Fall 2010 Vol. 35, No. 1

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by Luke Drabyn ’11

As he walks carefully into a desolate village in the

middle of Afghanistan, Sergeant Wayne Hemingway appoints a couple of the soldiers under him to scout out the nooks and alleyways for any sign of the Taliban. Suddenly, he stops: A small, crying Afghan child approaches and begins scrutinizing him from head to toe. Wayne moves closer and sees that the child has no shoes, a dirty face, disheveled hair, and snot dripping from his nose. Both Wayne and the Afghan child stand facing one another, only a few feet apart. Since Wayne doesn’t understand Pashto, he conjures up a word that he thinks the child may understand: Chai? He

asks, making a sipping gesture with his hands, Chai? The child smiles and wipes the tears from his eyes with his dirty hand, runs away, and reappears a few minutes later with an enormous container of chai tea and sugar cubes.

As the child and Wayne sit down, Wayne sees a few more Afghan children surveying him from some trees in the distance; they too come and approach the soldier. As they share the chai and sugar cubes, Wayne reaches into his pocket and pulls out some animal crackers; the children look at them curiously. He pulls the crackers out of his pocket, and offers them to each of the kids. They grab them, but before they eat the American sweets they laugh and make the noises of each of the animals they’re holding in their hands.

Burr and Burton alumnus Wayne Hemingway, class of 2002, now age 26, recently spent twelve arduous months in the unforgiving region of Afghanistan with the United States Armed Forces. Based in Helmand, Kandahar and Zabul provinces, Wayne’s missions were constantly changing. One day he would work with the Afghan National Police (ANP) or the Afghan National Army

Wayne’s New World

Serving in the military

gave Wayne an

international perspective

that he never knew

he’d discover.

Thank you to all Burr and Burton alums who have served in the U.S. military. If you are an alum currently serving in the armed forces, we’d like to hear your story, too. Please send to Shannon O’Leary ‘04 soleary@burrburton.org.

The ViewThe Quarterly Newsletter of Burr and Burton Academy

editorFrederica Templeton

designIrene Cole

photographyGary Baker ’72

headmasterMark H. Tashjian

director of advancementCynthia H. Gubb

associate director of advancement

Rich Thompson Tucker

board of trusteesSeth Bongartz ’72

Chair

Barry RowlandVice Chair

Andrew Shaw ’75Secretary

Lee SpiveyTreasurer

Robert AllenSharman Buechner Altshuler ’82

Ed Campbell ’70

Michael CohenLu French

Skip MartinBonnie Nunn

Carol Bresko O’Connor ’67

Cindy Casey O’Leary ’74

John C. Phillips, Jr.Michael Powers ’60

Sanfra WeissTony WhalingMark Wright

trustees emeritiOrland CampbellManchester Village

Dr. Robert E. Treat ’55Manchester Center

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telefax 802-362-0574website www.burrburton.orgTo send an email to faculty or staff type first initial last name @burrburton.org

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Faculty Awards Bring Richly Rewarding Experiences

The generous faculty awards given every year through the Rowland, Bigelow, and

Ormsby Hill endowed funds have been truly transformative gifts to each of the teachers themselves as well as to the entire school. In a presentation this fall, several of the most recent recipients of these awards described for their colleagues the thrilling journeys they were able to experience with the help of their awards.

Merlyn Miller, librarian since 1990, spent eleven days traveling 1,400 miles to visit twenty homes of major American authors in New England. From the homes of Emerson and Thoreau near Boston to Edith Wharton in Lenox, Miller felt a new understanding of these authors. “In visiting each of their homes I was struck by the personal relationships between many of these authors,” she said. “This changes the way you understand their works.”

Dale Spring, a longtime teacher in the Science Department, used her award to study the geology of the Alps and the Dolomites. She

and her husband spent five and a half weeks hiking and recording geologic formations. “It was a geologist’s dream,” Spring said.

Special Services Director Mary Diaz realized a lifelong dream with her trip to Japan last summer. She spent three weeks with the Asian Studies program from the University of Vermont visiting schools and talking to educators in large and small cities.

Music teacher Neil Freebern, who is chair of the new Media and Performing Arts Department, visited Universal Studios in Los Angeles where he was able to study audio engineering technology with Andrew Dawson who is a voice-over specialist in the Creative Arts Division. “I feel that I am able to bring energy and a world perspective back to my students,” he said. He was also able to use part of his award to bring in three different music educators to provide private and group instruction throughout the fall for students who are playing the flute, upright bass, and saxophone.

Betsy Hubner, who is finishing her M.A. in studio art with the help of her award, showed some of her most recent paintings and described what it’s like to go back to art school. Her paintings will be on display at the Southern Vermont Arts Center from November 20 to January 2.

Lu French Joins Board of TrusteesLu French, a resident of Manchester Village, Vermont, and Vero

Beach, Florida, was elected to the Board of Trustees this fall.

“We are delighted to have someone of Lu’s wide experience and unique talents join our board,” said Headmaster Mark Tashjian.

Lu is a certified yoga

teacher, Reiki practitioner, Thai Yoga therapist and graphic artist. She owns and operates Breathing Room Yoga in Manchester and also teaches at Living Yoga in Vero Beach. A graduate of the University of Florida with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree, she worked as a clinical pharmacist for many years before changing the focus of her career to mind/body wellness.

“I’m honored to be

joining the board and look forward to working with this exceptional group of people in support of the fine educational experience BBA provides for our children,” said French.

Together with sons Christian and Nicky, and daughter Chloe, who is a 2 003 graduate of Burr and Burton, the Frenchs have been residents of Manchester since 1999.

Librarian Merlyn Miller presents a gift from her literary trip this summer to trustee and fund donor Barry Rowland.

Science teacher Dale Spring in the Alps last summer.

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This year Media Arts and the Performing Arts are

joining forces in a realignment that reflects the changing way that arts and technology are intersecting and supporting each other.

“Technology really has changed the way we can teach music,” said new department chair Neil Freebern. “The dramatic productions benefit from the expertise of students who are knowledgeable about lighting and sound and the film classes will benefit from the talent of the drama students.” The fact that all these areas are project based made it a natural for them to fully collaborate across disciplines to allow more students the chance to participate.

The exciting project this year is a feature film that students who are in Bill Muench’s Cinematography class will be making after school. English teacher Rob Hunter wrote the script over the summer and students are completely in charge of filming it. “This fall when we did auditions, we had the students try out for both the film and the fall play,”

explained Freebern. “We have so many students who want to get into drama that this was a great way to give more of them a chance.” Once the filming is complete, Freebern’s music students will write and perform an original score for the film.

“The film-making class is rooted in the process of learning the basics and then putting them together in a gradually more sophisticated way,” said Muench. The students are given full responsibility, with Muench acting as executive producer. The filming takes place every day after school when the full crew and all the actors meet to film each scene with two cameras. Editing is done in the studio on Mac computers using Final Cut Pro. The final

film will be shown in 2011. The title? That’s a secret for now. We’ll let you know in the spring and we’ll post it to our website.

Another collaborative venture took place in October when the Art, Music, and History departments spent a week in October centered on life in the 1860s. Vermont potter Susan Leader and her fiddle-playing daughter, Ida

Cross-DisCipline learning is not only FasCinating, it’s Fun

Mae Specker, spent every day with Lauren Silver’s ceramics class and Kendra Larson’s history students exploring themes from the Civil War era in art and music. They had the opportunity to watch Susan create large ceramic works on the potter’s wheel in the Ceramics Studio. The students were introduced to the pottery of a slave known today, as he was then, only as Dave. Dave signed his pots and inscribed many of them with poems at a time when it was against the law for slaves to read or write. Many of his jars are now in America’s finest museums, including the Smithsonian. Students replicated his idea by inscribing their own designs and prose on the large ceramic pieces Susan created for them.

Neil and Julie Freebern’s music students, along with Ida Mae Specker, performed old-time fiddle music together. Ida is a member of the Speckers, a fiddle trio, with her older sister and her father John, who has been a significant force in the revival of Southern-style fiddle music since the 1970s. Ida and John also performed with Burr and Burton music students at the Calliope Café. This interdisciplinary event was made possible through the school’s Elizabeth deC. Wilson Endowment for arts education.

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(ANA), showing them battle drills utilized by the United States military; another day, he might find himself with his infantry division monitoring the roads, scanning for possible improvised explosive devices (IEDs) — known simply to civilians as car bombs.

If the day’s mission didn’t involve IEDs or working with the national military, Wayne and his buddies would be walking in and out of Afghan cities and towns, acquiring intel (intelligence) that would potentially give them clues regarding the Taliban’s whereabouts. Some villagers within these towns would be incredibly helpful, while others would take offense to the US intrusion. “The villages that offered us chai or flatbread were generally the most helpful and accepting,” Sergeant Hemingway reported. “If the villagers are willing to work with you, that’s great, but if they’re not, there’s not much you can do.”

When the day was over, the infantry usually relocated back to one of the forward

operating bases (FOBs) where soldiers were allowed to rest, talk on the phone for twenty minutes, or use the computer for half an hour. During this time Wayne usually caught up with his friends, parents, and 24-year-old brother Shane. During his stint abroad, Wayne kept in contact with longtime friend and BBA biology teacher Patty Fast: “[Wayne] is a gracious gentleman and sweetheart,” Fast mentioned. Many Burr and Burton Academy faculty members who once taught Wayne in school feel the same way.

Serving in the military gave Wayne an international perspective that he never knew he’d discover. “The thing that I’d like to stress is the fact that there’s more than one country [in Afghanistan] fighting against the Taliban, like the British and the Canadian forces, and the Romanians.” People often wonder why the United States is involved in the war against terror overseas, and ask themselves whether or not the lives being put at risk are worth it — whatever “it” is.

While in Afghanistan, Wayne sported an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) badge on his uniform, representing the international war taking place within Afghanistan. Even if there’s less sense for America to be involved in the war, Wayne stressed that the US forces are backing their international allies, which is always an honorable thing to do.

Having grown up in Connecticut, Wayne moved to Vermont at the age of six, and attended Manchester Elementary Middle School; afterward, he enrolled at Burr and Burton Academy and was heavily involved in sports, namely ice hockey, soccer, and baseball. Former BBA baseball coach Ed Panzarino remembered that Wayne was “one of the most competitive kids [he’d] ever met; when one of the baseball players did ten sprints, Wayne had to do eleven.” Wayne was

always an athletic leader, and as Panzarino recounts, “the pulse of the team.” During one game in Windsor, Vermont, Panzarino remembers Wayne taking a 90-mile-an-hour fastball right to the mouth. “The first words out of his mouth were, ‘my girlfriend’s going to kill me’!” Wayne was strong physically and emotionally; after the baseball hit him, the coaches had to drag him to the hospital because he wanted to stay and support his teammates.

Wayne’s loyalty and commitment made him a perfect candidate for the US army. When Lewie Dean, an ex-marine who helped coach Wayne during his four years on the BBA baseball team, ran practices military-style, Wayne was hooked. Panzarino said that “[Wayne] was a hero then, and is a hero now!”

Current BBA ice hockey coach Cory Herrington spent a few summers with Wayne

WeLcome Home, AL FAxoN Burr and Burton students and faculty were very happy to welcome back mathematics teacher and assistant football coach Al Faxon from Afghanistan. A colonel in the US Marine Corps Reserves, Faxon has served several tours since 9-11: one tour of duty in Iraq, one in an Anti-Terrorism unit, and one most recently in Afghanistan where he directed the construction of Camp Leatherneck and the Marine Corps engineer effort throughout the Helmand Province in Afghanistan. Camp Leatherneck is the largest American expeditionary base camp in that country. Al’s son Allan, Burr and Burton Class of 2006, is a corporal in the Marines. Like his dad, he completed a combat tour in Iraq and is now home.

Wayne’s New World (continued from page 1)

Faculty member Bruce Regan was among those honored for their service at the Veterans Day Assembly in November. After graduating from Providence College where he joined ROTC, Bruce was a military policeman in the US Army Reserves from 1983-1998. During this time, he was also a teacher.

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Senior Paige Malone’s video was selected the

winner in the under 18 category of the “Why Arts Matter” video contest spon-sored by Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit group based in Washington, D.C. and New York City that is dedicated to advancing the arts. As part of their 50th anniversary they held a national video con-test and asked participants to tell them why art matters to them. An excerpt of the win-ning video was shown at the end of October on MTV’s 44 1/2 screen, the largest HD screen in Times Square. Her video may be viewed on You-Tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lspF58t1ps0

Sydney Gayda ‘11 was selected to participate in “Fashion University” in New York City. Out of 3,500 applicants from around the world, Sydney was one of 500 students selected to participate in this symposium. Designer

Vera Wang will be one of the major speakers and Sydney will take a work-shop with her and other world famous designers. Sydney is currently doing an independent study where she is designing a full-length gown made of recycled water bottles.

painting houses and described him as “gung-ho!” and “the type of guy whose heart is in the right place.” Despite having some “youthful indiscretions,” including a variety of encounters with Todd Prevost during his sophomore year, Wayne’s intentions were admirable and principled. After high school he attended Bridgeton Academy in Maine, a preparatory school for postgraduates, to play soccer. Finishing up his year there, he briefly attended college in Boston and then enlisted in the US army. “I joined because I wanted discipline and direction…I figured a little spark under my butt would help me out. And I wanted to fight for my country.”

Within three years in the army Wayne had been promoted to the rank of E5 sergeant; as such, he led men and women who ranked below him, just as he led his athletic teammates on the field and in the rink at Burr and Burton Academy. However, in the army, the stakes are higher, and human lives are on the line. But Wayne knows this, he’s aware of the consequences, and thrives on the pressure.

Sergeant Wayne Hemingway loves what he does, and epitomizes Burr and Burton’s mission statement; he’s embraced responsibility, integrity, and service and continues to provide individuals — students and adults alike — with an exemplary sense of loyalty and devotion toward his previous school, his country, and his world.

mount Laurel Foundation establishes endowment for AcceSS

Burr and Burton Headmaster Mark H. Tashjian announced this fall that the Mount

Laurel Foundation has established an endowed fund at Burr and Burton to support the needs of the school’s ACCESS (Accessing Community, Careers and Education through Successful Self-Determination) Program and the Life Skills Program. In establishing this fund, the founda-tion recognizes and honors Bill Heintz, G. Fred-erick Zeller and Don Keelan, trustees emeriti. The fund was established by the current Board of Trustees which includes John Alexopoulos, Sarah Fitz, Cyndy Shaw, Melissa Barthel, Ed Campbell, David Lewis, Abraham Madkour, and Dave Pardo.

“The ACCESS program is a shining example of all that is powerful about Burr and Burton,” said Headmaster Mark Tashjian. “This gift helps ensure that ACCESS continues to be

a source of pride for this community and for our students. We are indebted to the Mt. Laurel Foundation for this gift, and for the years of past support.”

“I could not be happier, knowing first-hand what great work is taking place in the ACCESS program,” said Alexopoulos. “Con-tinuing to support the future special needs individuals in our community is so important.”

For over fifty years, the Mount Laurel Foundation’s purpose has been to promote the welfare of mentally and developmentally disabled children and eligible young adults in the Bennington County and Rutland County area by contributing financial support to ap-propriate educational, recreational and support organizations. Burr and Burton Academy has been a longtime recipient of grants from the foundation.

Burr and Burton Art Students Shine

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Twenty-nine members of Burr and Burton Academy’s Class of 2010

and seven members of the Class of 2011 earned AP Scholar Awards from the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement examinations taken last spring.

Last year’s seniors Madeleine Aborn, Christopher Antonez, James Chandler, Chelsea Charbonneau, Ethan Edson, Kaitlin Filippi, Tucker Foulkes, Lily Hazelton, Jessica Horst, Taylor Kemper, Jee-Soo Kim, Robert McColl-Verdier, Christopher Sabol, Ann-Kathrin von Eynern and juniors Daniel Colson, Lisa Donnelly, Luke Drabyn, Mary-

Clare Kelley, Mathilde Secordel, Alina Sidorova, and Allison Tobia,were named AP Scholars, having earned a grade of 3 or higher on three or more AP examinations taken. Graduated seniors Sahsada Gandolfi, Megan LaValley, Katarina McDonald,Chase Quintana, Matthew Rosenthal, and Evan Tetreault were named Scholars with Honor, having earned an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. Last year’s seniors Faryn Borella, Colin Henderson, Dylan McNair, Brandon Olgivie, Benjamin Pierce, Charlotte Salsgiver, Marie Schow, Nancy Seem and Leah Wulfman were named Scholars with

Distinction, having earned an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. Charlotte Salsgiver was also named a State Scholar, given to one girl and one boy in Vermont, and a National Scholar.

About 18 percent of the more than 1.8 million high school students who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar. The examinations are given every spring to high-school students who have completed challenging college-level courses during their junior and senior years.

Three Dozen Burr and Burton Students Honored for Exceptional

Academic Achievement

Freshman Service Learning Day

S t u d e n t n e w S

The entire freshman class participated in a total of twenty-four Service Learning projects on October 13. The freshmen along with their faculty advisors spent their school day working on a variety of projects from harvesting produce to shining windows to caring for young children from Bennington to Weston to Rupert. Community members were very impressed and grateful for their help.

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GrAndPArentS dAyOn October 22, 89 “visiting students” joined us for

Grandparents and Special Friends Day—our largest group to date! Beginning their day in the Riley Center, the grandparents learned about their grandchildren’s high school experience at Burr and Burton. Faculty presenters shared photos and stories from international exchanges and trips, gave an update about the after-school activities taking place at the Mountain Campus, and even premiered student work from the digital filmmaking class. As school dismissed for the day, our visitors joined their grandchildren in the Scranton Room for a special luncheon.

Former Dean of Students Stan Pietryka and wife Christine were welcomed back to campus as grandparents of freshman Hunter Caler.

Hannah Harrington ’11 escorts her grandparents, Bill ’56 and Judy Bowen, to lunch.

Thomas Kittross ’14 with grandparents Keith and Wende Alford.

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The 2010 BBA fall sports season will go down in the Bulldog record book as one highlighted by steady improvement and mixed final results for the various teams.

The highlight of the season was the girls varsity soccer team and longtime coach Dan DeForest who guided his Lady Bulldogs to a final record of 12-4. That mark earned BBA the second seed in the highly competitive Division I post-season tournament where the Lady Bulldogs posted a 3-0 playdown victory over MVL rival Rutland before suffering a 3-2 season ending setback to the upset-minded tenth-seeded South Burlington Rebels. The talented Lady Bulldogs were led by seniors Emma Houser, Kelsey Hill, Colby Halligan, Michaela Madden, Jenna Hoffman, Clare Kelley, Sydney

Gayda, Olga McIntyre, Nina Shehadi, Sawyer Devries, and Samantha Weeks.

The BBA varsity football team under coach Jason Thomas overcame a

slow 0-3 start to the campaign to add their own brand of gridiron excitement to the fall with a late season surge that saw the Bulldogs claim wins in four of their final six games.

The highlight of the season for the Bulldogs was a 41-14 “Homecoming” shellacking the Bulldogs laid on the U-32 Raiders. The Bulldogs would finish the season with a 4-5

BBA 2010 Fall Season Comes to Close With Mixed result

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mark. With just two seniors on his squad, players Mike Marino and Ryan Sweeney, the future looks promising for coach Thomas and his Bulldogs.

Under veteran coach Peter Mull the BBA boys varsity soccer team experienced a rare season where the losses outnumbered the wins. The rebuilding Bulldogs finished with a 2-11-1 record and were led by seniors Joseph Keefe, Kaegan Morris, John Kugler, Charlie Kepler, Olivier Durand, and Kyle Johnson.

The varsity field hockey team under first-year coach Lynne Sanders posted a 2-12-1 mark before bowing out in the Division II tournament with a 3-0 loss to U-32. The Lady Bulldogs were paced by the play of seniors Paige Malone, Thalia Berard, Abby Crowley, and Piper Ferrone.

The BBA cross-country team completed a successful “Season of Commitment” in the words of first-year coach Sandy Birch. With over 35 runners on the squad, the Bulldogs capped off the fall with a solid showing at the Vermont State Division II Cross Country Championships

at Thetford Academy. The Bulldogs were paced by seniors Hannah Harrington, Jessica Yanez, and Trevor McDonald. Harrington led the Lady Bulldogs to a fifth place overall team showing in the girls event while sophomore David Shehadi was the top finisher for a BBA boys team that placed eleventh overall.

HOMeCOMInG POWder PUFF GAMeS

As part of the Homecoming celebration, four Powder Puff football teams faced off on Pettibone Field. The freshman class team, shown above with Headmastser Mark Tashjian, dominated the field.

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Antigone by sophocleso n s t a g e i n t h e r i l e y C e n t e r

This year’s fall play was a tour de force on many

levels for the students. “Many people asked me why I chose to do something as sophisti-cated as Antigone for this year’s fall production,” said Director Jim Raposa. “I can only say it in one word...CHALLENGE. I wanted to find a piece that would not only challenge the actors and myself as a director, but ultimately the

audience.” The students rose to the challenge and presented a stunning performance of the new translation by Australian George Theodoridis.

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We are very grateful to the following

Corporate Sponsors for the 2010–2011

Annual Giving Campaign

headmaster’s listBerkshire Bank

Homestead LandscapingThe Orvis Company

r.k. Miles, Inc.Rugg Valley LandscapingStratton Mountain Resort

The Manchester GymVermont Country Properties / Sotheby’s

International RealtyVermont Country Store

high honors listEquinox Hotel and Resort

Finn and Stone, Inc.Mack Molding

Merrill Lynch, Manchester, VTThe Perfect WifeSpiral Press Café

W.H. Shaw Insurance Agency, Inc.

honors listBank of Bennington

Briggs-Fowler Insurance AgencyCasella Waste Management, Inc.

Dee’s Electric

academic letterAspen Motel

Dublois and AssociatesGrandma Miller’s Homemade

Pies and PastriesHand Motors

Law Offices of Eichel and TeasonMulligans of Manchester

Bradley D. Myerson Law OfficesPeople’s United BankSpringfield PrintingWorks Bakery Café

academic pinA Safe Place Self Storage

Decorative InteriorsFlying Cow SignsLaney’s Restaurant

Manchester Sport Enterprises

If you would like information about becoming a Corporate Sponsor, please contact Annual Giving

Coordinator Shannon O’Leary at 802.549.8281 or by e-mail soleary@burrburton.org

Support the 2010 – 2011 Annual Giving Campaign

What if 650 teenagers were coming to your house tomorrow morning?

The good news is that when 650 students show up at Burr and Burton’s doors each morning, we are ready for them with dedicated and supportive

teachers, thoughtful curriculum, up-to-date technology, and outstanding facilities. Legacy support from members of the Joseph Burr Society and those establishing endowed funds makes this possible. Talk with your attorney or financial advi-sor about joining an esteemed group of people who will help us keep our doors open to all of our students, day in and day out, for the next 180 years. The clock is ticking with just eighteen months to raise $3.2 million to reach the $5 million Rowland Endowment Challenge. Planned gifts of any size are matched.

Planned gifts of any size are matched dollar for dollar by the Rowland Endowment Challenge when you inform us in writing about that portion of your plan that pertains to Burr and Burton. You may also choose to keep this information confidential. A Burr and Burton Endowed Fund can be established in honor or memory of a loved one beginning at $25,000 by outright gift or planned gift. Endowed funds are subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees to ensure their purpose supports our mission.

WE HAVE LAUNCHED! Not a space shuttle, not a marketing

campaign but the Annual Giving Campaign! Hopefully by the time you receive this issue of the VIEW, the annual fund brochure will have reached you. Please take time to read the brochure and make the decision to support this year’s campaign. If you’ve misplaced the brochure, we have provided an envelope in this publication for your convenience, or you can give online through the web site.

Here’s what the annual fund supports: after school programs like open gym, field trips, clubs (Astronomy, Rock Climbing, Fencing, Ping Pong, Ultimate Frisbee, German Club, French Club, Mountain Campus Pioneers, Digital Photography, Equestrian, Asian Culture Club, Spanish Club, Circuits, Recorder Group, Gay/Straight Alliance, Book Club, Chamber Choir, to name a few), Service Learning, the Target Program, ACCESS Program, the Learning Center, an interesting and challenging curriculum, art, music, performing arts, the Library, open library hours after school, library books, subscriptions, software, textbooks, technology support, computers,

printers, copiers, buses, 16 different sports, equipment for 16 different sports – the list goes on and on, but I think you get the point! The Annual Giving Campaign provides all of the extras that position Burr and Burton head and shoulders above other high schools.

Join in and support the Annual Giving Campaign. Whether you are an alumnus or alumna, a parent, a grandparent, a business owner, or a friend of the school, every gift of every size helps Burr and Burton set the standard that other schools in Vermont want to attain. We are an educational leader in our state and we need your financial support to stay out in front. If you believe in what we do here, then please give something and give from the heart. Give because of your passion for quality education and your belief in the promise of our young people.

Thank you to all of our Burr and Burton Academy friends who have already sent in their gift – we appreciate your continued support and your endorsement of what we do here. And for the rest of you – well, we’re counting on you to do your part, too.

Gratefully yours,Cynthia GubbDirector of Advancement

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Reunion 2011 celebrating classes ending in 1 and 6 is June 10 through June 12. Join

us for a weekend of celebration with classmates and friends from all Burr and Burton classes. Enjoy a campus tour with a current student, cheer on the newest Burr and Burton alums at Commencement, and dance to your favorites at the Annual Alumni Reunion Dinner and Dance. Look for registration information in the new year at www.burrburton.org. In the meantime, feel free to contact Rich Thompson Tucker at (802) 549-8135 with any questions or for more information. As always, all alumni are welcome.

John R. Balch ’40 celebrating his 70th Reunion in 2010.

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