
Craig Omerod
Amanda Palmer
Darrel Parker
Tiffany Parry
Tracy Paskoff
Carlos Powers
John Racette
Rana Rassai-Valian
Amy Reichert
Deb Roeseler
Gonzalo Romero
Nadia Romero
Tanya Rorie-Bryan
Nancy Rowland
Amal Saade
Francesca Saavedra
Katherine Schantz
Moire Scherl
Neela Seldin
Avery Shattuck
Yvette Shepard
Jennifer Sherman
Judy Shincarick
Heather Sills
Robin Snellgrove
Kira Sonberg
Hipolito Soriano
Eden Springer
Andrew Stevens
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Jon Stocks
Peter Susser
Barbara Turner
Carolyn Uscinski
Megan Van Dyke
Rachel Verrill
Ted Wakar
Kristin Wallace
Margaret Wasaff
Ilene Weinbrenner
Jim Werner
Ben West
Robin Wexler
Debby Wise
Steve Wolfe
Lawrence Wolk
Melissa Wood
Amy Young
FRIENDS
Lab deeply appreciates the support of our many friends, including former staff, board members, grandparents of alumni, relatives of current students, and former Gala awardees.
Anonymous (2)
Ms. Mary Ann Kopec Allen
Mr. David Apatoff and Ms. Nell Minow
Mr. Joseph Blessing
Ms. Carolyn Calkins
Mr. and Mrs. Bayard S. Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cobert
Dr. Martha Bridge Denckla
Ms. Elizabeth Edminster
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Edson
Ms. Elizabeth Ellis
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fleckenstein
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Greer
Mr. Eric Hager
Mrs. Anne Hartz
Mr. John Hilton
Mr. Charles Hoyt
Mr. and Mrs. Ford A. Kalil
Ms. Andrea Kisiner
Mrs. William Leedy
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Logue
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Lowe
Mrs. Millicent Mailliard
Mrs. Jacqueline B. Mars
Mr. Fred Martin Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John McDermott
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Merson
Ms. Bonnie Nicholson
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Obus
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Orlando
Ms. Ann Pellegrino
Mr. Carter Perry
Ms. Margot Reid Platt
Ms. Eleanor Lombard Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Ruderfer
Mr. and Mrs. D. Stephen Seawright
Estate of Mary Averett Seeyle
Mr. Scott Sherman and Ms. Julie Rothman
Mr. Steven Sokolow and Ms. Abby Jennis
Mr. Charles M. Stevenson
Mr. Robert Sugar and Ms. Helen Rea
Mr. Stephen Tiber
Ms. Mary Lloyd Wadden
Mr. William White
Mr. Victor Winkler
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND MATCHING GIFTS
AIG
ARX Communications LLC
The Babcock and Wilcox Company
The Dorothy G. Bender Foundation, Inc.
Clark-Winchcole Foundation
Edwaldan Foundation
Flamboyan Foundation
Gannett Foundation, Inc.
GE Foundation
The Goldberg Group
Hewlett Packard
The Sally F. and James Scott Hill Foundation
IBM Corporation
JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Lab School Women’s Group
Mars Incorporated
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation
Poses Family Foundation
Premium Title and Escrow LLC
ScoutIt, Inc.
Shippy Foundation
SunTrust Foundation
TCH Group LLC
Tides Foundation
United Jewish Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federation
United Way of Greater Atlanta
United Way of the National Capital Area
Verizon
The Washington Post
Wiley Rein LLP
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Developed in China and brought by traders to Europe and America in the early 1800s, tangrams have long been a captivating puzzle — intriguing and beguiling in their ability to transform seven simple shapes into countless forms. Children with learning differences can appear to be puzzles, at first. Yet, like the tangram shapes that can form one inspiring and inspired shape after another, our students at Lab prove that their potential is limitless when their talents are shaped and realized — sometimes in unexpected ways.
At our 2013 Gala — the Gala’s 29th year — The Lab School of Washington honored the power of creativity and the wonder of finding innovative solutions — and applauded the achievements
of the honorees, the Honorable Dannell Malloy, governor of Connecticut, Tiffany Coletti Titolo, managing director of Translation LLC, and Lab’s own Elementary teacher and alumna Charlie Lefkowitz.
These three remarkable people have mastered their learning differences and gone on to achieve great heights in their careers. In their own ways, these role models have inspired our students to dream big, reach high, and exceed all expectations.
29th Annual Gala 2013tangrams:aninspirationalpuzzle
Gala Committee 2013
Honorary Co-ChairsChuck and Lilibet Hagel
Co-Chairs
Joey and Tim McKone
Lalie and Mike Tongour
Corporate Committee ChairKate Fulton
Corporate CommitteeMac Bernstein
Rachelle Bernstein
Steve Cohen
Mimi Dawson
Becca Gould
Vicki Herson
Michelle O’Neill
Leigh Ann Pusey
Hilary Rosen
Terry Thames
Michael Toner
Auction ChairRachel Robinson
Program AdvertisingColleen Browne
Pam Gully
Public RelationsRanit Schmeltzer
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29th Annual Gala 2013 Extraordinary Underwriter
$50,000 Contributor
AT&T
Underwriter
$25,000 Contributors
Becca Gould and Bob Lagoyda/Dell
Elise and Marc Lefkowitz
Guardian
$15,000 Contributors
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, LLP
DLA Piper
FeinbergRozen LLP
Frechette/Tenhula Family
Wiley Rein LLP
Benefactor
$10,000 Contributors
The Honorable John Breaux and The Honorable Trent Lott
Lynda and Davis Camalier
CTIA
Linda Fisher
Harry and Leah Gudelsky Foundation
Klausner Bendler and Associates
The Meltzer Group
Pfizer, Inc.
PhRMA
Syzygy
TCH Group/Lalie and Mike Tongour
Mary Ann and H. Brian Thompson
Verizon
Sustainer
$7500 Contributors
Alston and Bird LLP
America’s Essential Hospitals
American Airlines
Nancy and Alan Bubes
Teresa and Brian Byrne/ Lori Jo and Henri Paul Carbonneau/ Lori and Ben Soto
Cassidy and Associates
Kathryn and Tony Everett/ Chuck and Sara Savitt
GSIS
Sheila and John Jonas
Eve and William Lilley
Hal Malchow
Marsha Pearcy and Kim Sperduto/Chipp and Davina Sandground
Patron
$5,000 Contributors
Anonymous
Airlines for America
Alcoa, Inc.
American Defense International, Inc
Wayne Berman
CCS
Clyburn Consulting
Kim and Craig Cohen
Comcast NBCUniversal
Crossroads Strategies LLC
Ashley and Jason Cummins
Dewey Square Group
Ernst and Young/Carrington/Mundaca
FedEx
Kate Fulton and Bob Kyle/BlackRock
Gelman Management Company/ Mr. and Mrs. William Miller
General Electric Company
The Gibson Group
George Wasserman Family Foundation
Levick Strategic Communication
The Mattox Family
Matoon and Associates
Joey and Tim McKone
Nancy Miller and Walter Romanek
The Nickles Group
Peck, Madigan, Jones and Stewart, Inc.
Polaris Consulting LLC
PriceWaterHouseCoopers LLP
Prime Policy Group
QGA Public Affairs
Rich Feuer Anderson
Hilary Rosen
Alice and Jim Taylor
Kim Tilley and Peter Scher
Time Warner Cable
United States Telecom Association
Venable LLP
Sponsors
$1,000-$2,500 contributors
ACE Group
American Council of Life Insurers
American International Automobile Dealers Association
American Insurance Association
Stephen Baker and Margie Grisius-Baker
Mr. William R. Berkley
Mr. Michael Berman and
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Ms. Deborah Cowan
Mr. Lyndon Boozer
Clarke and Judy Brinckerhoff
Senator and Mrs. William Brock
Mr. and Mrs. Stephane Carnot
Mary Anne Carter
Elaine and Jeffrey Christ
The Cohen Group
Cinthia Coletti
The Crane Group
Alan and Ashley Dabbiere
DCI Group LLC
Dozoretz Family Foundation
Dreisen Capital
Bruce and Claire Drury
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dunkel
Stephen and Debbie Ellick
Melvyn and Suellen Estrin
The Financial Services Roundtable
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fitzgerald
Henry and Laurie Friedman
Glover Park Group
Goulston and Storrs
Andreas Gutzeit and Kakali Banerjee
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Kevin Hovland and Sharon Block
Peter Jacoby
Nick Keller
Learning Ally
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc.
Paul Macrides and Anna Kyriakoudas
Mayer Brown LLP
Richard McAlonan and Rachelle Bernstein
Mike McCurry
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory McGillivary
Denny Miller Associates
The Honorable and Mrs. M.B. Oglesby
Bob and Leigh Ann Pusey
Michael Silence and Mary Ann Carter
The Honorable and Mrs. Alan J. Simpson
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP
Nino R. Vaghi Foundation Inc
Mr. Ward H. White
Mr. Bernard Wunder and Ms. Caroline White
Daniel and Angela Yergin
Daniel Zelikow and Marcelo Sanguinetti
Contributors
$250 +
Dan Adcock and Pam Wasserman
Anderson, Davis and Associates, CPA
Carlos Angulo and Laila Sultan
Mrs. Felicia Angulo
Melina Bellows
James and Rosemary Belson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Benton
Mr. Anthony Bernhardt and Ms. Lynn Feintech
Curtis and Peggy Blake
Abba and Loryn Blum
Eduardo and Michelle Bocock
Benjamin Brown and Rebecca Bond
Marty Cathcart
Chain Bridge Bank
Ms. Louise Chambers
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cobert
Steve Cohen and Nissen Ritter
Thomas Connolly and Nancy Walsh
Irineu de Carvalho Filho and Maria de Carvalho
Ms. Anne Davis
Scott and Stephanie Deutchman
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Dezenhall
Ms. Julia Diaz-Asper
Ms. Nancy K. Dove
Mr. Michael Flannigan and Ms. Allison Nyholm
Robert and Melissa Friedland
Mr. and Mrs. John Froemming
Cam and Catherine Funkhouser
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gillespie
Albertino Goncalves and Mary Quirk
Russell Goodacre ‘14
Jon Greenblatt and Linda Adams
Mr. Vincent Griski and Mr. Cameron Knight
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Groh
Salomon and Jasmin Gruenberg-Reisner
Shelly M. Hall M.D. LLC
Alison Harwood
Katherine Hazard
Christopher Healey and Marya Myslinski
Lee Hockstader
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Houstoun
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Howe
Tom and Susan Hutton
Chris and Lori Jones
Adam and Andrea Joseph
Rick and Karen Karas
Peter and Debbie Keefe
Arthur Keys and Jasna Basaric-Keys
Chris Kirkpatrick
Mark and Kelly Klapow
Jeff Kline and Maria Bothwell
Barney Krucoff
Kulter Family Philanthropic Fund
Beau and Susanne Lendman
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lerner
Jeff and Nicole Maddrey
Ed and Amy McCleskey
Marshall Mills and Michelle O’Neill
Chris and Heather Morrison
Douglas Mishkin and Wendy Jennis
Tiffany Parry
Jeff and Sherri Pellegrino
Kevin and Regina Phillips
Rafael Pinto and Marta Rivera
Mr. and Mrs. John Polis
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Powell
Premier Aquatics
Douglas and Valerie Price
Mr. Gerald Prout
Mr. Todd Purdum and Ms. Margaret Myers
John and Amy Repke
Jon Riberas and Belen Orjales
Jeffrey and Connie Richards
James Ritter and Andrea Calem
Manuel Rivera and Claudia Vacirca
Bahman Rowhani and Azin Bekhrad
Mark and Sally Sagarese
Mohaymen and Karen Sahebzadah
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Setty and Associates International PLLC
The Honorable Laurence H. Silberman and Mrs. Silberman
Eric and Rene Simpson
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Small, Jr
Gregary Smith
Mr. Rodney Smith
Lawrence and Stephanie Stack
Bruce and Susan Stein
SunTrust Bank
Chris and Amy Swonger
Tassey and Associates
Ms. Nadia Tongour
John and Jeanine Turner
Ryan and Crystal Wade
Bill and Mary Frances Walde
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Wallace
Michael and Rebekah Weisskopf
Mr. Frank Weyforth
Brent and Ginger Williams
Paul and Suellen Williams
Donors to Auction to Benefit Financial Aid
ABC
All In One Entertainment
Christopher Baer
Elizabeth Birch
BQgranola LLC
Belle Haven Country Club
Melina Bellows
Kim Brown
Café Milano
CakeFest Sugar Art
The Capital Grille
The Carlyle Hotel
Central Michael Richard
Churchill Downs Inc.
Classic Floor Designs
Clyde’s Restaurant Group
Tom Connolly and Nancy Walsh
The Walt Disney Company
Brent Erickson
Tina and Bill Evans
Sheila and David Feinberg
Fiola da Fabio Trabocchi
Folger Theatre & Shakespeare Library
Ford’s Theatre
Georgetown Suites
Martin and Tricia Green
Jeff Herrity
Michael and Vicki Herson
HF Bar Ranch
Brad and Shannon Holsclaw
Peter and Sharon Hubley
Richard Hunt
Adam and Andrea Joseph
The John F. Kennedy Center
Knightsbridge Management Corporation
Bob Kyle and Kate Fulton
Marc and Elise Lefkowitz
Jessica Lux
Paul Macrides and Anna Kyriakoudis
Hal Malchow
Marcel’s by Robert Wiedmaier
Sarah Mathias
Tim and Joey McKone
Lisa McMahon
Meet the Press
Monumental Sports & Entertainment
National Geographic
NBC Universal
John and Caroline Osborne
Becky Quinn
Rasika
Redwood Restaurant and Bar
River Creek Club
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club
Clint and Rachel Robinson
Hilary Rosen
Chipp and Davina Sandground
Marcello Sanguinetti and Daniel Zelikow
Neela Seldin
The Honorable Alan Simpson and Ann Simpson
Ben and Lori Soto
Mike and Lalie Tongour
Tosca
US Airways
The View
Bill & Mary Frances Walde
Sissy Yates Designs
Donors to “Raise the Paddle” for Financial Aid
Jennifer Belliveau
Mac and Barb Bernstein
Ms. Mary Elizabeth C. Blee
Davi and Lynda Camalier
David and Trish Copenhaver
Alan and Ashley Dabbiere
Mimi and Rhett Dawson
Victoria and David Erat
Tony and Kathryn Everett
Linda Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. FitzGerald
Allan Freedman and Heather Morgan
Dennis and Malinda Garris
David and Danielle Goldberg
Andreas Gutzeit and Kakali Banerjee
Ms. Cinthia Haan
Mr. John Heishman
Jon and Nancy Hensley
Michael Hichwa and Anita Brassart
Mr. Jon Kaiser
Cal and Barbara Klausner
Adam Krinsky and Ranit Schmelzer
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Landau
Marc and Elise Lefkowitz
Michael Liebman and Sharon Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Marshall
Josephine Martin and Melissa Meyers
Mattoon & Associates, LLC
Laurelle Sheedy McCready and Ron McCready
Tim and Joey McKone
Diana and Dick Meltzer
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Meyers
Mr. William Miller
Douglas Mishkin & Wendy Jennis
Mr. Edmond Moglica
Jeff and Tamara Munk
Ms. Kathleen G. Nadeau
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Poulin
Andre and Kim Pruitt
Dan and Dana Rice
Mr. Vincent Roberti
Clint and Rachel Robinson
Al and Shireen Sabouriane
Chipp and Davina Sandground
Dave and Jo Sawczuk
Ms. Katherine Schantz and Mr. Alex Frederick
David Shaffer and Kelly Briscoe
Denny and Melanie Sisson
Peter Skerlj and Roberta Alvarez
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Soltis
Ben and Lori Soto
Mr. Steve Spilman
Jim and Alice Taylor
Bill Tennis and Sara Cartmell
Michael and Jana Toner
Mike and Lalie Tongour
Ms. Melanie Twomey
Jon Walters and Tessa van der Willigen
Mr. Marty Wells and Ms. Carol Sargeant
Gus West and Kimberly Kauffman
Wiley Rein LLP
Jamie and Florence Williams
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There are So Many Ways to Give
RESTRICTED GIFTS
After School ProgramAnthony Francis Lucas-Spindletop Foundation
Maya Angelou Public Charter School PartnershipShippy Foundation
Elementary Program GardenTom and Krista Di Iaconi
David and Sheila Feinberg
John Haecker and Jennifer Hoffman
Christopher and Christina Herman
Kathy Hertz
David Hudson and Mary Cabriele
Mike and Lalie Tongour
Elementary Program Turtle AquariumMrs. Barbara King
Financial AidLab School Operations Team
Paul Rabil Foundation
Dr Franklin L Stroud MD Foundation for Learning Disabilities
Head of School Discretionary FundThe Edith and Herbert Lehman Foundation
High SchoolGallagher and Co. Real Estate
Junior High SchoolThe Edith and Herbert Lehman Foundation
Power of Arts WorkshopThe Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Summer SchoolMead Family Foundation
Theatre ProgramDouglas Mangel and Liz Lyons
GIFTS: IN KIND
We are grateful to our many support-ers who provide “in-kind” (non-cash) services or materials to Lab.
Christopher and Courtney Burnham
Davi and Lynda Camalier
Paul and Lori Jo Carbonneau
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carbonneau, Jr.
Clark Construction
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Jon Cuneo and Mara Liasson Cuneo
DLA Piper
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Frechette
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Howe
HYP
Mr. Robert Jenets
K C E Structural Engineers, PC
Steve and Rina Kunk
Main Event Caterers
Diana and Dick Meltzer
Todd Minners
Dr. Maya V. Oliver
Ms. Rottanak Ouy
Mr. Fred Pelzman
Perfect Settings
SHW Group Architects
Syzygy Events International
GIFTS: IN MEMORY OF
The names of the persons being remembered are listed in bold. The donor(s) names follow below.
Kaitlin Gallagher ‘13Gene Gallagher/Gallagher and Co. Real Estate
Dorothy HallawayTed and Samira Woodings
Bill MattoxTony Marra and Mary Sheehan
Jessica MillerEmily Glodzik
Jeffrey OchsmanMr. and Mrs. Eric Dezenhall
Sally SmithNicholas and Rosalie Fedoruk
Mr. and Mrs. Bayard S. Clark
Sally Smith Memorial FundMr. Jim Rowe and Ms. Lisa Adams
Sally Smith Memorial Fund in Memory of Alumnus Sterling KingMrs. JoAnne Avery and Mrs. Doris Troutman
Ms. Norgie Bigger
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Bobo
Ms. Florence Boone
Ms. Elaine Bush
Mr. and Mrs. David Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Garner
Ms. Lori King
Mr. Sterling and Mrs. Robbie King
Ms. Bonnie Nicholson
Mr. Carter Perry
Ms. Margot Reid Platt
Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Tyner
Ms. Mary Lloyd Wadden
Kimberly Jean WileyDoug and Diane Wiley
Wiley Rein LLP
GIFTS: IN HONOR OF
The names of the persons being honored are listed in bold. The donor(s) names follow below.
John AragonaManuel Rivera and Claudia Vacirca
Alisa BernsteinJon Greenblatt and Linda Adams
Karen Hanish, Avery Shattuck, Amy Reichert, Martha Kiger, Tony Barnett, Rebecca Murrett, Eden Springer, Mollie Walnum, Jen Owen, Azure LeeMichael and Jana Toner
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Rea Carey, Margaret Conway, Quinn Carey-ConwayFlamboyan Foundation
Carolyn CoveneyJennifer Click
Alexander CleasbyGeoff Cleasby and Molly O’Neal
Colonial Williamsburg’s Outreach TeamMr. William White
Derrick CohenCraig and Kim Cohen
Charlie Lefkowitz CrowleyMr. and Mrs. Albert Small, Jr
Mimi DawsonThe Honorable Laurence H. Silberman and Mrs. Silberman
Miguel Diaz-LermanMs. Grace Lerman
Connor DunnTim and Hilari Dunn
Meg EdsonMr. and Mrs. Charles L. Edson
Faculty and StaffFrank Cappello
Rea Carey and Margaret Conway
Hershel Lipow and Susan Siegal
Morgan Ritacco, Doug Fagen, Christin Goelz, Grayson Isenberg, Jennifer Howe, Lisa McMahon, Chris LanierMarilena Siegel ‘14
Trudy FleisherShanna Luster ‘14
Sadie FriedmanHenry and Laurie Friedman
Aidan HaeckerJohn Haecker and Jennifer Hoffman
Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Hoffman
High School StaffPeter and Sharon Hubley
Lisa McMahon
Matt HoffmanWilliam and Marie Hoffman
Mrs. Howe and Mrs. WiseRyder McCleskey ‘14
Caroline Hubley ‘14Ms. Carolyn Calkins
Ms. Patricia Calkins
Wendy JennisMr. Steven Sokolow and Ms. Abby Jennis
Logan JohnsMichelle Bernard
Steve JohnsonRussell Goodacre ‘14
Sam KinterMr. Richard Hertz and Ms. Doris Meyer
Bailey LynchJenny Quinn
Luca MaggsAimee Imundo
AIG Matching Grants Program
Michael MarlinDavid and Jackie Marlin
Shaun Miskell and Katie McGinnJon Greenblatt and Linda Adams
Tim McKoneMr. Lyndon Boozer
Sarah Mishkin ‘10Mr. and Mrs. Michael Obus
Ms. Mithani and Laurie MatzDavid and Rachael Jennings
Carter Mills’ Third Year Teachers at The Lab School Marshall Mills and Michelle O’Neill
Caldwell MunkJeff and Tamara Munk
Catie NicholsonPeter and Jodi Susser
Michelle O’NeillKutler Family Philanthropic Fund
Ms. Owen’s 2013-2014 ClassAlex Diaz-Asper and Rachel Lerman
Amanda PalmerAllan Freedman and Heather Morgan
Charlie PellegrinoMs. Ann Pellegrino
Griffin Lesemann PhillipsDana Lesemann
Leigh Ann PuseyMr. Joseph Blessing
Morgan RitaccoShanna Luster ‘14
Orli Siegel ‘14
Moire Scherl Claire McCarthy
Rebecca Womeldorf
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Neela SeldinElizabeth Birch
David Florin and Robin Thomashauer
Allan Freedman and Heather Morgan
Christopher Healey and Marya Myslinski
Charlie and Diane Hinson
Peter and Sharon Hubley
Tom and Krista Di Iaconi
Lou and Kathie Kroot
Michael Liebman and Sharon Cohen
John Martin and Michele Pacifico
Travis Martin ‘13
Craig and Ilene Miller
Douglas Mishkin and Wendy Jennis
Eric and Lisa Moholt
John Parachini and Hadley Boyd
James Ritter and Andrea Calem
Clint and Rachel Robinson
Hilary Rosen
Jesus Soriano and Corinne Graff
Doug and Diane Wiley
Marilena Siegel ‘14Ms. Elizabeth Teferra
Brandon ShielMorton and Beverly Toole
Speech and Language DepartmentRachel Verrill
Bill Tennis’ 60th BirthdayMr. Scott Sherman and Ms. Julie Rothman
Alec TongourMr. and Mrs. Greg Pryorand
Mike and Lalie TongourMs. Antoinette Rodocanachi
Jari ToumalaPoses Family Foundation
Jari Tuomala and Heidi Mattila
Crystal VogelMs. Andrea Kisiner
Rochelle Weinberger’s motherIrving and Shari Weinberger Foundation
Len Guedalia and Shelly Weinberger
Daniel WolkLawrence and Susie Wolk
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The Parents Association of The Lab School of Washington (PALS)
The Parents Association of The Lab School (PALS) had an active and fulfilling 2013-2014. Thanks to your help and energy, we were able to make some significant contributions to our students, teachers, and staff. Our primary engagement was in the following areas:
Staff Appreciation and Support
We hosted two breakfasts and one lunch for staff this year. Lab parents enjoy showing their appreciation by providing delicious food and helping serve Lab’s hardworking employees. It is true that the best way to the hearts of staff at Lab is through their stomachs! We also provided staff with specialty cupcakes on behalf of parents during the holiday season. PALS is grateful to Lab for supporting our students, engaging our parents, and deepening connections within the school community.
Community Building
In August, PALS greeted parents at its annual Welcome Back Coffee. Volunteers arrived early at both the Reservoir gym and the Foxhall library to set-up coffee and treats and to offer a warm welcome to new and returning parents.
In September, we provided a network of parents to support our teachers. PALS sought room-parent volunteers within the first few weeks of school and, by the end of the month, we garnered 100 percent participation. Our improved outreach to parents led to an increased number of class potlucks and social outings.
In October, we held the first of five PALS parent meetings. Throughout the year, we offered morning and evening meetings so that all parents could participate. These meetings included a discussion forum led by a Lab expert who spoke on a topic of interest. For example, Judy Shincarick, director of Lab School’s Occupational Therapy department, provided an excellent overview of OT services. Director of the Speech and Language department Melissa Wood cogently described her department’s work. Also, Head of School Katherine Schantz provided state of the school updates. These were wonderful opportunities for parents to meet, talk informally, and share community building ideas with the Ms. Schantz.
It was a busy year! PALS helped create and continues to co-sponsor the popular Elementary division parent discussion. Once a month, Lab staff and parents discuss timely issues such as student transitions, math skills building, and mindful parenting. In January, PALS sponsored its first half-day outing for all divisions. The half-day Kettler Iceplex event was a smash hit. Parents chatted rink-side while scores of kids skated and socialized. This event led to smaller, parent-sponsored class- or grade-based events later in the year.
PALS builds community throughout the year. PALS’ big event, though, is the Spring Fair. With its games, food, rides, music, and dancing, the Spring Fair is always, and was once again, a huge success. New games, new vendors, sunny skies, and strong attendance made this year’s Spring Fair simply delightful.
Everett, Savitt, Soto, Butler, Vacirca
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Communication
A priority for PALS this year was to improve communication among parents and between parents and the school. To that end, we maintained and augmented our outreach. We published our 12-month, colorful calendar, linking our students’ artwork with school and PALS events. To regularly communicate with parents, we sent monthly email blasts to announce PALS meetings, outings, and volunteer events. We also sent parent reps to monthly Parent Council of Washington meetings where our volunteers engaged with parent associations from area independent schools. And as we mentioned above, our parent meetings and our robust room-parent network improved communication with and connection within our community. This allowed us to reach out to parents living in the immediate neighborhood and engage them in local issues. We made great strides this year!
Our success over the past year is owed to the tireless efforts of our officers, events chairs, volunteers, Lab staff, and all Lab parents in our wonderful community. Thank you for all that you do and for your continued involvement with PALS.
PALS OFFICERS 2013-2014
Officers
Sara Savitt and Julie Butler, Co-Presidents
Thomas Bryant, Vice President, Community Building
Kathryn Everett, Vice President, Communication
Claudia Vacirca, Vice President, Finance
Hadley Boyd, Parents Council Rep
Committee Chairs
Community Building
Julie Butler, Spring Fair
Kathryn Everett and Sara Savitt, Welcome Back Coffee – Reservoir
Diane Wiley, Welcome Back Coffee – Foxhall
Jackie Sink, Grandparents’ and Relatives’ Day
Lori Milstein, Half-Day Outings – Reservoir
Appreciation and Support
Kathryn Everett, Room Parent Coordinator
Linda Adams, Staff Appreciation Breakfasts – Reservoir
Michelle Bernard, Staff Appreciation Breakfasts – Foxhall
Linda Adams, Staff Appreciation Lunch
Communication
Mary Fran Miklitsch and Matthew Dawson, Calendar
Kathryn Everett, Parent Meetings and Forums
Lalie Tongour, Elementary Discussion Series
Finance
Claudia Vacirca, Treasurer
Nominating Committee
Diane Wiley, Elementary
Jenny Quinn, Intermediate
Marsha Pearcy, Junior High
Lori Milstein, High School
ROOM PARENTS 2013-2014
Foxhall Campus
Marcelo Sanguinetti
Karen Sahebzadah
Rachel Lerman
Jana Toner
Anita Brassart
Tamara Steffe
Sharon Cohen
Chris Kirkpatrick
Michelle Bernard
Pam Gully
Vicki Herson
Reservoir Campus
Sally Sagarese
Allsion Soffer
Kathy Hertz
Lisa Balzereit
Lisa Hohenemser
Suellen Williams
Michelle Senko
Claudia Harvie
Alice Taylor
Teresa Byrne
Davina Sandground
Kim Baxter
Salwa Baroody-Trudel
Mary Fran Miklitsch
Lori Milstein
Tessa van der Willigen
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Graduation june 6, 2014
Left to right, top row: Zachary Moholt, Eli Hovland, Camilo Rivera, Brandon Shiel, Caldwell Munk, Ryder McCleskey; middle row: Nicholas van
Huffel, Cedric Hermel, David Walters, Russell Goodacre, Alexander Keys, Peter Berg, Eli Livezey, Justyn Jeffries; bottom row: Caroline Hubley, Anya
Smith, Marilena Siegel, Julia Jensen, Emily Keller, Orli Siegel, Shanna Luster, Sean Phillips.
“Because the faculty and support staff are so involved with each individual student, we can really see their evolution over the years. Students go from survival mode to feeling like they can do anything.”–lab school teacher
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Graduation june 6, 2014
2013-2014 Academic Achievement Awards
Senior Awards, June 2014
AP Calculus – Eli Hovland and Camilo Rivera
Physics – Eli Hovland
Earth Science – Caldwell Munk
Probability and Statistics – David Walters
Government – Alex Keys
Modern World History – Orli Siegel
English 12 – Eli Hovland
Model UN – Eli Hovland
John Otto Award – Caldwell Munk
Admissions Ambassadors
Marilena Siegel
Ryder McCleskey
Eli Hovland
Tide Turners Club
Shanna Luster
Sean Phillips
Caroline Hubley
Emily Keller
Kaitlin Marie Gallagher Award
Shanna Luster
Eli Livezey
Justyn Jeffries
Caldwell Munk
Community Service
Sean Phillips
Eli Hovland
Eli Livezey
Russell Goodacre
Camilo Rivera
Senior Thesis – Orli Siegel
College Acceptances for the Class of 2014
Allegheny College
American University
Bethany College
Boston University
Bowie State University
Bryn Mawr College
Champlain College
Clark University
College of Southern Maryland
Columbia University
The Culinary Institute of America
Curry College
Davidson College
Dean College
University of Delaware
University of Denver
Elon University
Gallaudet University
George Mason University
Gettysburg College
Green Mountain College
Grinnell College
Guilford College
Hampshire College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Hood College
Johnson & Wales University
Keene State College
Lake Forest College
Landmark College
Lehigh University
Lewis & Clark College
Lincoln University
Lynchburg College
Macalester College
Marist College
Marshall University
University of Mary Washington
McDaniel College
University of Michigan
Misericordia University
Mount Saint Mary’s University
New York University
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
The Ohio State University, Agricultural Technical Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Reed College
Rhodes College
Roanoke College
Rochester Institute of Technology
Saint Michael’s College
Shepherd University
Springfield College
St. John’s College
Tulane University
Unity College
Ursinus College
University of Vermont
Washington and Jefferson College
Wesley College
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Westminster College
College of William and Mary
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AlumniNot to worry! We have not forgotten you, alums … how could we?
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