The Waldorf Magazine 2020

WALDORF MAGAZINE

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A Publication from The WALDORF SCHOOL of GARDEN CITY

WALDORF

STRONG

2020

INSIDE: 61st Commencement | Annual Report | Glen Brook Update

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

The Waldorf School of Garden City strives to be an

environment where diversity is celebrated and all members of our

community are included. We welcome the contributions of

all cultures. We provide opportunities for open dialogue

and discussion with faculty, staff, parents, students, and alumni.

We aim to find common ground.

Through active learning, we seek to explore the many

perceptions and experiences of various ethnicities, races, faiths,

religions, socio-economic groups, genders, and the LGBTQ+

community. We challenge ourselves to uncover our biases

so that we may meet all members of our community with equanimity

and compassion. We are a school that teaches our students

to value the differences in individuals, and we recognize that there are

strength and wisdom in our diversity. We believe a diverse

community is essential to an excellent education, and, to that end,

we recognize the varied perceptions held by our students help to

define the very fabric of our community.

Table of Contents

225 Cambridge Ave.

Garden City, NY 11530

(516) 742-3434

Administration

Helene Smith, Administrator

Kelly O’Halogan, Faculty Chair

Roland Rothenbucher, HS Chair

Janelle Beardsley, LS Chair (Jun-Dec)

Keelah Helwig, EC Chair

Deirdre Somers, College Co-Chair

Maria Ver Eecke, College Co-Chair

Nicole Littrean, Development Director

Ann Mulvehill, Enrollment Director 4-12

Carol Proctor, Enrollment Director PC-3

Kathy Bossuk, Marketing &

Communications Director

Ramona Owens, Finance Director

Mark Stehlik, Glen Brook

Executive Director

At A Glance

Founded: 1947

Grades: Nursery through Grade 12

Enrollment: 345

Number of Faculty and Staff: 98

Number of Graduates: 1,225

Garden City Campus: 10 acres

Extension Campus: 250 acres at Camp

Glen Brook in Marlborough,

New Hampshire

Accredited by: The Association of Waldorf

Schools of North America (AWSNA), the

New York State Association of

Independent Schools (NYSAIS), and

Waldorf Early Childhood Association of

North America (WECAN)

ON THE COVER:

Waldorf Strong Art - Kathy Bossuk Photography -

Mark Stehlik (GB Canoe), Bianca LeRoux (WSGC

Hawk) Iwonka Piotrowska (WSGC MLK), Mike

Guarino (GB Sunset), Anthony Yaeger (GB Barn),

and Kevin Padilla (WSGC Mist).

The Waldorf Magazine is published

annually by The Waldorf School of Garden City

for over 3,000 alumni, parents, and friends

around the world.

The Waldorf Magazine welcomes

reader observations and Alumni Notes. Contact

Kathy Bossuk at (516) 742-3434 ext. 311,

or e-mail bossukk@waldorfgarden.org

School News

2 From the Faculty Chair

3 People

5 The Class of 2020 College

Acceptances

6 61st Commencement

8 Class of 2020 Profiles

13 Students in the News

15 MLK Day

16 George Rose Tribute

18 A History of Glen Brook

with David White

Glen Brook

22 Executive Director

Message

23 Glen Brook Programs

27 Featured Alumni:

Keith Worthy

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Annual Report

29 Board of Trustees

30 School Administrator

31 Parent-Teacher Association

32 Development Director

33 Mabel Pew Myrin

Legacy Society

34 2019-2020 Fundraising

& List of Donors

Alumni News

52 Alumni Notes

62 Class Representative List

63 In Memoriam

Arts & Athletics

66 2019 Soccer

67 2019 Cross Country

2019-20 Basketball

68 Senior Art Show

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Welcome

Message from

The Faculty Chair

by Kelly O’Halogan

Once when I was

walking along a

paved walkway at

the Oregon coast,

my eye caught the

movement of

bushes to my left.

About 20 feet

ahead of me two black bears, one

chasing the other, crossed my path.

They ran off into the bushes on the

other side of my walkway. I froze,

heart pounding with a mixture of

excitement, awe, and gratitude.

That was followed by a bit

fear...some second-guessing of my

best course of action – uncertainty.

The 2019-20 School year brought

a dose of uncertainty of

unfathomable measure. The

pandemic washed the world with

grief, fear, and uncertainty. Not

only did the institution of our School

have to face it, but each individual

making up our School had their

own inner journey to navigate as

well. Together and separately we

chose our reactions.

The collective and immediate

response from our WSGC

employees was to maintain focus

on educating our students and

serving our families. With awe,

gratitude, and profound respect I

watched our faculty dive into the

unknown to achieve their goals of

staying connected with our students.

They became students themselves of

new technology so they could serve.

Creativity and inventiveness

expanded. I saw the skilled and

synchronized teamwork of the

administrative staff step into action.

Repeatedly individuals stepped out

of their role to take on many and

varied roles. We were all in.

As one of the leaders of the School,

I was not certain of our course.

There was no certainty. But there

was action! There was endurance.

There were failures and successes.

There were adjustments in our

course. We better understood

ourselves and our School. We

learned. We persevered. We are

positioned for a bright future.

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Lee Iacocca once said, “So what

do we do? Anything. Something.

So long as we just don’t sit there. If

we screw it up, start over. Try

something else. If we wait until

we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties,

it may be too late.”

In service to the School,

Kelly Rae O’Halogan W

People People

A FOND FAREWELL...

Throughout the 2019-20 school year, Helene

Smith played an integral part in guiding the

School through some difficult and turbulent

events. During this time, her dedication to the

School and the families of The Waldorf School

of Garden City never wavered. Nevertheless, Helene has

decided to step down from her role as School Administrator

prior to the start of the 20-21 school year and leave New

York to be closer to her family. We are sincerely thankful for

her leadership over the last year and wish her the best of

luck in her future endeavors.

Alumna/Waldorf lifer, Alumni parent, and

faculty member, Bobby Lyons ‘76 has not

only graced our halls but also dedicated her

life to The Waldorf School of Garden City for

decades. Her positive and humble demeanor

has been an inspiration to students and colleagues alike.

She has decided to retire to spend more time with her

grandchildren. We wish her a happy retirement and hope to

keep seeing her on the court during annual alumni

basketball games alongside her alumni daughters!

Grades teacher Tasha England has decided

to return home to Oklahoma to be closer to

her family. Tasha joined the School in 2016.

She was a conscientious and devoted teacher

and a respected colleague who also served on

the Board of Trustees as a faculty member. We are thankful

for her dedicated service and wish her the best of luck

wherever life takes her.

Joining The Waldorf School of Garden City in

2015, Ellen Cimino took 3 classes through

their middle school years. Her passion for

history and protecting the environment inspired

her students, some of whom went on to

promote awareness outside of school. Ellen was a congenial

colleague, and she will be missed. We wish her the best as

she moves on to a new chapter.

Eurythmy Teacher Maria Ver Eecke has left

her full-time position to spend more time with

her family. We are happy that she will

continue to assist the school with student/

therapeutic assessments periodically.

After 19 years as the French teacher for

students in the Early Childhood through grade

8, Florence Kadri decided to return home to

France with her two children. A beloved

teacher and colleague, Florence brought

creativity, fun, and joy to her subject and additionally

offered an afterschool French language elective, tutored

math, and was an integral part of the middle school comingof-age

trips. Florence will be sorely missed. We wish her

the very best in her future endeavors. Merci et bonne

chance, Florence!

We would also like to acknowledge the great contributions

of the following members of our faculty and staff who

did not return this fall. A sincere thank you to Gardening

Teacher Jeannine Davis, ENL Instructor Nina Renker,

Receptionist Gina McCullough, and Development

Associate Jodie Thomas. Your dedication and

commitment to our School have shown in your work

throughout the years, and we wish you all the best in your

future endeavors.

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People

A WARM WELCOME...

For fall 2020 we are happy to announce the following new

employees:

Thomas Jenkins is our new Lower School

Chair. He brings years of experience in Class

Teaching and strength in communication and

team-building. Relocating from Idaho, we

welcome him to New York!

We welcome current parent and educator

Mara Esposito as the First Grade Class

Teacher! Mara received her B.A. in Jungian

Psychology and Literature and her Teacher

Certification at Pacific Oaks Teacher College

in the Northwest.

Stephanie Ramirez, a current parent, is

our new Lower School Spanish Teacher! We

look forward to her joyful presence in the

classroom and are excited to have the Spanish

language taught in our Lower School.

After completing teacher training at The

Waldorf School of Garden City, Alanna

Michtavy has returned as our Fourth Grade

Class Teacher. We are happy to have her

aboard!

Christopher Garcia joins us as our ENL

Teacher. He is fluent in Spanish and

Mandarin, has a B.A. in Linguistics and an

M.A. in TESOL from Stony Brook University.

Current parent and former fencing club

advisor, Mihail Etropolski has joined the

Second Grade class as an assistant.

Bianca LeRoux, current parent, joined the

Office of Development in January 2020 and

will continue to be an integral member of the

Development and Communications teams

bringing her great creativity, photography,

and videography skills to our efforts.

Some familiar faces who will take on new roles include...

Nicole Littrean, current and alumni parent, will step into

the role of Interim Administrator with the full support of the

Board, Faculty, and Community. Leading the administrative

team, Nicole will oversee the financial well-being of the

School, safety and facilities, development, communications,

and enrollment. Nicole is a leader who inspires others to

achieve their best.

Katie McCarthy, current parent and former Early

Childhood Assistant, will take the place of Bobby Lyons as

the Fifth Grade Class Teacher.

Amy Singh, current parent and former Early Childhood

Afternoon Care Assistant, will take on the roles of IT

Assistant and Lower School Gardening Teacher.

To read full bios of our current faculty and staff, visit our directory on our website:

www.waldorfgarden.org/faculty-directory/

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Class of 2020

Congratulations

to the

Class of 2020!

College Acceptance List

Art Center College of

Design

Bard College

Baruch College of the

CUNY (Macaulay

Honors College)

Beloit College

Binghamton University

Brooklyn College of the

CUNY

California College of the

Arts

Cal Poly, San Luis

Obispo

University of California-

Davis

University of California-

Irvine

University of California -

San Diego

University of California –

Santa Barbara

Clark University

Colgate University

Drexel University

Emerson College

Fashion Institute of

Technology

Fordham University

George Washington

University

Goucher College

Hampton University

Hofstra University

Howard University

Hunter College of the

CUNY

University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign

Louisiana State

University

University of Maine

Manhattanville College

Massachusetts College of

Art and Design

University of Michigan

University of Minnesota-

Twin Cities

University of New Haven

New Jersey Institute of

Technology

New York Institute of

Technology

New York University

(Stern School of

Business)

New York University

(NYU Shanghai)

Northeastern University

Pennsylvania State

University

Pratt Institute

SUNY at Purchase

College

Queens College of the

CUNY

Rensselaer Polytechnic

Institute

Rochester Institute of

Technology

Rose-Hulman Institute of

Technology

Rutgers University-New

Brunswick

Sarah Lawrence College

Savannah College of Art

and Design

School of the Art

Institute of Chicago

School of Visual Arts

Simmons University

University of Southern

California

St. John’s University

State University of New

York at New Paltz

Stevens Institute of

Technology

Stony Brook University,

State University of

New York

University at Albany,

SUNY

SUNY College of

Technology at Alfred

SUNY College at

Geneseo

SUNY Oneonta

Syracuse University

Temple University

The New School –

Parsons School of

Design

The Ohio State University

University of Toronto

Trinity College

University at Buffalo The

State University of

New York

Ursinus College

University of Vermont

University of

Washington, Seattle

Worcester Polytechnic

Institute W

Colleges in

blue indicate where

students are

attending.

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Commencement 2020

Perseverance and Resilience at

61st Commencement

“As a

community

with the right

intentions,

a clear

voice, and

perspective,

we will be

the catalysts

for a change

that we

deserve.”

~

Christina Reed

Class of 2020

The 61st senior class to

graduate from The Waldorf

School on Garden City did

so under highly unusual

circumstances. Nevertheless, with

a pandemic

keeping us apart,

the School,

students, and

families rose to the

occassion to

commemorate this

important occasion

via live-stream with

pomp and

circumstance.

While the students

were not able to

physically take the stage, they

were able to process in virtually.

As per tradition, High School

Chair Roland Rothenbucher

welcomed the 22 graduates and

their families. He described the

class as “known to be

contemplative, reserved,

respectful, and kind-hearted. They

have been a pleasure to

teach...but underneath lives an

exuberant energy.”

The senior class advisors, Shane

Flanagan and Libia Gallo

addressed the class with a joint

speech to express their “love and

admiration” for the students. They

used the metaphor of nature to

discuss the unique “elements”

each student brought to the class

as well as the “forest” they need

to explore and navigate in order

to find their way out into the

world. They concluded by telling

them, “...thank you all for

opening yourselves to us and

showing us who you truly are.

Whether you have brought the

life giving air, the breeze that

kept us moving, an inspiring gust

of wind, passionate fire, the

affirming earth, or the ever

changing watery element, we

want you to know we see you

and we love you.”

Senior Sean Chen, who joined

the class in 8th grade,

addressed the class live from his

home in China. He shared his

story of coming to WSGC

because “The Waldorf School,

fosters a tight-knit community

while challenging students to

discover their own potential.” He

added, “Because of

the pandemic, we

have learned how to

alter ourselves and

adapt to new

challenges. I deeply

believe that today's

obstacles are great

opportunities for us,

for our generation, to

add value to the

world...I wish you all

very good lives.”

Graduate and WSGC lifer,

Aimee Gallager reminded her

class and her generation to look

inward, to look at all humanity,

and to see “the bountiful

intersection between the two.”

Referencing Emerson’s the

American Scholar speech, she

challenged each student to

“create a new reality that is

wholly our own, both

individually and throughout our

communities.” She ended by

explaining that “At the end of

the day we are distinguished by

our kindness, and I hope that

each of us continues to cultivate

that virtue above any other.”

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Student Body Co-President and

entrepreneur Christina Reed initially

felt she had no new words of wisdom

to share with her class, but after the

tumultuous events that engulfed the

year, she knew what needed to be

said. The one word she used to define

the class is “resilient” and the feeling of

community only grew as they were not

able to be together physically. The

creativity that has come out of necessity

was impressive. In 8th grade she

adorned her Main Lesson book with a

quote by Huey Newton that stuck with

her, “The revolution has been in the

hands of the young. The young always

inherit the revolution.” She added, “As

we enter the next phase of our lives,

we must continue connecting with

others, forming relationships, and

improving our broken society. As a

community with the right intentions, a

clear voice, and perspective, we will

be the catalysts for a change that

we deserve.”

Commencement Speaker Claudia

Hart, the class’s Lower School Class

teacher, used the following words to

describe the class: Truth, courage,

thoughtfulness, kindess. She explained

that the class’s “artistic and intellectual

capacities resonated in the hearts of

their teachers” and told them

emphatically “you are powerful and

what you do matters.” “You have

chosen to act and that action will soon

translate into choices as you move

toward adulthood....May your power,

love, courage, and hope spur you

onwards..welcome to the world class

of 2020!”

The speeches were followed by a

musical presentation by Ethan Krahn

who remastered the song “The

Road to Nowhere” by the

Talking Heads. Focusing on the

concepts of “moving forward,

positivity, and good vibrations,”

and lyrics like, “give us time to

work it out” and “it’s alright, it’s

alright,” Ethan left the audience

with hope and postive energy as

the ceremony came to an end.

Roland Rothenbucher closed the

ceremony by stating, “At Waldorf,

pivoting and adapting to change has

gone into your DNA...You have had

many experiences that have grown in

you the capacity to embrace change

and to navigate your way through

uncertainty...If anyone can meet the

ever-changing

world with a sense

of responsive and

responsible action,

you can, because

you can rely on

yourselves.

Go with our best

wishes and highest

hopes!”

The Commencement Ceremony

was followed by a drive-through

the “U” diploma pick-up. On a

beautiful June day, graduates and

their families drove through the

School for the last time amidst

cheers from faculty and staff to

pick up their diplomas and a bag

of gifts from the School.

Congratulations Class of 2020!

To watch the full recording

of the live commencement visit:

https://bit.ly/35AyIrZ

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Class of 2020 Profiles

The Class of 2020: Bright,

Creative, Resourceful, and Kind

By Marisa Gelb, College Advisor and Guidance Counselor

The Class of 2020 has done an extraordinary job representing our School. These student leaders were role models to

their peers and a source of pride for our faculty and staff. During the COVID19 pandemic, they truly showed their

mettle, succeeding under the most difficult of circumstances. As they begin their college journeys, we know that they

will carry the values of our community with them. The Class of 2020 will be greatly missed, but we are so proud to

have them as alumni and we cannot wait to see where the future takes them!

Nothing short

of a force of

nature,

Christina

Altidor

joined the Waldorf

community in 9th grade.

Her bold personality and

great sense of humor made

her stand out from the

crowd. She is honest to a

fault, sharp as a tack, and

motivated from a place

deep within herself. In

school, Christina is

committed to the Diversity

Committee, but outside of

school, Christina gives most

of her free time to her

church. She is a Sunday

service programmer where

she prepares songs,

announcements, and

activities for the church, a

bible camp counselor, and

a church choir member. She

also babysits and tutors

young children from her

church community. Christina

will be attending

Binghamton University,

where she plans to study

Neuroscience, and

eventually pursue medicine.

Intelligent,

clever,

charismatic,

and creative

are just a few

words that describe

Yuxiong “Marco” Bai.

While Marco is an excellent

student, he is exceptional

outside of the classroom. An

essential part of the Waldorf

community, Marco was our

Student Body Co-President

and was also a key member

of both the Social and

Diversity Committees. When

he is not representing the

interests of our students, he

can be found playing

Varsity Basketball. Outside

of school, Marco has

pursued his interest in

business and fashion

through the China Thinks Big

Competition, the Blue Ocean

Competition, and a Fashion

Institute of Technology Men’s

Design course. With his

passion for fashion, Marco

will be heading to the

School of the Art Institute of

Chicago to study fashion

design.

Karen Bravo

is bright,

poised, kind,

and generous

of spirit. She

is a source of incredibly

positive energy and has a

“can-do” attitude that makes

her a beloved member of the

class of 2020. Karen moved

to New York from Colombia

when she was in middle

school. She barely spoke

English. Since then, through

hard work, listening, and

fearless trial and error, Karen

has become one of our

school’s most accomplished

students. Karen was a

member of the Soccer,

Softball, and Cross-Country

Teams for several years. She

was also a multi-year

member of the Eco-Orchestra.

When Karen was not

competing or performing, she

was working with young

children in our School’s

Aftercare Program caring for

early childhood students. Our

Early Childhood staff was

consistently impressed with

her patience and kindness.

Karen will pursue her dream

of a career in architecture at

Rensselaer Polytechnic

Institute.

Jiacheng

“Sean” Chen

is respectful

and kind with

a deep

concern for the well-being of

others. While Sean is an

amazing academic presence

in the classroom, he also

brings much more to both our

Waldorf and his local

community. Sean is a fouryear

member of the Varsity

Basketball team, a

representative of our School at

the Human Rights Conference

at Adelphi University, and

President of the class of

2020. In addition, he

volunteered as a teacher’s

assistant at the Oyster Bay

High School’s Tzu Chi

Academy and at Fuo Guang

Mountain (a Buddhist

organization in NYC). He

also helped coordinate events

for the Long Island Chinese

American Association. Sean

has a passion for

photography and works as a

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food photographer for Food

Map NYC, taking

photographs of restaurants

that he has visited. His work

has been seen by thousands!

Sean will bring his unique mix

of talents to Colgate University

in Hamilton, New York.

Smart and

incredibly

knowledgeable

on a wide

variety of

topics, Owen

Chernoff brings something

special to the Waldorf

community. In the classroom,

Owen is known for being a

passionate debater with bold

and unique opinions. Outside

the classroom, Owen works

on his vintage RX-7 every day

(trying to restore it to its full

80’s glory). He loves

barbecuing and grilling (he

even made this the focus of

his senior speech). Owen runs

a small computer support

business, and donated the

majority of his profits to an

inner-city robotics team in

Rochester, NY. In the

summers, Owen utilizes his

love of technology and

electronics for his job as an

alarm and security network

specialist. With plans to study

engineering, Owen will head

to Worcester Polytechnic

Institute in Massachusetts

come fall.

Sumaya

Cilenti is an

intelligent,

hardworking,

and genuine

young woman. She is often

reserved, but when she puts

herself out there, her light

shines very brightly. Sumaya

is often able to see and solve

problems by thinking outside

the box. Coming to our

School from a rural Waldorf

school in Vermont, Sumaya

has thrived in our community.

If Sumaya is not in the

classroom, you will most likely

find her dancing! She is a

proud member of the Mark

Morris Student Dance

Company and also a

teaching assistant at Dionne

Kamara Dance. Sumaya has

even spent a summer in the

Alvin Ailey Experience

Workshop. With plans to

pursue a gap year, Sumaya

will be attending Goucher

College in Towson, Maryland

in the fall of 2021.

Generous,

kind, smart,

and talented,

Samantha

Cumberbatch

thrives when she is

contributing to her various

communities. Closest to her

heart is the New York

National Guard Teen Council.

Sam comes from a military

family, and her involvement in

the Council has allowed her

to both offer support and

receive support from other

military children and their

families. She is also very

devoted to her church. At

Waldorf, Sam loved the

performing arts. She was in

the High School Musical all

four years, and was a proud

member of our School’s

acapella group, Fermata the

Blue. Sam is also a huge

advocate for the LGBTQ

community and she is a

member of our School’s

Gay/Straight Alliance. Sam

will head to the University of

New Haven to pursue a

degree in Cybersecurity.

Aimee

Gallagher

has an

incredible

aptitude for

active listening and the

natural ability to make

meaningful connections.

Aimee is passionate about

learning with a particular

talent for writing and

literature. She participated in

the Washington Journalism

and Media Conference at

George Mason University in

2018 and was selected for

the Young Writers Retreat

with Alice Hoffman—of

Practical Magic fame—at

Adelphi University her junior

year. Anyone who knows

Aimee also knows that she

has devoted much of her life

to dancing. In addition to

long hours at numerous local

studios, Aimee has been a

part of several competitive

dance summer intensives

including the Joffrey Ballet

School and American Ballet

Theater. Aimee has also

served as both dance captain

and actor in several of our

WSGC musicals. With a plan

to continue pursuing writing

and dance, Aimee will attend

Bard College.

Gabrielle

Joseph has a

big personality,

a clever mind,

and a beautiful

aesthetic. She is a person

who has a true sense of style.

From her unique makeup to

her cool (and often

homemade) clothes, she

knows how to make her

outward appearance match

her inner creativity. She has a

beautiful artistic style that is all

her own. Gabby was selected

for foundation classes in the

“For the Love of Art” program

at Adelphi University. She

also works with the Ace

Mentor Program, learning

with working architects.

Gabby is an accomplished

dancer who has studied with

both the American Ballet

Theater and the Dance

Theatre of Harlem. She was

the captain of the Varsity

Cross Country Team, a

member of the Social

Committee, and Class

Secretary at Waldorf. Gabby

has also worked as a

lifeguard and swim instructor

at Saf-T-Swim for several

years. Gabby will be heading

to Brooklyn to pursue a

degree in architecture at

Pratt Institute.

Valedictorian

Daniella Kata

grew up at The

Waldorf

School of

Garden City, and during her

time here she has proven to

be an exceptional student, an

excellent role model, and a

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caring, kind, and loving

human being. She is brilliant,

yet humble and diligent. In

addition to her academic

prowess, Daniella has her

hands in all kinds of school

activities. She is a member of

the New York State Science

Honors Society, a member of

our School’s Diversity

Committee, a multiple first

place winner in Sprachfest,

an active English and

German tutor, and a Student

Council Representative.

Daniella loves all of her

activities, but music is

definitely a defining part of

who she is. Daniella plays

four musical instruments at the

expert level: piano, violin,

ukulele, and erhu (Chinese

violin). She is a four-year

member of the Tri-M Music

Honor Society. Outside of

school, Daniella performs and

competes whenever possible,

in anything from church

events to major competitions.

She even won first place at

the New York Concert Festival

International Competition at

Lincoln Center. With plans for

a future in creating

environmentally friendly

housing, Daniella will join the

civil engineering department

at the University at Buffalo in

their Honors College.

Ethan Krahn

eats, sleeps

and breathes

creativity. He

is a fantastic

musician with a particular

talent for parody (his hilarious

original song about Hamlet

brought the house down).

Ethan is passionate about

film, with plans to turn this

into a career. He is a born

storyteller with an incredible

imagination and a sense of

comedic timing that is rare in

a person so young. Ethan

loves all things creative, and

this was reflected in

everything he did at school.

He was a key member of

both the jazz and garage

bands, playing an impressive

four instruments (piano,

drums, bass, and

vibraphone). Ethan also

starred in several of our high

school musicals and was the

President of the Tri-M Music

Honor Society. Ethan writes

and records music at home

and when not playing music,

he is focusing on film. He has

worked on several short films

and strives to learn more

about camera work and

editing. Ethan will be bringing

his talent and charisma to

Boston to study film at

Emerson College.

Dev

Krishnasastry

may seem

quiet and

reserved, but

put an

instrument in his hands, and

he is anything but! With plans

to pursue a career in music

composition, Dev participated

in many of the School’s music

offerings. He was a four-year

performer in the Jazz Band,

studied Music Theory as an

elective, and played in the pit

band for every school

performance of his high

school career. During the

summer, Dev studied classical

and jazz guitar at the

USDAN Center for the Arts.

Additionally, he takes private

guitar lessons with jazz

guitarist Kevin B. Clark. While

Dev loves learning about

music and listening to great

musicians from around the

world, he spends a great deal

of time composing and

recording his own music at

home. When Dev isn’t in

school or playing music, he is

giving back. In fact, Dev has

spent over two hundred hours

volunteering at both North

Shore University Hospital and

his local church, St. Aiden’s.

With a degree in music on

his mind, Dev will be

attending Queens College.

Zhiyu

“Michael” Lu

makes an

impact on

everyone he

meets. When

he speaks, it is always to say

something intelligent, kind, or

impactful. Michael plans to

pursue a future in data

science and potentially use

these skills towards a career

in the business world. Every

year of high school, he

aggressively pursued this

goal. The summer after his

freshman year, he

represented China in the

Future Business Leaders of

America Competition in

Entrepreneurship. Following

his sophomore year, he

joined a research team

(YouFang Data Mining

Network-Based Online

Shopping Analysis) and

learned under a PhD about

data mining and market

analysis. Additionally, he

spent two weeks at University

of Michigan studying data

science. Before senior year,

Michael completed a Brown

University Pre-College

program in statistics. In

school, Michael played

guitar, was a member of the

Table Tennis Club, and a

member of the Varsity Soccer

Team for two years. With

plans to continue pursuing

data science, Michael will

continue his studies at the

University of Michigan.

What Lucinda

Peal lacks in

stature, she

makes up for

in personality,

strength,

intelligence, and spunk.

Lucinda is an incredibly

diligent student, but outside of

the classroom, she is a

creative and athletic force of

nature! She was a four-year

member of the HS chorus and

acapella group, Fermata the

Blue (taking on a leadership

role as a senior). Lucinda also

performed in last year’s

school musical, The Drowsy

Chaperone. In addition,

Lucinda is a three-season

athlete! She is a proud

member of the varsity soccer,

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softball, and basketball teams

and was chosen as a

basketball captain. When

Lucinda is not performing or

competing, she is helping our

School. Lucinda has been a

volunteer in our library for the

last two years, and she served

on the Prom Committee.

Lucinda will be attending

Binghamton University with

plans to study biology.

“Be honest

and fair,

friendly and

helpful,

considerate

and caring,

courageous and strong, and

responsible for what I say and

do, and to respect myself and

others, respect authority, use

resources wisely, make the

world a better place.” This is

part of the Girl Scout Law, but

it is also the way that

Christina Reed (a life-long

Girl Scout) lives her life each

day. Christina is a superstar,

both in and outside the

classroom. She was a Student

Body Co-President and served

on the Student Council for

several years. She was a

member and secretary of our

School’s chapter of the Tri-M

Music Honor Society and a

first chair trumpet player in the

Jazz Band. She was also a

member of Model UN and the

Diversity Committee and was

a Varsity Cross-Country runner

throughout high school.

Outside of school, Christina

devoted hundreds of hours to

community service. She

volunteered in a local medical

facility and at the Levittown

Public Library. During the

COVID-19 Pandemic,

Christina gave countless hours

to creating personal protective

equipment from home on a

3D printer. Christina will be

bringing her many talents to

Stony Brook University with

plans to study biology.

Waldorf lifer

Mollie

Resnick is

bright, bold,

and larger

than life. Her

enthusiasm for our school, her

interests, and particularly for

her athletic teams knows no

bounds. She is a beacon of

positivity that draws others to

her, and she is simply a joy to

be around. Mollie is a threeseason

athlete who has

competed on the Varsity

Soccer, Basketball, and

Softball teams since her

freshman year. She was the

captain of all three teams,

was elected MVP for all three

teams, and was selected as

All-Conference MVP for

Soccer and Basketball.

Anyone who has heard

Mollie’s senior speech knows

that outside of school, Mollie

is a much beloved counselor

at the Long Beach Recreation

Camp. She was even voted

counselor of the year! Mollie

will be heading to our

nation’s capital to study

criminal justice at The George

Washington University.

Mia Ver

Pault is equal

parts

intelligence,

kindness,

talent, and drive. She

received the Triple “C”

Award from NYS Attorney

General Letitia James for

courage, character, and

commitment, and nothing

could be more fitting. While

she has many incredible

talents, Mia is most

passionate about singing and

is a chorister at the Church of

the Incarnation in Garden

City where her beautiful,

clear voice lifts the spirit.

When Mia was not excelling

in the classroom or singing,

she generously gave her time,

often through her church, at

major church events, as a

Sunday School teacher’s

assistant, and as a counselor

in the choir’s summer

academy. She was also a

youth leader, and a delegate

to the Long Island Convention

of the Episcopal Diocese.

Additionally, she volunteered

for Habitat for Humanity and

the Interfaith Nutrition

Network. Mia was a member

of WSGC’s Diversity

Committee and Community

Service Club, and marched

with her church group in

Washington DC during the

March for Our Lives rally,

and also stood proudly with

Greta Thunberg at the NYC

Climate Strike. Mia will be

heading to Hartford,

Connecticut to study biology

at Trinity College.

Bobby

Vernola feels

no pressure to

conform to

others’

expectations of what is cool

or interesting, and in turn,

people often find Bobby to be

cool and interesting. Bobby is

bright, socially aware, and

deeply artistic. When he is

not in class, Bobby is likely to

be found creating art. He is

passionate about embroidery,

sewing, and textiles, and has

created his own space in his

home to work on these

projects. In the fall of his

junior year, Bobby attended a

fine arts portfolio class at

Molloy College. He was then

nominated and selected for

the Adelphi University “For

The Love of Art” program,

where he worked on

foundation skills like figure

drawing. His favorite artistic

pursuit to date is when he

received a special scholarship

and spent a summer in

County Wexford, Ireland

studying art on a farm. Bobby

will bring his unique brand of

charm and talent to NYC to

study textile and surface

design at The Fashion Institute

of Technology.

Hai “Jake”

Vu transferred

to WSGC as

a junior and

he quickly

became an

integral part of the

community. Jake is the kind of

person that you can’t help but

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like. He is sweet without

being a pushover, brilliant

without being inaccessible,

and cultured without being

pretentious. He has a maturity

and a sense of responsibility

that are well beyond his

years. Outside of his brilliant

work in the classroom, Jake

is focused on photography.

In addition to his

independent photography

work, he took photos for the

yearbook, was a member of

the photography club, and

competed in photography

competitions. In fact, Jake

loves taking photos so much

that he used his senior

speech to discuss how much

he values photography and

how it has fueled him to

become more independent

and travel more frequently. In

addition to his love of

photography, Jake is an

active outdoorsman,

regularly going hiking,

camping, and even

gardening. He is also a

trumpet player and music

lover. Soon, Jake will be

heading to NYC to attend

the prestigious Macaulay

Honors College at Baruch

College, where he plans to

study business.

Joining The

Waldorf

School of

Garden City

at the

beginning of

her junior year, Aixin

“Cheryl” Xu really found

her stride. WSGC turned out

to be a perfect match for a

creative intellectual like

Cheryl. She quickly became

known for her determination,

intelligence, and her ability

to doggedly pursue her

goals. At our School, Cheryl

has been able to showcase

her rather remarkable artistic

talents. In the amazing words

of our own Ms. Cavallaro,

“Cheryl is one of the most

talented high school students

I have come across in my

nearly 20 years of teaching.

Her skill level approaches

that of a longstanding

working professional in the

field. She is incredibly

naturally gifted across art

media, but her intense

dedication and work ethic

propel her natural gifts into

the stratosphere.” Next year,

Cheryl will be heading to

Pasadena, California to

pursue a degree in product

design at the ArtCenter

College of Design.

Salutatorian

Hao

“Edward”

Zhang is

whip smart,

incredibly

driven, uniquely talented,

and super funny to boot! He

is driven to succeed, but also

very relaxed and easy to

relate to. Edward is

passionate about math and

talks often about his future in

data science, but he is also

passionate about music, and

it is clear that he will never

stop pursuing this part of

himself as well. At WSGC,

Edward is the president of

the senior class, a member of

the Social Committee, the

founder of the Class Band, a

member of the Diversity

Committee, a member of the

garage band, and a former

varsity athlete (soccer).

Outside of school, Edward’s

pursuits are equally

impressive. One of Edward’s

proudest moments to date is

the creation of his non-profit

DJ school, Summer Spin.

Edward is an accomplished

DJ—spinning regularly at

school events—who wanted

to teach others as well.

When he set out to create

the school, he knew that he

wanted to use the profits to

support music charities. His

business is now up and

running in both China and

the U.S. Edward’s passion

for music also applies to the

guitar and singing. He does

street performances when he

is back home in China.

Edward has headed to NYC

where he will study data

science and business at NYU

Stern School of Business.

On top of her

academic

excellence

and

determination,

Zixuan “Cathy” Zhu is one

of the kindest, most gentle

young women that you will

ever meet. She is always

conscientious when she

speaks and listens to the

feelings of others. Cathy is

known by her peers as a

supportive person, and she

was often the one comforting

another student when they

were struggling. When Cathy

was not in the classroom, she

was finding ways to help

support our School. Cathy

acted as both Treasurer and

Secretary for the class of

2020 and is an active

member of the Student

Council. In previous years,

Cathy was also a member of

the Orchestra and a Varsity

Cross Country runner.

Outside of school, Cathy

participated in a research

program with other

international students called

China Think Big, in which

students were researching the

impact of network buzzwords

on teenagers. Cathy also has

a passion for baking and

shares this passion with the

world through her food blog

and Instagram page. She

bakes traditional breads and

pastries as well as glutenfree,

vegan, and allergen

free items. Cathy will be

joining our neighbors to the

north to study at the

University of Toronto. W

To watch the full

virtual commencement visit:

https://bit.ly/35AyIrZ

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Students in the News

Excelling in and out of the Classroom

In 2019 - 2020, our students continued to demonstrate the “scope and acuity of their minds as well as the

depth and integrity of their character” as they excelled in a variety of extra-curricular events and activities and

earned recognition.

Middle Schooler Runs Own Design

Business

Ava Collier has always had a passion for art and

drawing and she uses that passion to moonlight as an

entrepreneur! Her e-commerce business, EMO by Ava

features useful items adorned with Ava’s original

illustrations. Her website is run by Ava and her

mother, Christine Ruiz, and features beautifully

decorated clothing, accessories, and household decor

for purchase.

Ava began drawing in the 4th grade, and it very

quickly became a creative outlet, allowing her to express her

personality and emotions in a way that was not only fun but also

useful. After having many of her friends express interest in her

designs, Ava and her mother launched their website in 2018. W

Junior David Kissin Partners with World

Renowned Music Provider

David Kissin partnered with Ernie Ball, one of

the worlds leading manufacturers of guitar

strings, bass strings, and guitar accessories.

David began posting guitar videos to his

music page in January 2019 and in just

under three months his videos accumulated

over 50,000 views. During this time,

Photographer Robert M. Knight reached out

to David to see if he would be interested in

being endorsed by Ernie Ball.

David was especially grateful to the School, particularly praising his

teacher, Steven DeBellis, saying, “The WSGC High School has provided

me with exceptional programs such as the garage band and the jazz

band. Mr. DeBellis has been phenomenal, he knows how to make the

class serious while still letting us have fun. Because music should be fun.”

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Daniella Kata Receives Peter A.

Zimmerman, M.D., J.D. Award in

Recognition of Academic and

Intellectual Excellence

Daniella Kata

’20 was the

2019 recipient

of the Peter A.

Zimmerman,

M.D., J.D.

Award in

Recognition of

Academic and Intellectual Excellence. The award is

given to a student who, at the completion of their

junior year of high school, has exhibited academic

and intellectual excellence in keeping with the highest

educational standards of The Waldorf School of

Garden City.

A Waldorf lifer, Daniella has a history of academic

achievements. According to Roland Rothenbucher,

High School Chair, “[Daniella] has a voracious

appetite for learning, and has earned a reputation

amongst her classmates and her teachers for being

focused, highly organized and self-motivated.” For

her achievements, Daniella was awarded membership

in the New York State Science Honor Society.

The Zimmerman award was presented by Peter’s

sister, Andrea Mascuch who shared with the

audience the love and support she and her family

have received from all of the Waldorf community

members whose lives were touched by Peter. “Peter

lived Waldorf values throughout his life, always

helping friends, family, or even strangers in need,”

said Andrea. She concluded by saying how grateful

Peter would have been to know that his legacy

continues to live on through this award. W

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Students in the News

NYS Science Honor Society comes to Waldorf!

We are proud to announce that 19 students were inducted into the

newly formed Waldorf School of Garden City Chapter of the New York

State Science Honor Society on Tuesday, November 19, 2019! The

ceremony honored students who have not only achieved notoriety

through their Science coursework but who have also maintained a high

standard of academic excellence in all of their classes. According to Co-

Advisor Amy Stemkoski, “The induction of new members into the New

York State Science Honor Society is important to the students, the

chapter, and the school. In this ceremony, we celebrate character,

scholarship, leadership, and service. Membership in our chapter of the

New York State Science Honor Society has been earned by the effective

demonstration of these qualities.” Carolyn VerPault, the other Co-

Advisor, joined Ms. Stemkoski for the opening remarks that lauded the

exemplary performance of the inductees. W

High Schooler Fights to Keep our Oceans Clean!

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Drawn together by a common goal, Sophomore

Sanaalee Troupe, with other Long Island students,

founded the Cleaner Oceans Institute earlier this year

in order to educate the public about important

environmental issues that impact our oceans.

According to the group’s website, “At Cleaner

Oceans Institute, it is believed that if awareness is

learned at an early enough age through action and understanding, a

culture can be created. This culture, which stresses the importance of

keeping our environment safe and clean, will cultivate a generation

committed to preserving our beautiful Earth. By starting locally in our

communities, taking daily actions to prevent our environment’s demise,

and being a part of the consciousness and sustainability, we are

safeguarding the rich resources of our lands for the future to enjoy!”

In an article in the Long Island Press, Sanaalee shared that she was

inspired to form this group after learning about the many challenges

facing our environment, from disappearing ecosystems to climate

change, through science classes at School. W

Sophomore Receives Honors in

Chemistry

Yiren (Demi) Zhang, received the

New York American Chemical

Society (NYACS) 31st annual High

School Award. Students are

selected who demonstrate a strong

interest in science and maintain the

highest grade-point-average in their High School

Chemistry courses.

“Demi is a talented science student [and] an

excellent student all around. She has an innate

understanding of science and readily makes

connections between topics,” shared Science

Teacher, Carolyn Ver Pault. W

Middle Schooler

Featured in Citi

Field Taekwondo

Exhibition

Kahaan Shah was

featured in a special

Taekwondo exhibition at

Citi Field. During the

event, he sparred with a

fellow martial arts

students and

demonstrated the breaking of foam boards.

Kahaan was one of 15 students from his

Taekwondo school to participate in the exhibit.

The exhibit honored International Taekwondo Day

and took place at the field prior to the Mets v.

Phillies game on September 8th. Kahaan registered

for the event as part of his studies at Master Jeon

U.S. Tae Kwon Do School in Mineola. He has

been studying Taekwondo for over three years,

beginning as a white belt and now as a black belt.

According to his mother, Gini Shah, “It has taught

Kahaan how to respect all aspects of life, [and

instilled in him] discipline, and commitment. Not

only has he learned the 5 aims and 11

commandments of Taekwondo, but also how to

weave them into his everyday life.” W

Read more at waldorfgarden.org/blog/

MLK Service Day

MLK Day of Service 2020

Building Love and Camaraderie

On Thursday, January 16th, the students and faculty of The

Waldorf School of Garden City came together to honor the

life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The entire student

body took part in various service

projects, both on and off the Garden

City campus, that promoted the spirit

of love and camaraderie.

The Ninth Grade traveled to Island

Assisted Living in Hempstead, where

the students played games and music

with the residents to put them in high

spirits. The Eleventh and Twelfth

Grades spent their day working with

students at John Lewis Childs Elementary School in Floral

Park. The students volunteered with Junior Achievement’s

High School Heroes Program.

Meanwhile, on the Waldorf School campus, the Fifth through

Eighth Grades prepared sandwiches and cookies for guests of

the INN (Interfaith Nutrition Network) in Hempstead, N.Y.

Each sandwich and cookie was specially wrapped and

placed in a unique paper bag decorated by the First – Third

Grades. Altogether the students

prepared over 500 sandwiches for

those in need. In addition to the

sandwiches and cookies, the School is

also sending the INN $300 raised

during our 2020 Alumni Basketball

Games and Community Three-Point

Contest.

The day culminated in a special

assembly where grades four through

eight paid tribute to Dr. King and other civil rights activists

through artistic presentations. Parents were invited to see the

hard work of the students on display to honor Dr. King

Thank you to all our students for their efforts in making this

special service day a success. W

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A Tribute to George Rose

The Waldorf School of Garden City

Remembers George V. Rose

by Roland Rothenbucher, High School Chair

When I first came to the

School around 1980,

George Rose had the

School humming with music.

All the students sang their

hearts out for him. In high

school assemblies, Mr. Rose

insisted on good posture, wryly

telling students that they looked

like “puddles of skin” if they

were not upright in their seats.

His students sang a wideranging

repertoire of world

music including American

spirituals, madrigals, sailor

shanties, and works by

Brahms, Faure, Hassler,

Palestrina, and Tschesnokoff.

Every second year, Mr. Rose

produced, directed and

conducted a Gilbert and

Sullivan Operetta with students

in grades 7-12—a highlight of

the year and a defining

moment for generations of

Waldorf students! He

conducted students and

community members in

performances of Benjamin

Britten’s Noah’s Fludde and

Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy at the

School’s 35th and 50th anniversaries.

Year-in and year-out, he led the entire

school community in song from

Swinging Along on Opening Day to

Jacob’s Ladder at the Promotion

Assembly. Recognized widely for his

professionalism, charm and charisma,

Mr. Rose was oftentimes invited to

1930 - 2019

conduct hundreds of Waldorf teachers

at annual National Summer

Conferences.

In his various roles as Choral

Director, Orchestral Conductor, Music

Department Chair, High School Chair,

Faculty Chair, and Member of the

Board of Trustees at NYSAIS and

AWSNA, George Rose is one of our

School’s great first-generation

teachers who created

traditions that we still follow

today—including the feel and

flow of the Carol Sing and

our 8th and 12th Grade

Graduation Exercises.

Mr. Rose believed in a

robust performance

curriculum for middle and

high school students; he

believed that it was important

for young people to be

working toward a

performance where their hours

of practice were seen and

acknowledged by the school

community. Because of his

enduring influence, countless

students he led in musical

performances have a song in

their heart today. Fortunate

are all who came into the

sphere of this inspiring leader

and gifted musician.

Unfortunately, a planned tribute to

George Rose was postponed due to

the pandemic. W

Read more on page 65

or at: www.waldorfgarden.org/

georgerose/

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David White Remembers

Camp Glen Brook

David White was a camper in the earliest years of Camp Glen Brook, and has been a

steadfast supporter of Glen Brook from the camp’s inception in 1946. With such a

longstanding relationship, we asked David to share a history of Glen Brook, and how

Glen Brook and The Waldorf School of Garden City became one entity.

Iwas at Camp Glen Brook as the only day

camper starting at the age of six from 1949 to

1956. Then I returned for the summers of 1959,

‘60 and ‘61 as a staff member. I’ve felt a part of

the community ever since. Glen Brook has a very

special place in my heart, as does The Waldorf

School of Garden City, which Glen Brook joined in

the early ‘70s.

William Harrer bought the camp property in 1946.

At the time, my family’s summer home, what is now

called White Meadows, was across the road. The

previous winter, some of our neighbors drove down

with some bad news: a man from New York was

going to purchase the former Beedle Estate and

create a summer camp. My dad said, “Well, let’s

give it a chance.”

So when we moved up for the summer, my dad

went over and got acquainted with Mr. Harrer. We

all loved William Harrer. He had such a wonderful,

mild way of speaking and was just someone you

naturally revered. He taught at the Rudolf Steiner

School in Manhattan, and at the end of the school

day on a Friday, he would come up on the train,

take the bus over, and start doing work to restore

the campus, drain the water out of the basement,

and get it ready for the first summer.

That first summer, in 1946, there were only twelve

campers and two counselors. Mr. Harrer himself,

and a Miss Ann Friedl, who taught at High Mowing

School at the time. There was also Mrs. Wetzl, who

was the cook and the nurse that summer, and who

later became the nurse at The Waldorf School of

Garden City. The second season of camp, Dorothy

Jeffrey was one of the counselors. At the end of the

season, Dorothy and William got married, and so

they were Mr. and Mrs. Harrer. The first dining

hall was not built until 1949, so the campers ate in

the front room that is now the parlor, and Mr. and

Mrs. Harrer had their living quarters in what is now

the library.

In the summer of 1948, Peter Curran and his first

wife, Betty, were looking for summer jobs. They

found that Mr. Harrer had advertised for some

camp staff. They came over and talked with him,

and Peter was promptly chosen to be head of the

waterfront, and Betty became the handcrafts

teacher. At that time, Peter was teaching in New

Hampshire, and they kept coming back to work at

Glen Brook summer after summer.

Because of William Harrer’s connections in New

York, Peter Curran was able to get connected with

people at The Waldorf School of Garden City,

and he and Betty decided to move down to Long

Island in 1957. Peter became the head of the

history department and also the head of the

guidance and athletic departments. In time, he

became head of the high school and served one

19

year (1978-79) as the interim

faculty chair. He was a man

of many hats. Betty was the

handcrafts teacher for a

while, and afterwards she

became the editor for the

school news. She did that for

quite a few years.

Mr. and Mrs. Harrer retired

from the Rudolf Steiner School

in 1971 and moved up yearround

to the camp. They and the Currans

and the Kretzes (who had been teachers

at the Rudolf Steiner School in New York)

had the idea of trying to make Glen

Brook a year-round program. The first

classes from The Waldorf School of

Garden City came up in 1971. That was

just for the fall and the spring. Before

that, the seniors would come up from

Garden City and spend Memorial

Day weekend at the camp as

their final class outing. They really

didn’t have a winter group until a

few years later, when the seniors

would come for the week after

Christmas.

In 1973, Peter Curran took over

running the camp. Peter had the

competence, with his

administrative background from

his work in Garden City, and Mr.

Harrer trusted him. After Mr. Harrer

offered ownership of the camp to Peter

Curran, Peter talked to the school

treasurer, who recommended that it be

deeded with The Waldorf School of

Garden City so that it could be

incorporated as a camp. Between 1973

and 1976 the entire property on the

north side of the road was acquired by

The Waldorf School of Garden City.

It was really a gradual acquisition of the

property for the School. The land across

the road, where the Harrer house is, was

kept in the name of Mr. Harrer until he

died in 1978, and then it went to Peter

Curran. In 1987, Peter and Betty moved to

the staff house and the Harrer House went

to The Waldorf School. Then the staff

house went to The Waldorf School when

Peter Curran left Glen Brook. My father

and I gave White Meadows to the camp

in 1999. We knew that we couldn’t live

there forever, and I kept thinking how it

might work out with Glen Brook.

Glen Brook has a lot of fond memories for

me. The beautiful setting where you can

look at Monadnock, at the camp buildings,

and then go down and walk around the

lake and the Glen Brook itself.

When I was a camper and staff member,

we had the tradition to do Tuesday or

Wednesday hikes. We made two trips to

Mount Monadnock during the summer,

and this was, of course, when the summer

camp was 8-weeks long. The first trip

would be up by the Halfway House Trail,

where you could literally drive halfway up

the mountain. We walked up, and then

Mr. Harrer came up with a truck and the

bug juice and so forth, then we climbed

the rest of the way up to the summit. The

other trail we used was the Marlborough

Trail. That was supposedly the easiest of

all the trails. When it was time to come

down, Mrs. Harrer would pick up a mirror

and heliograph a message from camp.

We’d watch for her flashes, and that was

our cue to start down the mountain. We

also went to Pitcher Mountain, or

Blueberry Mountain, and came back with

bucketfuls of blueberries, and we’d have

blueberry pancakes the next day and a

blueberry pie for dessert after dinner.

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At that time, the animal population was a

little bit simpler than it is now. I

superintended the care of the animals

during the three years I worked there with

Mrs. Harrer as a teenager from 1959-

1961. There were two lambs, a mother

rabbit who often had babies during the

middle of the camp season, three chickens,

three ducks, and Jerry

the Pony. One summer

~

the mother duck laid

eggs and we actually

watched them hatch out,

so we had baby

ducklings the last week

of camp in 1960. The

birth of the baby bunnies

was wondrous as we

noticed how the mother

bunny would take pieces

of fur and make her own

nest with it.

“Mrs. Harrer

would pick up a

mirror and

heliograph a

message from

camp. We’d

watch for her

flashes, and that

was our cue to

start down the

mountain.”

It is hard to put into

words what keeps me so

connected to this place. I

think nostalgia is a part

of it. But more

importantly, I want the

~

next generation beyond

mine, and even beyond that, to have an

experience similar to what I and other

campers had, but appropriate for their

time period. I hope they can learn to live

in harmony with each other, learn how to

do simple creations like shop projects,

learn that the apple sauce does not come

from a Mott’s apple sauce bottle, but

comes from an apple tree, and have the

experience of taking care of animals. Glen

Brook has a wonderful eternal quality that

has persisted through the different

leaderships over the years. It provides a

way for each young person, staff as well

as children, to find the true self that lives

within. The piece by John

Gardner that is posted in the

living room speaks on that:

Glen Brook should be a

place of archetypal

experiences, giving each a

truer glimpse of what he is

living for. There

must be a quietness

where the student

comes to a

realization of

himself and where he

can find intuitions of his

destiny. We need to

learn—all of us—to

work not too intensively,

not too slackly: to find

satisfaction in the work

itself, in what we put

into it rather than what

we take out of it. After

the right amount of the

right kind of work,

everything seems

marvelous—the grass

is green, the sky is

blue, the food is

delicious, and

companionship springs up with

people who have worked

together… Companionship and

brotherhood must be the

prototype for all economic life

in the future, as opposed to the

self-seeking now prevalent. The

tone of the work at Glen Brook

should increasingly give children

a sense of how this brotherhood

may be achieved. —John

Gardner (John Gardner served as

Faculty Chair at The Waldorf

School of Garden City from

1949-1974. W

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Camp Glen Brook Report

Message from

Camp Glen Brook

by Mark Stehlik, Executive Director

Though the world

and Glen Brook

have seen much

change this past

year, I am heartened

by the enduring

importance of what

Glen Brook offers.

As I speak with alumni from past

decades, I am consistently reminded

that the heart of the Glen Brook

experience has been unchanged for

75 years. At the same time, what we

offer becomes scarcer and more

important with every passing year.

As we’ve resumed in-person

programming this fall, the joy that

students and gappers have felt at

being, working, exploring, and

playing together has been as deep

and fruitful as ever— probably even

more so given the long periods of

isolation so many have endured. We

have had to adapt to keep everybody

safe. Though the students have been

required to wear masks while near

each other, they have had the freedom

to connect with each other and nature

in our spacious 240-acre campus of

the farm and forest. Our gap program

attendees (“gappers”) followed

extensive safety protocol and have

now entered into their own domestic

family unit where they can interact

freely. We have been so pleased with

the ability to resume safe

programming after suspending our

Summer Camp and are confident we

will run summer camp in 2021!

I believe Glen Brook exposes our

students and campers to a truly lifechanging

way of participating in our

society today. It’s easy to look around

at our world and feel alarmed:

soaring inequity and racial injustice,

climate change, a global pandemic.

These are big issues. Glen Brook

offers an important part of the solution:

an experience of how simple and

wonderful life can be. Participants

learn to live in a harmonious

community with others; learn skills of

self-sufficiency on the farm, in the

kitchen, and through craft; song and

play together; explore and engage

with the natural world. These things

have been central to Glen Brook since

the beginning. In a world that is

increasingly saturated with technology

and consumption, the yearning people

have for these activities has only

grown. I am delighted every time we

welcome somebody here and see

them flourish and grow in this idyllic

setting, and I look forward to the next

time you can join us. W

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Glen Brook School Programs

by Jake Lewis, School Program Director

When big things change, it starts

to feel like everything changes.

The events in the world and their

impacts have reached even our small

hilltop as we resume in-person school

programs. We’ve had to adjust some

of our itineraries to fit new travel

restrictions and realities. We’ve

implemented a series of protocols to

confidently

manage the

risks of this

moment, and

these changes

in turn change

some of the

reliable

rhythms of a

Glen Brook

trip. No doubt

about it, some things are different.

But there are things that haven’t

changed, and these are just as

important to recognize as the things

that have. The recent 12th grade trip

from the Waldorf School of Garden

City contains a short story to this

effect. The seniors were excited to

return to Glen Brook after nearly two

years away, eager to connect to each

other—and to the land—face to face.

But they were also aware of the

uncertainty present in our world. With

that in mind a few students asked,

“There probably isn’t time for this, but

it would be so great to do a sunrise

hike of Monadnock this week…you

know, in case this is our last trip.”

We were only too happy to oblige,

and after a strenuous nocturnal hike

we were graced with a beautiful

sunrise in a cloud-streaked sky.

I thought then, at the chilly mountain

summit under the red rising sun, of all

that lies at the heart of the Glen Brook

experience.

We still

come

together

through work

and play,

through

exploration

and

learning.

We still

eat nourishing food together,

communing over meals well-raised

and well-prepared. We still gather

around the campfire to express

gratitude and hear stories to close

our week together. We still revel in

something as ordinary as the rising

sun. Amidst all of the changes, the

Glen Brook spirit remains. W

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Programs

Glen Brook Gap Semester

by Shai Rosenfeld, Gap Director

An Unexpected Gap Year

Covid-19 has forced many young

people into a gap year despite their

other plans. With high school seniors

finding themselves online since March

they, like us, are finding themselves in

an in-between space.

Gap at Glen Brook has always been

a place for young people to connect

deeply with each other and the

natural world. This coming fall

semester is no different. Fourteen

Gappers have been accepted to

explore our woods, isolate from the

outside world and experience

community life while engaging with

everything from everyday

homesteading chores to adventuring

on a canoe trip or hiking trail.

experience, more and more young

people are realizing that being

together and doing meaningful work

with their hands in the dirt (literally

and metaphorically) is their top

priority. We have been swamped

with inquiries and applications and

are happy to say that though our Fall

semester is full we are accepting

applications for the spring!

After months of isolation and online

teaching we are overwhelmed with

gratitude to be able to welcome new

members to the Glen Brook family. to

take on stewardship together, to

break bread, and to share stories

around the fire. W

With colleges closing their doors and

offering yet another virtual

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Glen Brook Farm Update

by Sadie Stehlik, former Farm Director

Much has changed for us during

the covid-19 pandemic; this

spring we had no week-long student

programs, and over the summer we

missed our campers, counselors, and

entirely magical experience that is

summer camp. Glen Brook without the

sounds of children playing was

strange and empty. As we

intentionally focus not on what we

have lost, we have seen this radical

and unexpected shift

in our work present

new opportunities on

our farm. We were

unable to hire a farm

staff to carry the

growing season

forward once the

pandemic set in, so

the long-term staff

here and their

families (most of

whom were not farmers per se) all

stepped in to care for our animals and

maintain our gardens so that they

would continue to flourish in the years

to come.

Our mission statement — to leave the

world better than we found it — has

always been satisfying and visible to

enact in our farm. The cattle have

rejuvenated our pastures and hayfields

through the school program director

Jake’s careful rotational grazing

strategies. The pigs were put on

invasive species management, eating

back the choking vines that have

grown into our treelines, re-exposing

the picturesque colonial stonewalls.

Gabriel’s Field, our beloved garden

space was cared for by nearly

everybody living at Glen Brook as we

labored to keep it free of weeds so

that it would be ready for planting

next year.

With all of the farm’s work being

shared amongst the staff and their

families, we’ve

had a chance to

think about what’s

really important for

our campers,

students, gappers,

and adults. What

are the

experiences that

have really

seemed impactful?

How can we

encourage people who come here to

nurture personal responsibility for our

land? What should the shape of our

farm be in years to come? As

everyone who has had a history with

Glen Brook knows, the farm has

changed over the years and will

continue to change as we refine what

is the best experience for our visitors

and the beautiful property that we are

stewarding. We are so excited to

have started working with students

and gappers again, and to bring

them into a space where they can fall

in love with the land and farm

animals, and care for them in return. W

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Programs

Glen Brook Facilities Update

by Robyn Morin, Culinary Director

The Glen Brook campus, with

its many historic buildings,

and 240 acres, never ceases to

provide opportunities for

maintenance and care. Annual

care includes: staining sheds,

docks, decks, and various

outbuildings; fixing leaky pipes;

replacing old roofs; mowing and

weed whacking the grass;

processing dead trees into

firewood for our wood stoves;

fixing broken windows, and

much more. These varied tasks

invite us ever deeper into a

relationship with Glen Brook,

and each one gives us a chance

to leave the world better than we

found it, and at the same time

better ourselves and our own

ethic of care.

While each act of care for this

place is its own success story

worth heralding, it is always of

course very exciting when there

is something new. This summer,

through the generosity of donors,

we took advantage of the quiet

kitchen to install brand new

floors, and to put a new coat of

paint on the walls and ceiling.

The result is an even more

beautiful and welcoming space

that will last for a very long time.

We look forward to showing you

the space, and sharing a

delicious home cooked meal from

our kitchen with you soon. W

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Alumni Spotlight

Keith X. Worthy ‘82

My lifelong journey at

Camp Glen Brook started

with my 4th grade class

trip in 1974 and it was truly love

at first sight. Even at that young

age I was taken by not only the

landscape, but by the history and

the people. The yearly class trips

were the highlight of our school

year and something we, the class

of 1982, still talk about like it was

yesterday. I think our Glen Brook

adventures were so special

because we were being introduced

to so many new things in our lives:

nature, farming, environmental

studies, hiking, earth to kitchen to

table eating, working the land etc.

and we got to experience it with

some of the people we loved most,

our classmates.

After my 11th grade year in 1981

and fresh off a Waldorf Singers

tour of Europe, I was asked by two

of my most beloved mentors, Mr.

Curran and Mr. Rose, if I was

interested in working at the Glen

Brook Summer Camp. Talk about

an offer I couldn’t refuse! I was in

heaven and honored that these two

men who I admired and loved had

asked me to “work” at a place I

had grown to love so much. I was

assigned to be in charge of games

and activities for all of the

campers, and co-counselor with

Marc Strauss, class of 1981, for a

group of boys in the Hill House.

Mr. Curran and Mr. Rose were

instrumental in guiding and

transitioning me into this new role

as a teacher, counselor, mentor,

and role model. It developed my

ability to make sacrifices of what I

might want, or need, or think, for

the good of what was best for

others, particularly the children. I

had to organize these programs

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Alumni Spotlight

and classes and each group

dynamic was a different challenge

to find the right fit, again for them

not me. I also would be making

decisions, in my role of

counselor/parent that would affect

the lives of children and I was only

16 myself.

When all was said

and done, I was

amazed at how ready

I was for this task. I

had trials and

tribulations, but I

remember feeling this

was my calling. I

loved working with

the children, and I felt

this is what I want to

do with my life.

I have gone on to

“work” I believe 27

summer camps (and

counting) and 17

winter camps over 5

decades. I have worked under

every director from Curran to

Madsen, Braden, Ryan, Goguen-

Hulbert, and Stehlik. They all

brought something different to the

Camp and taught me various skills,

philosophies, and know-how that I

appreciate, value, and treasure. I

am an old school man of tradition,

but I am always open and willing

to learn. I owe Mr. Curran and Mr.

Rose for believing in me, I owe Mr.

Madsen for bringing me back

home and teaching me so much,

and I owe the others along with

Steve Yardley, Tom Braden, Katy

Gibney (Brenin), Grant Butler, and

Leon Allgood for believing in me

and allowing the journey and love

affair to continue. These people are

my family and lifelong friends.

In my personal life I am blessed to

have a wife, Sandra, who has

been supportive of my Glen Brook

journey and five children

Giavanna, Keith Jr., Ariana,

Matthew, and Joshua who have

taken the journey with me and

have developed a love of Glen

Brook like my own. It has been

instrumental in their growth and

development as people and

definitely made me a better parent

for them.

In my professional life I have

gone from running a residential

program for abused children for 4

years to the last 27 years as a

school counselor (13 years),and

the last 14 years

as a high school

Administrator

and also the

Athletic Director

at Springfield

Central High

School (over

2100 students) in

Springfield,

Massachusetts. I

can honestly say

I have never had

a bad day at

work, and I look

forward to each

day as a new

adventure. I see

challenges and

obstacles as temporary and no

match for work ethic, teamwork,

passion, consistency and grit. I

live by my Glen Brook teaching of

leaving everything better than I

find it.

Glen Brook has given me

everything and owes me nothing.

All I ask of Glen Brook is that it

continues to love all of us like we

love you. W

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Annual Report 2019-2020

Message from the

Board of Trustees

by Lance Cheney, Chair

When I reflect on the

challenges we have

faced over the past

six months — as

individuals and as a

School community —

I find myself

searching for fresh

adjectives, but coming up short. So

instead of writing a traditional Board

message, I am using this space as an

expression of profound gratitude to

every person in our School community.

To my Board colleagues – you serve as

volunteers, yet your dedication and

devotion mirrors that of our faculty and

staff. You spend countless hours

helping our School to navigate the

difficult, and often shifting, financial

and operational terrain.

To the faculty and staff – your pivot to

distance learning last spring was

nothing short of remarkable. You

overcame obstacles to ensure that

student learning continued, while

maintaining healthy rhythms. You

served not only the children, but also

their parents, with open hearts and

willing souls.

To our administrative leadership – Kelly

O’Halogan, Helene Smith, and Nicole

Littrean – your leadership enabled

students to return to School in safe and

healthy ways. Your work was so much

more than creating protocols and

checklists, as every decision reflected

the love and devotion you have for the

children and our entire School

community.

To the parents and guardians – you

supported the School through difficult

days. In moments of uncertainty, you

unfailingly recognized that the faculty,

staff and Board were doing their utmost

to continue the School’s mission of

serving your children.

To our devoted alumni and friends –

thank you for continued support of the

School and your endless generosity of

spirit. Your dedication is an inspiration

to us all.

We have been tested as individuals and

as a community. The road ahead

remains challenging, but the buoyancy

and joyfulness of our students as they

return to their beloved Waldorf School

of Garden City gives me hope for

brighter tomorrows. W

Board of Trustees

Lance Cheney, Chair

Cristin Burtis

Tarik Carney ’02

David Chauvin ’97

Robert D’Addario ’95

Jay Dorman

Tasha England

Marion Flomenhaft

Lisa Horowitz

Jeffrey Kane

Edward Magee

Anne Murray ‘85

Michael Proctor

David Resnick ‘79

Deirdre Somers

Chiara Sugrue

Jean-Rene Zetrenne ‘88

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Annual Report

2019-2020

Results of Operations

Unrestricted Annual

Fund Contributions*

$274,389 (3%)

Other Income

$114,698 (1%)

Auxiliary

Programs

$2,156,799 (19%)

Income

Tuition and Fees

$8,591,381 (77%)

*Excludes gifts made to specific projects and/or restricted funds

Total Operating Income: $11,137,267 (100%)

Facilities

$300,125 (3%)

General &

Administrative

$652,319 (6%)

Instructional Support

$180,742 (2%)

Auxiliary Programs

$755,472 (7%)

Expenses

Tuition Assistance &

Scholarship

$1,806,493 (17%)

Salaries & Benefits

$7,232,086 (65%)

Total Operating Expenses: $10,927,237 (100%)

NET OPERATING SURPLUS: $210,030

Message from the

School Administrator

by Helene Lafferty Smith

After this year

at The Waldorf

School of

Garden City

(WSGC), I

leave with an

immense feeling

of pride at

having been a part of this

institution. The WSGC team works

tirelessly toward the common goal

of providing a beautiful and thriving

school, where the wellbeing of our

children drives every decision.

The 2019-20 school year brought

many challenges. It required our

students, faculty and staff to be

flexible, adaptive, and patient. We

have all been forced to change

habits and operate outside of our

comfort levels. We have learned to

work within new frameworks, rely

on each other more, and have

undoubtedly grown stronger

together.

While the world is forced to make

virtual relationships, WSGC

continues to keep the human

connection at heart, with drive-by

graduation ceremonies and early

childhood treasure hunts. COVID-19

impacted our second campus at

Glen Brook significantly. Without

summer camp, the focus was placed

on maintenance and planning. Glen

Brook was able to host seniors for

orientation week in August, and will

continue to welcome students

throughout the fall.

Our diverse Board and the School’s

leadership showed its strength in

maintaining clear policies and

procedures. The long history of

sound financial management and

ongoing strategic budgeting has

allowed the School to run smoothly

through this turbulent time. The

Emergency Relief Fund was created

with the purpose to provide

additional tuition assistance for

families affected financially by

COVID-19. This fund raised more

than $200,000, making it possible

for many students to continue at

WSGC and illustrates the

commitment of our community.

At the forefront of Waldorf

education, WSGC plays a critical

role in empowering its students to

make positive changes in the world.

In my time here I continuously

witnessed how committed the

School is to Diversity, Equity and

Inclusion. During times of crisis this

important work is often placed on

hold as we focus on short term crisis

management, but at WSGC it

remains a priority.

I depart with great sadness but I am

confident that deep roots in our

guiding Waldorf principles will

ensure WSGC continues to grow

and its children flourish. W

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2019-2020

Message from the

Parent-Teacher Association

by Jane Mrosko, Felicia Fraim,

Josh Levitt, and Hongyu Li

Dear Waldorf Community –

The Waldorf School of Garden

City has experienced many trials

and tribulations, while continually

working to better serve our

students, families, alumni, and

friends. As we say goodbye to a

spring and summer we

won’t soon forget, it is

apparent that the

Waldorf community is

embarking on a year of

new challenges.

The Parent-Teacher

Association, now more than ever,

is committed to engaging with you

throughout this upcoming year.

Waldorf prides itself on traditions.

At the heart of those traditions are

the relationships within the

Waldorf community. We hoped to

all be back on campus this fall for

classes and even the Fall Fair, but

disappointingly, we will postpone

gathering for these celebrations in

their traditional format until it is

clearly safe to be physically

together again. We are planning

to strengthen our school and

community and value your

participation, virtual presence, and

dedicated service as we move

through these challenging days

together. WALDORF STRONG!

We look back fondly and with

gratitude to all who helped make

our activities last year memorable

and joyful. Beautiful weather

blessed our Fall Fair. The Artisan

Fair was supported by our

collective enthusiasm. The week of

virtual programming during

the scheduled spring

break in April,

organized by the PTA

Co-Chairs, had

tremendous support from

talented parent and

faculty volunteers.

WALDORF STRONG!

We feel fortunate to work with a

dedicated administration, faculty

and staff who are willing to think

creatively about teaching and

caring for our children and

keeping them safe. And to those

working tirelessly behind the

scenes to help make our virtual

experiences positive and seamless,

we appreciate you.

Dear Waldorf Community, we are

confident in the ability for us all to

thrive because we are WALDORF

STRONG! W

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Annual Report

Fundraising Summary

Glen Brook

Capital

Campaign

$41,410

Glen Brook

(General & Directed)

$71,852

975+

100%

WSGC

Capital

Campaign

$221,268

In-Kind Donations

$41,956

Grants &

Foundation

$170,565

Annual Fund

(General &

Directed)

$134,668

Community Events Gross

$995

Brook communities

participation by WSGC

Faculty & Staff

participation by WSGC Board

of Trustees

300 + gifts from the Waldorf & Glen

gifts from Alumni & Alumni

Parents

gifts set a Giving Tuesday

record with a matching

gift from Members of

the Board and the Class

of 2020 Parents

Employee

Emergency

Relief $2,696

Scholarship

& Endowment

$22,629

Total Fundraising: $708,038

An additional *$210,314.50 was raised for the emergency

relief fund and was deferred to 2021. *as of 6/30/20

GIVING BY THE NUMBERS

With a year marked by an unprecedented

pandemic and an economic downturn, our

community rallied. Thank you!

100%

gifts from Current Families

250 +

250 +

Message from the

Development Director

by Nicole Littrean

On June 14,

2019, my son

graduated from

The Waldorf

School Garden

City in a beautiful

ceremony attended

by many

community members. I used the

opportunity to share a

quote by James Baldwin

with the class of 2019.

Little did I know at the

time of crafting the

2019 yearbook page

that this very quote

would hold for me a

way forward in the year

of 2020.

The beginning of the

new decade began

quite like many others had, with

friends, family, and a time to sit with

deep appreciation. In March, as

global citizens, we were faced with

a challenge the likes of none of us

had encountered before. For a

moment in time everything seemed

to be turned upside down and the

months ahead seemed to unravel

one week at a time. Out of the

darkness there were glimmers of

light with stories of perseverance,

unity, and fortitude especially from

our Waldorf family.

One thing is crystal clear, “Not

everything that is faced can be

changed, but nothing can be

changed until it is faced.”

“Not everything

that is faced can be

changed, but

nothing can be

changed until it

is faced.”

James Baldwin,

American novelist,

playwright, essayist, poet,

and activist.

Our School has faced enormous

challenges this year and has had to

adapt, shift, balance, and confront

head on all that needed to be

changed and reexamined. The

strength of Waldorf pedagogy

affords us a unique view of the

world which allows us all to

continuously evolve into better

images of our old selves.

Development and Alumni

Relations has always

been about relationships;

however, in the year of

2020 it has ultimately

been about offering

ways to hold each other

up during a time when

so many feel like they

are falling. In the three

years that I have served

as the Director of Development, this

past school year was the most

challenging and the most rewarding.

I witnessed firsthand our community

rally together in support of fellow

alumni, parents, faculty, and friends

even if they themselves were

suffering.

We will all continue to move forward

toward a bright future and help

fellow members of our Waldorf

Community who need extra support,

because quite frankly without each

other we cannot effectively be the

change we want to see in the world.

Thank you for your unwavering

support and dedication. W

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2019-2020

Mabel Pew Myrin

Legacy Society

Mabel Pew Myrin

Legacy Society

Members

One hundred years ago Rudolf Steiner

and Emil Molt had a vision of adopting a

new way of educating children in their

community. Their efforts and planning

were realized with the help of many

diligent factory workers, and the

Waldorf-Astoria Cigarette Factory

became the site of

the first Waldorf

School in 1919.

While Steiner and

Molt took steps to

secure a progressive

education for

children of war-torn

Germany, their

philosophy spread

with the help of other

pioneers. In 1947,

H.A.W. and Mabel

Pew Myrin blazed

the trail in the United

States and were

among the founding

members of what we

know today as The Waldorf School of

Garden City. They both had a strong

belief in Waldorf educational methods

which led to Mrs. Myrin establishing the

Waldorf School Trust in 1960. This was

our School’s first planned gift.

In 2003, to honor this extraordinary

legacy gift, the School established the

Mabel Pew Myrin Legacy Society. Many

years later the society continues to grow,

with members who believe in the values

and principles of Waldorf education and

would like the benefits of their generosity

to support students for decades to come.

There are a number of ways that you can

make a legacy gift to The Waldorf School

of Garden City to qualify for membership

in the Mabel Pew Myrin Legacy Society.

• Name The Waldorf

School of Garden

City in your will or

living trust.

• Designate the

School as a

beneficiary of your

retirement plan.

• List the School as a

beneficiary of your

life insurance policy.

• Establish a gift that

provides lifetime

income for you, or

a loved one and

the School.

If you have included

The Waldorf School of Garden City in

your estate plan, or would like additional

information on the many ways of

becoming part of the Mabel Pew Myrin

Legacy Society, please contact me at 516-

742-3434, ext. 303, or email

littreann@waldorfgarden.org

On behalf of our past, present, and future

community, we thank the members of the

Mabel Pew Myrin Planned Giving Society

for paying it forward and supporting the

School in a lasting way. W

Anonymous: 4

Gerhard Bedding

Susan Braun

Richard Brenin '81

Katherine Charles '68+

Marilyn Cranin

Norman Cranin+

Ellen Doremus

Deirdre du Prey+

Deborah Frazier '66

Lauren Furst

W. Scott Galasso '70

Karen Gode Lyke ‘61

Karen Louise Heau

Daniel Howard '81

Bill Hughes

Tiger Keogh

David C. Meissner '61

John D. Miller

Margaret S. Morrow+

Mabel Pew Myrin +

Susan Olson

John W. Petrusky+

George K. Russell

Leonore Russell

Bernard C. Wesson '68

David W. White

Robert White+

Scott A. Williams '85

+ deceased

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H.A.W. Myrin Giving Society

We are immensely grateful for the support we received from our community members

toward our 2019-2020 fundraising initiatives, including the Annual Fund Campaign

which concluded on June 30, 2020. Your generosity allows our School to sustain its

legacy. Thank you for your continued contributions.

*Indicates donors who have contributed five or more consecutive years. + Indicates deceased.

Leadership Circle

$20,000 & Above

*Kenneth I. '69 & Kathryn

Chenault

The Kannan Family

*David Kelley & Nicole

LaBarbera '84

*Richard Pisano, Jr. ’78 &

Teresa Pisano

*The Pisano Family

*David W. White

Chip H. Zoegall & Riham M.

Farid

Heritage Circle

$10,000 - $19,000

*Lance & Sue Cheney

*Robert '95 & Gina

D'Addario

*Karen Gode Lyke ‘61

*Karin Heine '64

*John P. Polychron & Adrienne

Lecraw Polychron '64

Michael Regan &

Stephanie Keller

*Howard & Helen (Resnick)

'82 Shaw

*Daniel & Lucy Stroock

Founders' Circle

$5,000 - $9,999

Anonymous: 1

*Cristin Burtis & Kim Wyant

*Marilyn Cranin

*Joseph B. Steuer & Erin

Fitzgerald

*Edward J. Fraim, Jr. &

Felicia Busto-Fraim

*George K. & Leonore

Russell

Benefactors' Circle

$1,000 - $4,999

Anonymous: 2

*Ronald & Kathleen Banks

*Nancy Bello

*Victor G. IV '64 &

Nancy Bloede

Barry Brover & Jodi Brover

Matthew & Joan Ann Cahill

Joe Caprio

David A. Chauvin '97 &

Ashley Trager Chauvin

Dominick & Samantha

D'Aleo

Colin Dangel

*John & Jenna DeRosa

Orian & Ive Diaz

Tiffany Dickerhoof

*Jay & Diana Dorman

*Pierre '61 & Julia du Prey

*David & Marion Flomenhaft

James & Kyle Galbraith

*Thomas L. '76 & Ellen

Gilbert

Edward & Georgia

Golebiewski

*Norman Goldberg & Vivian

(Wesson) Hirshberg '65

*Pierre & Paula W.

(Valentine) '70 Gonthier

*Penny Haft '65

James & Jiyeon Hong

*William & Paula Jennings

*Joshua Mintz & Emily Kane '01

*Jeffrey & Janet Kane

*Dolores Krause '60

Jerome Macht '84

*Kenneth J. '71 & Mary

Marissael

Thank You

Scott McGovern &

Peggy Brown

*John & Kristin Miller

Leopold & Lia O'Donnell

Kelly O'Halogan

Ms. Jessica Osborne

*Stefano & Elizabeth Pascucci

*Christopher W. '81 &

Marianne Pisano

*Michael & Carol Proctor

*David Resnick '79 & Iwonka

Piotrowska

Darren & Emily Restivo

*Francis Ricigliano & Anne

M. Murray '85

Mark Rosenthal '73

David & Nora Rubovitz

Christina M. See '01

Frank Silverman

*Micah Stumme & Jane

Mrosko

Carl & Nan Mary (Niemann)

'75 Stutz

Ann Walsh

Bob Whitaker & Hillary

Burdette

*Scott A. Williams '85 &

Susan Braun

Roger Yorkshaitis & Dianna

Petrusky '84

Stanley & Wantzu Yuan

Wenjun Zhang

*Alan & Marcia Zimmerman

HONOR ROLL

Patron

$500 - $999

Anonymous: 1

Wallace Bao & Cuixia Qian

*Robert Baker

Fleret Berrette & Ariane

Aubourg

Jennifer L. Brower

Keung Cheung & Becky Dai

Mr. Scott Cohen

John & Eileen Curry

*Bruce '64 & Laura Fraser

*W. Scott '70 & Vicki

Galasso

Douglas '68 & Connie

Gerwin

*Anne Gibeau & Lisa

Horowitz Gibeau

David Giesbrecht & Rachel

Neville

Samuel Gorman & Sunny

Brown

*Rob Haedrich, Jr. '78 &

Lauren A. Lindner

*Roger & Carole Halvorsen

*Harry '88 & Keelah J.

(Nurse) '89 Helwig

*George T. Henry & Nicole J.

Simmons '83

*Kevin & Penelope (Smith)

'64 Holland

*Susan (Charles) '64 & Victor

Jacobson

*Jesse Kane '05

*John & Martina Keane

Lincoln & Keri-Ann Ket-Ying

*Donald P. '64 & Bonnie

Kibbe

*Don & Christine Kleint

Bianca & Jeremy LeRoux

Nicole Littrean

David Lui & Evelyn

Chevalier-Lui

2019 -2020

*Edward & Mikel Magee

Matthew Maley & Donna Lee

Douglas & Maria Marshall

Peter & Susan (Nova) '85

Marshall

John & Nicole McEvoy

James & Donna (Foundos)

'82 Oswald

Carol (Stamatis) '62 &

William Pendergast

John, Jr. '83 & Joyce A.

Petrusky

Tina (Strominger) Pomeranz '65

*Jeanette (Haberstock)

Resnick

Josh Rosenblum &

Elizabeth Stack

Nord & Margaret Samuelson

Edwin '81 & Marlene Silva

*Harjinder Singh Sohal &

Gurpreet Singh

*Jerome & Rebecca Soloway

Marc E. Spinrad '64

Edward Stehlik, Jr.

*James & Chiara Sugrue

Christopher Swartout & Sarah

Culmer

*Nicholas Harding & Emma

Sydenham '00

*Bruce & Barbara Travins

David & Emily (Marshall) '01

Vigneaux

*Jen-Wei & Yvette Wang

Roy Weinberger & Andrea

Schimansky

*Bernard C. Wesson '68

Jean-Rene '88 & Tamiko

Zetrenne

Sponsor

$250 - $499

*Peter & Janet Asten

*Elise Belilos

*Elliot Bertoni & Alison

Loebel Bertoni

Joshua '99 & Cherilynn

Blumenthal

Rino & Elyse Bresciani

Gary & Michele Carle

Amy Chernoff

*Ann Churchill

*Ellen Cimino

Gerald Crabtree & Claudine

Vacirca

Andrew Cranin '75 & Bonnie

Cranin

Andrew Cyr & Kate Gilmore

Roger Daniel

Kristen Donelan

Jared Dropkin '05

*Judy Drost '65

Jason '91 & Noelle Falzon

Andrew Fiddler & Kaitlin

Handler

Christopher Finnican

Gary Fitzsimmons & Barbara

LaBella

Michael & Kathleen Fogarty

*Aviva Gill

*Frederick Rhoads & Denese

Giordano

Robert D’Addario ‘95 and Michael Proctor

*Frank & Karen Giumenta

*Bill & Cynthia Goebelbecker

*Joseph & Diane Haley

*James Harris

Aaron & Barbarina Heyerdahl

*Elizabeth Hill

*Laurence A. Himelfarb '70

& Linda Carlson

Daniel '81 & Jeanine Howard

*Ned Hulbert & Mary Day

Mordecai

Derek Johnson

Ruth Karter

Nima Khosrowshahian &

Dalia Delghavi

Adam & Amie Klepack

Kambhampaty & Jean

Krishnasastry

Jean (Cohen) Letts '82

Hongyu Li & Qiao Cui

*Preston Li & Alison Hwang

Albert Longoria & Barbara

Schiola

*James & Rachel (Scherer)

'71 Madsen

Gregory Marcus

*Yves & Gina Mardy

*David C. Meissner '61

Joseph & Ariana (Pagano) '07

Metzler

William & Lisa Miccio

Richard Mintz

*Ann Mulvehill

Joye (Haft) Murphy

Quan V. Nguyen & Thu M.

Huynh

Qian Pang & Yi Liu

David & Tasha Ramdayal

*Joseph & Patti Regan

*Elizabeth Scherer

*Juliane Schneider

*Judith Segal & James Kelley

Carlos & Delia Serrano

*Sachin & Gini Shah

Seth '85 & Victoria Skolnik

*Ed & Margie Stehlik

Jodie Thomas

*David & Deborah (Paulen)

'66 Thompson

*Paul G. '65 & Allison

Thomson

*Robert Vernola & Stephanie

Doyle

Paul White '80 & Starr

Barron

*Michael Wolf & Betty E.

Shave '73

*Anthony & Emmie Yaeger

*Timothy T. Yuan & Teresa

Figueira

Supporter

$249 & Below

Anonymous: 14

K. Catherine (Englis) Albano '74

*Jose Almanzar & Jeanenne

LaBella '03

Joseph & Matese Altidor

Frances Altman

Wayne Altman

Nicole Amato

*Kristofer & Genevieve

(Soloway) '96 Angle

Iliasser & Megan Arias

*Heather Arnold

Carlos Ayala & Maria

Guevara

Raymond '73 & Sylvie Bach

Yongming Bai & Zhao Wei

Barry & Isabel Bank

Janelle Beardsley

Ann Beckman

Charles Belfi

Jay & Julie (Barsel) '69

Bergman

Margaret Bernstein '80

Alex Blades & Christina

Pantazis-Blades

*Adam & Christine Bleecker

Arnold Bloch & Sylvia Bloch

Barry Boone '81 &

Mary Wilson

*Kathryn Bossuk

Rachel Bossuk '14

Richard Bossuk

Sydney H. Bossuk '19

*Mo & Claudia Bousraou

*Sandra Braden

*Barry Brenin

Rick Brodsky & Sherri

Brodsky

James & Mary Burns

Bridgett Burroughs

Melissa J. Cahill

Bryan Cain '97

Janet Capron

*Diane M. Caracciolo

Tarik I. Carney '02

*Bradley & Erika Carrell

Andrew & Elizabeth M.

Carstensen

Chip & Marilynn R. (Blend)

'70 Carstensen

*Orlando D. Case & Travias

R. Cunningham Chase

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Anne Cavallaro

Satish Chandra & Joy Rajigah

Michael Chang & Samantha

Zheng

Nancy Chauvin

*Jiawei Chen

Jie Chen & Lijuan Ke

*Kathleen Spreen Christenson

John & Temy Chu

Diana Cilenti

Benjamin & Heather Clark

*Jack & Stephanie Cleary

Jason Cohen '10

Daisy Cook

Cruz Cordero & Karen

Thomas

Cristina Covas

*David Crotty & Mara

Esposito

Richard & Kim Cumberbatch

G. Richard & Kerry Curl

Domenic D'Ercole '10

Rachel Dagan

Mr. Tokya Dammond

Rashida Daniels

*Walter Levy & Marjorie

Davidson '69

Jeannine Davis

Steven & Shiori DeBellis

Victoria Dehan

Jian Deng & Su Wang

*Mark & Jill (Azzolina) '89

DeRosa

John & Katie (Shaw) '95

Devaney

Eric & Emily Diamond

*Christopher & Tracy

Donohue

*Ellen Doremus

Kenneth '99 & Yvette (Chen)

Dorman

*Maryjane Dougherty

Metehan Egilmez

Richard B. Ehrlich '69

Tasha England

Matthew '71 & Dottie

(Marshall) Englis

Dan Erstad & Carolyn

Costello

Michael Escribano '11

Hugo & Teresa (McKeon)'79

Escribano

Mihail & Christine Etropolski

Christiana Fahey '14

James E. Fahey & Elizabeth

Lindberg

Andy Fallu

Matthew Farr & Courtney

Weida

Geraldine Finazzo

*Shane Flanagan

*Anne Flomenhaft '13

Michael Flood

*Neil Fogarty & Blair Ebert-

Fogarty

Frank Fok & Alice Wang

Daniel Foster '03 & Margit

Noel

Elizabeth Foster '07

Alessandra M. Fraim '19

Isabella Fraim '13

*Dalston Francis & Holly

Park

*Douglas '60 & Suzanne

Fraser

Marieke Freeman

*Grady Fuller+ & Diane

Fuller

*Frank & Susan Gallagher

Meagan Gallagher '09

*Monica Gallardo

*Alex & Libia Gallo

Guy & Mary Anna Geier

Marisa Gelb

Bo Geng & Wei Yang

Michael & Suellen Gentile

*Hudson & Tara Georges

*Timothy & Kathrine

(Brenin) '84 Gibney

Jonathan Gill '15

*Sean & Laura Gleason

Isabelle K. Gliksman

*Marni Goldner

*Geoff Goodman & Valeda

Dent

Thomas Golden & Lauren

(Shapiro) Raker '66

*James & Catherine Gorman

Daniel Gray '03

Lauren Gray '12

Wren and Josh Levitt, Karen Talluto, and Cristin Burtis

Charlotte Gross

Sugandha Gupta

*Gore Anderson & Patricia

Haft '70

Linda Haley

*Claudia Hart

Vincent & Janice Hartley

*Karen Heau

*Ernest & Elsie Helmke

Jonathan G. Herdt '68 &

Roberta Crownover

Sarah Hilton '12

John Hiris & Karen Talluto

Daniel & Lisa Hoffman

Bobbie Holland

Jack Hoppenstand &

Margaret Galbraith

*Israel & Grace Hsu

Matthew & Elizabeth Hux

Robert Ingenito '97 & Kim

Thornton Ingenito

Emma Innella

Fred & Allison Jean

*Frisnel Joseph & Junithe

Laine

Florence Kadri

John & Roxana Kariyannis

*Michael '73 & Marcia

Karter

*Peter & Maria Kata

Emma Keane '18

Kate Keane '18

Sarah Keane '18

Art Kelly & Maria E. Mosca

Victor Kim

*Mark & Tatyana Kissin

Peter & Alison (Bradley) '70

Klein

Nelson Avila & Madalyn

Klein

The Kofsky and Ramdhanie

Family

Thomas & Melissa Krahn

*Laura H. Kreft

*Alexios '85 & Laurie Kritas

Todd & Jennifer Kshonz

*Julian Ku & Winnie Chu

Annalise Kukor

Joan Kuster

George Lamb

Dimitris Lambrianos & Renee

Mavrofidis

*Mark Langley & Lauren

San Miguel

*Larry & Grace (Shaffer)

Larson

Bryan Lehrer

Shane Leigh & Emily Quan

Howard '68 & Dorothy

(Miller) '70 Lem

*Jan & Rachel '87 Levine

Joshua & Wren Levitt

Jacob Lewis

Ning Li & Ling Yunfang

Shanshan Li & Yutong Duan

*Yee Ling Li

*Raj & Nina Lincoln

Yan Liu & Zinaria

Williams Liu

Pamela Livingston

Yao Lu & Junhong Zhang

James & Shani Luttrell

Edison & Reyna Machado

Cara (Orlando) Maloney '86

Leonard Mandel

*Andrew Manns

Andre Marescot & Marie

Abellard-Marescot

Boris Markovich

*Christian Martinez &

Thank You

2019 -2020

Glenda de Varona

Bonnie Masi

Victoria Mauri '04

Dean '87 & Nicole Mavrikis

*Jacek & Ewelina Mazur

*Christopher & Katie

McCarthy

*Leon & Gina McCullough

John McDonough

Abigail McGlone '09

Connell & Renee McShane

Junming Mei & Joon Ng

Ronald B. Menzin '71

Sepp & Elisabeth Meyer

*Chris & Karen Micciche

Loretta Mignone

Christopher & Erica Milone

Kent & Tara Monkan

Shezad & Teresa Morani

Michael & Gloria Morison

Mr. Alexander Moskovitz

*Nina & Thomas Mullane

Edmund Muller & Christina

Holdrege

Marcia Munroe

George Murer &

Phoebe Hwang

Mark Musante '85 & Julie

(Helmer) Musante

Susan Musante '86

*Joshua M. Muska & Kelly

A. Denig

Maria Mylona

Keung Ng

Alexandra Nohowec

Juan & Sandra Nolasco

Jacob Northcutt

*Edward Nouryan & Patti

Barrett

Mark & Jenna Oppedisano

Edward Oruci '80 &

Olga Oruci

*Gerald & Ramona Owens

*Kevin Padilla

Angel Palacios & Claudia

Hinestroza

Jason Park & Jisoon Nam

*John & Diana Pascal

Kenneth '77 & Louise Pascal

Daniel & Andrea (Liberman)

'73 Patel

Julio Penagos & Alina

Kalontarov

Christopher & Meghan

Persico

Stephen '83 & Sophia

(Mavrikis) '85 Pisano

*Kamil & Kimberly Podlinski

Jason Pollard & Nicole

Tucker-Pollard

Lisa Pollard

Regina Pollio

Jaclyn Proctor '14

*Sean Proctor '11

Gordon & Carol Purdie

Gordon Purdie '15

Cuijing Qian

PengCheng Qin & Dan Zhao

Adnan & Sana Raja

Hafeez & Arooj Raja

Damani & Nicole Ralph

Stephanie Ramirez

*Gary Rauch & Susan

Shmoys

Julia Rauch '13

Chris & Melissa Reale

Michael Reed '18

Members of the Alumni Brothers Band

*Joseph & Karen Renna

*Deann Reyes-Wangh &

Megan Wangh

Alan Reynolds & Bonnie Bolz

*Jean Rhuma & Johanne

Vital-Rhuma

*Richard & Lisa Kristine

Richards

Patrice Rivera

Victor Rivera

Zulema Robinson

Ann (Nobiletti) Rodi '66

Juliette Romano

Matthew & Daphna

Romanoff

Ana Rosa

Margaret H. Ross '02

*Robert & Stephanie Ross

David & Madeline Roth

*Roland & Susan L.

(Churchill) '78

Rothenbucher

Marv & Raven Rudnitsky

*Dorothy Rule

Kevin Zvargulis & Tamara

Ruppart '96

Mr. Evens Saint-Rival

Michael Sandre & Cara Di

Cicco-Sandre

Cesare Saponieri & Christine

Dalmazio

*Bernard E. Schaeffer &

Nanci O. Weber

Peter Scherr & Jodie Siff

*Stephen Schible & Chiharu

Yoshida

Tom Robson & Debbie

Schmidt '62

*Jeff Schwartz

Charles & Marlena Seminario

*Shuhei & Rie Seo

Charles & Pauline Seremetis

*Howard & Jo Ann Shaw

Xiongyou Ma & Jianping

Shen

Albi Sheridan &

Colleen Sheehan

Kush Shukla '02

Kim Simpson

Jatinder & Amy Singh

Royan & Amritha Singh

Christopher Smalley '07

Brandon & Jill Smith

Michael W. &

Helene M. Smith

Gareth Soloway '99 & Sarah

Beth Carlson

*Martin & Deirdre Somers

Morten & Joann Sorensen

Joanne Spitaliere

*Roberto Splendori & Sandra

Dalmazio

Julienne St. James '89

Michael & June Stafford

Philip Sohm & Janet B.

Stanton

Anita Starr

Lee & Amy Stemkoski

Kerri Stinson

William Strauss '16

Annabella Sugrue '11

Sam & Linda Talluto

Gail Tannery

*MaryBeth Thomas

Shawna Thornton

*Mary Tighe

Shawn & Jennifer Toledo

*Karen R. Tomlinson '71

Michelle Toppin

Jessica Torok-Brown &

Robert Brown

*Maria Ver Eecke

*Colin & Carolyn Ver Pault

Alfred VerPault

Joseph Vinyard

Heidi Visser

*Kristi Visser '08

Cong Vu & Ha Cao

Deqiang Wang & Jing Chen

Meredith Wanzer '99

Jeremy Wechsler '13

Seaton White '11

Isabel Wildeman

Christopher L. Williams '70

& Meredith Kern

Marna (Terry) Wolaver

Alex Workman

Keith Workman & Sandra

Saenz Workman

Dennard Wright

Will Shortt & Joann Wu

Shortt '84

Thomas & Suiying Wu

Yuewen Xue & Yali Yang

Caleb Yuan '13

Adil Zaim & Ashley Cheng

Billy Zhang

Yunlong & Shuai Zhang

Stephen Zuckerbrot W

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Alumni

Over the past year, our community came together to tackle a variety of challenges. The

pandemic allowed us to reconnect with each other more deeply and in ways we may

not have chosen in the past. I spent the better part of March and April on daily phone

calls with alumni, checking in, sharing stories, or just simply chatting. It was these

phone calls that put me at ease during a time of so much uncertainty. On May 2nd, I

welcomed my first child into the world. I have so much gratitude for my Waldorf family

and the enormous amount of support I received during this time. I consider myself fortunate to be a part

of this community and I look forward to continuing to grow and learn together. Thank you!

~ Samantha D’Aleo, Development Associate - Alumni Relations

Alumni by Class

Our Alumni Community supports our School in many ways including attending,

volunteering, and contributing. We are so thankful for your continued support!

1960

Douglas Fraser

Dolores Krause

1961

Pierre du Prey

Karen Gode Lyke

David C. Meissner

1962

Carol (Stamatis) Pendergast

Debbie Schmidt

1964

Victor G. Bloede, IV

Bruce Fraser

Karin Heine

Penelope (Smith) Holland

Susan (Charles) Jacobson

Donald P. Kibbe

Adrienne Lecraw Polychron

Marc E. Spinrad

1965

Judy Drost

Penny Haft

Vivian (Wesson) Hirshberg

Tina (Strominger) Pomeranz

Paul G. Thomson

1966

Lauren (Shapiro) Raker

Ann (Nobiletti) Rodi

Deborah (Paulen) Thompson

1968

Douglas Gerwin

Jonathan G. Herdt

Howard Lem

Bernard C. Wesson

1969

Julie (Barsel) Bergman

Kenneth I. Chenault

Marjorie Davidson

Richard B. Ehrlich

1970

Marilynn R. (Blend)

Carstensen

W. Scott Galasso

Paula (Valentine) Gonthier

Patricia Haft

Laurence A. Himelfarb

Alison (Bradley) Klein

Dorothy (Miller) Lem

Janet B. Stanton

Christopher L. Williams

1971

Matthew Englis

Rachel (Scherer) Madsen

Kenneth J. Marissael

Ronald B. Menzin

Karen R. Tomlinson

1973

Raymond Bach

Michael Karter

Andrea (Liberman) Patel

Mark Rosenthal

Betty E. Shave

1974

K. Catherine (Englis) Albano

1975

Andrew Cranin

Nan Mary (Niemann) Stutz

Thank You

2019 -2020

1976

Thomas L. Gilbert

1977

Charles Belfi

Kenneth Pascal

1978

Anonymous: 1

Rob Haedrich, Jr.

Richard Pisano, Jr.

Susan L. (Churchill)

Rothenbucher

1979

Teresa (McKeon) Escribano

David Resnick

1980

Margaret Bernstein

Edward Oruci

Paul White

1981

Barry Boone

Daniel Howard

Christopher W. Pisano

Edwin Silva

1982

Jean (Cohen) Letts

Donna (Foundos) Oswald

Helen (Resnick) Shaw

1983

John T. Petrusky, Jr.

Stephen Pisano

Nicole J. Simmons

1984

Kathrine (Brenin) Gibney

Nicole LaBarbera

Jerome Macht

Dianna Petrusky

Joann Wu Shortt

1985

Alexios Kritas

Susan (Nova) Marshall

Anne M. Murray

Mark Musante

Sophia (Mavrikis) Pisano

Seth Skolnik

Scott A. Williams

1986

Cara (Orlando) Maloney

Susan Musante

1987

Rachel Levine

Dean Mavrikis

1988

Harry Helwig

John Musante

1989

Jill (Azzolina) DeRosa

Keelah J. (Nurse) Helwig

Julienne St. James

1991

Jason Falzon

Diana (Musante) Krupica

1995

Robert D'Addario

Katie (Shaw) Devaney

1996

Genevieve (Soloway) Angle

Tamara Ruppart

1997

Bryan Cain

David A. Chauvin

Robert Ingenito

1999

Joshua Blumenthal

Kenneth Dorman

Gareth Soloway

Meredith Wanzer

2000

Emma Sydenham

2001

Emily Kane

Annie Harrigan ‘18, Axel Epie ‘14, and Rachel Bossuk ‘14.

Christina M. See

Emily (Marshall) Vigneaux

2002

Tarik I. Carney

Margaret H. Ross

Kush Shukla

2003

Daniel Foster

Daniel Gray

Jeanenne LaBella

2004

Victoria Mauri

2005

Jared Dropkin

Jesse Kane

2007

Elizabeth Foster

Ariana (Pagano) Metzler

Christopher Smalley

2008

David Rothenbucher

Kristi Visser

2009

Meagan Gallagher

Abigail McGlone

2010

Jason Cohen

Domenic D'Ercole

2011

Michael Escribano

Sean Proctor

Annabella Sugrue

Seaton White

2012

Lauren Gray

Sarah Hilton

2013

Anne Flomenhaft

Isabella Fraim

Julia Rauch

Jeremy Wechsler

Caleb Yuan

2014

Rachel Bossuk

Christiana Fahey

Jaclyn Proctor

2015

Jonathan Gill

Gordon Purdie

Sheppard Somers

2016

William Strauss

2018

Emma Keane

Kate Keane

Sarah Keane

Michael Reed

2019

Sydney H. Bossuk

Alessandra M. Fraim

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Alumni Parents

We are grateful to our Alumni Parents who continually pay it forward and afford the next

generation of Waldorf students the same opportunities given to their children.

Anonymous: 5

Robert Baker

Lyonel Beauvais

Elise Belilos

Kathryn Bossuk

Richard Bossuk

Mo & Claudia Bousraou

Sandra Braden

Barry Brenin

Matthew & Joan Ann Cahill

Nancy Chauvin

Lance & Sue Cheney

Kathleen Spreen Christenson

Ann Churchill

Gerald Crabtree & Claudine

Vacirca

Marilyn Cranin

Jeannine Davis

Ellen Doremus

Jay & Diana Dorman

Hugo & Teresa (McKeon) '79

Escribano


Lindberg

Christopher Finnican

Joseph B. Steuer & Erin

Fitzgerald

Gary Fitzsimmons & Barbara

LaBella

David & Marion Flomenhaft

Neil Fogarty & Blair Ebert-

Fogarty

Edward J. Fraim, Jr. & Felicia

Busto-Fraim

Grady Fuller & Diane Fuller

Monica Gallardo

Alex & Libia Gallo

Aviva Gill

Bill & Cynthia Goebelbecker

Edward & Georgia Golebiewski

Rob Haedrich, Jr. '78 & Lauren

A. Lindner

Joseph & Diane Haley

Roger & Carole Halvorsen

James Harris


Karen Heau

Ernest & Elsie Helmke

Harry '88 & Keelah J. (Nurse)

'89 Helwig

Elizabeth Hill

William & Paula Jennings

Jeffrey & Janet Kane

Ruth Karter

John & Martina Keane

Don & Christine Kleint

Mrs. Joan Kuster

Larry & Grace (Shaffer) Larson

Nicole Littrean


Schiola

Edward & Mikel Magee

Kenneth J. '71 & Mary

Marissael

John McDonough

Faculty Chair, Kelly O’Halogan speaking with current and alumni

parents, Preston Li and Alison Hwang.

Sepp & Elisabeth Meyer

Loretta Mignone

John & Kristin Miller

Ann Mulvehill

Joye (Haft) Murphy

John & Diana Pascal

Stefano & Elizabeth Pascucci



Michael & Carol Proctor


Gary Rauch & Susan Shmoys

Joseph & Karen Renna

David Resnick '79 & Iwonka

Piotrowska

Jeanette (Haberstock) Resnick

Frederick Rhoads & Denese

Giordano

Robert & Stephanie Ross

Roland & Susan L. (Churchill)

'78 Rothenbucher

Dorothy Rule

Bernard E. Schaeffer & Nanci

O. Weber

Elizabeth Scherer

Peter Scherr & Jodie Siff

Tom Robson & Debbie

Schmidt '62

Juliane Schneider

Judith Segal & James Kelley

Howard & Jo Ann Shaw

Harjinder Singh Sohal &

Gurpreet Singh

Jerome & Rebecca Soloway

Martin & Deirdre Somers


James & Chiara Sugrue

Jessica Torok-Brown & Robert

Brown

Bruce & Barbara Travins

Colin & Carolyn Ver Pault

Heidi Visser

Ann Walsh

Isabel Wildeman

Scott A. Williams '85 &

Susan Braun


Alan & Marcia

Zimmerman

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Thank You

2019 -2020

Current Parents

We are proud to close out the 2019 -2020 School year with 81% parent participation.

Thank you for all that you do!

Anonymous: 5

Joseph & Matese Altidor

Iliasser & Megan Arias

Heather Arnold

Hooman & Raha Arya

Yongming Bai & Zhao Wei

Barry & Isabel Bank

Wallace Bao & Cuixia Qian


Aubourg

Elliot Bertoni & Alison Loebel

Bertoni

Adam & Christine Bleecker



Bridgett Burroughs

Cristin Burtis & Kim Wyant

Melissa J. Cahill

Bradley & Erika Carrell

Orlando D. Case & Travias

R. Cunningham Chase

Juan Castaneda & Johana F.

Angarita

Anne Cavallaro

Satish Chandra & Joy Rajigah


Zheng



Jiawei Chen

Jie Chen & Lijuan Ke

Lance & Sue Cheney

Amy Chernoff

Keung Cheung & Becky Dai

John & Temy Chu

Diana Cilenti

Benjamin & Heather Clark

Jack & Stephanie Cleary

Daisy Cook

Cruz Cordero & Karen

Thomas

Cristina Covas

David Crotty & Mara

Esposito

Richard & Kim Cumberbatch

Andrew Cyr & Kate Gilmore

Robert '95 & Gina D'Addario

Rachel Dagan

Mr. Tokya Dammond

Rashida Daniels

Current parents, Lisa and Richard Richards.

Jian Deng & Su Wang

John & Jenna DeRosa


Devaney


Orian & Ive Diaz

Christopher & Tracy

Donohue


Dorman

Maryjane Dougherty

Metehan Egilmez

Dan Erstad & Carolyn

Costello

Mihail & Christine Etropolski

Matthew Farr & Courtney

Weida

Andrew Fiddler & Kaitlin

Handler

Geraldine Finazzo

Michael & Kathleen Fogarty

Frank Fok & Alice Wang


Busto-Fraim

Dalston Francis & Holly Park

Frank & Susan Gallagher

Bo Geng & Wei Yang

Michael & Suellen Gentile

Hudson & Tara Georges

Anne Gibeau & Lisa

Horowitz Gibeau

David Giesbrecht & Rachel

Neville

Frank & Karen Giumenta

Marni Goldner

Geoff Goodman & Valeda

Dent

George T. Henry & Nicole J.

Simmons '83

John Hiris & Karen Talluto


Bobbie Holland

James & Jiyeon Hong

Jack Hoppenstand &

Margaret Galbraith

Israel & Grace Hsu

Matthew & Elizabeth Hux

Fred & Allison Jean

Frisnel Joseph & Junithe

Laine

The Kannan Family


Peter & Maria Kata


Nima Khosrowshahian &

Dalia Delghavi

Mark & Tatyana Kissin

Adam & Amie Klepack

Thomas & Melissa Krahn

Laura H. Kreft

Kambhampaty & Jean

Krishnasastry

Alexios '85 & Laurie Kritas

Todd & Jennifer Kshonz

Julian Ku & Winnie Chu

Jose Almanzar & Jeanenne

LaBella '03

Dimitris Lambrianos & Renee

Mavrofidis

Mark Langley & Lauren San

Miguel

Shane Leigh & Emily Quan

Bianca & Jeremy LeRoux

Jan & Rachel '87 Levine


Hongyu Li & Qiao Cui

Ning Li & Ling Yunfang

Preston Li & Alison Hwang

Shanshan Li & Yutong Duan

Yee Ling Li

Raj & Nina Lincoln

Yan Liu & Zinaria Williams

Liu


David Lui & Evelyn

Chevalier-Lui

James & Shani Luttrell


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Fundraising

Matthew Maley & Donna Lee

Yves & Gina Mardy

Andre Marescot & Marie

Abellard-Marescot

Boris Markovich

Douglas & Maria Marshall

Christian Martinez & Glenda

de Varona

Jacek & Ewelina Mazur

Christopher & Katie

McCarthy

John & Nicole McEvoy

Connell & Renee McShane

Junming Mei & Joon Ng

Chris & Karen Micciche


Kent & Tara Monkan



Holdrege

Marcia Munroe

George Murer & Phoebe

Hwang

Joshua M. Muska & Kelly A.

Denig

Maria Mylona

Quan V. Nguyen & Thu M.

Huynh

Juan & Sandra Nolasco

Edward Nouryan & Patti

Barrett

Kelly O'Halogan

Angel Palacios & Claudia

Hinestroza

Qian Pang & Yi Liu

Jason Park & Jisoon Nam

Julio Penagos & Alina

Kalontarov


Persico

Kamil & Kimberly Podlinski


Tucker-Pollard

Lisa Pollard

Cuijing Qian

PengCheng Qin & Dan Zhao

Adnan & Sana Raja

Hafeez & Arooj Raja

Damani & Nicole Ralph

David & Tasha Ramdayal

Stephanie Ramirez

Chris & Melissa Reale

Michael Regan & Stephanie

Keller


Piotrowska

Darren & Emily Restivo

Jean Rhuma & Johanne Vital-

Rhuma

Richard & Lisa Kristine

Richards

Matthew & Daphna

Romanoff

Josh Rosenblum &

Elizabeth Stack

David & Madeline Roth


Mr. Evens Saint-Rival


Cicco-Sandre

Cesare Saponieri & Christine

Dalmazio

Nayeem Sayed & Aruna

Talapatra

Stephen Schible & Chiharu

Yoshida

Charles & Marlena Seminario

Shuhei & Rie Seo



Sachin & Gini Shah

Xiongyou Ma & Jianping

Shen

Albi Sheridan & Colleen

Sheehan

Kim Simpson


Gurpreet Singh

Jatinder & Amy Singh


Brandon & Jill Smith

Michael W. & Helene M.

Smith

Roberto Splendori & Sandra

Dalmazio


Lee & Amy Stemkoski


Fitzgerald

Micah Stumme & Jane

Mrosko

Shawn & Jennifer Toledo

Michelle Toppin


Robert Vernola & Stephanie

Doyle

Cong Vu & Ha Cao

Deqiang Wang & Jing Chen

Jen-Wei & Yvette Wang


Schimansky

Keith Workman & Sandra

Saenz Workman

Mr. Dennard Wright

Thomas & Suiying Wu

Yuewen Xue & Yali Yang

Anthony & Emmie Yaeger

Stanley & Wantzu Yuan

Timothy T. Yuan & Teresa

Figueira

Adil Zaim & Ashley Cheng

Wenjun Zhang

Yunlong & Shuai Zhang


Farid

Stephen Zuckerbrot W

Current and Former Faculty/Staff

The Waldorf School of Garden City’s legacy starts with our educators. Thank you to the

many dedicated current and former faculty and staff for your commitment to our School.

Anonymous: 3

Nicole Amato

Carlos Ayala

Janelle Beardsley

Christine Bleecker

Bonnie Bolz

Kathryn Bossuk

Susan Braun

Bryan Cain '97

Diane M. Caracciolo

Gary Carle

Anne Cavallaro

Ann Churchill

Ellen Cimino

Stephanie M. Cleary

Cristina Covas

Samantha D'Aleo

Jeannine Davis

Glenda de Varona

Shiori DeBellis

Steven DeBellis

Victoria Dehan

John Devaney

Tasha England

Andy Fallu

Erin Fitzgerald

Shane Flanagan

Michael Flood

Marieke Freeman

Monica Gallardo

Libia Gallo

Marisa Gelb

Suellen Gentile

Aviva Gill

Denese Giordano

Karen Giumenta

Thank You

2019 -2020

Laura Gleason


Catherine Gorman

Sugandha Gupta

Diane Haley

Claudia Hart

Elsie Helmke

Ernest Helmke

Keelah J. (Nurse) '89 Helwig

Robert Ingenito '97

Emma Innella

Florence Kadri

Janet Kane

Victor Kim

Tatyana Kissin

Christine Kleint

Alexios Kritas

Joan Kuster

Jeanenne LaBella '03

Bianca LeRoux

Nicole Littrean

James Madsen

Bonnie Masi

Ewelina Mazur

Gina McCullough

Ramona Owens and Ann Mulvehill

Abigail McGlone '09

Ariana (Pagano) '07 Metzler

Lisa Miccio

Loretta Mignone

Kristin Miller

Nina Mullane

Ann Mulvehill

Keung Ng

Kelly O'Halogan

Ramona Owens

Kevin Padilla

Iwonka Piotrowska

Regina Pollio

Carol Proctor

Carol Purdie

Gordon Purdie

Jeanette (Haberstock)

Resnick

Deann Reyes-Wangh

Patrice Rivera

Victor Rivera

Frederick Rhoads

Roland Rothenbucher

Elizabeth Scherer

Andrea Schimansky

Debbie Schmidt '62

Juliane Schneider

Judith Segal

Pauline Seremetis

Amy Singh

Helene M. Smith

Rebecca Soloway

Deirdre Somers

Martin Somers

Joann S. Sorensen

Amy Stemkoski

Karen M. Talluto

Jodie Thomas

MaryBeth Thomas

Shawna Thornton

Bruce Travins

Maria Ver Eecke

Carolyn Ver Pault

David W. White



Anthony Yaeger

Emmie Yaeger

Wenjun Zhang W

Current and Former Trustees

Thank you for all of the behind the scenes work that continually gives our School

everything we need to succeed.

Cristin Burtis

Tarik I. Carney '02

Marilynn R. (Blend)

Carstensen '70

David A. Chauvin '97

Kenneth I. Chenault '69

Lance Cheney

Marilyn Cranin

Robert D'Addario '95

Jay Dorman

Tasha England

Torin Finser

Marion Flomenhaft

Douglas Gerwin '68

Lisa Horowitz Gibeau


Paula W. (Valentine)

Gonthier '70

Rob Haedrich, Jr. '78

Joseph Haley

Claudia Hart

Keelah J. (Nurse) Helwig '89

William Jennings

Jeffrey Kane

Alexios Kritas '85

Nicole LaBarbera '84

James Madsen

Edward Magee

John McDonough

Kristin Miller

Anne M. Murray '85

Edward Oruci '80

Christopher W. Pisano '81

Michael Proctor

Karen Renna

David Resnick '79

Jeanette (Haberstock) Resnick

Mark Rosenthal '73

Stephanie Ross

George K. Russell

Barbara Schiola

Debbie Schmidt '62

Judith Segal

Helen (Resnick) Shaw '82

Rebecca Soloway

Deirdre Somers

Chiara Sugrue

Bruce Travins


Jean-Rene

Zetrenne '88

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43

Fundraising

Named

Scholarship &

Endowment

Funds

~

Susl Berlin Lower School

Scholarship

Trudi Brechbühl Handwork

Endowment

Rex Chao Memorial Scholarship

Anne N. Chenault Access

Scholarship

Nicholas C. Croce Memorial

Scholarship Fund

Jennings Family Scholarship

Laszlo Jurak Scholarship Fund

Gabriel Kane Memorial

Campership Fund

Paul LeSueur Scholarship

Donald Resnick Athletic

Equipment Fund

Jeanette Resnick Music

Endowment

George V. Rose Scholarship

Peter A. Zimmerman, M.D.

J.D. Award in Recognition of

Academic and Intellectual

Excellence

Scholarship and

Endowment

Scholarship and Endowment plays a critical role in giving

students from all backgrounds accessibility to Waldorf

education. We are immensely grateful to these donors who

give meaning to our School’s mission.

Gabriel Kane

Memorial

Scholarship

Florence Kadri



General

Scholarship &

Endowment

Anonymous: 1


Aubourg

Rachel Bossuk '14

Tokya Dammond

Christiana Fahey '14

Grady Fuller+ &

Diane Fuller

Meagan Gallagher

Karen Gode Lyke ‘61

Geoff Goodman & Valeda

Dent

Rob Haedrich, Jr. '78 &

Lauren A. Lindner

Linda Haley

James Harris

Karen Heau

Kevin & Penelope (Smith)

'64 Holland


Larry & Grace (Shaffer)

Larson

Yves & Gina Mardy

Ronald B. Menzin '71

Jaclyn Proctor '14

Zulema Robinson

Juliane Schneider

Marc E. Spinrad '64


Gail Tannery

Jessica Torok-Brown &

Robert Brown


David W. White

George V. Rose

Scholarship


LaBella '03

Kristofer & Genevieve

(Soloway) '96 Angle


Klein



Sandra Braden

Barry Brenin

Diane M. Caracciolo


'70 Carstensen

Andrew Cranin '75 &

Bonnie Cranin

Marilyn Cranin


Devaney

Jay & Diana Dorman


(Marshall) Englis

Marieke Freeman

W. Scott '70 & Vicki

Galasso


Gerwin

Timothy & Kathrine

(Brenin) '84 Gibney

Thomas L. '76 &

Ellen Gilbert

Norman Goldberg & Vivian



Thornton Ingenito

Susan (Charles) '64 &

Victor Jacobson

Ruth Karter

Diana (Musante)

Krupica '91

Joan Kuster

Walter Levy & Marjorie

Davidson '69

James & Rachel (Scherer)

'71 Madsen


Marissael

John Musante '88


(Helmer) Musante

Susan Musante '82

Edward Oruci '80 &

Olga Oruci

Daniel & Andrea

(Liberman) '73 Patel



Frederick Rhoads &

Denese Giordano

Francis Ricigliano & Anne

M. Murray '85

Mark Rosenthal '73

Elizabeth Scherer


Shortt '84


Stanton

Gareth Soloway '99 &

Thank You

2019 -2020

Sarah Beth Carlson


Carl & Nan Mary

(Niemann) '75 Stutz

David & Deborah (Paulen) '66

Thompson


David W. White


& Meredith Kern


Susan Braun


Michael Wolf & Betty E.

Shave '73

Alan & Marcia Zimmerman


Ruppart '96

Glen Brook Harrer

Campership

Scholarship

David W. White

Jeanette Resnick

Music Endowment

David W. White

Laszlo Jurak

Scholarship

Rob Haedrich, Jr. '78 & Lauren

A. Lindner


Rex Chao Memorial

Scholarship

Anonymous: 1


The Peter A.

Zimmerman, MD,

JD Award in

Recognition of

Academic &

Intellectual

Excellence Fund



Lauren A. Lindner

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WSGC Capital Campaign

Thank you to our many donors who have taken the extra step toward investing today in The

Waldorf School of Garden City for tomorrow and beyond.

Erna Anderson

Sydney Anderson

Marcus Austin & Kathy

Anderson '97

Steven & Cori Bayardelle

Christine (Foundos) Beno '87

Joshua '99 & Cherilynn

Blumenthal

Braun Brush Co.

Cristin Burtis & Kim Wyant



Kenneth I. '69 & Kathryn

Chenault

Lance & Sue Cheney

Citrus & Allied Essences, Inc.

Comey-Fitzgerald Family

Foundation

Jeffrey & Elizabeth (Cranin)

'80 Cooperstein

Marilyn Cranin

Rashida Daniels


Jay & Diana Dorman

Maryjane Dougherty

David & Marion Flomenhaft

Albert Foundos


Busto-Fraim

Isabella Fraim ’13

Frances & Gertrude Levett

Foundation

Bob C. Gold '73

Marni Goldner

Pierre & Paula W. (Valentine)

'70 Gonthier

Katherine Gusick

Claudia Hart

Daniel '81 & Jeanine Howard


Laszlo & Ingrid Jurak

The Kannan Family



Sarah Keane '18

Alexios '85 & Laurie Kritas

Nicole Littrean

Alfred & Barbara (Costello)

'76 Lyons

The Lyons Charitable Fund

Edward & Mikel Magee

Yves & Gina Mardy

Dean '87 & Nicole Mavrikis

John & Katina Mavrikis

Neil & Sheila McPherson

Alexander Moore

Estate of Margaret S. Morrow

Marcia Munroe

Anne M. Murray '85

Brian & Christie Negri

Peter & Kaye Negri

Kelly O'Halogan

Lubodar Olesnycky

James & Donna (Foundos) '82

Oswald

Pierre and Paula Gonthier

Family Foundation

John, Jr. '83 & Joyce A.

Petrusky

The Pisano Family

Richard Pisano, Jr. '78 &

Teresa Pisano



Kamil & Kimberly Podlinski


Tucker-Pollard

John P. Polychron & Adrienne

Lecraw Polychron '64



Piotrowska

Charles Rodriguez

George V*. & Faith Rose

Mark Rosenthal '73


Patricia Roth

Tara-Ann Roth-Ramos '84

Roland & Susan L. (Churchill)

'78 Rothenbucher


Daniel & Christine Ruiz

George & Danielle Schmidt

Howard & Helen (Resnick) '82

Shaw


Kim Simpson


Gurpreet Singh


Fitzgerald

Marc Strauss '81 & Sandra

Williams Strauss '81

James & Chiara Sugrue

Michael Tammero '89 & Mark

Kruger

Terex

Thomas C Morrow Special

Needs Trust

Trilogy Essential Ingredients

Inc.

Robert Vernola & Stephanie

Doyle

David W. White

Justin Williams & Adeola

Tella-Williams

Scott A. Williams '85 & Susan

Braun

Thomas & Gail Wirth

Jean-Rene '88 & Tamiko

Zetrenne


Farid W

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Fundraising

Special Funds

Thank you for making a tremendous impact on the future of our School. Your gift to a special

project, initiative, or campaign will continue to serve our community in wondrous ways.

General Athletic

James & Mary Burns

Micah Stumme & Jane Mrosko

General Buildings

and Grounds

Edward & Georgia Golebiewski



James & Donna (Foundos) '82

Oswald


Cicco-Sandre



Schimansky

David W. White

General Music

Anonymous: 1

Sydney H. Bossuk '19

Gary & Michele Carle


Ana Rosa

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Glen Brook Donors

Someone once said that if you have experienced Glen Brook, then you have had a true

Waldorf moment. Thank you for nurturing and caring for such a wonderful treasure.

Gabriel's Field at

Camp Glen Brook

Ann Beckman

Arnold & Sylvia Bloch

Richard Bossuk

Jay & Diana Dorman


Dorman

Jared Dropkin '05


Giordano

Jeffrey & Janet Kane

Jesse Kane '05

The Kofsky and Ramdhanie

Family


LaBella '03

Leonard & Marilyn Mandel

Abigail McGlone '09

Richard & Phillippa Mintz





Nicholas Harding & Emma

Sydenham '00

David & Emily (Marshall)

'01 Vigneaux

Heidi Visser

David W. White

Glen Brook Camp

Scholarship Fund

Anonymous: 1

Wayne Altman

Jennifer L. Brower

Janet Capron

Orlando D. Case & Travias

R. Cunningham Chase

Kenneth I. '69 & Kathryn

Chenault

Curry and Hovis Inc

John & Eileen Curry

Robert '95 & Gina

D'Addario

Tiffany Dickerhoof

Kristen Donelan

Judy Drost '65


Giordano

Charlotte Gross

Karin Heine '64

Aaron & Barbarina

Heyerdahl

Ned Hulbert & Mary Day

Mordecai

Jacob Lewis & Suzanne

Lewis

Mrs. Pamela Livingston

James & Rachel (Scherer) '71

Madsen

Andrew Manns

Scott McGovern & Peggy

Brown

Michael & Gloria Morison

Jacob Northcutt

Kelly O'Halogan

Jeff Schwartz

Christina M. See '01

Charles & Marlena

Seminario


Joanne Spitaliere

Ed & Margie Stehlik

Sadie & Mark Stehlik

Christopher Swartout &

Sarah Culmer

Mary Tighe

Karen R. Tomlinson '71


Thank You

2019 -2020


Burdette

David W. White

Paul White '80 & Starr

Barron


Braun

Glen Brook Capital

Campaign

Peter & Janet Asten

Torin & Karine Finser

David Kelley & Nicole

LaBarbera '84

Jerome Macht '84

John & Diana Pascal

Daniel & Lucy Stroock

David W. White

Glen Brook Specific

Donation

David W. White

Glen Brook

Unrestricted

Ronald & Kathleen Banks

Nancy Bello

Rick Brodsky & Sherri

Brodsky


Burdette

Bradely & Erika Carrell

Scott Cohen & Nicole

Franchuk


Colin Dangel & Pamela

Gordon

John & Jenna DeRosa

Jason '91 & Noelle Falzon

Douglas '60 & Suzanne Fraser

Lauren Gray '12

Adria Goodson & Max

Vohlken

Diane & Bob Hamshaw


Annalise Kukor

George Lamb

Anthony Lappe

Bryan Lehrer

Lee & Jennifer Lowery


Alexander Moskovitz

Andrew & Heidi Moskovitz

Sarah Murphy

Leopold & Lia O'Donnell

Jessica Osborne

Lee & Taryn Pinstein

Joseph & Patti Regan

Faith Rose & Devin O’Neil

Michael & Jill Rubenstein

Nord & Margaret

Samuelson


Ian Spencer

Edward Stehlik, Jr. &

Richard Buccleu

David W. White

Alex & Sarah Workman


Ruppart '96

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Corporations & Foundations

AmazonSmile

AppExtremes LLC dba Conga

Ayco Charitable Foundation

The Bryan O. Dickerhoof

Legacy Fund

BSN Sports

CDB Productions LLC

CIGNA Matching Gift

Program

Citrus & Allied Essences, Inc.

Colin Dangel Charitable Gift

Fund

Comey-Fitzgerald Family

Foundation

Costello's Ace Winter Supplies

Curry and Hovis Inc

D'Addario & Company, Inc.

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Garden City Public Schools

The Gilbert Family Fund

The Glenmede Trust

Company

Goebelbecker Family

Charitable Fund

Henderson Foundation

Hulbert Mordecai Gift Fund

The John Lovegren and Daniel

Isenschmid Charitable Fund

of the Bank of America

Charitable Gift Fund

The Kannan Family Charitable

Fund

Karin Heine Charitable Fund

LaBella Planners

Long Island Community

Foundation

Long Island Nets

MediaCom Communications

Corporation

Morgan Stanley

MUFG Union Bank

Nickerson Corporation

NYS Aid

NYSE Euronext Foundation

Inc

Orchard Hill Breadworks

Pendergast Family Charitable

Fund

Pierre and Paula Gonthier

Family Foundation

The Reconstructionist

Synagogue

Trilogy Essential Ingredients,

Inc.

RSF Social Finance

S&P Global

Stop & Shop

William G Hieber Jr & Jean F

Hieber Charitable

Foundation

Willoughby Capital Holdings,

LLC Pearlman

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47

Fundraising

In Honor Of

Aina Barten

David W. White

Class of 2022

Ellen Cimino

Siegfried Finser

David W. White

Daisy Cook

David Barten

David W. White

Class of 2024

Ellen Cimino

Torin Finser

David W. White

Anders Heyerdahl

Barbarina & Aaron Heyerdahl

Gerhard Bedding

David W. White

George Benner

Ruth Karter

Susan Braun


David W. White

Sean Proctor '11

Grant Butler '85

David W. White

Jacob Lewis

Sheppard Somers '15

Camp Glen Brook

Staff

David W. White

Russ Causley


Ellen Cimino



Asher Clark

Heather and Benjamin Clark

Quinton Clark

Heather and Benjamin Clark

Class of 1984


Shortt '84

Class of 2002

Margaret H. Ross '02

Class of 2020

Ellen Cimino

Stephanie M. Cleary



Cristina Covas


Sheehan

Vilma Conetta

Jodie Thomas

Marilyn Cranin

Andrew Cranin '75 &

Bonnie Cranin


Susan Braun

Louise Curran

Watson

David W. White

Jeannine Davis



Jay Dorman

Barry Brover & Jodi Brover

Tasha England


Shuhei & Rie Seo

Andy Fallu

Kathryn Bossuk

Rachel Bossuk '14


Hope Finazzo

Geraldine Finazzo

Karine Finser

David W. White

Erin Fitzgerald


Monica Gallardo

Art Kelly & Maria E. Mosca


Persico




Karen Giumenta


Jian Deng & Su Wang



Isabelle Gliksman


Melissa J. Cahill

Jutta Goble


Gordon Purdie '15

Shelley Goguen

Hulbert

Charlotte Gross

Christopher Swartout & Sarah

Culmer

David W. White

Lucille Goldenberg


Charles Helm

Thomas C. & Michelle Helm

Oskar Helm

Thomas C. & Michelle Helm

Keelah J. (Nurse)

Helwig '89

Carl Heyerdahl


Jack Heyerdahl


Sophie Heyerdahl


Janet Holmes


Robin Hulbert

David W. White

Florence Kadri


The Kane Family

Ann Beckman


Richard Bossuk


Dorman


Giordano


Abigail McGlone '09



Vigneaux

Maria Kata

Shuhei & Rie Seo

Alexios Kritas '85


Almuth Kretz

David W. White

Andrew Leaf

David W. White

Thank You

2019 -2020

Polly Leaf

David W. White

Nicole Littrean

Anonymous

Alan Lombardi

David W. White

Elizabeth Lombardi

David W. White

Barbara Lyons '76



James Madsen

David W. White

Rachel Madsen '71

David W. White

Francesca Margulies

Jodie Thomas

J. Bruce Murphy

David W. White

Roxanne Murphy

'70

David W. White

Kelly O'Halogan


Braun

Regina Pollio

Jodie Thomas

Jeanette Resnick

David W. White

Roland

Rothenbucher


Braun

George Russell

David W. White

Leonore Russell

David W. White

David Rubovitz

Alexandra Nohowec

Joseph Vinyard

Mr. Gregory Marcus

Jordan Simpson

Fisher

Kim Fisher

Rachel Smit

Jodie Thomas

Deirdre Somers

Sean Proctor '11

Karen Talluto


Sam & Linda Talluto


Barbara Travins

David W. White

Bruce Travins

David W. White

Maria Ver Eecke

Jodie Thomas


Christopher

McCarthy

Christopher & Tracy

Donohue

Katie McCarthy

Kenneth & Shannon Biehl

Gina McCullough

Jodie Thomas

Peter McNair

Marc Spinrad

Lisa Miccio


Sheehan



Holdrege

Hafeez & Arooj Raja

John & Temy Chu

Melissa J. Cahill


Zheng

Thomas & Suiying Wu

Ann Mulvehill

Jodie Thomas

Matthew Rivera '09

Elise Belilos

Charles Rodriguez


Braun

Rosa Rosa

Ana Rosa

Faith Rose

Daniel Foster '03 & Margit

Noel

David W. White

Stephanie Ross

Shuhei & Rie Seo

Elizabeth Scherer

David W. White


Braun

Andrea Schimansky


Rie Seo

Kenneth & Shannon Biehl

Pauline Seremetis


Jo Ann Shaw

Sean Proctor '11

Carolyn Ver Pault

Julia Rauch '13

Jamie von Bartheld

Pauline Seremetis

Bernard Watson

David W. White

David White


Susan Braun

Scott Williams '85


David W. White

Jennifer Workman

Sandra Saenz Workman

Anthony Yaeger



Jo-Anne Yardley

David W. White

Steve Yardley

David W. White W

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In Memory Of

Patrick Anderson

'01

Joshua Mintz & Emily

Kane '01

Loula Barkas

Nicole McEvoy

Susanne (Susl)

Berlin

Elizabeth Scherer

David W. White

Edward Blatchford


Lauren A. Lindner

Robert Blend

Andrew & Elizabeth M.

Carstensen

W. Scott '70 & Vicki Galasso


Pierre & Paula W. (Valentine)

'70 Gonthier

Gore Anderson & Patricia

Haft '70


Thornton Ingenito

Derek Johnson

Peter & Alison (Bradley) '70

Klein

Marv & Raven Rudnitsky

Gail Tannery


Susan Braun

Jackie Camacho

Gina Mardy

Anne Charles

Susan and Victor Jacobson

Robert Chauvin



Rex Chao '94

Robert & Rosetta Chao

Abe Cohen

Jean Letts

June Cohen

Jean Letts

Betty Curran

David W. White

Peter Curran


David W. White

Bryan Dickerhoof

Tiffany Dickerhoof

Deirdre du Prey

Pierre '61 & Julia du Prey

Carl Ehrlich


Helen Ehrlich


Ruth Finser

David W. White

Suzanne S. Finazzo

Geraldine Finazzo

Elizabeth Jean

Galasso

W. Scott Galasso

Carol Gardner

Marc E. Spinrad '64

David W. White

John Gardner

David W. White

Kathleen Goetz

Joseph and Karen Reena

Roslyn Goldstein

Ann Beckman


Richard Bossuk


Dorman


Giordano


Abigail McGlone '09



Vigneaux

Jean Hamshaw

David W. White

Sam Hamshaw

David W. White

Mr. & Mrs. Harrah

Janet Capron

Dorothy Harrer

David W. White

William Harrer

David W. White

Callie Hulbert

Andrew Manns

Josette Jocelyn

Frisnel & Junithe Joseph

Gabriel Kane '99

Jay & Diana Dorman

Nicholas Harding & Emma

Sydenham '00

Jesse Kane '05



Sean Proctor '11


David W. White

Hertha Karl

David W. White

Kaeli Kramer '08


Lindberg

Harry Kretz

David W. White

Lydia Lecraw

John P. Polychron &

Adrienne Lecraw

Polychron '64


David W. White

John Lecraw

John P. Polychron &

Adrienne Lecraw

Polychron '64

David W. White

Donald Leigh

Emily Quan

Paul G. LeSueur

James & Mary Burns

Isabella Fraim '13


Sarah Keane '18

Nicole Littrean

Paul LeSueur & Maggie

LeSueur


Schiola

Jaclyn Proctor '14



Natasha Lish '97



Martin & Deirdre Somers

David M.

Livingston

Mrs. Pamela Livingston

Peter MacNair

David W. White

Paul Margulies

Jodie Thomas

Christiane Marissael


Marissael

Joan Orlando

Cara (Orlando) Maloney '86

Thank You

2019 -2020

Barbara Peterson

David W. White

Azucena Petrusky


Petrusky '84

John Petrusky


Petrusky '84

Isabelle Prowse

Lynn & Tom Haley

Scott Reale

Melissa Reale

Donald Resnick

Francis Ricigliano & Anne M.

Murray '85

Susan (Charles) '64 & Victor

Jacobson

Ruth Karter

Diana (Musante) Krupica '91

Joan Kuster

Walter Levy & Marjorie

Davidson '69

James & Rachel (Scherer) '71

Madsen


Marissael

John Musante '88

Beth Carlson


Carl & Nan Mary (Niemann)

'75 Stutz

David & Deborah (Paulen)

'66 Thompson


David W. White


& Meredith Kern


Susan Braun

Margot Silverman

Dr. Frank Silverman

Alfred Tomlinson

Douglas '60 & Suzanne Fraser


David W. White

Sylvia Tomlinson


David W. White

Edith Weschler

David W. White

Robert Weschler

David W. White

Gustl Wetzl

David W. White

George V. Rose


LaBella '03

Kristofer & Genevieve

(Soloway) '96 Angle


Klein



Sandra Braden

Barry Brenin

Diane M. Caracciolo


'70 Carstensen

Andrew Cranin '75 & Bonnie

Cranin

Marilyn Cranin


Devaney

Jay & Diana Dorman


(Marshall) Englis

Marieke Freeman



Gerwin

Timothy & Kathrine (Brenin)

'84 Gibney

Thomas L. '76 & Ellen

Gilbert

Norman Goldberg & Vivian



Thornton Ingenito


(Helmer) Musante

Susan Musante '82

Edward Oruci '80 & Olga

Oruci

Daniel & Andrea (Liberman)

'73 Patel




Giordano

Francis Ricigliano & Anne M.

Murray '85

Mark Rosenthal '73

Elizabeth Scherer


Shortt '84


Stanton

Gareth Soloway '99 & Sarah


Michael Wolf & Betty E.

Shave '73

Alan & Marcia Zimmerman


Ruppart '96

Lorna Schmidt '95

Tom Robson & Debbie

Schmidt '62

Sheppard R. Somers

James & Mary Burns

Harold Spreen


Harvey Strauss

Lee & Jennifer Lowery

Joseph Wetzl

David W. White

Dolores Williams


Braun

William Earl

Williams


Susan Braun

Peter A.

Zimmerman '78



Susan Braun W

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1960

Carole Davenport ’60

completed her first-ever

showing of Minimalist Stone

Sculpture in November of

2019, featuring artists

Hiroyuki Asano of Japan and

Yervand Zakian of New York.

The show took place at the

Tambaran Gallery in

Manhattan. In March of this

year, Carole held another

exhibition, Shinto Redux:

Kami, Shinzo, Shimpo &

Sculpture by

Hiroyuki

Asano. The

first native

religion in

Japan was

Shintoism,

based on

nature and

natural phenomena. Gods, or

kami, were assigned to

include trees, mountains,

waterfalls, locations, animals,

forces of nature. The

exhibition provided insight

into this fascinating religion

and how the Japanese people

dealt with and explained

natural phenomena. For more

information, please visit

www.caroledavenport.com.

1964

Members of the alumni

classes of 1964 and

1965 held a virtual reunion

on Zoom. Philip

Bertenthal '64 arranged

the meetup and was joined by

16 classmates from across the

United States and one from

Australia. Roughly every three

years, the class holds a

destination reunion, and last

September celebrated its 55th

anniversary in Charleston.

For decades, Adrienne

Lecraw Polychron '64,

the class representative, has

been an ambassador for her

fellow alums and the School.

Each month, she sends out

emails in honor of her

classmates' birthdays or their

special milestones. In

addition, members of the

class email witty jokes,

sayings, and videos to one

another. Mrs. Polychron, as a

"lifer," is a strong advocate of

the education being offered at

"our" Waldorf School.

Adrienne's mother, Lydia

"Lee" Lecraw, taught at The

Waldorf School of Garden

City as a class teacher from

1951-1965, taking two

separate classes from 1st

grade through middle school.

In 1966, Mrs. Lecraw became

co-director of the Waldorf

Institute for Adult Education, a

newly created Waldorf

teacher training center at the

School. Students at this

institute studied for two

summers at Adelphi University

and one school year at the

Waldorf Institute. Upon

graduating, they were

awarded a master's degree in

Waldorf education from

Adelphi. After 11 years as

co-director and then director

of the Waldorf Institute, she

retired. Both Mrs. Lecraw and

later, Mrs. Polychron created

a model for us to stand by

that will help us all propel

Waldorf Education into the

next century.

1965

Members from the class of

1965 got together in

September of 2019 for a

reunion hosted by Rich

Miller '65 and Ollie Miller

in Lake Placid, NY. In the

photo above from left to right:

Rich Miller, Seung Pil

Yu, Paul Thompson,

John Kramer, Putzi

(Vivian) Wesson

Hirshberg, Diana Wilson

Couper, Helen Horton,

Tina Strominger

Pomeranz, Penny Haft,

Bill Bradley, Carlotta

Schoolman, Bill

Lockhart. The group had a

wonderful time!

1969

Kenneth I.

Chenault

'69,

Chairman &

Managing

Director,

General Catalyst and former

CEO and Chairman,

American Express, is the cofounder

of Stop the Spread.

The organization was

launched in March of 2020 in

response to the devastation

created by COVID-19. Ken,

along with a group of CEO's,

wrote a Medium post in

March, which sparked a call

to action and resulted in his

op-ed in The New York Times

that captured the imagination

and commitment of more than

1,300 business leaders, all of

whom have stepped forward

to do their part. Since

founding, Stop the Spread, a

national effort has emerged,

as large and small companies

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answer the call to serve our

nation. To read more, please

visit www.stopthespread.org.

1970

Marilynn Blend

Carstensen '70 celebrated

her father's life, Robert

Blend, at a beautiful

memorial service in

November 2019. It brought

her so much joy to share the

moment with fellow alums

from The Waldorf School of

Garden City. The time spent

together brought back

incredible memories of her

Dad's involvement and

dedication to our School.

Pictured from left to right,

Bill Englis '70, Marilynn

Blend Carstensen '70,

Stephan Chenault '70,

Ken Chenault '69,

Paula Valentine

Gonthier '70, and Alison

Bradley Klein '70.

The Class of 1970

celebrated their 50th

anniversary this year.

Although the class could not

celebrate as intended due to

Covid-19, they have had

several Zoom meetings with

up to 2/3 of the members

attending from Israel to

Germany, Canada, and

across the country. They call

themselves "Ohana,"

Hawaiian for family!

1973

Bob Gold '73, President

and CEO of Bob Gold &

Associates, a Southern

California boutique public

relations and marketing

agency, was honored as the

2019 Communications

Professional of the Year at

the Los Angeles PRism

Awards celebration on

October 15, 2019, at the

Taglyan Complex in

Hollywood. Bob Gold was

selected for the program's

most distinguished individual

accolade, Communications

Professional of the Year, for

his outstanding leadership

and management skills,

innovation and creativity,

and unparalleled impact and

outcomes for clients and his

commitment to important

causes, charities, and

mentorship of young

professionals.

In March of this year, Bob

Gold & Associates was

selected to help launch

Immersion Neuroscience, the

world's most advanced

predictive software company

unlocking neuroscience to

measure what people love.

Bob Gold & Associates has

also joined forces with

Viamedia, the leading crossmedia

local advertising

company for independent

video providers, to promote

their comprehensive suite of

advanced video and digital

advertising solutions.

1979

On Saturday, September 7,

2019, the Alumni Brothers

Band* participated in the first

annual Rockville Centre

"Playing on the Porch" event,

sponsored by the RVC

Chamber of Commerce.

"Playing on the Porch" is a

community event that has

taken place in various

locations throughout the state,

with local musicians

performing at homes,

porches, and lawns, bringing

friends, relatives, and

neighbors together and

encouraging people to

explore the neighborhood

and hear great live music.

Over 20 bands performed

throughout the Village on a

beautiful Saturday afternoon,

and although WSGC Board

Chair Lance Cheney wasn't

able to join them in his usual

place behind the drum kit,

regular Alumni Brothers

members Alexios Kritas

'85, Ed Magee (alumni

parent), David Resnick

'79, Martin Somers (alumni

parent), Marc Strauss '81

and Dan Strauss '88, and

Terry Sullivan '85 played

a marathon set, complete with

musical guests Jennifer and

Jeannine Sirey. *performing

as their alter-ego "Nowhere/

Faster" for this event.

1983

Congratulations to Jessica

Diamond ’83 who made

the move back to the east

coast this summer! After her

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daughter graduated from

Ukiah High School in

California, they drove back

east to their hometown of

Bath, ME. Jessica says, “We

are so happy to have the

ocean back in the right

place, and to know what

time it is without thinking

‘minus 3!.” Welcome home,

Jessica!

1984

Congratulations

to Hon. Linda

K. Mejias

'97 and

Dorian R.

Glover '84

who became

engaged to be

married in the Spring of

2019 in Paris. The happy

couple exchanged their vows

on Valentine's Day earlier

this year in a beautiful and

romantic ceremony at the

Heritage Club at Bethpage.

The couple made sure to

incorporate the Morning

Verse into the ceremony to

acknowledge their shared

Waldorf experience. The

Verse was spoken by another

Waldorf alum, John

Norden '84.

Linda, a Judge in the Nassau

County Family Court, was

also recently inducted as

President of the Long Island

chapter of the Hispanic Bar

Association (LIHBA). Dorian

is currently the President of

the Nassau County Bar

Association.

1985

What do Waldorf alumni do

together in Los Angeles?

Meet for lunch! Seth

Skolnik '85 and Bob

Gold '73 met a few years

ago at an alumni reunion

event, and even though they

were not in the same class,

their Waldorf shared

experience brings them

together as new friends. The

two reunited for lunch in

November of 2019 in

Marina Del Ray. They shared

laughs as Seth recalled

precisely what was for lunch

every day of the week at

Waldorf! The two were reconnected

this past October

as panelists for our first ever

Virtual Waldorf Symposium.

The members from the

Class of 1985 held a

Zoom Reunion on Monday,

April 13th. Organized by

Seth Skolnik ‘85,

seventeen members of the

class from preschool,

elementary, middle, and

high school years joined the

call. After hearing each class

member's brief updates on

their lives, the group chatted

about the COVID virus and

shared lots of fond memories

from their years in school

together. The group hopes to

get together more regularly

and have more members

from their class participate in

future Zoom gatherings.

Participants included: top left

to right – Terry Sullivan

(Malverne, NY), Marco

Maccari (Lenting,

Germany), Seth Skolnik

(Encino, CA), Scott A.

Williams (Charlottesville,

VA), Grant Butler (Keene,

NH), Anne Murray

(Brightwaters, NY), Alexios

Kritas (Island Park, NY),

Christine Torres (Los

Angeles, CA), Kim

Sheridan-Dugmore

(Round Lake, NY), Leslie

Rudner (New York, NY),

Monique Isenschmid

LePage (Champlain, NY),

Melissa Pascal Driscoll

(Franklin Lakes, NJ),

Andrea Conte-Noble

(Palm Beach Gardens, FL),

Sophia Mavrikis

Pisano (Garden City, NY),

Dawn Manning

Shmaruk (Westport, CT).

Not shown, but also on the

call were: Susan Nova

Marshall Westport, CT)

and Terence Worthy

(Lake Mary, FL).

Anne M.

Murray '85

was named

by the Long

Island

Business

News (LIBN)

as one of their Top 50

Women in Business for

2019. The Top 50 Women

in Business program

recognizes the Island’s top

women professionals for

business acumen, mentoring

and community involvement

and honors the most

influential women in

their fields.

1986

Faith Rose '86 and her

husband Devin O'Neill were

just recognized by

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Wallpaper Magazine as "20

of the most promising

architectural practices

worldwide." The magazine

describes their work as

centering around "ideas of

daylight, visual connection

between inside and out, and

the intersection between

digital and handcrafted

processes." You can see this

at work in one of their

projects recently showcased

by Interior Design, which we

came across on Instagram,

Undermountain House

@interiordesignmag.

To see more of their creative

genius, please visit

oneillrosearchitects.com, IG

@oneill_rose_architects, and

FB @oneillrosearchitects.

Scott Mills

'86, Black

Entertainment

Television

President, has

raised $17M among top U.S.

CEOs and business

executives to address food

insecurity across the country

during COVID-19. The

money has begun pouring

into charities in Los

Angeles, Atlanta, New

Orleans, New York, and

Detroit. To read the full

article at abcnews.com, visit:

www.abcnews.go.com/

US/anonymous-africanamerican-donors-step-tacklefood-insecurity/.

1987

Chris Jurak '87 continues

to carry on the Waldorf

School's Gilbert & Sullivan

tradition, having appeared

with the Gilbert & Sullivan

Light Opera Company of

Long Island for the past

several years. His most

notable roles include Lord

Tolloler in Iolanthe (2016),

The Pirate King in The Pirates

of Penzance (2017), Colonel

Calverly in Patience (2018),

Don Alhambra in The

Gondoliers (2019), Ghost of

Marley in A G&S Christmas

Carol (2019), and as "The

Baritone" in the company's

revue show, The World

According to Gilbert &

Sullivan (2016-19). He will

also be singing the role of

Push Tush in

the

company's

2020

production

of The

Mikado,

which will be updated

to a 1920's Long Island Gold

Coast (a la The Great Gatsby)

setting.

Additionally, Chris was

elected President of the

company's Board of Directors

this past summer, having

served previously as Publicity

Chair (2016-17) and Vice

President (2018-19).

Chris invites any interested

members of the Waldorf

community to perform with the

company, which presents a

yearly full-scale orchestraaccompanied

G&S production

at various venues around Long

Island. Anyone interested can

contact him directly at

cjurakpt@hotmail.com or go

to the company's website at

www.aslocoli.org for more

information.

Jonathan's restaurant, located

in New Hyde Park on Long

Island, has been crafting the

finest dishes since 1992. The

restaurant is owned and

operated by The Mavrikis

Family and, at the helm, is

John Mavrikis, an alumni

parent. The day to day

operations are led by

partners Dean Mavrikis

'87, graduate of The

American Film Institute with

an MFA, his cousin Peter

Kalamaras, Chef Alain

Ribiere, and GM

Frank Billera.

The Mavrikis Family has

partnered with The Waldorf

School of Garden City to

support the Emergency Relief

Fund by providing 25% of

every restaurant gift card

purchased online using the

promotional code Waldorf.

Support a local family-owned

business and your School by

visiting

jonathansrestaurant.net and

entering the promotional code

Waldorf.

1988

Dan Strauss '88 released

his 5th studio album, The

Flying

River,

available

now on

Spotify,

Apple

Music,

and Bandcamp in

February of this year. The

nine new original songs (and

one old-time cover) move

across genres from country to

folk to rock and back again.

The songs were recorded in

Brooklyn, NY and Burlington,

VT. Dan says, "There is

nothing I love more than

making music, and I am

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extraordinarily lucky to have

these amazing musicians

contribute their talents to this

music." For more information,

including upcoming shows,

please visit

www.danstraussmusic.com.

On December 15, 2019, Dan

Strauss '88 was joined by

alum Franklin Rankin '13

at Rockwood Music Hall in

Manhattan. They performed

Dan's original songs in a 45-

minute set at the famous Lower

East Side venue. The two have

performed together a few

times over the last year.

"Franklin's guitar playing is

absolutely brilliant," said Dan.

"He adds just the right touches

to my songs and makes them

soar." They look forward to

more gigs together in the near

future. for more, visit

danstraussmusic.com and

franklinrankin.com.

1993

Seth

Travins '93

is enjoying

life in the

Shetland

Islands with

his family. He

can often be seen running

with his Waldorf sweatshirt

on! Seth was recently

accepted into the postgraduate

teaching course for

primary school and will begin

his studies in August. He was

also awarded a bursary for

living expenses by the

Shetland Islands Council in

their "Growing our own

teachers" program.

1997

Kathy Anderson '97, a

pediatrician and health &

wellness expert, penned an

insightful and thoughtprovoking

letter to the

Bismarck Tribune editor in

North Dakota in response to

the current climate of social

unrest. "As a pediatrician,

health and wellness expert,

and a member of our greater

health care community, what

we know is that racism causes

disease in our communities.

Studies have shown that

decisions we make as doctors,

teachers, employers, and

police are often shaded by

biases that we often don't

know we have. And what we

have learned about bias is

that once we learn what our

biases are, we are able to

better control for them and not

allow them to affect our

decisions as much." Visit

https://bit.ly/3hswNKp for

the full article.

1999

On Sunday, June 7, members

of the class of 1999 (and

Thom Walsh '00) held a

zoom class reunion from

across the globe. Top row left

to right: Valerie

(Ferrantino) Raguseo

and daughter Violet (NJ),

Josh Blumenthal and son

Ethan (TX), Thom Walsh

(MA), Middle row left to

right: Gareth Soloway

(OR), Daria Carmon

(NYC), Maurizio Tusa,

Former Faculty Chair and

Class Advisor (Colombia)

Bottom row left to right:

Meredith (Williams)

Guzman (LI), Joylynn

Holder (NYC), and

Meredith Wanzer (LI).

They all are looking forward

to doing this again very soon.

Josh Blumenthal '99

welcomed his daughter,

Harper

Savanna

Blumenthal,

into the world

on Saturday,

October 26,

2019. Harper's

name has a few unique

significances to them. Her

initials contain the same ones

as her grandmother (SHB), just

in a different order, thus

honoring her grandmother in

a very deserving and

connecting way yet allowing

Harper her own identity.

2001

Irin Carmon '01 and coauthor

Shana Kzizhnik's book,

Notorious RBG: The Life and

Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,

has been adapted into a

museum exhibition. It opened

at the Skirball Cultural Center

in Los Angeles last year and

has been at the National

Museum of American Jewish

History. Read more by visiting

https://www.inquirer.com/ar

ts/ruth-bader-ginsburgnotorious-rbg-museum-exhibitphiladelphia-20191004.html.

The exhibit came to the New

York Historical Society in

September 2020. On

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December 19, 2019, the coauthors

had the privilege of

giving Justice Ginsburg a tour

of the exhibition and the

opportunity to toast her

onstage at dinner as she was

inducted into the Only in

America gallery hall of fame.

2006

Carla Perez-Gallardo

'06, owner of Lil' Deb's

Oasis in

Hudson, NY,

was featured

in Bon

Appetite this

past winter. Lil

Deb's Oasis is

in its fourth year of being

alive, and Carla and her

partner are thrilled to

continue offering their warm

hospitality and flavor-packed

plates to everyone who walks

through the doors. Carla

says, "Being featured in this

winter's Bon Appetite was a

welcome gift, ensuring we'll

be busy in the slower winter

months, and we're so excited

to hear how everyone enjoys

cooking with our recipes!"

Congratulations to Emily

Rothenbucher '06 and

Michael LaBella

Fitzsimmons '06 who were

married on February 13,

2020, in downtown Brooklyn,

NY. The two live down the

block from Waldorf classmate

Melinda Smith '06.

2007

Good things

can come to

those who

wait, and for

Kieran

Kerekes

'07, having

an

opportunity to

experience the premiere of the

short film thriller, After

Downfall, at the IFP Center in

Brooklyn, in which he played

the lead role of "Nick," was

truly satisfying. The film tells

the story of two young men,

Nick and Isaac, trying to

survive in their apartment,

surrounded by a postapocalyptic

New York, acutely

aware of their need to find

food, but also ever wary of the

threats from the mutated

humans known as Savs (also

known as savages) and the

external radiation that could

end their lives if they are not

careful. A wonderful time was

had that night by the cast,

crew, and audience. The plans

for the film include upcoming

film festival submissions, as

well as distribution via

platforms such as Vimeo and

YouTube, so stay tuned!

Ariana Metzler, '07, a

WSGC "lifer," came back to

work part-time at the School in

2018. In January of 2019, she

was approached to substitute

High School Math for a week,

and the Faculty Chair Assistant

position for Kelly O'Halogan

opened. By 2019 she

accepted the Faculty Chair

Assistant position and many

more class offerings. It all

came quickly, in great

numbers, and all at once!

Ariana has been instrumental

in rolling out all the technical

support and resources for

Distance Learning. A lot of

new things have had to

happen very quickly over a

vast community population. Of

course, this is a team effort

with Communications

Associate Kevin Padilla, but

rolling out Zoom was probably

the biggest struggle.

"It's an odd feeling, but I can't

help but wonder if this social

distancing situation was one of

the reasons that I was meant

to come back to Waldorf.

Working with the students in

the physical classroom is one

of the best things I've had the

privilege to do, along with

having the fortune of revisiting

nostalgic activities from my

time as a student, but my

experiences from college and

the professional world have

adequately prepared me for

helping the School make it

through this crisis. I feel like I

was brought back to the right

place just at the right time,

against many odds."

2009

Congratulations to Julie

Marissael '09, who

graduated

earlier this

year with a

MS in

Actuarial

Science from

St. Johns. In

January of this year, Julie

started at New York Life as an

Actuarial Assistant in their

Actuarial Development

Program. She will join their

rotational program, which

means she will be in a

different actuarial department

every couple of years. Julie

was a panelist at this year's

Waldorf Symposium, which

took place virtually on

October 16.

Abigail

"Abby"

McGlone

'09, WSGC

Early

Childhood

Assistant,

and Victor

Kim, WSGC

High School Physics &

Mathematics Teacher,

welcomed their beautiful baby

Emma to the world on June

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17, 2020. Welcome to the

Waldorf family, Emma, and

congratulations to the new

parents!

Matthew

Rivera '09

was

published in

Architizer's:

The World's

Best Architecture as a part of

the Colorado Building

Workshop. The project

features four backcountry

privies in Rocky Mountain

National Park, designed and

built by twenty-four Master of

Architecture students in

collaboration with the

National Park Service.

Constructed with a

prefabricated steel structure

and stone sourced from the

site, these privies utilize

emerging waste collection

methods to minimize human

impact to the park. The

internationally awarded

project was recognized for its

innovative structural system

that is capable of withstanding

225mph winds but was light

enough to be helicoptered to

the site in the thin mountain

air. In addition, it received the

2019 AIA National Small

Projects and 2019 Excellence

in Structural Engineering

awards for its structural

design, architectural craft, and

sensitivity to the surrounding

environment.

2011

Earlier this year, Jordan

Carmon '11 worked with

civic associations, senior

centers, political clubs,

churches, etc. to get the

message out about the

importance of getting

everyone counted in this

year's Census. Jordan says,

"The Census decides how

much funding communities

receive for schools, housing,

health care, infrastructure,

and so much more. It decides

how your political

representation in Congress

and the electoral college. It

decides whether businesses

will set up shop in your

community. Especially if you

have children, filling out the

Census is one of the best

things you can do to ensure a

bright future for your

community. That's why we're

hard at work getting the word

about the importance of

everyone filling out the 2020

Census."

Shaafi

Chimino

Amini

was born

to Sarah

Chimino

'11 and

her

husband,

Shahnam

Amini, on July 13, 2020, at

1:33 pm CT in Houston, TX.

He weighed 6lbs 10oz and

was 19.8 inches at the time of

birth. His name means "The

Healer" in Arabic and is

inspired by a very special

Bahá'í healing prayer.

Michael Escribano '11

and Olivia Adragna '12

are happy to announce their

engagement! The couple met

in Waldorf's lower school

playground, where Olivia

passed a love note to Michael.

It wasn't until 11 years later,

in high school, that Michael

asked Olivia to be his

girlfriend. In October of

2019, Michael surprised

Olivia at their favorite South

Beach hotel and asked her to

be his wife. The couple is

planning to celebrate their

wedding in the summer

of 2021.

Sean Proctor '11, is

pursing an MBA at the

University of Oxford in

England. Getting an MBA

from Oxford is an experience

that is truly unique and

exciting as the year includes

much more than the expected

business coursework and

relationship building. As a

member of Pembroke

College, one of the 38

Oxford member colleges,

Sean will live in an institution

founded centuries ago,

sharing meals, experiences,

and stories with students from

all over the world who are

working towards a range of

different degrees. He is very

excited about this adventure

that will push him out of his

comfort zone and help him

grow both personally and

professionally.

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2012

For the past six years, Elora

Nadel Niborski '12 has

been living in Arusha,

Tanzania working on several

different projects. This past

year, she focused on working

with Passion Projects

International. The work

involves finding sponsors from

all around the world who are

interested in sponsoring

children in Arusha so that they

can attend a proper English

Medium School, which

provides boarding if

necessary. The organization

has nearly 80 children

(ranging in age) with sponsors

who are doing amazing at

their new School. With

Schools now closing down

due to Covid-19, there is a

significant strain on families

who became accustomed to

their children receiving

sufficient meals at school each

day. Because of this, Elora

and the rest of the Passion

Projects team held a

fundraiser in order to provide

enough dry foods for all of the

families during this difficult

time. They supplied 70kgs to

each family of rice and maize.

Each family was extremely

grateful, and the distribution

of all the foods was a huge

success. Thank you, Elora, for

all that you are doing!

2013

Congratulations to songwriting

duo Big Stuff, featuring

Waldorf alum Franklin

Rankin '13, who released

their debut single "Water Me

(feat. Shawn Whitehorn)." It

became available on all

platforms on September 4.

Find it on Spotify:

www.distrokid.com/hyperfoll

ow/bigstuff/water-me-featshawn-whitehorn

and follow

them on Instagram

@bigstufftheband to stay up

to date on future releases.

2014

After studying

and living in

Paris, France,

for the last

five years,

Gabriela

Gallo '14

never would

have expected

to return to The Waldorf

School of Garden City to

teach. That being said, she

says, "it has been one of the

greatest and most rewarding

experiences of my life."

Gabriela enjoyed teaching

the new generation of

Waldorf student's history this

past winter, and she truly

believes that she learned from

them just as much as they

learned from her. Thank you,

Gabriela, for your

dedication!

2015

Amanda

Jean-Louis

'15

graduated

Magna Cum

Laude from

Long Island

University (LIU Post) with a

Bachelor's Degree in Music

for Vocal Performance. Over

the next year, she will be

offering private voice lessons

before pursuing a Master's

Degree in Jazz Studies.

Mark

Gonzalez

'15

graduated

from Tufts

University

this past

spring. Mark completed his

senior honors thesis, entitled

"Investigating the Hubble

Tension with an Axion-Photon

Coupling," which received

the highest honors. He was

also awarded the Class of

1947 Victor Prather Prize.

This September, Mark began

his studies towards a Ph.D. in

Physics at Yale University. He

intends to study theoretical

cosmology and particle

physics.

2016

In the summer of 2019, Julia

Gonzalez '16 studied

abroad in

Lima, Peru,

where she

stayed with a

lovely host

family and

attended

classes at a local university

alongside Peruvian students.

Julia took courses such as

Human Development,

Education for Sustainable

Development, and Religion

and Politics in Latin America.

Throughout her five months in

Lima, Julia met so many

amazing people, and her

Spanish improved immensely!

She also had the opportunity

to travel to several exciting

places both inside the country,

including Arequipa, Iquitos,

Cusco, Chile, and Ecuador.

During the last few days,

Julia's mother, current WSGC

Enrollment Director, came

down and visited! She also

got a chance to meet her

remarkable host family, and

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the two traveled to Cusco,

where they explored Machu

Picchu and the Rainbow

Mountains.

Julia graduated from Colby

College this past spring.

Julia's thesis, Connection with

Communities Near and Far:

The Current Status of

Academic Civic Engagement

at Colby, allowed her to

graduate with honors in her

major. She also received the

Community Engagement

award from the department

and was inducted into Phi

Beta Kappa. Julia began her

new position as the English

Language Development

Teacher at STRIVE Prep School

in Denver, Colorado, this fall.

Rebecca

Cooperstein

'16

graduated

from

Muhlenberg

College this

past spring.

She was the Secretary and

Social Media Coordinator for

WMUH, the radio station at

the School. She was also

featured in their DJ spotlight

and was the co-director of

their very first Riff-Off (battle

of the bands). For her final

senior

seminar on

Harold

Pinter,

Rebecca

did three

make-up

looks

exploring

the duality

of Pinter's

female characters. She was

looking for the face they show

versus the face they hide. Her

Professor told her that it was

one of the most original

projects she had ever

received. Rebecca owes the

conception of this idea to her

Waldorf background.

Oliver Jaskowski '16

graduated on May 31,

2020, with a BFA from

OCAC

and

Pacific

Northwest

College of

Art. He

received

the Caryn

Daschbach Award for

Exemplary Leadership &

Fostering Community and

has secured a spot on the

Dean's List two spring

semesters in a row. Oliver

has been very productive in

marketing his craft while

attending school. In 2019 he

hosted a fashion show,

Method, where he

showcased many of his

designs with other new upand-coming

designers in

Portland. He curated several

pop-ups that garnered

attention and sales for his

hand-sewn garments and

silver cast jewelry. His thesis

website is available to be

seen at OCACThesis.com/

Oliver-Jaskowski.

William A.

Strauss '16

graduated from

McDaniel

College on

May 23rd. He

was on the

Dean's List four

times and

majored in

Business

Administration

with concentrations in

Marketing, Management, and

Entrepreneurship. A member

of the baseball team, he was

also a founding member of

the McDaniel

Entrepreneurship Club. He

has been accepted into the

Hood College Mental Health

Counseling program in

Frederick, MD, and began

his graduate studies this

fall while continuing his

collegiate baseball career.

2017

Recently,

Beau

Cheney

'17 and

Massimo

Pascucci

'17 took a

spontaneous trip to Thailand

last summer. They started in

Bangkok, exploring the city,

and eating traditional Thai

food. Next, they took a flight

to Phuket's southern island,

where they found pristine

beaches and met other

travelers from Southeast Asia.

From there, they caught the

local bus up to one of

Thailand's national parks:

Khao Sok. The park is home

to elephants, monkeys, tapirs,

and many other animals. They

finished the trip by flying back

to Bangkok from the city of

Surat Thani.

Massimo says, "Many people

travel the world but are

confined to a resort vacation.

If there is anything we've

learned from this experience,

when traveling somewhere

new, one should try to be

comfortable with being

uncomfortable. When you

open yourself up to the

unknown, you are bound to

learn something new and

meet extraordinary people. I

credit my love of travel and

willingness to try new things to

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my Waldorf education, which

taught me always to be open

to new opportunities."

Massimo will be attending the

London School of Economics,

where he hopes to round out

his economics-finance degree.

While the course material is

challenging, he is looking

forward to studying with some

of the world's brightest minds.

After working at an Italian

school (Collina Italiana in

Manhattan, NY) over the

summer, Luna Splendori

‘17 became the president of

the Italian Cultural

Organization on her campus

called CIAO. Luna is an active

Italian tutor for both adults

and children. For more

information on tutoring,

please contact Luna at

lunasplendori@uchicago.edu.

2018

Rena Ikenishi

'18 competed

at the 2020 US

figure skating

championships

and, with a total

score of

171.81, placed

in the top ten. She is currently

on track to become a member

of Team USA!

Isaac Stumme '18 has

joined Valentines Farm for a

second

season of

harvest.

Valentines

Farm says

“Isaac brings

a tremendous amount of

enthusiasm and an awesome

teamwork mentality”. Isaac

was a fan of gardening class

during his time at WSGC.

Learn more about Valentines

Farm by visiting

valentinesfarm.com.

2019

Sydney

Bossuk '19

spent a week

on the set of

Amazon

Prime Video's

original TV

series, The

Marvelous

Mrs. Maisel. Season 3 aired

last December, and Sydney

was spotted during episode 3!

This won't be the last time we

see Sydney on the big screen.

Sydney is currently pursuing a

BFA in Musical Theatre at

Marymount Manhattan

College as she works toward a

career in the Performing Arts.

At George Washington

University, Jovawn McNeil

'19 serves as the first-year

representative for College

Democrats, a national

organization with chapters

throughout the country. GW's

chapter is the largest in the

country, with over 200

members. Jovawn's role in the

organization focuses on

attending executive board

meetings and selecting and

running his first year

committee. Jovawn's

committee focuses on creating

different events that benefit the

student body, including

internship workshops with

speakers who work on Capitol

Hill, a diversity dinner,

documentary presentations,

participation/ training for

lobbying events, canvassing,

and community service.

2020

Goodbye Class of 2020

– Hello Alumni

Every year the Office of

Development & Alumni

Relations hosts a senior sendoff

event to celebrate the

graduating class and welcome

them to life after high school

as a member of the Alumni

community. This year the

event took place virtually on

June 2, and, although we

could not have a pizza party,

we added another event

called the Alumni Meet-Up for

the members of the classes of

2018, 2019, 2020, and

2021. It was a fantastic

experience for all involved in

both events, and the current

students had a chance to hear

from recent grads as well as

alumni from 2002 and 2012.

A special thank you to these

dedicated Alums who continue

to be the change they want to

see in the world! Tarik

Carney '02, Sarah

Hilton-Burroughs '12,

Annie Harrigan '18,

Boris Epie Ntongo '18,

Beatrice Steuer '18,

Rena Ikenishi '18,

Conchetta Bohm '18,

Emma Keane '18,

Jovawn McNeil '19,

Sydney Bossuk '19,

Ella Siff-Scherr '19, and

Christian Kritas '19.

Samantha D'Aleo, WSGC

Alumni

Relations

Associate,

had her

beautiful baby

boy on

Saturday, May 2, 2020.

Welcome to the world, JJ,

short for Joseph Jack. W

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Alumni Representatives

1960

Carole Davenport

carole@caroledavenport.com

1961

Judith Bull

jdybll@yahoo.com

1963

Elizabeth M. Kwong

emlkwong@gmail.com

1964

Janet R. Gregory

janetb.gregory@cox.net

1965

John Kramer

johnkramerbass@gmail.com

1966

William C. Moore

risehigh@aol.com

1968

Howard C. Lem

howardclem@aol.com

1969

Marjorie Davidson

margetalks@cs.com

1970

Paula W. Gonthier

pvgonthier@hotmail.com

1971

Penelope Grover

phgrover@hotmail.com

1974

K. Catherine Albano

albano27@aol.com

1976

Barbara Lyons

bobbymcostello@gmail.com

Stephen C. Salamin

steve76@eSalamin.com

1977

Richard J.

Schuhmann

schuhmann@landingschool.edu

1978

Demetra Dunlop

demetrue@aol.com

1979

Patricia Chiquelin-

Croninger

pchiquelin@msn.com

1980

Margaret Bernstein

margaretjeanbernstein7@

gmail.com

1981

Joan Parker

(570) 459-6663

1982

Marcus C. Arianas

mca222@optonline.net

1983

David Miller

demillerny@gmail.com

1984

Kathrine Gibney

katy.gibney@gmail.com

1985

Anne Murray

anne.murray@rivkin.com

1986

Derrick Robinson

dlkm1213@verizon.net

1987

Christian Jurak

cjurakpt@optonline.net

1988

Daniel E. Strauss

danstraussmusic@gmail.com

1989

Jill DeRosa

jill2mark@aol.com

Kristin Schaefer-

Schiumo

Kristin.Schaefer@liu.edu

1991

Helene I. Harte

harteh1@gmail.com

1992

Zoe Stark

starkzoe@gmail.com

David Hairston

dhairston2@gmail.com

1993

Peter J. Hanke

peter.j.hanke@gmail.com

1994

E. P. Hankin

ephankjr@yahoo.com

1995

Jennifer Dorman-

Weuker

JDorman@risinggardensinc.com

1996

Lani Capestany

lani217@yahoo.com

Tamara Ruppart

taruppart@mac.com

1997

Christine Gutman

chhaley@yahoo.com

Timothy J. Ortwein

Tim.Ortwein@gmail.com

1998

Elizabeth Jennings

lizzy0083@yahoo.com

1999

Meredith K. Williams

mwilliams0325@gmail.com

2000

Thomas Walsh

thomasw324@yahoo.com

2001

Jacqueline Giordano-

Hayes

jackieahayes@gmail.com

2002

Meg H. Ross

margaret.ross@yahoo.com

2003

Jeanenne LaBella

jeanenne.labella@gmail.com

2004

Gianna Hines

GiannaLMSmith@gmail.com

2005

Andrea Bloomfield

amhbloomfield@yahoo.com

2006

Catherine Roldan

catherine.roldan@gmail.com

2007

Ms. Ariana Metzler

AriMetz17@outlook.com

2008

Jamie L. Goldenberg-

Farrell

jamie.goldenberg@aol.com

2009

Meagan Gallagher

meaganagallagher@gmail.com

Alison McRae

alison.a.mcrae@gmail.com

2010

Abigail Lyons

aj2646@gmail.com

2011

Sean Proctor

seanproctor1@gmail.com

2012

Elora Nadel

brooklinchik13@gmail.com

2013

Anne Flomenhaft

alflo216@gmail.com

2014

Rachel Bossuk

raeraerose@optonline.net

Jaclyn Proctor

jackieproctor95@gmail.com

2015

Sabrina Persaud

sabrina051297@gmail.com

2016

Skyla Davis

skyla.j.davis@gmail.com

Julia M. Gonzalez

julzmg61@gmail.com

2017

Bilan-Ardo Ali

ardoali13@gmail.com

Luna Splendori

lunasplendori@uchicago.edu

2018

Gilee Hershco

gileehershco@gmail.com

Ariella Kissin

ariellakissin@gmail.com

Isaac Stumme

isaac.stumme@gmail.com

2019

Justin Priester

jmpriest@syr.edu

Harry Wozniak

harryjwozniak@gmail.com

John Jobin McAuliffe

johnjtmcauliffe@gmail.com

2020

Lucinda Vera Peal

lucindap2002@gmail.com

Mollie Resnick

mollieresnick@gmail.com W

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In Memoriam

Ella Dorman

Mrs. Ella Dorman, 90 years of age, passed away peacefully

on Wednesday, October 9, 2019, in Freeport, New York.

She was the beloved mother of Jay Dorman (long-time school

legal counsel, board member, and former board chair) and his

wife Diana, beloved grandmother to three Waldorf lifers:

Jennifer Dorman-Weuker ’95, Kenneth Dorman ’99, and

Joanna Dorman ’05; and beloved great-grandmother to current

Waldorf students: Daniel Dorman ’31 and Sophia Dorman ’34.

We are continually grateful for the contributions the Dorman

family has made and continues to make to our School.

Andrew John Lyke

Andrew John Lyke (Andy), spouse of Karen Gode Lyke ’61

passed away on December 19, 2019 five months after

diagnosis with brain tumors. Born in Philadelphia, PA,

December 22, 1942, he grew up on Long Island, New York.

His career led him to live all over the United States. He and his

wife Karen retired in 2009 to the Toledo area to live close to

one daughter (Sara), and be able to afford to visit his two

other adult children on the West Coast (Celia in Portland OR;

Dan in Petaluma CA). After graduation from Cornell University

(BS and Master of Electrical Engineering), and later an MBA

from Emory U, Andy had a wide-ranging career that

encompassed ‘gathering intelligence’ with the US Army in

Germany, then such diverse areas as locomotives, household

appliances, ceramic computer parts, large scale power

transformers & circuit breakers.

Known for his quick wit and dry humor, he leaves his wife

Karen to whom he was married for ‘‘twelve wonderful years;

out of 53 that’s not so bad,’’ three children, and four

grandchildren.

.

Louise Himelfarb

Ms. Louise Himelfarb, former

faculty and mother of alumni

Larry Himelfarb ’70 and Ellen

(Himelfarb) Skye ‘68 passed

away in her home in Chevy

Chase, MD, on May 26, 2019

of complications from a fall.

Louise taught at The Waldorf School of Garden

City in the late 60s. While her time at Waldorf

was short, her kids say “she is still remembered

fondly by Larry’s classmates for her beautiful red

hair, her watercolor lessons, and overall as a

favorite teacher.”

Louise deeply loved her family. She is survived

by her two children, Larry and Ellen, four

grandchildren, a great-granddaughter, and three

stepsons.

Sheppard Royal Somers

(grandparent)

Faculty parent, and alumni grandparent

Sheppard Royal Somers passed away in

September 2019.

Sheppard was the father of current

woodworking teacher Martin Somers, and

Father-in-Law of current English and Drama

teacher Deirdre Somers. He was also the

grandfather to Sheppard Somers '15 and Fiona

Somers '18.

Grady F. Fuller, Jr.

Grady F. Fuller, Jr., beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather passed away in November,

2019. Grady leaves behind his beloved wife Diane Fuller, five children, including Keelah Helwig ’89 (Early

Childhood Chair and MAK Teacher),her husband Harry Helwig’88, and 7 grandchildren, including Empress

Helwig ’15 and Nzingha Helwig ’17, and one great-grandson.

Grady had many loves in addition to his family and church, which included traveling, bible history, collecting

books, inspiring youth and he was fascinated by aeronautics. Unfortunately, having been stricken by rheumatic

fever as a child it prevented him from pursuing his dream career as a pilot. Instead, he used his keen intellect as a

technical writer, working for such firms as Northrop Grumman and Sikorsky Aircraft. The highlight of Grady’s

singing career was singing in the Union Baptist Church Men’s Chorale and the Memorial Presbyterian Church

(MPC) Quartet, Men’s Chorus, and the Mass Choir.

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In Memoriam

George V. Rose

1930 - 2019

Former Music Director and Faculty Chair

George V. Rose passed away on

November 6th, 2019. He was 89 years

old. He is survived by his wife and

former faculty member Faith Rose, and

his five children: Rebecca ’73, Elizabeth

’76, Charles ’78, Thomas ’82, and

Faith ’86.

Mr. Rose has been associated with The

Waldorf School of Garden City since

1962 when he joined the school as the

Head of the Music Department. Mr. Rose

continued to serve the School in a

leadership position until his retirement in

1997. “George Rose’s leadership in our

School defined an era," said Roland

Rothenbucher, High School Chair. "The

years with George at the helm were

marked by George’s big heart and

generous soul. He genuinely delighted

in his students’ achievements in the

classroom, on stage, and on the playing

fields, and through his magical personal

qualities the School became a beehive of

cultural activities in the Garden City

Community.”

Raised in the Black Hills of South Dakota,

in the gold-mining town of Lead, Mr.

Rose attended Oberlin Conservatory of

Music, where he received his

undergraduate degree and studied Voice

and Conducting. Mr. Rose later earned

a Master’s degree in Music from New

York University. From 1953 to 1955, he

served in the Special Services Division of

the U.S. Army and conducted the Fort

Dix Soldier's Chorus on the ABC

television show “Soldier Parade,” with

Arlene Francis. During the late 1950s,

Mr. Rose taught music at Brooklyn

Friends School and the Great Neck

Public Schools. He also was the Choral

Director at King’s Point Merchant

Marine Academy.

Mr. Rose founded The Waldorf Choral

Society (WCS), which he conducted for

39 years. WCS first began rehearsals in

the fall of 1964 and held its inaugural

concert in 1965. He embraced the early

music movement and established an

annual two-day Bach Festival in the early

1970s. The festival featured

reconstructed baroque instruments, which

captured the distinctive, historic timbre of

the period. He also conducted the Great

Neck Choral Society for 21 years.

Mr. Rose was honored numerous times

by his students and colleagues for his

leadership and his ability to inspire

students and musicians. During the

1999-2000 school year an endowed

scholarship, The George V. Rose Music

Fund, was established, in 1997 the High

School Student Room was named in his

honor by the students, and in 2004 he

received the Franz E. Winkler Leadership

Award at the Waldorf School Gala.

Mr. Rose will be missed for his devotion

to the School. He shared his love of

music, leaving us an enduring legacy

and a gift that enriched our entire

community. “We will forever be grateful

to Mr. Rose for blessing us for so long

with his remarkable talents. His

leadership, his insight, his love, and his

gift of song will always be remembered

and cherished by our community. We

take comfort in knowing that choirs of

angels will now receive his legendary

guidance,” said Trustee, Legal Counsel,

and Alumni Parent, Jay Dorman.

Memorial contributions may be made to

WSGC The George V. Rose Music

Scholarship Fund in memory of

Mr. Rose.

Read the full WSGC obituary at

https://www.waldorfgarden.org/georgerose/

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Roslyn Goldstein

Mrs. Roslyn Goldstein, 94 years of age, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 10th, 2020. She was the

beloved mother of Dr. Jeffrey Kane (board member and alumni parent) and the mother in law of his wife, Janet

Kane, Early Childhood Educator and Chair for over 27 years. She was also a much loved grandmother to many

grandchildren including three Waldorf alums, Gabriel '99, Emily '01, and Jesse '05. Mrs.Goldstein was a

passionate voice for social justice and had a wicked sense of humor.

In accordance with Roslyn Goldstein's wishes, her family held a small private ceremony and asks that in lieu of

flowers, donations be made in memory of her grandson, Gabriel Kane, to Gabriel's Field at Camp Glen Brook.

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In Memoriam

Paul A. DiCosmo

Paul A. DiCosmo, 90

years of age, passed

away on Sunday, June

14, 2020, in New Jersey.

He was the beloved father

of Josephine Russo,

former faculty and alumni

parent, and grandfather

to Lauren Russo’13.

Memorial contributions may be made to St,

Jude in memory of Mr. Paul A, DiCosmo at

https://fundraising.stjude.org/.

Alfred Ver Pault, Sr.

Mr. Alfred Ver Pault, Sr., 92 years of age, passed away on

Monday, June 22nd at the Good Shepherd Hospice unit at

Mercy Hospital. Mr. Ver Pault was the beloved father of

Carolyn Ver Pault, High School Science Teacher and alumni

parent, and grandfather to Mikayla Ver Pault '15 and Mia

Ver Pault '20.

Alfred was an active Waldorf community member. For many

years he took his granddaughters, Mikayla and Mia, to their

early childhood classes every day and picked them up. His

family is very grateful that he was able to watch Mia's senior

play and graduation which made him very happy.

Due to COVID-19, there were no services planned.

The family will host a memorial for the one year anniversary.

Peter Conte

Dr. Peter Conte passed away on August 20th,

2020. Peter was a parent to Peter Conte ’80,

Lawrence Conte ’83, Andrea Conte-Noble

’85, and Brian Conte ’87. Peter was a veteran

of the United States military serving as an

Army medic in the Korean War. He graduated

from New York University School of Dentistry

in 1969 and then earned his license to

practice Dentistry in New York and

Pennsylvania.

Peter was an active member and contributor to

The Waldorf School of Garden City. He loved

living on Long Island. He moved to Palm

Beach Gardens, Florida, to be closer to his

children.

Along with his four adoring children, Peter is

survived by their mother and his former wife

Diane; four siblings- Denise, Rosalie and her

husband Frank, Joan and her husband Alfred,

and late brother Lawrence; sisters in law

Elaine and Rosalie; and numerous nieces,

nephews and cousins in the United States

and Italy.

Visit https://www.dignitymemorial.com/ for

Peter’s full obituary.

.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Annual Fund in

memory of Mr. Ver Pault at www.waldorfgarden.org/donate,

or to the Cathedral Choir Development Fund:

The Cathedral of the Incarnation, 36 Cathedral Avenue,

Garden City, NY 11530.

Lidia Altavilla

Lidia Altavilla, beloved mother of alumni

parent and current board member Chiara

Sugrue, mother-in-law of Jimmy Sugrue and

grandmother of Annabella Sugrue ‘11, passed

away at the age of 103 in Italy. Despite her

age, she remained positive and available to

family and friends until her strength allowed

her. She will be missed by many.

It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of

the following WSGC community and extended

community members:

~

Jacqueline Beier, Edward Blatchford, Joan Braun, Jarred C.

Brown ’99, Diana Gleason, Vidal Gonzalez, Sharon Logan,

Fannie Louise Maxie, Vera Rivers, Patricia Schiumo, Jean

Simmons, Jenner Zetrenne.

~

We extend our deepest condolences to every member of our

community who may have lost a loved one over the past year.

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Athletics

Varsity Soccer: Fall 2019

Logo by Skylar Vernola

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Athletics

Cross Country: Fall 2019

Varsity Basketball: Winter 2019 - 2020

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The Arts

Senior Art Show: Spring 2020

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OUR MISSION

The Waldorf School of Garden City

educates children to meet

the world with purpose, gratitude,

and respect.

Our curriculum, inspired by Rudolf Steiner,

progresses in accordance with

child development, awakening students to

the experience of knowledge,

strengthening their sense of moral responsibility, and

empowering them to act with courage and conviction.

The School’s aim is to graduate a diverse

group of young people distinguished

by the scope and acuity of their minds

as well as the depth and

integrity of their character.

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