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A Matter of Dress: 1965-1970Founding NEMO

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FALL 2004

FEATURES

Celebrating 40 Years 10Chuck Sanborn

Learning By Doing 16Annie Branch

Founding NEMO 24Cam Brensinger ’94

Oh, the Places You’ll Go... 33Stephanie Solms McCusker ’84

DEPARTMENTS

Message from the Head 2Around Campus 4Cougar Athletics 12Summerbridge Spotlight 14Update on Alumni 18Life After Derryfield 24Alumni Profile 33

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Dianne ConnollyChairWindham, NH

Arthur CovielloVice ChairHollis, NH

Steven BurkeTreasurer, Corporate SecretaryBedford, NH

Pamela VanArsdaleSecretaryBedford, NH

Randy RichardsonHead of SchoolConcord, NH

John Allard ’83Manchester, NH

Bradley Benson ’78Derry, NH

James CahillConcord, NH

Jim DavisNew Boston, NH

William Davis IIHopkinton, NH

Nigel DonovanBedford, NH

Dr. Louis FinkBedford, NH

Terry FlahiveBedford, NH

Joseph HortonManchester, NH

Maria Holland Law ’75Bedford, NH

Paul LeBlancManchester, NH

Donna K. LenckiCandia, NH

David LockwoodManchester, NH

Lourdes MaldonadoManchester, NH

Eric NickersonWindham, NH

Jeffrey PollockBedford, NH

Gay Shanahan ’76Duxbury, MA

DERRYFIELD TODAY

Annie BranchEditor

O’Neil Griffin BodiDesign

Puritan PressPrinting

CONTRIBUTORS

Cam Brensinger ’94

Terri MoyerFaculty

Brent PowellChair, History Department

Randy RichardsonHead of School

Kathleen Rutty-Fey ’87Director of Admission

Chuck SanbornRetired Faculty

ADVANCEMENT

Annie Branch Director of Communications

Gail GordonAdvancement Assistant

Alice Handwerk Director of Advancement

Tracey PerkinsDirector of Alumni Relations

Jen PierceDirector of Annual Fund

FRONT COVER: Lab partners examine a sample in aPhysiology experiment.

INSIDE FRONT COVER: Sarah Elfenbein ’06 and ConnorGarstka ’06 in a scene from Soap Opera.

BACKGROUND: The girls’ varsity first boat carries theirshell to the water for New Hampshire Championships.

TOP: Seniors play cribbage with a Veteran on Make aDifference Day.

A s we at Derryfield look at new trends and move‑ments in the wider world of education, we do so notonly with an open mind, but also with a healthy

dose of skepticism. We understand that the keys to our educational success, by philosophy and design, have notchanged much over the School’s forty years.

Most importantly, we combine bright, motivated studentswith intelligent, enthusiastic teachers. We then provide asafe, comfortable environment and a cultural emphasis onkindness, respect, integrity, and high academic standards.Our students and faculty take advantage of these opportuni‑ties to create the connections and intellectual relationshipsthat are the dynamic forces driving a Derryfield education.

However, we also recognize that there is more to educa‑tion than great people and positive relationships. As aschool and a faculty, we are committed to dynamic profes‑sional development. We know that we can always learnmore about the craft of teaching because creating a positiveeducational experience for all of our students is complicatedand challenging.

In addition to the work we do every day as teachers,coaches, and advisors, we have exclusively dedicated anumber of full days every year to thinking and learningabout our craft at Derryfield. Our overall goal is to workeven more effectively, as individuals and as a team, on

behalf of our students. We are also striving to be sure thatwe take time to reflect and to look beyond the walls of ourclassroom and the School. Highlights of the last few yearsinclude sharing teaching ideas through mock classes andopen conversations, working with psychologist MichaelThompson to better understand child development and theimplications for parenting and teaching, and improving ouruse of technology as an educational tool.

One of the great benefits of these professional develop‑ment days is that we are modeling the type of learning wewant to see from our students. We are not only reading,thinking, and talking about important ideas, but also creat‑ing experiential learning opportunities. In the process,Derryfield teachers have taught new classes, worked withnew computer programs, created new curricula, and putthemselves in the role of their students. We have done so notonly on these professional development days, but alsothrough workshops, classes, and presentations throughoutthe school year and the summer.

The process of learning through these experiences hasalso reinforced the value of providing more and better expe‑riential learning opportunities for our students, includinglabs, group work, debates, field trips, community service,and leadership opportunities. We have developed an evengreater understanding of the fact that Derryfield’s expecta‑tions for effort, creativity, and excellence apply equally toevery member of our community.

headMessage from the

2 Derryfield Today – Fall 2004

“Derryfield’s expectations for effort, creativity,

and excellence apply equally to every member of

our community.”

Randy RichardsonHead of School

Teaching Teachers

JANUARY

Admission Open House 20

Summerbridge Saturday 29

FEBRUARY

Winter Carnival 1-4

Jazz All-State Music Festival 3-5

Middle School Dance 11

40th Anniversary Forum Series 17


MARCH

All-Eastern Music Festival 3-5

Senior Blood Drive 8

Upper School Musical 10-12

Sophomore Spaghetti Dinner 11

Lyceum Gallery Reception 11

APRIL

Admission US Ice Cream Social 5

Senior Dinner 6

Admission MS Ice Cream Social 7

Classical All-State Music Festival 7-9

Parents’ Association Auction 9

Founders’ Day 15

Middle School Dance 22


W E B E L I E V E !

auctionParents’

The Parents’ Association is busy plan‑ning the upcoming auction, ‘Take MeOut to the Ball Game,’ for April 9th atC.R. Sparks in Bedford. ‘We Believe’was the motto for Red Sox Nation, anddon’t ‘we believe’ in Derryfield?

J A N U A R Y – A P R I L

calendareventsVIEWS OF DERRYFIELDFor more photos, visit our online gallery in the ‘What’s Happening’ section of www.derryfield.org.


Clockwise from top right: Glen Frieden ’06 during a cross-country race. n A youngster gets her face painted at

Country Fair. n Connor Garstka ’06 and Rebekah Volinsky ’08 in Do Not Feed the Animal. n Allen Khayat ’10

displays his cowboy costume with pride on Halloween. n Andrew Todd ’05 and Tim Allen ’05 visit with a Veteran

on Make a Difference Day. n Chris Pellegrini ’05 in class with grandparents.

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STORIES

Adding Up

Leadership Donor Party

Bits and Pieces

A Journal from China

Community Service UpdateGrandparents’ Grant

Make a Difference Day

Presidential Debate

10,000 Days

A Busy WeekendGrandparents’ Day

Reunion

Country Fair

FIGURE THIS...n 31 seniors applied Early Decision/Early

Action to college this fall.n 24 volunteers contribute 616 hours of

invaluable assistance in the library each

year.n The English department represents 132

years of teaching experience at Derry-

field, followed closely by 128 years in

the math department.n In the 8 years that the Maroon and White

teams have been competing during

Winter Carnival, the White team has won

7 of the contests.

Adding Up The Derryfield math team has had a suc‑cessful start to the 2004‑2005 season. SeanKehoe ’06, David Batchelder ’05, BrettMcLarnon ’05, and Linda Paiste ’05 partici‑pated in the first match, the 17th AnnualWPI Invitational Contest, in whichBatchelder placed joint first individuallyand the team placed third overall. Thesemembers competed with 85 other NewEngland Schools. It is the fourth year in arow that Derryfield has placed in the top 10.

The entire team has since competed intwo of the five competitions within theNH‑SMASH league. Derryfield placed firstboth in the small school division and over‑all at a meet in October at Keene HighSchool. They also placed first in the smallschool division at a competition at SalemHigh School in November. The math team,coached by parent Heather Evans, hasthree more competitions in their leaguebefore the end of the season.

Leadership Donor PartyOn the evening of Thursday, October 28th,several members of the Derryfield commu‑nity gathered at the home of parents John’83 and Karen Allard to celebrate thebeginning of the 2004‑2005 Annual Fundyear. Having surpassed last year’s goal of$300,000 by $37,944, this year’s AnnualFund aims to raise $365,000 to help fill thegap between tuition and the cost of aDerryfield education.

Randy Richardson announced that theBoard of Trustees had followed the exam‑ple set by the Faculty in September, andachieved 100% participation in the AnnualFund. Dianne Connolly, Chair of the Boardof Trustees, then spoke about the impor‑tance of giving to the School so that theyounger generation could take advantageof all that a Derryfield education has tooffer. The evening was a fitting way to kickoff the new year and honor the generosityof those present.

Around

Randy Richardson addresses guests as John Allard ’83and Board Chair Dianne Connolly look on.

Members of the math team at the 17th Annual WPIInvitational Contest.

Bits and Pieces For the first time, the performing artsdepartment has split its two studentproductions between the fall and win‑ter term. The play is now in the falland the musical remains during winterterm. The hope is that a greater num‑ber of students will be able to partic‑pate by giving them the choice of sea‑sons.

The Derryfield Players started offthe new schedule with a humorousand intriguing collection of short plays,entitled Bits and Pieces. A small but tal‑ented cast of seven new and returningperformers produced and performedin seven short plays that ranged inlength from five to 35 minutes.

The evening started off with Sorry,featuring Stephanie Kruskol ’05 as ayoung actress who has just accidentallyshot a secret admirer. In Vanities,Victoria Starr ’05, Rebekah Volinsky’08, and Sarah Barlow ’08 gave theaudience a glimpse into the life of agroup of high school cheerleaders asthey encounter a memorable momentin history. Connor Garstka ’06 led acast of five in the centerpiece of theevening, Soap Opera. Garstka was

cast as a desperate Maypole repairmanin love with his washing machine,played by Sarah Elfenbein ’06. CooperCunliffe ’05 portrayed several eccentriccharacters throughout the play, as therepairman struggles with his obses‑sion. No Skronking left the audiencewondering, like Kruskol’s character,who tries with all her energy to figureout what skronking is. Captive Audienceoffered an intriguing look into the lifeof a couple who has been kidnappedby their television. Volinsky carried ona captivating conversation with awordless Garstka in Do Not Feed theAnimal. The evening ended with themost intense of the plays: Graceland,featuring Starr and Kruskol as twoElvis fans waiting in line to be the firstadmitted into Graceland. The twowomen share intimate moments oftheir lives with each other as they fightto be the first one into the mansion.

Members ofthis small

cast,

led by Director Nancy Brennan, por‑trayed a wide range of characters withskill and flexibility. Bits and Pieces hasset a high standard for futureDerryfield performances, includingthis winter’s musical, Beauty and theBeast.


Cooper Cunliffe ’05 portraying one of his eccen-tric characters in Soap Opera.

Rebekah Volinsky ’08 and Sarah Barlow ’08react to the death of the president in Vanities.

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Stephanie Kruskol ’05 and Victoria Starr ’05 in a scene from Graceland.

A Journal from China Seniors Ashley Travis, Wright Smith,and Chris Kiley traveled to China withDerryfield faculty members TerriMoyer and Jason Smith. The followingare excerpts from their group journal. June 19th-20thWe arrived in a small village where webegan our hike to the Great Wall. Atour guard tower ‘hostel’ we feasted onfennel dumplings brought from a near‑by village, then tried to sleep on ourluxurious beds of padded blankets ona stone floor. We didn’t sleep well, buthow many people can say theycamped on the Great Wall?

At sunrise a thick blanket of fogrolled in. Morning on the Great Wallwas so peaceful – there were no voices,no cars, no construction workers, nois‑es we knew all too well after the previ‑ous nights in Beijing. The pure serenityand beauty of those moments upon thewall will simply be unforgettable. At7:30 a.m. we began our trek, and for thenext five hours we climbed and con‑quered part of the wall. Everyguard tower brought new

and exciting views.

June 23rdA water wheel and cobbled streetsmarked the entrance to Old TownLijiang. Lots of people and activity!After settling into our quaint court‑yard, we went down to the street forlunch. The old town feels like one hugepedestrian mall and outdoor café filledwith umbrella‑wielding Chinesetourists. Some even asked for photoswith us. Much of this town wasdestroyed during the 1996 earthquake.Now rebuilt, it is a UNESCO WorldHeritage site and destination forChinese tourists. As the standard ofliving rises, so does the push to pre‑serve these historic places and theminority cultures that define them. June 24thOur second day in Lijiang, we visitedthe local teachers’ college. At the gatewe were greeted by teacher Yang andher students. We gathered on the lawnfor introductions, then headed off inpairs to talk as we walked to the artsbuilding. We came upon two studentspracticing a traditional folk dance andstopped to watch. Our hosts thenbrought us to their music classroom,where we broke the ice with song, ashared passion between the Chineseand American students. Before we leftwe gave them Winter Carnival t‑shirts.

June 29thThe ride to Zhongdian

wound and bumpedalong the moun‑tain road throughgreen fields and

full‑sized treeswe had yet

to see. The bus rose up to the Tibetanplateau with its different style houses,large fields, high mountain clouds, andthin air. At an altitude of 10,000 ft., afew of us had altitude headaches dur‑ing dinner. The ambience at our hostelwas peaceful as we sat by the firearound a large Tibetan‑style table. Weeven tried yak, and ate by candlelightwhen the power went out.July 2ndOver dinner we got into a lively dis‑cussion of environmental problems, inboth China and the U.S. As China’sstandard of living improves and morepeople buy cars, what will be theimpact on the already polluted city air?Can the Chinese government imposeenvironmental standards to help con‑trol the number of cars on the roads?Should the U.S. step into China’sdebate on environmental issues with a‘do as I say, not as I do’ attitude? Whatof our own habits and auto use? Theconversation left us all with a numberof issues to think about as we return toour comfortable and convenient lives.We realized that there are global issuesthat will continue to challenge us all;the U.S. and China will be major play‑ers and can be leaders in this ongoingdiscussion.


Ashley hitches a precarious ride with Chris.

The Derryfield group gathers for dinner.

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Members of the Derryfield trip wave from the Great Wall of China.

Community Service UpdateThis fall has been full of communityservice opportunities and events avail‑able to Derryfield students. There havefrequently been times in which ouractive volunteers participated in sever‑al events in one weekend. Two of thehighlights of the season are describedbelow.

Grandparents’ GrantDuring his 2002 State of the Unionaddress, President George W. Bushcalled upon every American to getinvolved in community service, askingeach of us to commit at least two yearsof our lives to the service of others.

This fall term, as part of their Civicscurriculum, members of the seventhgrade participated in a project with theRetired and Senior Volunteer Program(RSVP). RSVP is working in coopera‑tion with the American Red Cross topresent ‘Preparing for the Unexpected’to senior citizens. The goal is to teachthem how to empower themselves incase of natural or man‑made disaster.

Last year more than 450 seniors par‑ticipated in the program. This year theprogram has received a Grandparents’

Grant from Wal‑Mart, to be used toassemble disaster kits to use as doorprizes at the presentations, attractingmore participants to the programs.

On September 14th, studentslearned more about the project andbegan to work on purchasing for thekits and handing them out at presenta‑tions for Manchester residents. Theproject was an opportunity for stu‑dents to learn important civics lessonson helping others in the Manchestercommunity and to be a ‘grandchild’ forvulnerable senior citizens.

Make a Difference DayDerryfield juniors and seniors spentthe morning of October 20th participat‑ing in the 2004 Make a Difference Day.For the third year in a row, studentstook time from their academic day togo out into the community to do workfor others, fulfilling a long‑standingvision that Jennifer Melkonian has hadfor the School. Community servicecoordinator Kathy Hill noted that stu‑dents seemed especially energized tovolunteer having attended the 40thAnniversary Forum on Schools inCommunity given by speaker LewisFeldstein the previous week.

Juniors were split between threeprojects around the greater Manchestercommunity. A group led by physicsteacher Jeff Cousineau worked on anoutdoor clean‑up project at the MentalHealth Center at 401 Cypress Street.Other juniors visited patients at theEaster Seals Alzheimer’s Day CareCenter with community service coordi‑nator Kathy Hill. Students took part in

the patients’ daily exercise routine, andplayed games with them afterwards. Afinal group travelled to the UpreachTherapeutic Riding Center, where theyhelped to clean up the facility wheredisabled children learn to ride horses.

Math teacher Ed Lemire took agroup of seniors to the Veterans’ hospi‑tal, where they visited and carvedpumpkins with the patients, while oth‑ers worked on a landscaping project.The remaining seniors worked out‑doors at the Massabesic AudubonCenter. Members of the NationalHonor Society and their advisor,Dennis Holland, spent the morningvolunteering at the New HampshireFood Bank.

The Class of 2004 was honored byCareGivers, Inc. last year for their com‑mitment to creating this service day,which began as a one‑time project forthe class their junior year. Make aDifference Day has grown and contin‑ued to be a great success, giving thosestudents who are not involved in KeyClub an opportunity to participate incommunity service.


Lauren Cross ’10 accepts a check from Wal-Martfor the RSVP project.

Juniors join patients in exercise at the AlzheimerDay Care Center during Make a Difference Day.

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Presidential Debate Derryfield students had two opportu‑nities to learn more about the views ofthe U.S. Presidential candidates in themonth leading up to the election, righton campus. The History Departmenthosted mock presidential debates onOctober 14th and 28th, during whichthree students represented each candi‑date and fielded questions from studentmoderators and the audience. The firstdebate featured responses to questionson foreign and domestic policy. Cand‑idates responded to the moderators’questions, but had limited time toengage in an exchange with each other.The second debate featured the sameissues, but allowed for more debatebetween the two candidates and foraudience questions.

Over the two debates, PresidentBush was represented by Marty Topol’06, Nick Nardini ’05, Chris Kiley ’05,and Ryan Audley ’05. Senator Kerry

was represented by Victoria Starr’05,Alan Raff ’05, Chris Pellegrini ’05, IsaacWheeler ’06, Josh Enos ’05, and Nardini.Emily Fritch ’05 and Wright Smith ’05moderated the first debate, whileHistory Chair, Brent Powell, facilitatedthe second. Faculty members wereimpressed with the level of knowledgeof the student candidates and the ani‑mated exchanges between students.

10,000 Days On the morning of Monday, November15, 2004, while most people were stillcurled up in bed, math teacher DennisHolland went for a run. The unusualthing about this run was that it was the10,000th day in a row that he has goneon a run. What started as a daily ritualin 1977 has taken on a greater signifi‑cance. Not only does he run every day,he runs early enough to be at Schoolanswering the phones by 6:30 a.m. Mr.Holland explains that the morning isthe best time of day to get things done– if you wait until the afternoon to dowork, there are always more excusesnot to do it. His reliability has proveduseful to the School. Randy Richardsondepends on his judgment of the roadswhen calling snow days in the winter.Mr. Holland is secretive about hisroute and schedule, and is dismissiveof any admiration of his accomplish‑ment. To him, it is just something thatis part of his day. It began as a way tolose weight and stay in shape, and theplan has worked. He has not missed aday of work since he started his run‑ning spree 27 years ago.


E X P L O R I N G P E R S P E C T I V E S

forumHistory

“To decide what kind of school we want is almost to

decide what kind of society we want...”

– Randolph Bourne

In the aftermath of September 11th, the History

Department began organizing forums in an attempt to

make sense of the tragedy and the events that followed.

We place great value on these forums as they present

opportunities for the whole community – students, facul-

ty, and administrators – to come together to discuss the

events and the ideas that affect us all. While the first

forums were opportunities for students to hear teachers

explain the issues, they have now evolved into largely

student-centered exchanges, and the students are

impressive. They prepare thoroughly and are well-spoken.

The audience consistently asks probing questions,

pushing the speakers to their limits, and making us all

consider ideas in new ways. I believe it is the mark of a

great school to have the confidence in this kind of pub-

lic, unscripted, free flow of ideas. The respect people

show for one another and the acceptance of different

points of view are exemplary. The forums tell us a lot

about The Derryfield School and, in a small way, help

define who we are.

Brent Powell

Chair, History Department

PAST FORUM TOPICS:

September 11th

Afghanistan

Affirmative Action and the University of Michigan

The Role of the United Nations in the War on Terror

Democratic Primary

Key Questions on Iraq

Mock Presidential Debate

UPCOMING FORUM TOPIC:

Social Security Reform Students representing John Kerry confer whilethe moderators listen to a question.


AROUND CAMPUS

A Busy Weekend Countless visitors attended the specialevents of the weekend of October 1,2004. Grandparents and alumni roamedthe halls, and activities ranged from anart reception to a dunking booth.

Grandparents’ DayOver 200 grandparents congregated inthe gymnasium on Friday morning toenjoy a breakfast while awaiting thearrival of their grandchildren. Oncethey were picked up, grandparentsenjoyed a variety of classroom activi‑ties, from being interviewed abouttheir own childhood to creating sculp‑tures from clay. After a busy morningand a filling lunch, everyone headedto the

auditorium for a special assembly. Inaddition to musical performances byseveral students, grandparents enjoyedhearing from Randy Richardson andfrom Fred Lyford, Grandparents’ Chairof the Annual Fund. Prizes were hand‑ed out to those grandparents with theyoungest and most grandchildren, andthose who had traveled the farthest. Inaddition, Elaine and Nat Kruskol werepresented with a Derryfield umbrella,having come from Navarre, FL, wherethey had lost their roof to HurricaneIvan. We hope that even more grand‑parents will make the trip next year.

ReunionA large crowd of alumni, faculty, par‑ents and friends of Derryfield gatheredon Friday night for a reception to cele‑brate reunion and to honor EllieGoodwin Cochran ’69 for her years ofservice to the School. After enjoyingtours of campus and a stroll throughan art reception in the Lyceum Gallery,guests gathered in the McIninch Room,

which had been decorated withphotos and newspapersfrom the first 40years of

Derryfield’s history. Alumni enjoyedreconnecting with classmates and for‑mer teachers, and were brought totears of laughter by Bruce Berk’s roastof Ellie. For more images from theevening, see page 22.

Country FairThe entire community gathered behindthe school on a brisk Saturday morningto participate in the annual CountryFair. This year drew the largest alumnicrowd in recent memory, with kids intow. Each grade ran several booths,one of which had to be a free activity.The most popular booth by far was thesophomores’ dunking booth, whichtook in over $300. Both students andfaculty vied for opportunities to dunk

Carson Smith and RandyRichardson, among others.Other big moneymakers werethe hot air balloon and park‑ing spot raffles, the break‑a‑

plate, cotton candy, andtie‑dye booths, and thejuniors’ carwash. After amorning full of festivi‑ties, people gathered tocheer on the girls’ field

hockey and soc‑cer teams.

Members of the Parents’ Association work thegrill during Country Fair.

Molly Lyford ’06 surfs the internet with hergrandfather, Fred Lyford.

Seniors Leslie Stonebraker, Nick Nardini and Julie Grimm work the cotton candy machine during Country Fair.

years


40TH FORUM SERIESDemocracy’s Cornerstone: The Relationship

of Education and Government

The relationship between government and

schools has been the source of lively

debate throughout the American experi-

ence. At no point has this relationship

been more compelling than now as we

enter the 21st century with its wide-

ranging challenges to traditional ways of

educating young people for civic engage-

ment and responsibilities of citizenship.

Critical questions need citizen debate:

What role does government play in educa-

tion? What role should government play in

education? What role does education play

in making democracy work? Who should be

determining the structure, the goals and

the practices of schools – educators or

government officials?

Join this important conversation at the

second forum in Derryfield’s 40th

Anniversary Forum Series on February 17,

2005, at 7:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts

Auditorium. Please visit www.derryfield.org

for the future announcement of the

keynote speaker and panelists.

A Matter of Dress: 1965-1970

Given today’s fashions, it is hard to believethat until 1970 a tie and a jacket or sweaterand dresses or skirts of appropriate lengthwere required student attire at Derryfield.The January 1, 1969 Lamplighter reportedthat this was “a source of some consider‑able displeasure to a majority of studentsand that student efforts to change the codewere unsuccessful.” Continued studentefforts to change the dress code illustrate anew Derryfield wrestling with the roles ofstudents, faculty, trustees, and administra‑tion in student life issues, and the students’quest for a voice and identity.

Derryfield opened in 1965 with no strictdress code, but in 1967 “a faculty‑trusteecommittee outlined a dress code ... to bedeveloped and enforced by the faculty.” Inresponse to student efforts in 1967‑1968 tomodify the dress code, the Student Council“was told that nothing could be donebecause the faculty‑trustee committee of1967 gave complete power over the dresscode to the faculty.” In the fall of 1968,Headmaster Hugny invited student sug‑gestions for changes and authorized a stu‑dent dress code poll. Optional ties and

jackets was the top choice of students, withthe existing dress code their last choice.Faculty response was reversed. Mr. Hugnythen asked the Student‑Faculty CoordinatingCommittee to present a compromise proposal to the faculty. When it was sub‑mitted, however, one faculty member saidthat it was out of order because under thefaculty‑trustee decision of 1967 “review ofthe dress code must originate within thefaculty.” A vote followed – the existing

Celebrating

Members of the 1970 Student Council dressed in theskirts and slacks that fit the dress code of that period.

‘FACULTY VETOES NEW DRESS CODE’ (LAMPLIGHTER, JANUARY 1, 1969)

‘DRESS CODE CHANGES UNDER REVIEW’ (LAMPLIGHTER, DECEMBER 19, 1969)

‘DRESS CODE RELAXED’ (LAMPLIGHTER, FEBRUARY 13, 1970)

dress code was supported twelve tonine.

In September, 1969, “students werepresented with a more relaxed dresscode than they had been subjected to[previously]” but soon felt that the“new dress code, though less restric‑tive in some ways, was setting newrestrictions in other ways.” For exam‑ple, boys could not wear bell‑bottomedpants and this was “restrictive in termsof keeping up to date with the fashionsof the times.” By mid‑fall “studentunrest on the issue was so advancedthat the Student‑Faculty CoordinatingCommittee submitted a petition toHeadmaster Scozzafava ... whichwould make the code more applicableto the modern student.” Mr. Scozzafavasolicited suggestions from the widerschool community and the Lamplighterreported: “The consensus is that if theadministration will agree to the newdress code, relationships between thestudents and the administration will bemuch less tense than before.”

In late December, 1969, Mr. Scozza‑fava presented a new dress code giving“students more leeway in terms ofdressing with the fashion.” Highlightsincluded: “Clothing in all cases shouldreflect reasonableness and good taste.Attempts to gain attention or recogni‑tion through any extremes in dress orhair styles should be discouraged.Specifically exempted are dungarees,tee‑shirts, outside boots, sneakers andsandals. Girls, in addition, will not beallowed to wear slacks or shorts ... Hairshould be neat, clean, and combed atall times. Bizarre, eccentric, or ostenta‑tious hair styles which in the eyes ofthe administration are not appropriatein a school atmosphere will not be

acceptable. Students must recognizethat there must be compatibilitybetween individual taste and reason‑able decorum, in order that theirschool operates effectively.” With thenew dress code in place, “The studentsare much happier and feel that theyare being treated as responsible mem‑bers of the school. As one student said,‘It (the code) shows a compatibilityand understanding between the students, the faculty and the adminis‑tration.’”

(Note: all quotations are from theLamplighter, V. 1 #1, #5; V. 2 #4, #5)

4 0 T H A N N I V E R S A R Y F O R U M S E R I E S

communityschools in service to the


Jeans and t-shirts are common attire of seniorswho help College Counselor Bruce Berk make anannouncement in assembly one morning in 2004.

AROUND CAMPUS

On the evening of October 14, 2004, members of the Derryfield and largerManchester communities gathered in the Performing Arts Auditorium to hearthe opinions of several community leaders on the importance of social capitaland service in education as part of the 40th Anniversary Forum Series.Leading the panel was Lewis Feldstein, President of the New HampshireCharitable Foundation, who began the program by talking about the positiveimpact that creating ties within a community can have on the standard of liv‑ing. He spoke of the feeling of trust that people must have in their neighborsin order to succeed in their community. Mr. Feldstein then opened the discus‑sion up to the panelists, who represented New Horizons Soup Kitchen, CityYear, Summerbridge, and Families in Transition. These leaders spoke of theirown experiences working within different communities and answered a rangeof questions from the audience. The panelists spoke about why they chosetheir career paths, and the difficulties that they face in working for the com‑munity. For more information on upcoming forums, visit www.derryfield.orgor see the sidebar on page 10.

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Boys’ Varsity SoccerSeason Record: 12-6NH Championship Quarter-Finalists (Class M/S)Christian LaCroix ’07, All-State (honorable mention)Trevor Mathes ’05, Co-Captain, Class of 1970 AwardMark Sanford ’06, All-State (honorable mention)Evan Urtz ’06, All-State (1st team), All-Conference

Girls’ Varsity SoccerSeason Record: 11-5-1NH Championship Quarter-Finalists (Class M/S)Alex Moser ’05, All-Star, All-State (1st team), All-

ConferenceKayla Delahanty ’07, All-State (honorable mention)Kate Dewey ’05, All-Star, All-State (1st team), All-

ConferenceEmily Fritch ’05, All-Star, All-State (honorable

mention), All-Scholastic, Class of 1970 AwardMelissa Law ’05, All-Star, All-State (2nd team), All-

Conference

Boys’ Varsity GolfSeason Record: 20-1NH Champions (Class M/S)Glen Laaspere ’06, All-Conference, 2nd at NH

ChampionshipsMark McCormick ’05, 6th at NH Championships,

Class of 1970 AwardKurt Schuler ’06, 5th at NH ChampionshipsTaylor Scott ’06, All-Conference, 7th at NH

Championships

Girls’ Varsity Cross CountryGranite State Conference Champions (Class S)4th at NH Championships (Class M/S)Carolyn Goodwin ’05, Captain, All-Star, All-

Conference, 5th at NH Championships, Class of 1970 Award

Leigh Cameron ’05, All-Conference, 14th at NH Championships

Boys’ Varsity Cross CountryGranite State Conference Champions (Class S)7th at NH Championships (Class M/S)Team Invitation to Meet of ChampionsDoug MacKenzie ’05, Captain, All-Star, All-

Conference, 4th at NH Championships, Class of 1970 Award

Glen Frieden ’06, All-Star, All-Conference, 3rd at NH Championships, Class of 1970 Award

Girls’ Varsity Field HockeySeason Record: 14-2NH Championship Quarter-Finalists (Class M/S)Laura Gelinas ’06, All-State (2nd team)Molly Lyford ’06, All-State (1st team)Heather Schofield ’05, Tri-Captain, All-ConferenceAlexa Warburton ’05, Tri-Captain, Senior Twin StateTeam, All-State (1st team), Class S Player of the Year,All-Conference, Class of 1970 Award

Boys’ Varsity CrewNH Championships: 1st boat - 1st; 2nd boat - 7thHead of the Charles: 1st boat - 8thHead of the Fish: 1st boat - 1st, 2nd boat - 20thTim Jundanian ’06, Co-Captain, Class of 1970 Award

Girls’ Varsity CrewNH Championships: 1st boat - 4th; 2nd boat - 16thHead of the Fish: 1st boat - 8th, 2nd boat - 37thEmily Monty ’06, Class of 1970 Award

Fall wrap-upHILARY HAMER

Hilary Hamer ’07, a member of the

Amoskeag Fencing Center of Nashua,

recently qualified for and competed in

the Summer National Fencing

Championships at Charlotte, NC. Almost

3,000 fencers from all over the country

competed in foil, epee and saber. Hamer

captured her second straight national tile

in the epee competition (Division II).

Hamer was the Division III national win-

ner in 2003.

LAUREN PYES

Lauren Pyes ’08 had a very successful

year showing her new 5-Gaited American

Saddlebred, named 42nd Street Gal. She

won blue ribbons this year at Raleigh,

Roanoke, Eastern States, and Louisville.

Her win at Louisville was at the Kentucky

State Fair, which is also the World’s

Championship Horse Show for American

Saddlebreds. She won the Junior

Exhibitor 5-Gaited 13 and Under World’s

Champion and World’s Champion of

Champions. Lauren rides at Crickett Hill

Farm in Bedford, which is run by Lisa

Jensen-Richardson ’80.

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Cougar


COUGAR ATHLETICS

Clockwise from top left: Varsity soccer play-

er, Noah Benton ’05 leaps for the ball. n

Girls’ first boat does a power 20 during prac-

tice. n Rachel Romanowsky ’06 charges up a hill during a cross-country

meet. n Melissa Law ’05 moves past a defender in a varsity soccer game. n Corey Davison ’05 in the

stroke seat of the boys’ first boat in a practice this fall. n Diana Maldonado ’06 goes after an opponent

in a varsity field hockey game. n Doug MacKenzie ’05 coming into the home stretch of a cross-country

race. n Dan LaGuerre ’05 drives the ball long in a swing off the tee.

The following is an excerpt of the keynoteaddress that Benjamin Russell ’94 deliveredat Summerbridge Manchester’s Visitors’Day 2004. Ben was involved with Summer-bridge for over eleven years as a teacherand member of the professional staff.

T here are more difficult programs andharder times than the SummerbridgeManchester experience. I have spo‑

ken with past teachers who have gonethrough Basic Training, Outward Bound,and Teach For America’s grueling training.Summerbridge Manchester doesn’t reallycompare to a three day solo on a smallisland off the Atlantic coast with only atarp for shelter. Teach For America tradi‑tionally has its young teachers escaping inthe dead of night, leaving only emptydorm rooms and the echoes of the fear ofdisappointment. We don’t aspire to suchdepths of suffering; there are no flagellantsamongst our faculty or student body.

Still, that doesn’t stop each of the stu‑dents and teachers in this room fromfalling under the skeptical eyes of theirpeers. For the students, Summerbridge car‑ries a bizarre series of stigmas. You stu‑dents may have been questioned by yourclassmates about what you’d done wrongin order to have to go for that program forstupid kids. For those students who knewthat Summerbridge was for motivated stu‑dents and who wanted to participate, whoself‑selected to try their respective hands at

the admission process, you may still havebeen sneered at by your fellows who satthrough the same classroom presentationsand yet didn’t see the appeal in two hoursof homework each night for six weeks outof the summer. Teachers may have faced amore direct trifecta of interrogation: theymay have been asked by incredulousfriends what would be so wrong with themthat they would a) spend a summer doingcommunity service, b) work so much for solittle pay, and c) spend their school holi‑days in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Putting aside the answer to all of theseimpertinent queries for a moment, allowme to speculate about why SummerbridgeManchester inspires so much misconcep‑tion. We don’t package well. We are a non‑profit organization with a mission and amission statement, and should thereforehave a succinct and pithy way to describeour hopes, goals, and direction to theuninitiated. However, such simplicityseems beyond our scope, or perhapsbeneath it. We have ‘summer’ in our name,but we support our students year‑round,for seven years of middle and high school.We take our students from the completespectrum of Manchester public schools,and similarly accept a broad palette of kidsfrom the ethnic, skill, proficiency, and eco‑nomic continua. There is no typicalSummerbridge student, as we are a school,


Here are some of the ways thatyou can support the program.FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS

n Provide a homestay during the summer

session for an out-of-town-teacher, ensur-

ing that they will have a positive and safe

experience away from home.

n Volunteer for special events such as

Olympics, Workathon or Celebration

n Host a faculty retreat or recognition

event at your home

CORPORATIONS

n Provide in-kind services or supplies

n Endow student participation in the

program

n Offer job shadowing or invite the pro-

gram in for an educational workshop

FOUNDATIONS

n Sponsor student and teacher involvement

n Invest in the future of the program by

endowing key elements of our students

teaching students model: after-school pro-

gramming, alumni services, student spon-

sorship or teacher stipends

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

n Partner with the program in community

service events

n Sponsor a local student’s or teacher’s

participation

Summer 2005 teacher applications are

due February 21, 2005! Apply online at

www.breakthroughcollaborative.org

spotlightA BREAK THROUGH PROGRAM

Summerbridge

and like a school, we teach to all. Addin the complication that our dual mis‑sion seeks to support high school andcollege students in their professionalventures as well, nudging themtowards the trade of Education, butsupporting them with growth inresponsibility, expression, experience,and a valuable toolbox of skills appli‑cable in virtually any future job. Buthopefully education.

Summerbridge is about the recogni‑tion and fostering of potential. We askfifth graders to make a commitment totheir futures, futures they can barelypicture or formulate at such a youngage. We have them write essays andcome in for interviews and we takestudents based on what they might beable to become, given the support andencouragement of family and educa‑tional communities, and based on thepower of their own will. We encouragethem to move in a direction that they

can’t even see through the haze oftime. We take older students and wegive them responsibility and authorityand we train them briefly and we leavethem to fulfill their potential as educa‑tors, as advocates of the life of themind and of the thrill of intellectualachievement. Our teachers are studentswho have lived and thrived in theEducational System, and we trust thatthey will teach the skills of how to suc‑ceed, that they will pass on the secretsand the shortcuts and the acceptancethat sometimes there are no secrets andno shortcuts, but there is just hardwork.

And then we continue to supportand believe, but we can’t necessarilysee the results. Our teachers will stayup nights, trying to craft the most ele‑gant, rococo lesson plans that willspeak to each student individually, thatwill meet the needs of each eager mindin their small classes. They will poursweat and stress and fever dreams intothis summer, and they may never see ifthe students take the skills that theyhave received and apply them. It is ashort summer, and some of our teach‑ers may go back to California orMontana or Arizona and never seetheir students have the clean, crys‑talline moment of realization that justi‑fies earlier effort. But of course, ourteachers are building upon the thin

calcium layers that our students’ previ‑ous teachers had constructed.Education is about belief in potential,even if we are never around to see thatpotential realized.

And that is perhaps the hardestwork of all. Harder than beingscreamed at by drill sergeants, harderthan the current mountainous leg ofthe Tour de France, harder than dia‑mond. We ask our faculty to create anideal school, and then to stand backwith the possibility that they mightnever see these ideals come to fruition.There is no immediate reward. And weask our students to work towards agoal that they can’t really see, that willonly become clearer with time. Andthat directionless staggering can be asfrustrating as any struggle known tomankind. Sure, basic training might betough, but the work here is harderbecause the risk is greater. The risk ofhope.

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“Summerbridge is about the

recognition and fostering of

potential.”

Manny Adeeko creates a concept map for aJunior Great Books story at School After School.

Molly Platt '06 assists students Marcel Robinson'09, Alysha Phaneuf '09 and Faith Cutting withan osmosis lab at Summerbridge Saturday.

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doing

Challenging teachers and studentswith hands-on learning.

Learning by

CATEGORY

T eachers at Derryfield alwaysstrive to create a more dynamiclearning environment for their

students in order to effectively commu‑nicate new ideas to students with vastly different learning styles. Profes‑sional development opportunities atDerryfield play a critical role in allow‑ing faculty members to expand theirown knowledge, and as a result createinnovative ways to convey that knowl‑edge to their students.

Last summer, biology teacher JackSanford set up a laboratory in his class‑room and set about creating a series ofexperiments that would enable his stu‑dents to experience first‑hand the scientific theories they hear about everyday in his class and on the news. Labshave always been a part of scienceclasses at Derryfield, but the experi‑ments created by Dr. Sanford are moreadvanced, and do not always have apredetermined outcome. He wanted toadd another level of sophistication tothese experiments, while being restrict‑ed to a 40‑minute period. The seniorsin his advanced biology class are nowlearning first‑hand about new tech‑niques for studying nucleotides inDNA, and his freshmen are studyingthe differences between sickle cell andnormal hemoglobin. The time he spent

developing these projects has enrichedhis students’ understanding of biology.

Derryfield has several endowedfunds, including the Nancy Kamborianand Nancy S. Boettiger Funds, thatexist to support the faculty’s pursuit ofprofessional enrichment. This moneyallows teachers like Dr. Sanford todevelop curricula that enrich their stu‑dents’ education. In turn, these positivelearning experiences often inspireteachers to more actively involve theirstudents in the learning process.

The English and Visual and Perform‑ing Arts departments have repeatedlycollaborated on courses including‘Shakespeare for Performance’ and‘Modern Theatre’ that explore both theliterary and performance aspects ofvarious works. This fall, the Englishdepartment took a professional devel‑opment day to participate in aShakespeare workshop, learning howto activate different learning stylesthrough the interactive study of plays.Head of Upper School Jennifer Melkon‑ian notes that, “we provide studentswith a variety of teaching styles andwriting expectations, balancing thiswith the language and literature.”

One of the most exciting develop‑ments has been a move towards service learning. Middle School history

teacher Rick Zeller used faculty enrich‑ment funds to plan the inclusion of aservice project with Cultural Café intohis geography class. The seventh gradecivics classes wove volunteerism intotheir class work, and discovered theneeds of senior citizens in their com‑munity through a project with RSVP(see story on page 7). Upper schoolteachers are investigating ways toincorporate service learning into theirclassrooms, as well.

Learning by doing is an extremelyeffective way to understand new mate‑rial, and Derryfield is proud to provideits faculty with the freedom andresources to develop curriculum thatallows students to get the most fromtheir education.

OPPOSITE: Dr. Sanford displays a technique toAdvanced Biology student Emily Fritch ’05.TOP: Students perform a scene in Modern Theatre.ABOVE: English teachers in the Shakespeareworkshop.


alumni


The news contained in this section coversthe period of June 16, 2004 – November 29,2004. For more recent news, or to post anote, please visit the Alumni Community atwww.derryfield.org.

1968Mary Jane Peabody writes, “I arrived inEngland in early September and we havebeen looking for a house to live in. I can nowdrive to the left, which makes everythingeasier. We are in the Lancaster, Lancashirearea, up north of Manchester (UK that is)and not far from the Yorkshire Dales andthe Lakes District. I am only about 45 min‑utes from where Rebecca Millimet is liv‑ing – we met for lunch when I was here fora first visit in March, and she looked well,and happy too. Love to you all.”

1969REUNION RECAPEllie Cochran reports, “The 35th reunionkicked off at the all‑reunion party onFriday night at Derryfield. It was great tosee many of the Founders, alums, and fac‑ulty, and Barbara Novak Platt was flooredwhen Mr. Holland remembered her. Wewere able to catch up wirh some of ourclassmates through their parents whoattended the gathering. I am still trying toget over my “roasting” by CollegePlanning Director, Bruce Berk, whodressed in drag as me! He obviously hadinside information from my family, assome of my high school secrets wererevealed. (Great pictures on www.derry‑field.org.) Saturday was a full day with the

Class CorrespondentsAre you curious what your classmates have

been up to since you last saw them? Are

you the one people go to for all the latest

news? Do you want to stay connected with

your classmates without having to ask for

money? The alumni relations office is look-

ing for volunteers to collect class news.

Class correspondents will be responsible

for gathering and writing news about their

class for the Class Notes section of

Derryfield Today published three times

each year. For more details, please contact

Tracey Perkins at [email protected]

or 603.669.4524, ext. 136.

Career Advisory NetworkThe Derryfield School Alumni Association is

sponsoring a career mentor section in the

Parent and Alumni Communities of

www.derryfield.org that will launch on

January 1, 2005. All alumni and parents

with available career information will auto-

matically be included in this database.

Career and education information, as well

as email and business address will be post-

ed to the site. If you do NOT want to be

included in this listing, please contact

Tracey Perkins at 603.669.4524, ext. 136,

or [email protected] by December

30, 2004. We hope that the Career Advis-

ory Network will be a valuable resource for

all members of the Derryfield community.

Update on

(L to R): Barbara Novak Platt, Nancy Ford Huckins, Pam Pappas Goode, Ellie Goodwin Cochran, and Joni Taube.

1969

Country Fair and our reunion party atPam Pappas Goodes’. Although wehad only a small turnout, it was a won‑derful evening of reminiscing and get‑ting reacquainted, and did we laugh!Barbara, Nancy Ford Huckins, JoniTaube, Pam, and our spouses enjoyeda fabulous dinner. By the end of theevening Barbara was so enthusiasticabout our trip down memory lane thatshe agreed to chair our 40th!” n Inother news, Ronda SilberbergCanter writes, “By way of a personalupdate, our daughter Alexis is living inNew York, working in a contemporaryart gallery in Chelsea and designingjewelry (she has a web site: www.alex‑iscanter.com); our son Zachary is asophomore at Wesleyan University andis their starting quarterback and lovingevery minute of it. Jon’s new novel justcame out, Lucky Leonardo (SourceBooks) and is available everywhere. Heis so excited. And as for me, I have leftmy law firm (Goulston & Storrs) andhave joined Jon’s law practice. We arethoroughly enjoying working together– who would have thought! n ScottGreen has also recently had a bookpublished. Pulp is a collection of sci‑ence fiction poetry.

1974REUNION RECAPOn Saturday November 27, 2004,Hilary Chaplain, Jeff Weston, CindySadler, Fred Hoadley, Josh Shane, andBill McKellar gathered at Cotton

restaurant in Manchester, NH, to cele‑brate the 30 years since they graduatedfrom Derryfield. Hilary reported, “Itwas great to see everyone – and thosethat did not make it, sorry you weretoo far away!”

1983David Tyrie was recently promoted atPutnam Investments to a job in whichhe will be overseeing three depart‑ments. David and his wife, Sally, haverecently welcomed a fourth child totheir family – a baby girl named Reese!

1984REUNION RECAPSteff Solms McCusker reports,“Greetings! It was great to see so manyof you back here in October. For thoseof you who weren’t able to make it,here’s just a quick recap of our ‘Club 1212 12’ Reunion. Friday night startedout with a quick tour of campus and a

cocktail party with faculty and otherreunion classes. Following this gather‑ing, we all met up at ‘Club 12 12 12’(well… sort of) in a private functionroom at the Radisson. Thanks to Daveand Kelly for organizing this. Therewere about 25 of us, and a handful of(courageous) spouses and partners.With Matt’s mixed music in the back‑ground, we ate, drank, and talked forseveral hours. Even Patrick Rutty madean appearance of sorts – thanks toDave for bringing the life‑size photo!(Patrick was in the process of movingback to the States from Saudi Arabia.)The dancing kicked in at some point,thanks to folks like Tricia, Martha, andMary who ‘still got it.’

I confess to having gone homebefore the after‑party began. The danc‑ing continued at a local bar called TheBrimmer. A handful of us managed toget our kids out the door in the morn‑ing to attend Country Fair (I highlyrecommend this as a ‘must do’ for yourfamily next year or in years to come!Who wouldn’t want to throw a wetsponge at Mr. Berk?), and then thirteenof us – families in tow – showed up on


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(L to R): Jeff Weston, Cindy Sadler, Hilary Chaplain, Fred Hoadley, Josh Shane, and Bill McKellar.

1974

Saturday evening at Martha’s parents’house in Amherst for a cookout. Daveflipped the burgers, Matt played hismix of music, and a much more sub‑dued group of us talked and hung outand watched all the kids roll around inthe grass, jump rope, and play soccer.Rick Wirth gets the ‘farthest traveled’award (Florida!), and his wife, Carol,and my husband, Dave, have bothdecided they’d like to be honorarymembers of our class. Thanks to every‑one who came. See you all at the 25th,if not before!

1986Heather Koerber Nunes writes, “We’restill bopping about Boston’s MetroWest – teaching, sewing, doingtriathlons, and raising chickens, chil‑dren, and a garden full of weeds. Weget to see Karen Callahan and herbeautiful daughters Abella andMakeba each summer as they escapethe heat of Las Vegas to the charm ofNew England. They are amazing!”

1987Class Correspondent: Kathleen Rutty-Fey

[email protected]

Robert Kuftinec and DaneilCopertino Kuftinec welcomed thebirth of their son, Hunter Zlatko, inearly October 2004.

1988Samantha Foster Villegas is still livingin Fairfax, VA. She and her husband,Roger, had a son, Max, on December 6,2003. n Juliana Graf Lear, her hus‑band, Brett, and son, Jack (3), arethrilled to announce the newest addi‑tion to their family: Matthew Driggswas born in July 2004.

1989REUNION RECAPCynthia Richmond Umscheid reports,“We started the night at Unwine’d, awine bar in Manchester, and had a

solid turnout of 21! Jim Markham wonthe award for traveling the farthest(from Philadelphia). It was great tocatch up and to meet people’s signifi‑cant others and find out what everyonehad been up to for the past five years.We were having too much fun to leaveeach other when we were asked toleave our private room at 8:00 p.m., sowe were all delighted – and felt like wewere back at Derryfield – when Jimannounced his parents were away forthe weekend so we could all head overthere for pizza and beer! We spent therest of the night reminiscing about theold days – really good times!” n Inother news, Janice Mosher Daniswrites, “I haven’t moved far from mychildhood home in Bedford. I currentlyreside in Goffstown with my amazinghusband, James. I work as a Recruiterfor Fleet Bank/Bank of America. Wehave one child, a chocolate lab, Bailey,who seems to run this household! Weare looking forward to starting a fami‑ly in the near future. (yes, me as amom... can you imagine?) I am hopingto visit with alumni at the 15th reunionin October. (Wow, that makes us soundold.) My brother, Bill ’96, is doing well,living in Washington, DC, and enjoy‑ing city life. I doubt that he will moveback to New Hampshire, as he findsthe city to offer a bit more entertain‑ment and excitement (you think?).Drop me a line and let me know howyou are! n Heather Wilding‑WhiteWilding wrote, “My husband, daugh‑ter, and I welcomed Cameron into ourlives when he was born on July 11,2004. The two of them are looking for‑


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(L to R): Kim Kamborian, Allison Reilly, Karen Loughlin, Dave Larrivee, Martha Starke, Kevin Johnston,Mary Downes, Sheryl Jewell Atkinson, Matt Purington, Tricia Neville-Carey, Rick Wirth, Ayn Whytemare,and Steff Solms McCusker.

1984

ward to their new house, which we arebuilding in Bedford. We returned to NewHampshire last year, after many yearsaway, to enjoy the more rural life.”

1990Stephanie Goss reports, “On June 7,2003, I married Jonathan Brooks. I havetwo great stepdaughters, McKenzie (8)and Morgan (6). We are currently liv‑ing on Forest Lake in Cumberland,ME. We just bought a second home onForest Lake. (If you know anyone whowants to rent a waterfront house for aweek this summer, let me know!) Wespend lots of time waterskiing, knee‑boarding, and swimming. In the win‑ter, we all love to skate. After collegeand two moves to Colorado and back, Iwent to graduate school and got myMaster’s of Education in counselingand am working as a high school guid‑

ance counselor. I love it!” n MauraDuval Griffin writes, “Hi there! I’mnow living in Los Angeles with myhusband. We recently bought a house,and it hasn’t fully bankrupted us (yet).No kids yet, either. I am still workingin the music industry at an indie labelcalled Nettwerk. Hope you’re all doingwell. If anyone is wondering what hap‑pened to Eric True, he now lives inLyon, France, with his wife and twogorgeous daughters.”

1991His family is happy to announce thatJames Galluzzo was selected for pro‑motion to Major in the United StatesArmy, effective next spring. n CathrynVaughn writes, “I just moved back toNew Hampshire after graduating fromlaw school. I have started work as anattorney in Manchester at the McLane


To Robert Kuftinec ’87 and Daneil Copertino Kuftinec ’87

a son, Hunter Zlatko, in October 2004.

To Juliana Graf Lear ’88, and her husband, Brett, a son,

Matthew Driggs in July 2004.

To Samantha Foster Villegas ’88 and her husband, Roger,

a son, Max, on December 6, 2003.

To Heather Wilding-White Wilding ’89, and her husband,

Keith, a son, Cameron, on July 11, 2004.

To Ray Campanile ’92 and his wife, Camille, a daughter,

Francesca, on August 28, 2004.

To Matthew Hurlbut ’92 and his wife, Anne, a son, William

Dawson, on June 1, 2004.

To Heather Newton Kyemba ’92 and her husband, Henry, a

daughter, Sophia Nakiyuka, on July 28, 2004.

To Faculty Member Kristen Reimold and her husband,

Raymond, a son, James O’Brien on July 15, 2004.

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S

parentsalumni

C E L E B R A T I N G

weddingsalumni

Stephanie Goss ’90 to Jonathan Brooks on June 7, 2003.

Amily Dunlap ’93 to Tyler Moore on June 19, 2004, in

Biddeford Pool, ME.

Ryan Tuttle ’93 to Leslie Helmstaedter on October 30,

2004, in Princeton, NJ.

Michael Wall ’94 to Autumn Johnston on August 7, 2004.

Sarah Reynells ’97 and Adam Brown ’97 on October 16,

2004, in New Boston, NH.

Katherine Lombardi ’98 to Matthew Josef on August 8,

2004, in Meredith, NH.

Faculty member Annie Briggs to Richard Branch on May

22, 2004, in Norwich, VT.

Faculty member Jeff Hastings to Wendy Pichette on July

31, 2004, in Meredith, NH.

Faculty member Joss Stubblefield to Brenda Evans on

August 8, 2004, in Whitefield, NH.

Front row (L-R): Erin Perry Bourgeois and Jon Bourgeois, Alex Sturke, Kimberly Frederick. Back row (L-R):Neil Cremin, Jim Markham, Cynthia Richmond Umscheid, Brenda Silva Gonzalez, Janice Mosher Danis,Eric Noyes, Leigh Lambard Gillespie, and Garrett Gillespie.

1989

law firm.” n Tyler Emley reports, “Iam currently in my fourth year oftraining in urological surgery at theIndiana University medical center inIndianapolis. Stacey, my wife of eightyears, and I reside in Indianapolis withour two dogs, Romeo and Hamlet. Onthose rare occasions that residency pro‑vides a break, we enjoy traveling toour family’s cabin in South Fork, CO.”

1992Matthew Hurlbut is teaching humani‑ties at the New Bedford GlobalLearning Charter School. He and hiswife, Anne, live on campus at TaborAcademy, where Anne teaches English.They had their first son, WilliamDawson, on June 1, 2004. n HeatherNewton Kyemba writes, “My hus‑band, Henry, and I are now proud(albeit tired) parents. Our daughter,Sophia Nakiyuka Kyemba, was bornon July 28, 2004. She weighed 7pounds, 6 ounces. After a six‑weekmaternity leave, I return to worktomorrow. I’ve really enjoyed my timeat home, getting to know the newestmember of our family. We send ourgreetings and best wishes for the newschool year.” n Ray Campanilereports, “I am living in Waitsfield, VT,with my wife, Camille, and our beauti‑ful baby girl, Francesca. Our daughterwas born on August 28, 2004, andalready owns several soccer balls andhas been to 18 soccer games at 10weeks old! I’m playing a ton of soccerand have started a soccer club,


UPDATE ON ALUMNI

Derryfield alumni, parents, and faculty gathered on the evening of October 1st to celebrate ReunionWeekend and to honor Ellie Cochran ’69 for her years of service to the School. Guests were treated toan array of old photographs, newspapers, and yearbooks, in addition to an entertaining spoof of Ellie byCollege Counselor Bruce Berk. For more images from the evening, visit the ‘What’s Happening’ sectionof www.derryfield.org. For recounts of individual class gatherings, see the alumni updates.

Reunion Weekend

Clockwise from top right: Jason Rheaume ’92 and

Chris Coulter ’92 look over an old copy of the

Lamplighter. n Perennial volunteers Brad Benson

’78, Maria Holland Law ’75, and Bennett Freeman ’70.

n Ellie Cochran ’69 and Bruce Berk dressed as Ellie.

n Founder Jean Nelson signs Ellie’s scrapbook n

Becky Grosso ’79 displays her old Derryfield uniform.

Mandible, for both youth players andamateur men. Camille, Francesca, and Iare looking forward to a winter full ofskiing and soccer.”

1993Amily Dunlap writes, “Tyler Mooreand I were married on June 19, 2004, inBiddeford Pool, ME. My sisters,Sabrina ’00 and Rebecca, were my co‑maids of honor. Ashley Stearns Burr’94 and Avery Holland ’94 were bothbridesmaids, and my brother,Nathaniel Dunlap ’94, was a grooms‑man. We spent our honeymoon inVirgin Gorda and are currently livingin the South End of Boston in our newcondo. I work for Harvard University’sAlumni Affairs and Developmentoffice as an event planner. n RyanTuttle reports, “I am getting marriedon October 30th, and Brant Hughes,Mike Spector, Jim Rich and my sister,Lisa ’95, are all in the wedding. We aregetting married in the PrincetonUniversity Chapel. n Stacy Denhamwrites, “Things are going well on myend. I’m living outside Baltimore andgoing to nursing school at theUniversity of Maryland. I hope every‑one from our class is doing well – keepin touch.” n Katherine HurlbutChappell reports, “My son, Brady, willbe 18 months old this week – how timeflies! My husband and I are still teach‑ing at Roxbury Latin and we are finish‑ing up our Master’s Degree atDartmouth, with hopes to finally grad‑uate this June. I hope everyone is

doing well!” n Mike Spector writes,“All is well in Atlanta. I have been withSmith Barney since 1999, and my wife,Rachel, works for The KellenCompany, a trade association manage‑ment company. No kids yet, just a yellow Lab! I’m looking forward toTuttle’s wedding this month. Hopeeveryone is well.” n David Botsfordwrites, “Hey everyone, I’m working onthe second year of my PhD insport/clinical psychology and living inTempe, AZ, with my dog, Tucker. I’mstill working on growing up – no girl‑friend, but I bought a motorcycle lastspring. I hope everyone has a greatholiday. Cheers.”

1994Class Correspondent: Ashley Stearns Burr

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REUNION RECAPThank you to those who came toreunion weekend and others whowrote with their news. Avery Hollandis living in Boston and working atBernstein Investment Research andmanagement. She enjoyed catching upwith many alumni during our ten yearreunion. After their August 7, 2004wedding, Mike Wall and his wifeAutumn have finally settled down inthe Chicago suburb Oak Park. Mike isa senior software developer forRiverside Publishing, an educationaltesting company. Dina Solomon


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Several Derryfield alumni took part in the wedding of Ryan Tuttle ’93 to Leslie Helmstaedter, includingMike Spector (far right), Jimmy Rich (2nd from right), Brant Hughes (4th from right), and Lisa Tuttle ’95(2nd from left).

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Cam Brensinger graduated fromDerryfield in 1994. He went on to studyphysics, studio art and writing atMiddlebury College. Cam developed apassion for outdoor adventure in col‑lege. After graduation, he took a yearoff, which included co‑leading a tripon Denali and traveling to India withhis friend and Derryfield classmate,Sanjay Madan.

Cam had a lot of ideas about how toimprove outdoor equipment, andteamed with Sanjay to write a prelimi‑nary business plan for their own gearcompany. Cam attended the Rhode

Island School of Design to study prod‑uct design. In the summers he internedat Black Diamond Equipment, andlater with a team at MIT funded by theNASA Institute for Advanced Conceptsto design spacesuits for human explo‑ration of Mars. Cam graduated fromRISD with distinction.

For his thesis project, Cam part‑nered with Sanjay to found NEMOEquipment, Inc. NEMO’s mission wasto create the most innovative and high‑est quality gear for outdoor adventure.One week after Cam’s graduation,Sanjay quit his job and they opened an

office space in Nashua, NH. Most ofthe first year was spent developinginflatable tents, the company’s firstproduct line. After an exhausting sum‑mer of securing investments, Sanjaydecided to leave NEMO and study lawin the fall of 2003. Cam resolved tostick it out and finish the productdevelopment and raise funding.

As 2004 draws to a close, NEMO hasblossomed. The staff has grown andthe company is due to begin sales of itsrevolutionary line of backpacking andmountaineering tents in May 2005.Some of the tents use low pressureAirSupported technology instead ofpoles. The company has nearly 20patent pending technologies and haswon several major international designcompetitions, including the overall2005 ISPO BrandNew Award whichrecognizes the most innovative compa‑nies in the outdoor industry through‑out the world. NEMO is on a roll duegreatly to Cam’s focus and commit‑ment. He is resolved to make of his lifewhat he will, a lesson that began withthe story that follows.

There was already a lot on mymind before I watched my planefold in half and the pilot and two

passengers squeeze out through acrumpled window and sprint back upthe Kahiltna glacier. A new vision formy life had already been taking shapeover the last 15 days, and this narrowescape was the last bit of affirmation Ineeded. I had always worked hard anddone well, but I went through fouryears of Middlebury with no real sense

Cam heading out from base camp on Denali with 125 lbs of gear.

Founding NEMO


LIFE AFTER DERRYFIELD

by Cam Brensinger ’94

of what would happen after I graduat‑ed. My only plan after college was toclimb Denali with three of my goodfriends, and if I thought that would bea good time to think about what to donext, I had no idea what the gravity ofthat experience would actually be.

Everything started out perfectly. Weleft within days of graduation, flew toAnchorage and took a shuttle toTalkeetna, the last town before the end‑less wilderness around Denali NationalPark. We chartered two small propplanes to take us the 35 minutes or soto Kahiltna base camp. By the clear

skies and beautiful views, you wouldhave had no idea that it was the sum‑mer of El Niño. I remember lookingout the window over what seemed theemptiest landscape I had ever seen.

The first couple days slogging upthe West Buttress were fun and easy.The sun was out, the views were beau‑tiful, and mozzarella cheese never tast‑ed better. Even though I was combina‑tion carrying and pulling by sled over100 lbs of gear, my body felt strong. Itwas my first big mountain, but I had alot of experience nonetheless. Mysenior year at Derryfield, I spent 23days in March and April, in three longtrips, tackling the toughest sections ofthe Appalachian Trail in New

Hampshire with my classmate, ChrisSwift. All through college I was aMiddlebury Mountain Club guide,rock climbing instructor and eventaught a course on winter survival. Myfriends considered me a leader andunstoppable.

The trip turned for the worse a fewdays into it, when the El Niño weatherarrived with us at the 10,000’ camp. Wewere trapped in our tents for fourdays. It snowed so much that everyfour hours, one of us would have toget all our gear on and shovel out boththe tents lest we be buried. I vividlyremember waking up at 2:30 a.m., 30minutes after my tent‑mate Justin wassupposed to shovel us out and imme‑diately panicking and wondering,“why the hell is it dark in here?” WhenI asked Justin what was going on, hewas slow to respond. By the time hedug us out, the snow on top of the tentwas 8.5’ deep. The tent had nearly col‑lapsed and we were asphyxiating.

Things never really got better for meafter that. At the 14,300’ camp, I startedgetting headaches. We left the well‑worn path of the Buttress and startedbreaking trail on the West Rib. Still, Iwas supposed to be the tough guy, so Idid a lot of the trail breaking. We spenta night at 16,800’ and said that if weawoke to clear skies the summit wouldbe ours. We would make one big pushover the top at 20,300’ and back downto the safety of the 14,300’ camp. I wasstill exhausted and not feeling well,and I laid awake all night trying todecide whether I wished for clear skiesor not.

The psychology at play on thatmountain is a hard thing to appreciatenow. We had high expectations of eachother and ourselves. We were stillyoung and had a lot of lessons to learn.I am the kind of person that talksthrough tough times, and my tent‑mate was the kind who puts on hiswalkman and sorts out his problems inhis own head. Even though we sharedfood and tents and were never morethan a rope’s length apart, I have neverfelt more alone in my life. I could feelan end coming and I didn’t know


“Even though we shared food

and tents and were never more

than a rope's length apart, I

have never felt more alone in

my life.”


The skies briefly clear during the push up theWest Rib. Cam is out in front placing wands.

whether it was my own demise or just21 years of being young and withoutreal responsibility.

The skies the next morning wereclear. Somewhere between high campand the summit, I collapsed and nearlywent unconscious. We had been break‑ing trail slowly up the rib in ropeteams, not sure that we were in theright spot, in dubious avalanche condi‑tions. Justin was in the lead, literallydragging us behind him. I don’t knowhow it happened, but my body justgave out. I was humiliated and relievedat the same time. As they short‑ropedme down the rib back to the 14,300’camp, I felt profoundly and irreversiblyhumbled. Then I fell into a crevasse.

My pack wedged in the narrow holeand saved me from going further thanmy waist. But after pulling myself out,I looked down into the hole and it wasdark and bottomless. When we got

back to the 14,300’ camp, I had alreadyresolved to leave by myself the follow‑ing morning. My friends understoodand they ended up staying for severalmore days, two of them summiting byway of the Buttress.

When I left camp the next morning,I had a single‑minded purpose of get‑ting off that mountain as fast as possi‑ble. But, traveling alone on a glaciatedmountain in zero visibility is danger‑ous. Near the 10,000’ camp, a voicecame out of the interminable fog to tellme that I had lost the trail and washeading for a crevasse. Climbers leavea trail of wands in the snow to mark a

safe path for whiteout conditions, but Iwas impatient to the point of despera‑tion, so when I reached a wand andcouldn’t see the next one, I gambledand took a few more hopeful steps. Inthis case, I lost the wands completelyand was lucky to have passed a groupof Frenchman dug in, much as we hadbeen, waiting out the storm at the edgeof the camp.

Again around 9,000’, the visibilitywas zero and I reached a wand where Icouldn’t see the next one. I had vowedto myself to setup camp and wait forclear weather if this happened. Idumped my pack and set up my tent.The problem was, in order to travellight, I had brought only a coupledays’ worth of food and fuel. I had noidea how long it would be before theskies cleared. I was miserable and lone‑ly. A few days before, I had finishedmy book and traded it with my friendAndrew for Krakauer’s Into the Wild. Itis the height of absurdity that with allthe things going through my mind, Iwas lying in that tent by myself in awhiteout, without enough food andwater to last for very long, reading abook about a young guy who goes intothe Alaskan wilderness and starves todeath. And the irony is that he wentfor no good reason.

It was while lying there reading thatbook that I changed my outlook onlife. I told myself that with one shot atlife I had better not die doing some‑thing I didn’t really believe in to beginwith. I thought about Denali and why Iwas there, and I realized that I hadn’tthought enough about it before jump‑


“I told myself that with one

shot at life, I had better not die

doing something I didn't

really believe in to begin with.”

Justin and Cam (right) play chess to pass the time while waiting out a four-day storm at 10,000’.


ing on the plane. I realized that a lot ofwhat I had done up until then in lifewas for someone else’s reasons, or had‑n’t been fully considered. That wouldchange. I was going to take completecontrol of my life and live it my way. Iwasn’t afraid of danger or of riskingeverything, but I wouldn’t do it againwithout being absolutely certain that itwas what I wanted to do.

Within twelve hours, I finished thebook and the weather cleared. I stuffedeverything into my pack and tied thesled to the back of the pack, so that Icould run down the mountain withoutthe sled nipping at my heels. In manyplaces I could ride the pack and sled.When I arrived at base camp, my feetwere a mess. I had such terrible blistersI could hardly stand up. But, I had al‑most finished the first and hardest legof my journey back to home and reali‑ty. It had taken me only about six hoursof hiking, running and sledding to dowhat had taken us ten days going up.

There were a lot of people waiting toget off the mountain. The weather thatsummer was the worst in memory andseveral people had died while we wereon the mountain. The small prop

planes with skis that shuttle peopleback and forth from Talkeetna hadbeen coming sporadically because ofthe low visibility. Right behind me inline to get off the mountain was aRainier Mountain Guide and a femaleclient with altitude induced cerebraledema. When the plane that was sup‑posed to take me off the mountainlanded, the pilot called for two peopleto hurry up and board. I didn’t want tosplit up the guide and client, so Ioffered them my place, not reallyknowing how long it would be untilthe next plane arrived.

By that time in my trip, my conclu‑sions were made. I felt a deep confi‑dence growing inside me that wasborn from a certainty of purpose.When their plane sped down theglacier and the ski fell off, the wingdipping into the snow and bringingthe plane to a violent halt in a crum‑pled mess, it didn’t really shake me atall that I should have been on thatplane. We were all there together withthe same purpose of getting home. Itwas random chance that it happenedto them, not me. I learned my next biglesson: that some things, despite myefforts, would always be outside mycontrol and not to sweat those things,but to face uncertainty with resolve.

The three of them kicked out a win‑dow and ran up the glacier away fromthe plane, afraid that the plane mightexplode. Later that morning, JayHudson, owner of Hudson Air andfamous for his daring rescues andunmatched skills as a pilot, flew in alarger six passenger plane and took the

two climbers, the other pilot and meoff the mountain together. For aminute, I had weighed the idea ofwalking the thirty or so miles back toTalkeetna, but I trusted Jay andthought about the grizzly bears anddecided it was the better alternative.

I wasn’t afraid. I remember calmlylooking down at the fast approachingrunway as the plane pitched back andforth while Jay explained at lengthhow, with the wheels protruding onlya few inches below the skis, taking offfrom a glacier was actually much lessdangerous and more forgiving thanlanding the plane on tarmac. It shouldhave been the last thing I wanted tohear at that moment, and I imagine itwas for the shaken guide and hisclient, but there was nothing I could doabout the outcome. If I wanted to dosomething about it, I would have to flymy own plane from now on.


The crumpled remains of the Hudson Air Cessna.

The summit still looks far away above the tents atthe 14,300’ camp.

graduated from a Master of SocialWork program at San Francisco StateUniversity in June. She is the ClinicalSupervisor at a group home for olderadolescents who are wards of the stateand/or wards of the court in Berkeley,CA. In addition to playing the berim‑bau she has been training in the Afro‑Brazilian martial art form calledCapoeira for about five years now. Shehas also been doing some activist worksupporting the autonomous Zapatistacommunities in Chiapas, Mexico.George Brown and his wife, Katherine,report things are great with Highlightsmagazine, and recently spent a weekvacationing in Prague. Nate Emley isliving in Ithaca, NY, working on hisPhD in nanotechnology at CornellUniversity. Mark D’Ambruoso and hisfiancé are living in upstate New York,near Albany where he is working forGE, engineering power plants. Afterspending 5 years in San Diego, ErikLofgren has moved to Oahu, HI. Hehas recently joined a partner andopened his own hot tub store in Maui.

He speaks with Than Dunlap in SaltLake on a regular basis, as well as JenRoach up in Girdwood, AK. SanjayMadan is in law school down inWashington, DC. After graduatingfrom RISD Industrial Design in 2002,Cam Brensinger founded NEMOEquipment, Inc. (see story on page 24or visit www.nemoequipment.com tolearn more). He writes, “Prior tofounding NEMO, I worked with ateam of people at MIT funded by theNASA Institute for Advanced Conceptsto design the next generation of space‑

suits for human exploration of Mars.”Outside of work Cam and his girl‑friend do a lot of rock and ice climbingand mountain biking. ElizabethHickok Holland and her husband,Robbie, bought a house in Gilford. Shehas done two sprint triathlons sinceMarch and looks forward to doingmore – maybe even a high ironmannext year. She reports, “I am still work‑ing as an occupational therapist on anearly intervention team and this pastyear I added a second job working at aprivate occupational therapy clinic spe‑cializing in sensory integration dys‑function.” Ashley Burr recently caughtup with Tyler Charlesworth andJonathan Kfoury in New York City.Tyler is living in the city working incommercial real estate and engaged tobe married this June. Jonathan hasrecently moved from Massachusettsand settled in Greenwich, CT. It isgreat to hear from all of you – tenyears has kept us all busy. Please con‑tinue to share with us your plans for2005!


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(L to R): Katie O’Brien, Cam Brensinger, John Slocum, Tyler Charlesworth, Riley Decker, Brian Decker,Robbie Holland, Avery Holland, Elizabeth Hickok Holland, Doug Tepe, Akiyo Marukawa, Mark D’Ambruoso.

1994

Several Derryfield alumni were present for Amily Dunlap ’93’s wedding to Tyler Moore. (L to R):Nathaniel Dunlap ’94, Jonathan Kfoury ’94, Sabrina Dunlap ’00, Avery Holland ’94, Stacy Denham ’93,Margaux D’Auteuil ’93, Ellie Cochran ’69 (in back), Amily and Tyler, and Ashley Stearns Burr ’94.

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1995Laura Mackey LeGower writes, “Hiall! I currently work at IndependenceBlue Cross as a Senior Communica‑tions Specialist in the ProviderCommunications department. Nowdoesn’t that sound like a fun job! I livein the Philly suburbs with my husbandof one year and our four‑year‑old baby(golden retriever), Riley. I also recentlygraduated from the University ofPhoenix‑Philadelphia campus with anMBA. If anyone is visiting the Phillyarea, drop on by!” n Lisa Tuttlewrites,”I currently live in Manchester,and am engaged to be married toMatthew Hultgren in June 2005. Weare relocating to Cincinnati for my pro‑motion to H/R Manager. My brotherRyan ’93 got married on October 30thin Princeton, NJ.

1996Carver Woodbury writes, “So great tosee all the girls in Cape Cod for BeccaJones’ wedding over Labor Day week‑end. For anyone who doesn’t knowwhat I’m up to these days, I’m living inMadison, WI, with my boyfriend oftwo years, Byron Scott, and our JackRussell Terrier, Barney. I just startedtwo new jobs in Madison, a full timeposition with PharmacyWeek(www.pharmacyweek.com) and part‑time mentoring of student athletes atthe University of Wisconsin‑Madison.”

1997After three years working in Boston asa Development Officer for JoslinDiabetes Center, Abby Silverman willbe a first‑year MBA student at theUniversity of Michigan. n SarahReynells and Adam Brown were mar‑ried in the fall of 2004 at the NewBoston Community Church. The cou‑ple honeymooned in Alaska and willlive in Vero Beach, FL.

1998Katherine Lombardi and MatthewJosef were married on August 8, 2004,in Meredith, NH. n Faculty memberPaul Keiner reports that Dana Keinerhas begun a part time job assisting at alocal veterinary hospital. She is stillvolunteering at the library, and is alsoassisting a local Girl Scout Troop. n

Timothy Sidore writes, “I just wantedto say hi to everyone. After college, Ispent some time back in NewHampshire, Texas and then law school,I am now living outside of Phoenix,and working as a real estate agent.Everything is going well out here; theweather is very different from home.Sad to hear about Manoukian. I lookforward to seeing some of you atMurphy’s wedding in December. Longlive the Cabin Support Group!” n

Elizabeth Stefany reports, “I am goingto sea again for the winter as AssistantEngineer for Sea EducationAssociation. I will be traveling Mexico,Tahiti, and Hawaii. If anyone is aroundthere, look me up.” n Gerard Murphyis getting married on New Year’s Eveof this year to Elizabeth Kay. He isexpecting some Derryfield classmatesto be in attendance, including AndyYoung.


Matt Hurlbut ’92 with his father, former Headmaster Marcus Hurlbut, and son, William Hurlbut.

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CATEGORY

1999REUNION RECAPChris Norwood and Hannah Arnoldreport, “Twenty‑five members of theclass of 1999 gathered at Jillian’s inManchester on October 2nd to catch upand discover what their classmateshave been up to for the past five years.Class members reported on marriagesand engagements, graduate school,and the working world along withretelling great high school stories.Highlights from the event included aslideshow by Chris Norwood, a prizefor Natalie Lebel who traveled all theway from California to attend, and vis‑its from Mr. Berk and Mr. Lemire. Intrue class of ‘99 fashion, Derryfieldalumni could be spotted at variousManchester venues far into the night.Those who could not make it weregreatly missed and those in attendanceare already looking forward to 2009.”

n Meredith Steele writes, “HiEveryone. I have traded theMiddlebury Cougars for the ColoradoState Rams! It is my first experienceattending a school with a footballteam. (I am still partial to soccer,maybe because I understand it!) As itturns out, my degree in music andEnglish provided little preparation forthe medical world. I am taking a vari‑ety of sciences classes to prepare for aPhysician’s Assistant graduate schoolprogram. Thanks to Mr. Bradley,Organic Chemistry is really not thatbad. I have reverted to being a sciencedork again, just like high school. I loveFort Collins, which is a beautiful front‑range city an hour north of Denver. Ihave little distractions here aside frommy wonderful two mutts, who contin‑ue to grow and get into trouble. I hopeall is well with all of you.”

2000Class Correspondent: Laura Hunter

[email protected]

Faculty member Bruce Berk reportsthat Anja Wallace moved out ofBoston for the summer and is bicyclingacross the country for two months witha program called Bike and Build(www.bikeandbuild.org). She raised$4,000 for affordable housing projects,and a group of 21 people are cyclingfrom coast to coast to spread the wordabout the affordable housing issue inthe U.S. She says she’s having a blastand building really strong quads. n

Kendra Rozett writes, “Congrats to allthe recent graduates and newlyengaged! Though I am not engagedyet, I am indeed a recent grad, and thenewest employee of SELCO, asHelpdesk Specialist. Who would havethought: me, a government employeeand a computer geek. I am enjoyingthe perks, and getting settled into lifein Shrewsbury, MA, with my boy‑friend. A big hello to all of Derryfield!”n Paul Barney married GeorgianaMitrus on June 16, 2004, at the BedfordVillage Inn in Bedford. Ross Barney’02 was the best man, and fellow alum‑ni David Jensen ’00 and AlexMoerlein ’01 were ushers.

2001Faculty member Paul Keiner reportsthat Matthew Ostrowski is consider‑ing seminary with a focus on counsel‑ing upon graduation. He worked as an


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Each year a group of past and present cross country girls and moms gather to run the Tufts 10K forWomen in Boston. (L to R): Current parent Kathryn Frieden, faculty member Terri Moyer, Holly Katz ’01,Hanna Melnick ’03, Jenna Sirkin ’00, and Sarah Murphy ’05.

aide/intern for a New Jersey Senatorover the summer. Mr. Keiner alsoreported that Justin Liu is on scheduleto graduate in June with a doublemajor after transferring from VMI toGeorge Washington University. Hetakes his classes mostly at night andworks as an N.C.I.S. analyst in the day.He wishes to pursue this as a careerupon graduation. Lastly, James Keineris on his third deployment. He hassome internet access this time for thefirst time, which has been a positivething for all parties concerned. If any‑one wishes to write to him or send himpackages, his address is: James Keiner6th BN, 26th BDE/TF TR(3) APO AE09391.

2002Julie Jorgensen became the first Armywomen’s soccer player to earn academ‑ic All‑America honors at the Division I

level with her appointment to the 2004ESPN Academic All‑AmericaUniversity Division third team. Rankedin the top five percent of her class forthe past two years, Julie registered thehighest overall grade for core mathe‑matics this fall. Last spring she wasinducted into Pi Mu Epsilon (MathHonor Society) and the AmericanSociety for Women in Mathematics.

2003Steven Flagg writes,”Another semesteris moving along well. It’s not nearly asexciting as going to Airborne School,but what is?” This past summer he hadthe opportunity to jump out of air‑planes down at Fort Benning, GA, atAirborne School. He is now a U.S.Army‑qualified paratrooper. n MarcMorgan’s parents report that Marc isdoing extremely well in his secondyear at Eckerd College in St.Petersburg, FL.


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The 2004 New Hampshire Championships alumni boat consisted of (L to R): Maggie Tomaswick ’00,Emily Landon ’01, Liz Cockrell ’01, Allison Messier ’02, and Christina Hancock ’99.

Back row (L to R): Chris Nickerson ’01, Bitsy Jorgensen, Amy Loveless, Katie Barrett, Kat Jones, GeorgePapanicolaou, Stacey Starner, Sara Schwartz, Kate Davis, Lauren Abrahimzadeh, Natalie Lebel, PorterWeeks, Anne Miner, Ben Kinder, Julie Aguiar, Mike Vrakatitsis, Pike Severance, Gill Roberts, Erik Shaka,Ben Pignatelli, and John Arnold ’00. Front row (L to R): Laura Reis, Hannah Arnold, Chris Norwood, DanLevenson, and Vickie Brenner.

1999

Steven C. Joy ’68

Richard Koehler ’69

Sheila Daly Spence ’69

William Theodosopoulos ’69

Richard A. Tzudiker ’69

Cathryn Berdechowski Brett ’70

Ellen Harvey ’70

Georgia Maltezos ’70

Chris Meyer ’70

Karl Pomeroy ’70

Stephen Clarke ’71

Thomas Davis ’71

Richard Jardine ’71

Mark White ’71

Mark Zechel ’71

James D. Bailey ’72

Susan Gilman ’72

Richard P. Laverdure ’72

John Adams ’73

Arthur Chakofsky-Lewy ’73

Bill Davison ’73

Eric Heinzelmann ’73

Deborah Larson ’73

Julianne Perron ’73

Stuart Rockwell ’73

D. Scott Williams ’73

Daniel M. Darling ’74

Peter J. Davis ’74

Cynthia Dolman-Fletcher ’74

Dorothea Gikas ’74

Dianne Scozzafava Heavens ’74

Kevin Hokenstrom ’74

Susan Gross Jackson ’74

Anne Lown-Hecht ’74

Diane Shooman ’74

E. Forbes Smiley ’74

Thomas Murray ’75

Carla Salls ’75

Bradford Daland ’76

John Ebert ’76

Christian P. Holland ’76

David T. Jambard ’76

Steven R. Norman ’76

Patricia Joy Stewart ’76

Kate McNally Allen ’77

Valerie Cooper ’77

Robert Fisher ’77

Paul Fons ’77

Jonathan D. Hamblett ’77

Karl A. Heinzelmann ’77

Lisa Quinn-Berger ’77

Maria Turner ’77

Robert Hickey ’78

Howard Moseley ’78

Martina Turner ’78

Lauren Chaplain ’79

George Gallo ’79

Bradley Hubbard ’79

Edwin Jackson ’79

Gail Taylor Miller ’79

Carolyn Anderson Reynolds ’79

Mirth White ’79

Colleen D. Berry ’80

Elizabeth E. Capowski ’80

Lawrence McGlinn ’80

Harry A.B. Shapiro ’80

Amanda Chase Graham ’81

Brett Hanson ’81

Darla Khazei ’81

John Van Duyne ’81

Adena Tsiaras English ’82

Susan Morse ’82

David A. Trust ’82

Sheila Bhattacharya ’84

Andrew Carle ’84

Christina A. Carter ’84

Frank DiPrete ’84

Annika Kristenson ’84

Bradley McMaster ’84

Jeffrey Reese ’84

Kristen Bucknam ’85

Marian Garcia ’85

Peter Johnson ’85

Andrew Tinklepaugh ’85

Grenville Clark ’86

Jennifer Gilmore ’86

Meghann E. Harris ’86

Sharon McKenna ’86

Stephen Medrick ’86

Abigail Rogers ’86

Stephanie Wolff ’86

Anita Bhattacharya ’87

Jennifer Kerr ’87

Yvonne Rich ’87

Seth Turner ’87

Kevin Callahan ’88

Wangchuk Dorji ’88

Jennifer Neilson ’88

Roger Shattuck ’88

Danielle Lucia Willette ’88

Jennifer Ambiehl ’89

Steven Bucknam ’89

Stephen A. Murray ’89

James Richards ’89

Lee E. Sallah ’89

Scott Barklow ’90

Richard A. Curtis ’90

Kristina Warren ’90

Kristina W. Wheeler ’90

Catherine Castaldo ’91

Michael Chapman ’91

Danielle Lacroix ’91

Michael MacEachran ’91

Rachel Cobb ’92

Tracey E. Cowenhoven ’92

Christopher Townsend ’92

Mr. Jeremy Anda ’93

Jeff Burgess ’93

Colin Copeland ’93

Matt Craig ’93

Tom DePuy ’93

Jessica Eaton ’93

King Luk ’93

Laura Peltonen ’93

Ben Ritter ’93

Aubrey Rosenthal ’93

Emma Wasserman ’93

Eugene Fillios ’94

Tobin Shulman ’94

Brian J. Dahlmann ’95

Michael C. Noyes ’95

Ian L. Whittle ’95

Paul Abrahimzadeh ’96

Brian B. Stewart ’96

Brieghan L. Gardner ’97

Melissa Kelley ’97

Alden T. Kasiewicz ’98

Dan Shiber ’98

Daniel Boisvert ’99

Christopher Roberts ’99

Nikki Kincaid ’00

Lost in Space


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THE FOLLOWING DERRYFIELD ALUMNI ARE LOST IN OUR RECORDS. DO YOU KNOW WHERE THESE CLASSMATES ARE? IF YOU DO, PLEASE LET US KNOW OR HAVE THEM

CONTACT TRACEY PERKINS AT 603.669.4524, EXT. 136 OR [email protected].

profileI t is no secret that Derryfield teach‑

ers are extraordinarily fond of theirstudents, keeping track as gradu‑

ates move on through life. It is a specialthrill however, for Derryfield to wel‑come one of its alumni back into thefold, whether as a new parent, oremployee. Stephanie Solms McCusker’84 is both. Of course, saying that Steffis back in the fold is a little bit like con‑vincing yourself that the sun stoppedshining, but is once again aglow.

Steff joined Derryfield as an eighthgrader in 1979. Paul Statt said that shewas such a great, earnest, smart stu‑dent that it was “embarrassing to beher teacher.” This was borne out whenSteff received both the Middle School’sFaculty Award and Athletic Award as anew student. By ninth grade, Steffwanted to experience a larger, morediverse student population. Her sopho‑more year, Steff attended NorthfieldMount Hermon School as a boardingstudent, and while the large studentbody appeased her craving for diversi‑ty, it posed negatives as well, and shesoon yearned to be home again. Thenext fall, Steff was back at Derryfield.

Steff likes to joke that she had to begto get back in, but the testimonialsfrom her teachers indicate that she was

an incredibly hard worker, well worthyof re‑admittance. Frequently, she wasthe glue that held her class together.Betty Jipson recalls that when her classwent through the be‑nasty‑to‑each‑other times, Steff was the one who sug‑gested a class trip to the beach. “Shewas the kid who got along with all thedifferent characters in that class.” Steffreceived many awards in her finalDerryfield years, including (but notlimited to) the Dartmouth Book Award,the Mayor’s Award, and the Ralph J.Scozzafava Head of School Award.

After Derryfield, Steff attendedDartmouth College, receiving a B.A. inEnglish and a Private Schools Certif‑icate in 1988. At Dartmouth, Steff met arather handsome, occasionally mis‑chievous, but personable fellow, DavidMcCusker, who swept her off her feet.Coincidentally, David would eventual‑ly serve as Derryfield’s Director ofDevelopment from 1994‑2000.

From 1989 to 2004, Steff wore morehats than many of us can fathom,working the independent school circuitas a teacher, coach, and advisor, includ‑ing a two‑year return to Derryfield,where she taught math, coached fieldhockey and lacrosse, and advised adozen students. Amid her busy life,

Steff made room for the birth of hertwo sons, Colin and Cameron, as wellas a part‑time career as a freelancewriter, editor, and proofreader.

No matter where she went, Steffalways remained connected to theSchool. A perennial volunteer, Steff hasbeen a steady force in the fund‑raisingfor her class, and is currently the Co‑Chair of the Alumni Fund. In recogni‑tion of her efforts, Steff received theAlumni Service Award in 1998.

Just when you would think that allroles have been exhausted for Steff, shehas donned two more ‘hats’ this year.In March 2004, Colin McCusker wasaccepted to Derryfield’s incoming 6thgrade, casting Steff in the role of newparent. This fall, we were once againlucky to welcome Steff officially backto Derryfield, this time as AssistantDirector of Admission.

On a personal note, I am energizedby Steff’s presence in the admissionoffice. I was a freshman when Steff wasa senior here, and she has always beena role model for me. To be workingalongside her now is a joy. From herlong‑term knowledge of Derryfield, toher innate ability to connect with ado‑lescents, Steff just has ‘the right stuff.’

– Kathleen Rutty‑Fey ’87

Stephanie Solms McCusker ’84 Returns to Derryfield

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