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2013 ANNUAL REPORT

November 2013

BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE HIGH SCHOOL

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

In FY2013, the B-CC High School Educa-tional Foundation continued its mission of sup-porting academic excellence at B-CC. It worked

Foundation Invests in Excellence and Innovation at B-CCcal skills. The Foundation funded their new two-week Journalism and Media Literacy IntensiveWorkshop this past summer (see p. 8).

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The B-CC High School Educational Foundation raised $152,220 in FY2013, a slight increasefrom FY2012, bringing the total amount of funds raised since its inception in 1995 to $1.95million. Our fundraising efforts in the past several years to expand academic support for B-CCstudents at all levels have had significant results.

Matthew Gandal

B-CC High School Educational FoundationAnnual Fundraising Results, 1996-2013

It has been said that a community’s publicschools are a reflection of the values of thatcommunity. I can tell you that this is certainlythe case when it comes to B-CC High School.

We were very pleased that B-CC was one ofa few high schools in the nation featured in theNational Education Association magazine thissummer for its ability to offer a world class edu-cation to all of its students, regardless of familybackground or socio-economic status (see p. 10).

Looking back on the 2012-13 school year, Iam reminded of how community confidence inB-CC High School continues to grow. There arecurrently 1,872 students enrolled at B-CC, 74%more than when the B-CC High School Educa-tional Foundation was created in 1995. At thattime, confidence in the school had dipped andthe community organized itself to help the schoolregain its footing. The Foundation was createdas an independent 501c3 to serve as an ongoingsource of vision and support for the school.

Since 1995, the Foundation has been run by agroup of volunteer parents, alumni and localcommunity members committed to ensuring B-CC reflects the values of academic excellenceand diversity that have been its hallmark throughthe years. We are proud that so many membersof our community choose to send their chil-dren to our school, including some who couldafford alternatives.

A strong public high school is a reflection ofa strong, engaged community, and we are verygrateful to all of our donors whose support al-lows us to continue to underwrite critical pro-gramming at B-CC. Our signature programs—Time for Academic Progress (TAP), College-Tracks, and Summer Academy—continue toform the backbone of the academic supportsystem at B-CC (see pages 4-6). And our othergrants support a wide range of programs andpriorities including teacher training, expansionof the IB & AP, college scholarships, mentoring,the Tattler, the art and music departments, andmuch more.

Finally, I am delighted to welcome two newBoard members to the Foundation this year,Laudy Aron and Melanie Folstad, both of whomhave children at the school and have becomeactive members of our community. I also wantto thank Ronna Borenstein for her service onthe Foundation board; she stepped down thissummer after ably chairing our communica-tions committee for the past several years. Weare always looking for new volunteers to joinour work, so please get in touch with us ifyou are interested in getting involved.

Thank you for your support of B-CC!

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Foundation’s Mission and Priorities

FY2013 Foundation-Funded ProjectsThe generosity of our donors during

the 2012-2013 school year enabled theFoundation to fund the followingprojects that enhance academic excel-lence at B-CC High School:

Academic Support Program (TAP)—after-school support at all levels inEnglish, math, and science.

B-CC CollegeTracks—in-school,after-school, and evening workshops andtrained mentors to help with the collegeapplication and financial aid processesfor students who, although qualified,may be at risk of not going to college.

B-CC Community ScholarshipFund—scholarships for college-boundB-CC students who are facing financialhardships and would otherwise not beable to attend college.

B-CC Summer Academy andMentoring Program—for incoming 9thgraders: a three-week summer programfor those who have struggled academi-cally in middle school to work on En-glish, math, science, study skills, and gen-eral school issues, with additional sup-

port throughout the school year; and for10th graders: a one-week summer pro-gram to help them explore their post-high school options and plan their high-school work accordingly.

Department Support—annual sub-scription to Quest homework databasefor teachers and students in math andscience; headphones for the Piano Labto facilitate communications amongteachers and students; a Bass and a BassRack for the Music Department; lunch-bunch program for at-risk 10th, 11th,and 12th graders to help them preparefor the English HSA; AP/IB reviewbooks for students in financial need; anda college visit for ESOL students.

Extracurricular Activities—printingof The Tattler, B-CC’s student newspa-per; a camera for the Yearbook staff;Writer’s Workshop where students sub-mit works for judging by local writers;college tours for the Minority ScholarsProgram students; the Girls’ YouthLeadership Group for 10th-12th gradeAfrican-American and Hispanic girls;and training for a copier support intern.

MissionThe B-CC High School Educational Foundation is dedicated to providing the

leadership and support necessary to ensure that students attending B-CC, nowand in the future, enjoy the world-class education that is the school’s historiclegacy. The Foundation is committed to helping all students achieve high academicstandards, attracting and retaining the highest-quality faculty, supporting a schoolenvironment where every student matters, and strengthening the bond between B-CC and the community it serves.Goals Raise academic achievement—improve preparation of incoming 9th graders,

support a rigorous curriculum, increase participation in advanced courses, pro-vide tutoring and support to help students succeed, and ensure that all studentsare college-ready. Attract and retain the highest-quality teachers and staff—attract the most

qualified candidates to B-CC, provide resources for teacher professional develop-ment, and improve communication among school, parents, and community. Support a school environment where every student matters—honor diver-

sity, encourage mentoring and other student supports, and help maintain a small-school experience even as enrollment increases. Strengthen the bond between the school and the community—build aware-

ness of the school within the local community, reconnect with alumni, and fosterpartnerships with local businesses.

Funding Priorities for FY2014 After-school academic support

(TAP) for all students Summer Academy and mentoring

support for at-risk incoming 9th and ris-ing 10th graders. CollegeTracks to improve college

access for students who are most at riskof not attending college International Baccalaureate and

Advanced Placement Programs Professional development for

teachers Technology and equipment support

International BaccalaureateProgram—subscription to the Questiaperiodical/textbook web-accessible da-tabase for IB students, and subscrip-tion to the Manage BAC software pack-age to streamline the administrativetasks of the diploma program.

Journalism and Media LiteracyIntensive Workshop—a summerworkshop for B-CC and Westland stu-dents to help develop their non-fictionreading, writing, and analytical skills.

Language Lab—Upgrades for B-CC’s Language Lab’s 9-year-old equip-ment and central operating system.

Lazarus Leadership Fellows—building leadership skills in communityservice for 15 selected students.

Mentoring Program for NewTeachers—a new mentoring programfor experienced teachers to support newteachers at B-CC.

Professional Development—grants for teachers to take courses andattend workshops and conferences.

For these priorities, the Foundation seeksfunds from the B-CC community—

parents, alumni, businesses, and govern-ment and community organizations.

Board members work closely with B-CC’sfaculty, administrators, PTSA, and alumni

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Summer Academy 2013This past summer, 58 incoming 9th graders

and 21 rising 10th graders enrolled in B-CC’sSummer Academy program. The 9th GradeSummer Academy, started in the summer of1999, aims to prepare incoming 9th graders whomay have struggled academically or socially atWestland Middle School for a successful transi-tion to high school. The 10th grade component,added in 2012, is a one-week program aimed athelping rising 10th graders think ahead abouttheir post-high school options and learn to usethe school’s resources to explore possible choices.

For three weeks this past summer, the incom-ing 9th graders attended four classes each day.In their English class, they worked on their re-quired summer reading, writing skills, and vo-cabulary development. In their math class, theyworked on strengthening their pre-algebra andpre-geometry skills. In their study skills class, theyreviewed skills such as note-taking, test-taking,and time management. In their seminar class,they learned about high school life and resourcesavailable at B-CC.

Students also spent a day performing com-munity service, choosing from projects such aslaying mulch at Locust Grove Nature Center,helping prepare bicycles for shipment to third-world countries through Bike for the World,making picture frames for residents at NIH’sThe Children’s Inn, and joining in activities withresidents at Bethesda Health and RehabilitationCenter and at the Sunrise Senior Living Center.

Parents attended an orientation on the firstday of the program to meet the staff and learnabout the program’s expectations. They also wentin at the end of the program to learn abouttheir own child’s progress and the resources avail-able to the students in the fall.

The 21 rising 10th graders, all of whom hadattended the 9th Grade Summer Academy theprevious summer, started their week with a mock20th-Year Class Reunion where students imag-ined themselves—in terms of careers, familylife, and post-high school education or training—twenty years after graduation. The students thenspent the week working with the Naviance com-puter program to investigate different post-sec-ondary options and explore careers choices, in-cluding those suggested by the Naviance programthat matched their personality and interests.

In addition, the students spent an afternoonvisiting a business and a day participating in a

variety of service projects. Foundation Boardmember Bruce Rosenblum took the studentson a tour of ProShares, an investment com-pany. During the lunch and Q&A session, 6ProShares employees talked with the studentsabout their jobs and how their school, extracur-ricular, and work experience helped them pre-pare for the “real world”.

Feedback from students was positive for boththe 9th and 10th grade programs. On a scale of1-3, with 3 being “confident or very comfort-able”, the incoming 9th graders gave a 2.3 forbeing prepared for the first day of 9th grade, a2.5 on their knowledge of school resources, a2.6 on their potential to be academically suc-cessful, and a 2.3 on their ability to handle stress-ful situations. The rising 10th graders also statedthat they got a lot out of the week. They en-joyed searching for careers and colleges, andlearning about “all the options available after highschool because [they] never knew there were so many.”

Summer Academy students receive furthersupport during the school year through BRAG(Barons Reaching Academic Goals), a follow-up mentoring program that was launched in thefall of 2006 in response to the need amongSummer Academy participants for ongoing sup-port in the 9th grade. BRAG staff tracks, moni-tors, and supports all the students recommendedfor the Summer Academy, even those who didnot attend, as well as students whose grades dipbelow a 2.0 GPA in any interim or quarterlygrade report. BRAG students are also invited toattend weekly lunchtime sessions where theyare each matched with a National Honor Soci-ety tutor. In addition, staff volunteers serve asmentors and meet regularly with BRAG students.

From the parentsof two 9th GradeSummer Acad-emy partici-pants:

“.....He wentfrom sayingthe first daythat he didn’tsee the value tofinding outthat he is aKinestheticlearner whichhe never knewand now haspractical ideasof what studyhabits mightwork better forhim. Thankyou.”

“Thank you forhaving mydaughter! Sheneeds quite abit of support. Ihave to let youknow I am veryimpressed bythe program.”

B-CC’s 9th and 10th Grade SummerAcademy Program FY2009-FY2013 Year Expenditures No. of Summer

ParticipantsFY2009 $20,580 62FY2010 $20,000 52FY2011 $14,425 57FY2012 $19,432 72FY2013 $23,511 79

Note: The number of participants includes only thosein the summer academy program and not the BRAGprogram to avoid double counting.

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Time For Academic Progress (TAP)TAP, one of B-CC HS Educational Foundation’s three sig-

nature programs, is an after-school academic support pro-gram staffed by B-CC teachers. It allows students who needextra help, in all grades and from on-level classes to the mostadvanced classes, to find that help after school. TAP is heldafter school from 2:15-3:15pm three days a week at B-CC,and from 3:30-5:30pm two days a week at the GwendolynCoffield Community Center in Silver Spring.

During the 2012-2013 school year, TAP at B-CC offeredsessions in math and science three days a week and Englishand upper level math two days a week. B-CC teachers – fourin math, two in English, and two in science – shared thestaffing of these sessions. Stacy Farrar, TAP coordinator,monitored attendance and determined appropriate staffing.Prior to significant tests, additional staff and classrooms weremade available for the larger numbers of students.

According to data collected by Ms. Farrar, B-CC studentsmade 1,144 visits to TAP at B-CC during the 2012-2013school year. Most of the visits were to Math (40%) andScience (40%), followed by Upper Level Math (13%) andEnglish (7%) (see Graph 1).

TAP at Coffield is another venue for students to receiveacademic support – a more convenient location for thosewho live in the Rosemary Hills area, and a more convenienttime for those whose work or family responsibilities make itdifficult for them to stay after school for TAP at B-CC.During the 2012-2013 school year, two B-CC teachers staffedthese sessions and provided help in many subjects. Twenty-five students used TAP at Coffield this past school year.

TAP was helpful to students from freshmen to seniors,and to both students who were struggling to succeed ingrade-level courses and students who needed extra sup-port to succeed in advanced courses. Disaggregated databy class year and by grade point average show that studentsat all grade levels and with grade point averages ranging frombelow 2.0 to above 3.5 all sought help at TAP during thispast school year (see Graphs 2 and 3).

Graph 2: Number of Visits to TAP at B-CC, by Class Yearand by Grade Point Average, 2012-2013

Having academic support throughout the school year is amajor contributor to high academic achievement at B-CC.For students to be willing to stretch themselves and try moreadvanced courses, they need assurance that they can receivehelp when the need arises. TAP at B-CC provided that help.While 171, or 18%, of the visits to TAP at B-CC this pastschool year were made by students with GPAs below 2.5,641, or fully two-thirds, of the visits were by students whoseGPAs were above 3.0.

TAP at Coffield, on the other hand, served a much smallerbut needier group of students. It offered the structure andsmall group support the students needed to get their workdone. Out of the 22 students who had reported their dataat their visits to TAP at Coffield last year, 9 had GPAsbelow 2.0, and only 4 had GPAs above a 3.0. One student,after getting help at TAP, passed the Geometry final and wasable to graduate. Another student has improved so much inmath that she went from Geometry to Algebra 2 this year.One attendee went from a 0.0 GPA last year to one A, oneC, and 2 Ds this year, and another’s grades improved fromCs and Ds last year to Bs and Cs this year.

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CollegeTracks improves college access and success for students mostat risk of not going to college – low income, first-generation-to-college,immigrant, and minority youth. Many of these students have no familymembers who could help them with the complexity and cost of gettingadmitted and finding enough financial aid to attend. CollegeTracks staffhelp students with exploring their interests and career options, identifyingcolleges that fit their abilities and goals, searching and applying for finan-cial aid, and registering for and taking the required standardized tests.

The B-CC HS Educational Foundation has funded CollegeTracks eachyear since its inception, from a modest $1,500 start-up grant in 2002 toan annual $50,000 contribution since 2008 when it was added to theFoundation’s signature programs. From an all-volunteer program,CollegeTracks has matured to one with two full-time staff members at B-CC and a large cohort of volunteers.

At B-CC, students can access the CollegeTracks staff and volunteerseach day during lunch or Tuesdays after school. CollegeTracks staff andvolunteers are also available to work with students on Wednesday eve-nings at Coffield Community Center in Rosemary Hills. Parents partici-pate in the discussions with their seniors and work with staff to completefinancial aid applications such as the FAFSA (Free Application for Fed-eral Student Aid) which is required to get federal, state, and most institu-tional aid.

In the 2012-2013 school year, CollegeTracks served 243 B-CC stu-dents – 147 seniors (34% of the senior class), 80 juniors (21% of thejunior class), and 16 sophomores. Among these students, 67% were first-generation college-bound, 51% were from low-income families, and 37%were or had been in ESOL. All of the 2013 CollegeTracks seniors wereaccepted into at least one of 200 colleges, 72% were accepted to at leastone four-year college, and 96% of those who were eligible submitted aFAFSA. Together they were offered more than $8.2 million in grants andloans for post-secondary programs (see table on the right).

In addition to helping students get into colleges, CollegeTracks’ CollegeSuccess Program, piloted in the spring of 2010, offers a wide range ofguidance services to support CollegeTracks alums in theircollege experience and to help them succeed in getting thedegrees they seek. CollegeTracks hosts workshops that teachcritical success skills (for example, time management, finan-cial aid/budgeting, and note-taking/study skills) and helpstudents create a four-year plan to reach their graduationgoals. College Success staff links students with campus sup-ports, checks in on them twice a semester, monitors theiracademic performance, tracks their progress against theirfour-year plans, and connects them to help if needed.

CollegeTracks at B-CC

B-CC CollegeTracks students celebrate withCollegeTracks Program Director Jenni Adams

and Assistant Director Patty Olszewski

B-CC CollegeTracks 2012-13

Number of Students Served:Total 243Seniors 147

(34% of senior class)Juniors 80

(21% of junior class)Sophomores 16

Demographics:African-American 41%Hispanic 24%Asian 7%Multi-Racial 11%White 13%Countries of origin 61First-generation-to-college 67%From low-income families 51%Ever in ESOL 37%Not native English speakers 66%

Outcomes for the 147 Seniors:Admitted to at least one of 200 colleges 100%Admitted to at least one 4-year college 72%Submitted the FAFSA, if eligible 96%Financial Aid offered $8.2MNo. of Colleges attending 61

CollegeTracks 2013 HighlightIn 2013, B-CC CollegeTracks students received awards from three

of the most prestigious scholarship programs: the POSSEFoundation, Questbridge, and Gates Millennium.

B-CC CollegeTracks students had won these awards in previousyears but this was the first time they won all three in one year.

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B-CC’s International Baccalaureate diplomaprogram, the first open-access IB program inMontgomery County Public Schools, has servedover 3,300 diploma and certificate students sinceit started at B-CC in 1996. Students do not haveto test in, or meet any entrance requirements tobe enrolled in the program. They also can chooseto be either a full diploma candidate and takethe full complement of required courses, or acertificate candidate and take only the IB coursesthat they are interested in. Students make theirselection in the spring of their sophomore year.

The first IB class to graduate from B-CC, theClass of 1999, had 23 diploma students. Thispast year, the Class of 2013 had 66 diplomastudents and 250 certificate students; 60 of the66 diploma students successfully passed the di-ploma, an impressive 91% pass rate. Demandfor the program continues to increase. For thecurrent 2013-14 school year, there are 55 di-ploma candidates and 220 certificate candidatesin the senior class, and 95 diploma students and230 certificate students in the junior class.

Since helping to bring the IB program to B-CC in 1996, the Foundation has provided grantstotalling almost $49,000 in support of the pro-gram. In FY2013, it funded, for the third yearin a row, the annual subscription of a softwarepackage called ManageBAC that helps diplomastudents log their CAS (Creativity, Action, andService) hours and track their CAS work in thediploma program. The software also helpsstreamline the IB exam registration process forthe CAS coordinator and the diploma coordi-nator.

In FY2013, the Foundation also continued topay for the annual subscription to a researchdatabase calledQuestia, a web-based databaseof periodicalsand texts thathelps diplomastudents with re-search for theirExtended Essay,and helps stu-dents in IB An-thropology, His-tory, and Psy-chology classes.This past year,

The B-CC HSEducationalFoundationhelped bringthe prestigiousInternationalBaccalaureateProgram to B-CC in 1996and continuesto providegrants to theprogram everyyear.

“....That kindof supportmakes all ourlives easier. itmeans a lot tothe students tohave supportnot just fromtheir parentsbut from thecommunity, aswell.” – Ms.Groeneman, IBDiplomaProgram Direc-t o r

The IB DiplomaProgram stu-dents heldbake sales andpenny tossesfor the Founda-tion inFY2013.

B-CC’s IB Diploma Program

the Foundation also funded the purchase of IBreview books for students in financial need.

Ever since its first professional developmentgrant to the IB program in 1998, the B-CC HighSchool Educational Foundation has been help-ing the diploma program teachers get the skillsthey need. In FY 2013, the Foundation awardeda grant to B-CC’s Chinese teacher, Pu-Mei Leng,to attend a “teacher training and student sum-mer camp” workshop where she gained famil-iarity and practiced teaching with different lev-els of TPRS (Teaching Proficiency throughReading and Storytelling) teaching technique.

“This workshop is one of its kind. The lead instruc-tor is the only TPRS expert who also knows the Chi-nese language......This is the best workshop I have beento. I have learned many practical skills and reassuredmy confidence in this teaching method. By the time I amwriting this report, I have already applied a few skills inmy first week’s teaching. I had amazing results for thebeginners.” – Ms. Pu-Mei Leng


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B-CC’s Ninth Annual Writing ContestB-CC’s first annual Writing Contest was held in the fall of 2004, sparked by the

Foundation-supported Poet in Residence program in place at B-CC at that time.Now in its ninth year, the Writing Contest continues to receive support from theFoundation to recognize and encourage the many talented writers at B-CC. Studentsin grades 9-12 submit original short stories, po-ems, personal essays, and one-act plays to be judgedby the staff at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda.

There were 52 entries this school year – seven-teen in each of the personal essay, short story, andpoetry categories, and one in the drama category.Faculty members and students from the Chips (B-CC’s literary magazine) staff picked the finalistswhich were then sent on to be judged by the Writer’sCenter staff.

B-CC’s 9th Annual WritingContest winners and finalistsread from their works at theaward ceremony at theWriter’s Center in May 2013.

Both the Minority Scholars Program and the Girls’ YouthLeadership Group target minority students for greater sup-port. The Minority Scholars Program is an enrichment pro-gram aimed at improving the overall achievement of Afri-can-American and Latino students at B-CC. The Girls’ YouthLeadership Group is a support group for 9th to 11th gradeAfrican-American and Hispanic girls from the lower SES

Minority Scholars Program and Girls’ Youth Leadership Groupneighborhoods in the B-CC community. One Foundation grantfunds two college tours, one in the fall and one in the spring,for students in the Minority Scholars Program; and anothergrant supports weekly lunch meetings, field trips to visit col-leges, and attendance at the Youth Leadership Summit in thespring of 2014 for members of the Girl’s Youth LeadershipGroup.

This past summer, Foundation funds enabled 24 studentsfrom B-CC High School and Westland Middle School toattend a new workshop aimed to help students become morecritical readers and stronger writers. Using opinion writingand analyses, the two-week workshop helped these studentsdevelop their non-fiction reading, writing, and analytical skills– skills that are increasingly emphasized in the MCPS En-glish curriculum and the Common Core State Standards thatMaryland and 44 other states have adopted.

The students worked with two teachers from the EnglishDepartment, David Lopilato and Catherine Logan, 9am-12noon every weekday morning for two weeks. They spenthalf of the morning discussing media literacy and currentevents, covering topics as varied as the media’s treatment of“milennials”, the future of print media, and the Rolling Stone’schoice of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its July cover.

For the second half of the morning, the students weresplit into two groups–a middle and a high school group. Onegroup worked with Mr. Lopilato, learning what made a strongfeature story and writing a profile-based feature story. Theother group worked with Ms. Logan on how to write strong

Foundation Grants Support Department Initiatives at B-CCIn the 2012-2013 school year, the B-CC High School Educational Foundation awarded grants totalling $27,053 to support

departmental needs and various initiatives undertaken by the staff at B-CC. The following are some examples (see p. 3 fora complete list of grants):

opinion pieces. The theme that united both sections was themedia’s coverage of teenagers and the impact of that cover-age. The two groups swapped sections in the second week.

A number of the workshop participants’ writings were fea-tured in the back-to-school edition of The Tattler this fall, atestimony to their accomplishments this summer. More writ-ings from the workshop are scheduled to appear in futureeditions throughout the school year.

Feedback from program participants was very positive:“Thank you for making this summer’s BCC journalism class pos-

sible. It was a great experience and I made new friends and improvedand gained new writing and journalistic skills. The course was a ton offun and I loved my peers and teachers.” – an incoming 10th grader.

“We want to thank the Foundation for sponsoring the summer jour-nalism workshop led by Mr. Lopalito and Ms. Logan. Our son clearlymade progress in his understanding of how to analyze journalism,research a topic and form his own opinion. He has advanced his criticalthinking skills. As an incoming freshman to B-CC, these skills will bevery helpful as he matures and takes on high school and college-levelwork. Thank you to the teachers for their dedication! Keep up the greatwork!” – parents of a 9th grader.

The Summer Edition: a Summer Workshop on Media Literacy and Journalistic-Style Writing

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The English High School Assessment (HSA) Lunch Bunchprogram started in the fall of 2012 as an informal programto help 11th and 12th graders who had not yet passed theEnglish HSA test, one of several HSA tests that studentsmust pass to graduate. Teachers often paid for the lunchesout of their own pockets. A Foundation grant enabled thestaff to expand the program in the spring semester to includeat-risk 10th and 11th graders who had not taken the test,and 11th and 12th graders who had taken and failed the test.

Using various test scores and teacher recommendations,the staff screened the entire sophomore class and identifiedapproximately 100 Lunch Bunch “candidates” as at risk offailing the English HSA test. The staff assembled a “dos-sier” on each Lunch Bunch student that included their re-cent standardized reading test scores and English and read-

The Foundation awarded a grant to the B-CC HS admin-istration to fund a new mentoring program for experiencedteachers to support new teachers at B-CC in the 2013-2014school year. New MCPS teachers traditionally have receivedsupport from Consulting Teachers, Staff DevelopmentTeachers, and Mentors funded by MCPS. Unfortunately inthe past few years, all these positions have been cut, substan-tially reducing the level of support new teachers receive.

English High School Assessment (HSA) Lunch Bunch Programing grades. Three 10th grade Lunch Bunch sessions wereheld every week.

For the juniors and seniors who did not pass the January2013 English HSA, the staff held weekly sessions to helpthem prepare for retaking the test, using materials culledfrom workbooks, online test-prep resources, recent HSA tests,and B-CC teachers’ own original materials. They also workedwith the students to improve their inferential-reading, gram-mar, writing skills, and test-taking strategies. In response tothe students’ unanimous report that maintaining focus andcomprehension while reading longer passages gave them themost problems, teachers developed new Promethean Boardlessons focusing on reading and vocabulary. Almost 90% ofthose students who attended the Lunch Bunch program regu-larly last spring semester passed the May 2013 English HSA.

Mentoring Program for New Teachers at B-CCThe B-CC program will be modeled on the existing MCPS

program, with priority given to mentors who have taken theMCPS Mentoring Course. Mentors are expected to meetwith their mentees weekly and offer help in areas such aslesson plans, visits to other teachers’ classrooms, confiden-tial peer visit/observation, and strategies for improving class-room management. Five new teachers are expected to joinB-CC in the 2013-14 school year.

This past summer, the Foundation gave a $8,900 technol-ogy grant to B-CC High School to upgrade its 9-year oldLanguage Lab. The Language Lab was installed at B-CC in2004 when the Foundation, in response to an identified edu-cational need from school administrators and faculty, launcheda capital campaign and raised $75,000 for a highly interac-tive, state-of-the-art language lab, the first of its kind in Mont-gomery County. Teachers and students in the foreign lan-guages, IB, and ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Lan-guages) departments went from relying on old-fashioned taperecorders to working with 32 student work stations, eachequipped with a flat-screen monitor and headset, under thedirection of a teacher-controlled central computer.

The high-tech Language Lab has vastly enhanced languageinstruction at B-CC. B-CC offers six for-eign languages—Arabic, Chinese,French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish.Over 80% of B-CC students study atleast one foreign language and about100 ESOL students are enrolled in En-glish classes. Before getting the Lab, B-CC students had little time to speak orbe coached by their teachers for morethan a few minutes during each classperiod. With the Lab, students can prac-tice oral drills with self-recording and

Langauge Lab Upgradesvoice playback. Teachers can send questions to each stu-dent, assign conversation partners, listen in on their students’conversations, and make individual corrections as needed.One-on-one differentiated intruction is now possible, and test-ing oral comprehension can be done much more effectivelyand efficiently than with the old tape recorders.

Unfortunately after nine years, the Lab’s equipment andcentral operating system were in need of upgrades. The tech-nology had grown less and less reliable. It was frustrating forthe teachers to lose instructional time while trying to get theLab back up and running properly when it failed. This pastspring, B-CC obtained $5,000 in equipment funds fromMCPS, and the Foundation gave B-CC a $8,900 grant tocover the balance of the cost of the upgrades.

In June, the upgraded computer hard-ware was installed, along with 32 newmicrophone/earphones. The Lab alsoreceived three additional new studentuser panels to use in case a panel fails.“We look forward to being able to have theLanguage Lab for use for our students andteachers for many years to come. The Founda-tion’s financial assistance promises to be a greatinvestment and is much appreciated.” – LuisCarias, B-CC Business Administrator.

Students get their instruction at workstations in B-CC’s Language Lab


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Quality teachers are the lifeblood of every school. Everyyear, the B-CC HS Educational Foundation provides grantsfor teachers to attend courses, workshops, and conferencesto help them keep abreast of the latest knowledge in theirfields and gain new skills. One such grant was used by fourB-CC teachers (Daniel Gallagher, Social Studies; JonathanBrammer, English; Mandy Ewing, Science; and ChadYoung, Mathematics) to complete the week-long wildernessportion of the year-long North Carolina Outward BoundEducators Initiative.

The initiative is designed to help teachers develop class-room practices based on the philosophies of experientialeducation – instead of focusing on the transmission of knowl-edge, the teacher’s role is that of a facilitator, offering stu-dents appropriate challenging experiences and facilitating theircritical reflection on these experiences to help their learningand growth.

The teachers’ wilderness experience taught them how im-portant teamwork and communtity are. Immersion in a col-laborative environment taught them that “the growth of eachindividual was enhanced by the whole’s ability to work well with eachother,” said Mr. Gallagher. The teachers started integratingcommunity building, experiential learning, and teamwork intheir teaching this fall. Mr. Gallagher described how the ex-perience led his AP NSL team to change the way they teachthe Declaration of Independence, Federalist Papers Num-ber 10 and 51:

“Instead of the teacher leading a class seminar of 30 students, theclass was broken into smaller groups of about 10 students. The stu-dents led their own discussions of the historic documents. They weregiven rotating roles such as discussion leader, participation monitor,recorder, and rule enforcer. Because the students were able to lead andmonitor their own small group discussions, they could participate moreand engage in more discourse than they would have been able to in onelarge class discussion.”

Deb Newman, special education teacher, attended a na-tional conference, “Students Who Are Wired Differently”,this past June on a Foundation grant. Keynote speakers spokeabout the need for all kinds of minds in the world, the chal-lenges of students who are “wired differently”, how talentsoften surface when problems are prevented and strengthsnurtured, and what educators can do to foster learning forall. Breakout sessions provided ideas for working with a va-riety of students, particularly those with autism and behav-ioral disorders. Ms. Newman reported that the conferencegave her “an opportunity to collect strategies and ideas from interna-tionally known speakers and fellow professionals on ways to enhanceworking with different types of students,” and she looked forwardto trying out some new techniques and sharing what shelearned with her colleagues.

Professional Development Funds Foundation Helps B-CC Be Both“Exclusive and Inclusive”

B-CC was one of five U.S.schools featured in a coverarticle in the August issue ofthe National EducationAssociation’s magazine NEAToday. Titled “What’s HerNumber?”, the article examinesthe relationship between loca-tion (zip code) and the qualityof public school education.

It points to the fact thateven though Montgomery County is among the nation’swealthiest counties and “20814” represents an “exclusive”zip code, B-CC students come from diverse economic back-grounds, with 19% qualified for free or reduced price meals,either currently or at some point in time while at B-CC. Yet,remarkably 96% of B-CC graduates from all income levelsgo on to 2- or 4-year colleges. Colleen Desmond, B-CC’s re-source counselor, attributes B-CC students’ high achievementto the “culture of expectation” at B-CC where all the stu-dents “are expected to take rigorous classes with the supportthey need.”

The article highlights the role the B-CC HS Education Foun-dation plays in providing that support for students of all in-come levels to succeed, thereby helping B-CC be “inclusive”in an “exclusive” neighborhood. The Foundation’s signatureprograms, TAP, Summer Academy, and CollegeTracks, helpto ensure that “extra support isn’t the sole province of wealthykids whose parents can pay for private tutors,” says the article’sauthor. The article is available at http://neatoday.org/2013/08/22/whats-her-number-what-zip-codes-tell-us-about-public-school-quality/

SAVE THE DATE

On March 13, 2014, the B-CC HS Educational Founda-tion will hold its 8th annual community fundraiser,

Wine, Chocolate, and Cheese, at the Woman’s Club ofChevy Chase. Money raised by the event funds Founda-tion-sponsored academic support programs at B-CC.

The event attracts many alums, parents of former,current, and future B-CC students, former and current

B-CC staff, as well as business and communitymembers. Please join us on March 13th for a fun

evening in support of B-CC High School.For more details, please go to

www.bccedfoundation.org or email Carole Brand [email protected].

To learn more about the Foundation’s importantwork, please go to www.bccedfoundation.org.

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“It stimulatesme as a teacherto share newknowledge withmy studentsand keeps meexcited aboutwhat I do.” –Kathy Grove, Art

At the start of the2013-2014 school year,B-CC registered 1,872 stu-dents, 37 more than lastyear. The total studentpopulation is now 40%higher than in 2002, whenthe last modernization wascompleted, and 74%higher than in 1995, theyear the Foundation began.

B-CC remains an ethnicallyand economically diverse school.As of October 10, 2013, 57% ofthe student body is white, 15%black, 17% Hispanic, 6% Asian,0.1% American Indian/Pacific Is-landers, and 5% reported two ormore races. At the start of thisschool year, 14.7% of B-CC stu-dents is in the free and reducedmeals program, up from 11%last year.

At the start of the 2013-14 school year, B-CC students come from 83 countries. B-CC has 90 ESOL (English for Speakers ofOther Languages) students, representing 26countries and speaking 17 languages.

B-CC NumbersB-CC Is Growing

B-CC Is Diverse

B-CC Is International

B-CC Challenges Its StudentsIn the 2013-14 school year : B-CC offers 27 AP/Advanced Level coursesand 24 IB classes. Over 95% of students are enrolled in Hon-ors/AP/IB/College-level courses. 81% of seniors are in at least one AP or IBcourse. The senior class has 55 IB diploma and 220IB certificate candidates; the junior class has 95diploma and 230 certificate students.In May, 2013: 868 B-CC students took 1,599 AP tests, with1,206 tests scoring 3 or higher. 356 candidates took 865 IB tests; 60 gradu-ates in the Class of 2013 earned IB diplomas.

B-CC’s 2013commence-ment speakerwas SethGoldman, Co-Founder andTEO of HonestTea, and co-founder ofBethesdaGreen. He alsoco-authored“Mission in aBottle , theHonest Guideto Doing Busi-nessDifferenty andSucceeding.”

When B-CC started the school year in the fallof 2002 at its then newly renovated campus,enrollment stood at 1341. By this fall, elevenyears later, enrollment has risen by 40% to 1872,207 students above current capacity. Accordingto the school systems’ projection, enrollment willreach 2191 by 2018, exceeding capacity by over500.

B-CC’s much-needed addition, which will addup to 32 new classrooms and a small gym, is inthe MCPS superintendent’s recommendedFY2015-2020 capital improvement program(CIP) budget for the next six years. The addi-tion, estimated to cost $30.8 million, will needto await County Council’s budget approval, ex-pected in May 2014, before its 18-month de-sign phase can start in the fall of 2014.

Construction is scheduled to begin in January2016 and be completed by August 2017. B-CCstaff and students will remain in the buildingsduring construction, although sports practicesand games will be held offsite.

B-CC Planning For Growth


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The Foundation is grateful to the Class of 1952 andthe Class of 1962 for their very generous donations

marking their reunions this past year.The Class of 1952 designated their $1,637.32donation for professional development, and the

Class of 1962 designated their $5,820 donation forthe 9th Grade Summer Academy.

Thank You, Parents of B-CC Alums!Contributions from the parents of our alumni totaled

$49,919 in FY2013, accounting for 33% of all thedonations received by the Foundation this past year!

The Foundation continued its success during 2013 in itsefforts to identify potential donors among individuals andregional companies and solicit contributions from them tosupport the academic and program needs at B-CC HighSchool. Our efforts generated gifts totaling approximately$15,000.

We were led again this year by a leadership gift from theChevy Chase Land Company. Other significant gifts werereceived from Colorlab, EagleBank, EuroMotorcars,Greenhill Capital Corporation, and Safeway.

The Chevy Chase Land Company is a pillar of ourcommunity and made a four-year pledge of $20,000 to helpfund the various academic support programs of the Foun-dation. Their third payment of $5,000 is being used againthis year for the 9th and 10th grades Summer Academies.From their headquarters location in Chevy Chase Lake, theLand Company supports many community charitable activi-ties. We remain grateful for their generous support and theirheritage of excellent real estate development projects benefit-ting our community.

Safeway, EuroMotorcars, Greenhill Capital Corpora-tion, and EagleBank all made multi-year gifts to supportthe Foundation’s programs. EagleBank is a prominent re-gional bank with its headquarters in Bethesda and is theFoundation’s official bank.

Most of the other businesses who contributed this pastyear have been consistent supporters of the Foundation andB-CC High School over the years. Often, they employ alumniand/or have employees with children attending B-CC High

Businesses Support the Foundation

Foundation’s 7th Annual Community EventThe B-CC community gathered in celebration to highlight

academic excellence and to honor B-CC High School’s fac-ulty leaders and academic program directors at theFoundation’s 7th annual Wine, Chocolate and Cheese commu-nity event on March 14 this past spring. Participants includedB-CC alums, former and current B-CC staff, parents offormer, current, and future B-CC students, as well as busi-ness and community leaders. The enthusiastic group of over200 supporters enjoyed great food, wonderful camaraderie,and terrific music by our B-CC High School’s very talentedjazz combo.

This year’s event focused on the tireless commitment ofour faculty leaders and academic program directors, and theirleadership and support in the great work the B-CC facultydo day-in and day-out with the students. Superintendent ofMontgomery County Public Schools Josh Starr inspired theattendees with his vision for education in the county.

Mark your calendar for next year’s event: Thursday,March 13, 2014 7-9 pm at the Woman’s Club of Chevy

B-CC community members at the Foundation’s7th annual Wine, Chocolate and Cheese community event.

Chase. Details will be posted on the Foundation’s website atwww.bccedfoundation.org. If you’d like to receive an invita-tion, please email [email protected].

School. Their continuing generosity has helped to supporttechnology upgrades, as well as specific Foundation programs.

These gifts received ranged from $250 to $1,500. Signifi-cant gifts were received from accounting firms (Gelman,Rosenberg & Freedman; Osterman, Pollak & Moses);financial/insurance companies (Calvert Asset Manage-ment; Wachovia Securities/Collins Investment Group);real estate companies (Gandal & Associates; Long & Fos-ter Realtors—Phyllis Wiesenfelder and Cindi Chambers;Coldwell Banker/Jane Fairweather; Kristin Gerlach); aswell as Bethesda Magazine , The Gazette, andRidgewell’s Catering.

A Big Thank You tothe Class of 1952 and the Class of 1962!

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1935 501939 1001940 1001941 501942 251943 501944 751946 2251947 251948 4501949 1001950 525

1963 8601964 1,3251965 7251966 8351967 1,1251968 4001969 1251970 4751971 2501972 1,0051973 2501974 440

FY2013 Alumni Contributions By ClassTotal Total Total Total Total

Class Contri- Class Contri- Class Contri- Class Contri- Class Contri-Year butions Year butions Year butions Year butions Year butions

1951 8441952 1,6371953 701954 1251955 1701956 8261957 2,0051958 1,0351959 1,3451960 1,1251961 1,1751962 5,820

1987 7201988 6601990 2501991 1501992 4001997 501999 1002000 1002007 102011 102013 500Total 39,103

1975 2501976 4751977 4861978 3,9751979 9401980 2901981 9001982 4201983 3001984 1001985 1,9001986 50

Thank You to Our Business Partners!Steve and Susan Hull,

Bethesda MagazineThe Jacob and Hilda Blaustein

FoundationPam Brown EventsThe Chevy Chase Land

CompanyChevy Chase SupermarketChouquette ChocolateCompton FoundationCostcoEagleBank FoundationEuroMotorcarsJane Fairweather, The Jane

Fairweather TeamFidelity Foundation Matching

Gifts to EducationTom Molinaro, Financial

CommunicationsRobyn Fox, Fox ArchitectsGaby Gandal, Gandal &

Associates, RealtorsThe GazetteGE FoundationGelman, Rosenberg & FreedmanKristin Gerlach, Kristin Gerlach

Real Estate

Giant FoodJon Budington, Global PrintingGourmet by KarenGraduate Management

Admission CouncilGreenhill Capital CorporationHonest TeaLerch, Early & Brewerla Madeleine Country French

CaféMonument Fine WinesNetwork for GoodOsterman, Pollak & Moses, LLCPEW Charitable Trusts

Matching Gifts FoundationRidgewells CateringSafewaySAIC - Frederick, Inc.Eva SantoriniNancy and Russ Suniewick/

Color LabJudy Frieder Starrels CateringTrader Joe’s BethesdaWhole Foods Market BethesdaPhyllis Wiesenfelder, Long &

Foster Real EstateWoman’s Club of Chevy Chase

Thank you to our generous donors for supporting academic excellence for all B-CC High School students!

Helping Their Alma MaterThe Foundation is grateful to all our alums who

have given so generously to help B-CC. Contribu-tions from B-CC alumni totaled $39,103 in FY2013.Several classes celebrated their reunion with a spe-cial donations to the Foundation for their almamater:Class of 1951, Class of 1952, Class of 1962,Class of 1982, and Class of 1992.

In MemoriamRuss “Rusty” Thacker, Class of 1964,

died of cancer on December 7, 2012 in NewYork. Rusty made his Broadway debut in1967 and had a long career on Broadway,starring alongside Gene Kelly, VincentPrice, Yul Brynner, Georgia Engel, SandyDuncan, Debbie Boone, Shirley Booth, andothers.

Rusty’s B-CC classmates have set up a fundin his memory with the B-CC HS EducationalFoundation, designated for B-CC’s DramaDepartment. The designated fund now to-tals $1,000. The Foundation is honored tobe part of Rusty’s remembrance.


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Donor List FY2013

Barons Scholars Circle Blue and Gold Donors ($1,000 - $4,999)

Barons Scholars Circle Donors ($500-$999)

James A. Babson*B-CC Class of 1952Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rotary

FoundationCarole and Nick Brand*Robert G. Brewer, Jr. and

Connie Lohse*Victor and Hyun ChaMarc Cohen and Deborah LevineCompton Foundation**

Randi CutlerMitchell and Heidi DuplerRalph S. & Frances R. Dweck

Family Foundation*EagleBank Foundation*EuroMotorcarsNancy FaxKathryn B. GandalMatt and Trina Gandal*Laura and Jonathan Ginns*

Barons Scholars Circle Benefactors ($5,000 and above)B-CC Class of 1962 B-CC High School PTSA

Nawaf AlhusseiniDonna Durant Atkinson*B-CC Class of 1951

Reunion FundMaithri BabsonMeg and Mike BakerRichard and Caroline BarnettXavier Becerra and Carolina ReyesRichard and Ellen BehanKen and Sheila Berman*Laura Debruce and Jeff BlackmanFrancie and Bob Brady*Judge Alfred Burka*Sonia and Rick Chessen*Richard O. CunninghamPaul and Linnea DaytonMark Denbo and

Amanda La Forge*Julie and Greg Doll*Karen and Jon DubrowSteve Feldman and Leora Henkin

Ellanor and Matthew Fink*Darryl and Leslye Fraser*Gaby Gandal, Gandal &

Associates, Realtors*Gelman, Rosenberg &

FreedmanKristin Gerlach, Kristin

Gerlach Real EstateSuzi Walsh and

Mark Goldstone*Greenhill Capital CorporationMichelle and Don Hainbach*Kevin HealySteve and Susan Hull,

Bethesda Magazine*Mohan KalelkarStephanie Loughlin and

Robert KayeSherry Lewis-Khanna and

Rohit KhannaWillis T. Lansford*

Seth Goldman and Julie Farkas*Joyce and Robert Gwadz*Clarence HahnJames and Ellen Heard*Ken and Debbie Jaffe*Linna Barnes and Chris Mixter*Jim OstermanThomas Papson and

Toby Singer*

PEW Charitable TrustsMatching Gifts Foundation**

Steve Riskin and Claudine IssacsBruce and Suzanne RosenblumCharles M. Royce*SafewayJohn and Lisa SandersNancy and Russ Suniewick

Colorlab*

Robin LevisBarbara and Philip MacNeillJohn and Christine Mansfield*Mary Lou and Bob McGeeSusan Milligan and

Philip McGuire*Melanie Folstad and

Rick McUmberMarren and Tom MeehanDeborah and Michael Missal*Craig and Sing-huen Morgan*Ed MullaneyArata Onoguchi*Marie and Chong ParkCatherine Martin and

Brent PeacockCraig and Denise Pernick*Michael J. PratherVictoria Elizabeth Lacey RahnCarol Andress and

Robert Roach*

Karen Degerberg andAndrew Sandler*

Kim Tilley and Peter ScherDian and Steve Seidel*Shirlet Brandman and

Howard ShapiroValerie and Paul SingerAndy and Eve SternSusan Kitt and

Steve Teitelbaum*Adele M. Thomas Charitable

Foundation*Carl and Susan Valenstein*Jose VillalobosPaul and Lori WhitstockPhyllis Wiesenfelder, Long &

Foster Real Estate*Kinsey Wilson and

Katie Touart

The Chevy Chase Land Company

DonorsMargaret and Frank AbbottBruce Adams and

Margaret EngelAvi and Hope AdlerBrigitte and Alexander

Akalovsky*Robert AlbertDavid AlbrightJudy AldockRobert and Kim AlexanderWilliam G. Allman*Susan Van Nostrand and

Kevin AmbroseSeth AmmermanAnonymous (2)David and Ari AntonelliLaura and Perry ApelbaumRobin B. Jacobson and

James J. ArmbrusterNadia AsaadGenie and Peter AsmuthLucie and Ken AustinB-CC Class of 1982B-CC Class of 1992Brian Baczkowski and

Alison Serino*Shirley Sagawa and Gregory BaerWhitney and Andrew Baird and

FamilyLou Balodemas and

Sue OusterhoutDavid A. and Naomi Balto*Dan and Nancy BalzSusan and Gary Bank*Judith Frederick BanksonCarole Kurtz Barber*

Henri J. BarkeyNancy Alexander and

Mark BarnardDavid and Michaela BarnesDavid BarronBonnie Luken and Ed Barron*Marna Tucker and

Lawrence BaskirMadelyn Dougherty BatesAlona BauerCarol and Bennett Beach*Paul and Sarah Beck*Martha A. Toll and

Daniel F. Becker*Elizabeth Dempsey Becker and

Johan BeckerWalter J. Behr and

Barbara Bradshaw*

Aaron BennerHarry and Nancy A. BennerRachel Ruina and Andy BennettWilliam P. Benson Jr.Matt and Stephanie Berberich*Caryn and Edward Bernstein*James Berry and Hali EdisonSue and Doug Besharov*Sherry BindemanDavid BlackistoneLawrence Blaskopf and

Sherry SegermanThe Jacob and Hilda Blaustein

Foundation**Shelley BlockJim BlueJan BlusteinRobert and Elizabeth Bonardi

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Michael A. Boorstein*Senator David L. Boren*Barbara E. BowersDonna BoxerDianne BradleyAleksandra BraginskiRoberta BrakeCarole BratleyLynne E. Bresler*Rebecca Brewer*Carol and Scott Brewer*Jerol BriggsVernon and Martijna BriggsMyron and Jennifer BrilliantBarbara BrincefieldAnn BrodyJenny and Peter BrodyE. Allen and Joanne De Nike

Brooks*Ann BrownDebbie and Jeremy BrownMargaret deBeers BrownWarwick E. Browning*Lori Lyman Bruun*Bertha E. Bryant*Carolyn BryantJoyce Burke*Wendy Kahn and Marty BurnsBoyd and Marcella BurrisAlan CalhounRobert and Rose CaponElizabeth CardenJeremy and Christine ChaseCharles ChenLiliane and Leo CherrickAllan ChrismanJoan and Anthony ChurchillKerry ClaymanMary and William CobbettBonny M. Cochran*Faye F. CohenSteven Cohn*Paula and Pablo CollinsJane Rosenquist and

Michael CondonClark Conkling*David Cooper and Amy ScottPhyllis Kass and John CorriganThomas M. Corwin*John C. CouchMary Pat CouigBridget and Michael CowieJulia CraighillTom and Patty CraverLola CrawfordJames CreminsRegina Reed and Dennis CrossonCarson W. Culp Jr. and

Anne Weinbach Culp

Susan Cutler*Pamela and Jay DahillIngrid DallaireJohn and Diane Dandois*Jeffrey and Althea DayTerrence Day and

Carolyn HammondsLesley-Alicia DelahuntyBen Delancy and Victoria TaplinKirsten Denney*Mike Derzon*Susan DevesaVernon H. Dibeler IIJean Heilprin and Jackson Diehl*Carol McDorman DietrichLaura Hambleton and

John Donnelly*Joan DonoghueCrystal DovmanWilliam DoyingHoward B. DratchLila Fendrick and

Michael DreebenAndrea DrimmerRon and Phyllis DrumKen and Barnette Druskin*Jean and Paul DudekThe DuFour FamilyJudith E. DurhamJeff Eagan and Nancy Van MeterRon and Maureen EarlyEugene EatonJohn EckertTony and Joan EdwardsBlair Eig*Martha H. Pleasure and

Marvin B. EisenJan and Jim EisnerDavid Elfin*Arthur C. Elgin Jr.Gerry and Sasha EllsburyLaura and John Elsey*Laura Croen and Mark Erlich*Ruth Robbins and Dave Evans*Kristin and Joe FacconeBernard and Deborah FaganJane Fairweather, The Jane

Fairweather TeamStacy FarrarKenneth and Carolyn

Feigenbaum*Leslie and Hannah FeinDiane and Kenneth FeinbergPam and Rich Feinstein*Scott FergusonBritt and Liz FerrillFidelity Foundation Matching

Gifts to Education**Beth Heifetz and Glenn Fine

Cheryl FisherThomas F. FisherPhil FlemingChristine Foland*Robyn and Michael FoxLeslie F. Kefauver, Robert I.

Fox, and L. Joy Fox*The Frampus Family*Antonio Franco and

Raquel GonzalezAugusto Franco-Mora and

Carmen Fernandez-PradaWilliam H. Freund*Gail B. Fribush*Kim and Brandon FriedAnn and Paul FriedmanKatie and Mark FrohardtValerie Baruch and Terry FryMary and William T. Fryer IIISylvia FubiniAnn E. Fullerton*Helen FussellKristie and Ivan GalicNancy J. GallagherJody Costilo Gan and

Michael GanLarry and Jan GandalMartin Garber Jr.*Nathan Gardner-AndrewsJames GarrityGE Foundation**Elizabeth Geiger*Jonathan Genn*Beth-Ann F. Gentile*Ellen GerechtThe Gerson Family*Kate GillisCatherine Britton GleasonBarbara and Gary GlickmanL. J. GlickmanMargaret and Delfin GoStephen L. Goddard*Nancy Liebermann and

Joe Godles*Irene Burns and

Steve Goldblatt*Aviva and Andrew GoldfarbSaul and Gail GoodmanSusan GoodmanKarla and Tom Goodridge*Jim and Dabney GooldBarry Gottfried and

Cathy AbramsonRobert GottkeJane M. Gould*Graduate Management

Admission Council**John GravesNancy Tolley Gray

Minnedore Green*Linda Greenhouse*Sally and David GriffinSid and Beth Groeneman*Amanda Vaughn and

Geoffrey GrossRichard and Carol Gross*Kathie GroveMichael and Georgia Guhin*Frank GumpertAnne and Trevor GunnDorothy Daniel GyurkoCamilla B. Haase*Jack and Susan HadlerDonald HallerLucy McLelland HandHardy HansenBeverlee Eugenie Arnds HarbinPaul D. Harding Jr.*Matthew M. HarreSusan Spock and

Caldwell HarropChester Hartman and

Amy Fine*Bridget and Lees Hartman*Reggie HaseltineJunru He and Xinhong FengFrank HeintzLisa HendersonAnn Hengerer*Daniel HerbickRicardo HernandezGarland HerndonNancy Pindus and

Henry Hertzfeld*Steven Heydemann and

Gail DavidFred Hiatt and

Margaret ShapiroPeter N. Hiebert and

Elaine I. ChanHeather HillLetitia G. Carlson and

William E. Himwich*James A. Hoage*Michael and Mary HoffmanFuzz and Liza HoganHunter HogewoodPamela Shein and Jay HollandA. M. HomesJeffrey and Patricia HookeJean G. HopkinsWilliam L. HopkinsTheodore H. Hoppock and

Diane S. KartaliaChristine and James HoranAlice Austell HovdeJanet HowellSam and Michael Hoxie


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Larry Hubert*Barbara HueterHarold Huggins,

Harold H. Huggins RealtyBrigid HughesPenny Huntington HughesC. Roxane Hill HughesThe Hwang-Halliburton FamilyGregory and Elizabeth Ingram*International Baccalaureate

StudentsBarbara Atwood JacksonMelody V. JacksonMatthew Jacobs and

Caroline CunninghamAndrea S. JacobsonAnne and Matthew Jaffe*Samantha JamesWilliam S. JanesCarrie Alice JohnsonJanet Camillo and Larry JohnsonRoy Forrest Johnson*Yeva JohnsonTeresa Degraffenreidt JoinerMartha Jones*Gerri Carr and Robert Josephs*Deb JospinJohn and Barbara JostMadeleine G. Kalb*Laura and Ted KalickArthur Karlin and Beth Brophy*Alexandra KayeRobert Kayton and

Suzanne ResnickNancy Worth and Edward KeanJames and Mary Jo Kelly*Patricia KellyNaomi and Jim KettlerKathryn and Alan KirkIona and Elliot KlaymanTheodora Klayman*Carole KleinNaomi Freeman and

Morris Klein*Barbara and Norman Knopf*Kim and Brad KnottLeah Brasch and Daniel KochDavid C. Kocher*Stephen and Isabelle KoenigJeannie Engel and Jim Kohm*Robert and Nancy Kopp*Joyce Somsak and

Donald Kosin Jr.*Robyn Lieberman and

Asher KotzScott Kragie and Barbara WoodallKaryl and A. J. Kramer*Rick KramerCandace Smith and

Paul KratchmanKathleen KrauseRobert KriegerSuzanne Brown KulikCheryl Kurss*Rebecca Blank and HannsKuttnerPaula Titus Laboy and

Felix Laboy*Elizabeth Weiss and

Etienne LamoreauxSunia Zaterman and

Aaron LandisCharles Lane and

Catarina Bannier*Richard Latty and

Carol Bee-LattyKen LavineAndy and Chris Lawrence*Keith and Robin Lawson*Rene S. LawsonJennifer LeaningEileen and Benjamin Lee*Randy Elizabeth Brenner-Leifer

and Joshua LeiferKnut and Cathleen LeipoldEdward J. Lenkin*Art Lerner and Linda Dreeben*Robert and Lois LernerAmy Cevario and

Norman LesterCarl LeubsdorfPatricia Friedman and

Blair Levin*Jennifer LevinEdward P. Levine*Michael A. Levine*Philip and Barbara LevineRonna Borenstein-Levy and

Allan Levy*Charles Levy and

Yvonne ZoomersMartha S. LinetRobert and Deborah Litt*Peter Lobban*Robert K. Loesche and

Marsha S. ShainesRandi LongDavid LopilatoJanet W. LowenthalJeffrey LubbersVal LubbersHon. David LublinLinda B. Lyons*Jeff and Dana MacherJodi and Rodd MacklinAmanda Phillips Manheim and

Bruce ManheimJulian and Robin Mansfield*

Leslie MarksLucretia and William MarmonKris Hoegh MarshJohn S. (Siebee) MarshallRoberta and Gerard MartinLillian K. Archambault MatanTali Stopak-Mathis and

Robert Mathis*Karen Safer and Peter Matteson*Catherine McCabe and

Kevin McAnaney*The Hon. John F. McAuliffe*John C. McCabe*Peter L. McCallum, Ed. DNancy Zeller and

Richard McCarron*Bill and Nancy McCloskey*Jessica McCormickJonda and Robert McFarlaneSusan G. McGuire*Margaret and Scott McIntosh*Elizabeth R. McLeod*Rusty McNish*Nikolas and Kyriake MechelisAmy Mehlman*Virginia Biggar and

Robert MenziLen and Susan MerewitzPeter and Susan Messitte*Zach Messitte*Patricia A. MilihramBruce Miller and

Louise Davidson*Joel Miller and Julia Hatch MillerMary P. MillerStuart MillerRobert H. Mills*Elliot Mincberg and

Carol Rest-MincbergShoshana Mintz-UrquhartMeredith MirkowStephanie Brown and

Cory ModlinBrian and Mary MonahanCol. Thomas H. Monroe Jr.Louise MoodyChris S. and Anne C. MoormanRussell E. and Helen L.

Morgan*Lisa Jaycox and Andrew MorralCorrie MorseyZoe Ambargis and

Michael MosleyLorena MoyerKen Muir*Andrea MullingsElizabeth Hurwit and

Mark MuroBennett and Dilys Murphy

Allen Myers*Barbara Martin Naef*Maureen McRaith and

Kiyoshi NakasakaChristopher NardiJohn and Stephanie NelsonDebbie NewmanMartha Newman*Andrew NieblerRobert NurickRita Ballesteros and

Chris OckenhouseCarolyn Sappenfield and

Greg OlavarriaBeale H. Ong*Therese I. Salus and

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