CELEBRATING OUR SECOND

DECADE OF OPENING THE DOOR TO THE

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year end report

2014

like a lot of people, this fall i was glued to Ken Burns’ 14 hour series, The Roosevelts. Thank goodness for DVR’s! Theodore Roosevelt famously said, “Get action. Do things; be sane; don’t fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wher-ever you are and be somebody; get action.” His 5th cousin Franklin said, “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” Both were men who defined leadership - acting boldly, often without the support of their advisors or the people of the United States. Both presidents followed their own compass, making

decisions independent of many around them. Thank goodness they did!

At Prep@Pingree, we continue to act boldly. Pingree School’s inclusion of the term “access” in its Proudly Pingree Campaign for Arts, Athletics, and Access opened the door for the Power of 10 initiative which is nearing its goal. Thanks to eleven visionary donors so far, Prep@Pingree was able to name Prep@Pingree for our founding trustee, maximize enrollment to 75 students, extend the summer program throughout the academic year, and sustain funding for Pingree scholarships and related secondary school expenses such as books and transportation for the 5% of Pingree’s enrollment who are Prep@Pingree alumni.

Thank you, again, for making Prep@Pingree a priority in your lives.

Steve Filosa, Executive Director

For nearly 25 years, Prep@Pingree’s Founding Director Steve Filosa has been a teacher and administrator in independent schools. He serves as an advisory board member of Steppingstone Foundation’s National Partnership for Educational Access (NPEA). Mr. Filosa received his B.S. in mathematics from Tufts University and his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association.

a yearlong program – what does that mean? It means that in addition to our traditional 5-week summer program, no longer will the final day of the summer program be full of tearful goodbyes brought on by the sudden awareness that students will not see their newly found peers and mentors for at least a year, if ever again. It means that current and past Prep@Pingree students will be more closely connected to Pingree students as partners in learning about themselves and each other.

We are excited about the academic year experience that includes enrichment workshops, college tours, alumni gatherings, and round-table discussions. Partnerships are strengthened as Prep@Pingree collaborates with local community-based organizations hosting events to foster community building. As Program Director, I have the opportunity to visit middle and high school students on their campuses throughout the year to check in with them and their advisors. Initial visits have been positive as students have shared ideas for creating future cultural and academic enrichment opportunities.

Paul N. Mayo, Program Director

Paul Mayo joined Prep@Pingree two summers ago after serving as Director of Diversity at New Canaan Country School in Connecticut since 1996 and teaching in the REACH Prep and Horizons Summer Student Enrichment programs for the previous 17 years. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Bucknell University and a Master’s degree from the University of Bridgeport.

2014 PREP@

PINGREE BY THE

NUMBERS7

COMMUNITIES REPRESENTED

55 STUDENTS FROM

PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS

4 STUDENTS FROM

SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS

6 STUDENTS PAYING TUITION

thank you!

WHAT A YEAR

2014 HIGHLIGHTS•65 students enrolled

•5-week program extended to 12-month program

•Advisor system implemented

•Admission panel of 14 schools

•Received first philanthropic participation by Prep@Pingree alumni

•Named the program The Malcolm Coates Prep@Pingree Program

7 PINGREE STUDENTS HIRED

AS P@P STUDENT INSTRUCTORS

1 P@P ALUMNA TEACHING FOR

PINGREE FOR THE FIRST TIME

1/3 MATRICULATE TO INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

1/3 TO CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

1/3 TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

WHO WE ARE

OVER

450 STUDENTS FROM LAWRENCE

AND LYNN ENROLLED

OVER

300 PINGREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ENGAGED

OVER

$3.5 MILLION

SECONDARY SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP MONEY EARNED

THE MISSION OF PREP@PINGREEWith the goal of assuring more access to high quality education, the dual mission of Prep@Pingree is to provide an ongoing academic and cultural enrichment program for talented, hard- working, middle school students predominately from underserved communities and to strengthen the Pingree School community.

Through an intensive five-week summer program and supplemental year-round support, Prep@Pingree prepares admitted students for independent, parochial, and public high schools. Prep@Pingree balances rigorous academics with co-curricular experiences aimed at developing the whole student, staff members, and anyone who connects with Prep@Pingree.

Founded in 2001, Prep@Pingree began with the mission to assure access to high quality education for underserved middle school students.

WHAT WE DO

Once enrolled and at no cost to them, students from our partnering organizations in Lawrence and Lynn are provided everything they need to participate in the program—round-trip transportation from Lawrence and Lynn, meals, and all school supplies. Sponsored and tuition-paying students from other communities are also invited to apply for a small number of available spaces. The summer session begins with a brunch at Pingree School for Prep@Pingree families. As part of the program orientation, participants spend two days at Project Adventure engaged in team building activities. The program concludes with a graduation ceremony, followed by a final day trip.

Students spend four hours each day studying math, English, engineering design, and history in classes

taught by experienced public and independent school teachers assisted by Pingree student instructors. These classes are followed by two hours of co-curricular activities including public speaking, interview and application workshops, swimming, arts and athletics. Each week, students take day trips within greater Boston and Essex County, including a visit to a college campus and a canoe trip on the Ipswich River.

Upon graduation, program participants receive secondary school placement counseling and attend other activities through their eighth grade year and beyond.

Next year’s summer program will begin June 27, 2015 and end on August 1, 2015.

ONGOING ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT

WHERE THEY GO

Many Prep@Pingree students attend their hometown high schools:

Kipp Academy of LynnLynn Classical High SchoolLynn English High SchoolLawrence High SchoolNorth Andover High SchoolWellesley High School

Independent and Catholic school destinations include:

Austin Preparatory SchoolBradford Christian AcademyBrooks SchoolCentral Catholic High SchoolConcord AcademyDublin SchoolGroton School

Kimball Union AcademyMilton AcademyNoble and Greenough School Northfield Mount HermanNotre Dame High SchoolPhillips Academy at AndoverPhillips Exeter AcademyPingree SchoolProctor AcademySaint John’s Preparatory SchoolSaint Paul’s SchoolSparhawk SchoolThe Governor’s Academy

College acceptances include:

Amherst CollegeBoston CollegeBrigham Young UniversityCollege of the Holy Cross

Florida Southern UniversityGordon CollegeHarvard UniversityManhattanville CollegeMassachusetts College of

Pharmacy and Health SciencesMerrimack CollegePitzer CollegeProvidence CollegeRensselaer Polyechnic InstituteRochester Institute of

TechnologySaint Lawrence UniversitySouthern New Hampshire

UniversityStonehill College Suffolk UniversitySyracuse UniversityTrinity CollegeTufts UniversityUtica CollegeWellesley College

Anonymous (3) Abbot and Dorothy H. Stevens

Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Abedon Geoffrey K. Alexander ‘82 Atlantic Trust Ayco Charitable Foundation Joe Ann Hart and Gordon Baird Kirk and Julie Bishop Allie Flather Blodgett Andrew and Susan Brengle The Boston Foundation Ms. Jody Franklin Burrows ‘65 Michael and Clare ByrneLaurence and Jerome Chase Christopher Carrigan and

Laura Cabot Carrigan Catherine McCarthy Memorial

Trust Fund Charitable Gift Fund Charles G. Pringle Foundation Debbie and Malcolm Coates Mr. and Mrs. Moncrieff Cochran Mr. and Mrs. Tim Collins Danversbank Charitable

Foundation DB Practice Management, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David Dearborn Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Deland Edward S. and Winifred G.

Moseley Foundation Essex County Community

Foundation Fiduciary Charitable Foundation Maggie and Rick FieryTracy and Steve Filosa Dr. Richard and

Mrs. Caroline Fitzpatrick

Ms. Joy G. Foley Joan and Ronald Fox Ann and Paul Foye Ms. Melanie S. Garber ‘05 Donna L. Gilton ‘68 John and Susie GlessnerFred and Connie Glore

(Connie Pemberton Glore ‘69) Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Goodwin III Mr. and Mrs. F. Whitney Hatch Mr. and Mrs. Clayton E. Heywood

(Karen Durkee Heywood ‘67) Shirin Philipp and John Higgins Highland Street Foundation Mary and Harry Hintlian Alice O’Gorman Holden ‘64 Jonathan Horwitz and

Patricia Kravtin Ibrahim El Hefni Technical

Training Foundation Arun Jain and Colette HughesDr. Timothy M. Johnson and

Ms. Jennifer E. Groeber Mr. Jonathan Katz Mr. Michael Keating Ms. Caroline F. Kenerson ‘05 Paul and Elaine Kenerson Mr. Stephen P. Kent and

Ms. Nancy L. Sullivan Ms. Kelly Schwenkmeyer and

Mr. Edward F. Kloman The Kneisel Foundation Anne Hooper Kneisel ‘66Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. Lake ‘85Michele and Keith LaezzaHeidi and Mike Lynn

(Heidi Rowland Lynn ‘78) Tom and Nancy Maher

Jill and Rob Mainiero Diana Batchelder MatheyMr. and Mrs. Alan McCoy Ms. Patricia McGovern Mr. David McGrathMr. and Mrs. Sandy McGrathTherese and Kurt MeldenLynne and Tim Menzie Mr. Henry H. Meyer Brian and Connie Millard Mr. and Mrs. Sean Moore Mr. and Mrs. William S.

Mosakowski Kathryn Myers ‘68 Elizabeth Weld Nolan George and Luanne Nugent Ms. Holly O’Donohue ‘03 O’Hare Family Eric P. Olson and

Diana J.Denning Oliver and Barbara Parker Betsy Payne Will and Lucy Pingree Mr. David M. Provost Ms. Angela Katsos Ray ‘82 Mr. Thomas Reardon and

Anne Hezzey Mr. and Mrs. Norman Regan Leslie E. Reichert Ms. Lori Rittner Rogers Family Foundation Janet and Mike Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rogers Robin and Marcia Rogers Cliff and Susan RuckerMarc and Gigi Sarazin Barbara Savarese Mr. R. Michael Sceery

Charles and Frances Schmitt Peter B. Schwarz Mary Scofield Mrs. Peter B. Seamans, Sr. Campbell B. Seamans ‘75 and

Dale Seamans ‘77 Ellen and Bruce Shain

(Ellen Reinhalter Shain ‘77) Keith and Ellen Shaughnessy The Shorts FamilyMs. Pam Sidell Allen L. Smith and Denise

DuChainey Mr. Matthew Soursourian ‘04 Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Taft

(Ms. Elizabeth Allen Taft ‘73)Mr. Michael S. Tarshi and Dr. Adella Agolli Tarshi (Mr. Michael S. Tarshi ‘97)Mark Tatelman ‘04 Mr. Paul G. Tetta Dwight and Kirki ThompsonDr. and Mrs. Jonathan Uroskie Ms. Nguyet Thu and Mr. Tho Van Virginia Wellington Cabot

Foundation Bill and Mary Wasserman Ms. Gretchen Weber ‘92 R. Kingman Webster and

Dee Webster Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wescott Marjorie and Ben Wittner Mr. and Mrs. Douglas K.

Woodman Ms. Suzanne Wright

FUNDINGFor 13 years, a growing number of diverse individuals and institutions generously contribute to supporting enrichment programs for children of Lawrence and Lynn and scholarships to Pingree School.

HOW DO I HELP?We enroll 75 students each year at a cost of roughly $2500 per student. Despite a challenging economy, friends of Prep@Pingree supported our students and staff more than ever before.

YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE INVESTED IN:

For more information, please contact Steven Filosa, Executive Director: sfilosa@pingree.org, 978.465.4415 x 265

Scholarship for Prep@Pingree alumni to attend Pingree school: $40,000

Transportation, meals, learning materials for the program: $10,000

Scholarships for Lawrence and Lynn middle school students to attend the program: $2,500

Stipends for Pingree School students and Prep@Pingree alumni to work for the program: $2,000

Prep @ Pingree field trips: $500

Advisory CommitteeDwight B. Corning, Advisory Chair, Pingree Board of Trustees, P’10, ‘13

Steven Filosa, Executive Director, Prep@Pingree

Sheila Balboni, Executive Director The Community Group

Kirk C. Bishop, President, Pingree Board of Trustees, P’06, P’06, ‘08

Jock Burns, Director of Finance, Pingree School

German Disla, Prep@Pingree Alum ’02, ’03, Pingree School Alum ‘06

Mary Dyer, Senior Associate Director of Admission, Director of Diversity Outreach, P’98, ‘02

John Glessner, History Teacher, P’98, ‘99

Tim Johnson, Head of School, Pingree School

Judith H. Klein, P’04

Therese Melden, Board of Trustees, Pingree School, P’09, ‘11

Kimberley Moore, Director of Institutional Advancement, Pingree School

Eric Stacey, ’81, Director of Enrollment Management, Pingree School

Michael Tarshi, ‘97

Mary Wasserman, P’02

Malcolm Coates, Founding Trustee, Prep@Pingree, Overseer, Advisory Chair Emeritus, Pingree School

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