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LEADING THOUGHTSFrom David Hochschartner Head of School & Camp

From Karen CulpepperCamp Treetops Director

NCS & TREETOPS TODAYNew & Returning Staff

Trustee Transitions

Meet Anne Swayze:NCS Assistant Head of School

Pulling Together: Eileen Rockefeller Challenge

Gratitude on the FarmKatie Culpepper CTT 92-99

In Appreciation: An Interview with NCS Stalwart Nick Perry

Reading the Landscape: Forest Management at NCS & Treetops

Weather Underground on Campus

FEATUREOrienteering at Treetops Jim Pugh CTT 62-64; Chuck Schwerin CTT 61-64

Campus Trail Map

ALUMNAE/I BULLETINRoots & Branches: Alumni SpotlightsSam Becker NCS 89; John Whitney CTT 90-94, staff 97-99, 02-03; Elise Munn NCS 06

Friends’ Weekend 2016

From the NCS Archives

Treetops Tribute: Paul Nowicki CTT 51-54

News and Notes

ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016

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EditorEmilie Allen

Layout & DesignAaron Hobson

Masthead Gail Brill Designs

Cover PhotoSierra Grennan

ContributorsEmilie Allen, John Culpepper,

Karen Culpepper, Katie Culpepper, Matt Donahue,

Emily Eisman, Brian Eng, John Foppert, Chelsea Gibson,

David Hochschartner, Devon Jacobs, Angela Price,

Jim Pugh, Don Rand, Fritz Sabbow, Matt Salinger,

Chuck Schwerin, Mary Ann Sturgeon, Kurt Terrell

PhotographersEmilie Allen, Nancie Battaglia,

Tom Clark, Mitch Craib, Katie Culpepper, Kimberly

Corwin Gray, Sierra Grennan, Ali Harte, Aaron Hobson,

Becca Miller, Manuel Palacios, Jeff Sutton

EditingLisa Bramen, Niki Kourofsky

PrintingPrint Management

Pittsburgh, PA

Editor’s note: “Growing up Progressive,” by Piri Halasz,

which appeared in the Summer 2016 Roots, was an abbreviated

version of one that originally appeared in The Virginia

Quarterly.

to balance our budget for the 14th year in a row. This success made it fiscally possible for the institution to deal with unanticipated events, such as the geological shift that required us to replace our water well in 2016, to the tune of $200,000.

As we stride ever forward, we should take stock of where we are now. In recent years educational theorists, parents, school boards and universities have pivoted towards the pedagogy we have offered at Camp and School for so many decades. There’s a new drive for maker spaces, for instilling resilience and grit, and a national embrace of the anti–Common Core movement, which rejects teaching to the test and trapping children in a rigid curriculum.

More than ever—and these days I am emphatic about this—children need to work in groups to achieve tangible ends. They need to be part of a shared cause as small as cleaning horse stalls, as engaging as building a windmill, and as far-reaching as ensuring global food justice.

Children need to test assumptions and develop critical judgment. They need to understand that their own voices are powerful, that they should strive to articulate ideas eloquently, resist groupthink, and be tolerant of opinions that challenge their own.

Today we are fueling Camp and School’s approach to learning in two chief ways: strategic planning and ensuring financial sustainability. The strategic plan sets the stage for programming that will brand us as leaders in experiential learning, as well as in curriculum modeling self-reliance and resiliency, the values of protecting the natural world, thinking creatively, and contributing to a community. By the end of this winter, we will present a public document outlining the institution’s priorities for the months and years ahead.

We’re also pushing to the forefront, as a result of this strategic plan, a new Performing Arts Center, Treetops Hike House, and Teaching Learning Kitchen.

These facilities will deepen programming for our children and reflect core values of School and Camp.

In addition to developing a strategic plan, we are in the midst of a historical initiative led by Eileen Rockefeller and our Board of Trustees to fund priorities for School and Camp that will make us fiscally stronger, build our financial aid program, and enhance our campus. Eileen’s Challenge has enabled us to purchase the former Cushman property (including Eileen Rockefeller House or “RockE”). This location will soon host a wide-variety of short-term educational programs, serving children for generations to come while preserving the natural surroundings and integrity of our campus.

Over the past year, the achievements of this community have been staggering. What lies ahead may be unclear, but we do know that we will continue to pull together. On behalf of children of all backgrounds, cultures, and creeds, North Country School and Camp Treetops will, together, reach new heights in 2017.

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By David Hochschartner, Head of School and Camp

The arrival of winter is slow but sure in the Adirondacks. At first, daylight begins to wane. Then, with every frost, our annual garden, once brilliant with color, recedes back into the earth. Watching the elements take hold across campus is humbling, reminding us that we must adapt to our environment and not the other way around. This certainly was true of our first big snow of the season.

Due to a sudden impending storm, North Country School’s annual Thanksgiving feast was held a day earlier than planned. The celebration was a wonderful success, thanks to the graciousness and flexibility of NCS families, faculty and staff (in particular, our cooks). At year’s end, my gratitude to this community could not be greater.

Looking back on the year gives much cause for celebration. The 2016 graduating class of 26 students was one of the largest in memory, and they are all doing quite well in high school. Treetops had another fantastic summer, which saw day trips and overnights to the “other side” of Round Lake. On one memorable excursion, campers witnessed the Perseid meteor shower from the sleeping porch of the RockE boathouse.

Friends’ Weekend 2016 was attended by a record number of alumni, who traveled significant distances to celebrate Camp and School. And last, but not least, your contributions in support of Eileen Rockefeller’s Challenge helped our Annual Fund reach new heights: 1,090 donors gave $1.3 million this year, allowing us

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We’re also pushing to the

forefront, as a result of

this strategic plan, a new

Performing Arts Center,

Treetops Hike House, and

Teaching Learning Kitchen.

Moving Forward Together


From the Editor

By Karen Culpepper, Camp Treetops Director

Every year, on the fi rst day of staff training, Treetops stalwart Tom Clark (CTT staff 66-83, 96-present, parent 96-03, NCS staff 71-82, 01-present) leads counselors on a hike up Trouble to a spot overlooking our beautiful acreage and beyond. From this vantage point, he iden-tifi es many of the surrounding peaks—such as Algon-quin, Colden, Marcy, and Big Slide—that counselors will climb with campers over the summer.

Tom also tells the story of how the mountains were formed: how glaciers carved the land, and rocks rose through the mantle of the earth faster than they could be eroded away. This larger narrative reminds us that the place we call Camp Treetops is, in fact, an astonish-ing one-thousand-million years old. Together, we are the stewards of an ancient wilderness. Tom’s lesson on the geological history of Camp is a tradition that has inspired and informed our community for decades. He knows these mountains intimately and, like so many of us, his love for this place runs deep.

By the time I arrived at Treetops in 1990, Tom had al-ready spent nearly three decades hiking with campers

across the High Peaks. Soon, we began exploring the mountains together. At summer’s end, for many years, we set out with our families and other Treetops friends. One favorite excursion was Jane Woodburn’s (CTT staff 88-01) 46er trip in the Dixes, where we batt led dense wooded terrain, bushwhacking our way to her fi nal summit on East Dix (now renamed Grace Peak). The crew included myself and two of my kids; Tom; his wife, Alison (CTT staff 81-83, 96-present); their three kids; Bill Localio (CTT 55-59, staff 64-15 (various), parent 94-98, Trustee 85-91); and Tom’s ever-present border collie, Mickey. It was a grueling hike. But the camarade-rie and resilience of that motley crew still resonates, as does my memory of Tom leading us patiently through the crippling brush.

Despite his love of hiking, Tom’s true calling at Treetops has always been in the woodshop. In 1967, he was hired by Camp Director Helen Haskell to teach woodwork-ing. Ever since, for the bett er part of 50 summers, Tom has devoted himself to inspiring children in the wood-shop. In the early days, despite having no electricity, Tom taught campers how to fashion treasure chests

with false bott oms; tent bookshelves; and bowls on the treadle lathe, with one child pedaling and the other working to shave the wood. Another popular project in those years involved the transformation of a simple walnut shell into a keepsake brooch, with campers carefully slicing open the shell before preserving it in shellac and att aching a pin back.

Canoe paddles, always popular at Camp, became even more popular with Tom and the advent of electricity in the woodshop. Making a canoe paddle with Tom Clark remains an iconic Treetops tradition even today. One summer, campers made a record 36 paddles. The truth is that Tom rarely says “no” in the woodshop. If a child is willing to do the work, he has the time. Once, a camper spent all summer meticulously constructing an architect’s model of a round hotel, complete with windows. In Tom’s woodshop, children have the chance to dream, design, and build almost anything. But his generosity of spirit doesn’t begin and end with camp-ers. Tom is a friend to all.

Over the years, my gratitude for Tom’s presence at Camp has only grown. Humble and kind, Tom’s en-during love for Camp Treetops comes through in his daily actions. Over many years, Tom has documented Camp life as a photographer, archiving the day-to-day, and ensuring that Treetops memories are available to everyone.

With his gentle spirit and natural teaching ability, Tom inspires a quiet confi dence in children and adults alike. He has educated counselors on the meticulous rituals of opening and closing Camp for decades. Erecting and taking down the classic Treetops’ yellow canvas tents, for example, requires much instruction at fi rst, and Tom has always been happy to mentor counselors through the process.

This past summer, when Tom noticed that the wood-shop needed new steps, he simply got to work. Rather than calling for Camp maintenance staff , he gathered several campers from the woodshop and together the group built the required steps. Simply put—if some-thing needs to be done, Tom is there.

When asked what it is that has kept him at Camp Treetops for nearly 50 summers, Tom replies: “This place always feels like you never left . It always feels like coming home—the sounds and the smells and how everything looks. The place hasn’t changed. Like most people, I have a deep yearning for the stability of a place like that.”

Tom is an important part of what makes Treetops the bedrock of so many lives, as solid and comforting as the ancient mountains beneath us. Thank you to Tom, and to each of you who helps make this place special.

IN HONOR OF TOM CLARK

North Country School and Camp Treetops celebrate the spirit of gratitude in this issue of Organic Roots, as well as the merits of fi nding our way, together, whether by visionary leadership or map and compass.

Amid the “hush of a farm blanketed in snow,” our farm manager Katie Culpepper takes time to refl ect and give thanks. Stalwarts Tom Clark, Paul Nowicki, and Nick Perry are recognized for their many contribu-tions to Camp and School. The history of our campus’s diverse woodland is explored, alongside the develop-ment of a new forest management plan years in the making. Treetops alums Chuck Schwerin and Jim Pugh

reintroduce the sport of orienteering in an excellent companion piece to the new campus trail map that you’ll also fi nd in these pages.

Lastly, we give thanks to our community in the Annual Report for helping children continue to fl ourish at Camp and School.

Happy New Year.

Emilie Allen

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RORY MANDL-AMBRAMSON Horseback Riding Instructor & Support Staff Rory graduated from the University of Vermont in 2014 with a BA in Cultural Anthropology and a minor in Geology. Before coming to NCS, she taught an array of a�er-school classes at a Burlington elementary school, was a ski instructor at Stowe, and spent a lot of time training horses for friends. Rory has been riding and working with horses since 1996, and in the summer manages the riding program at the North Country Camps, also in the Adirondacks, which she grew up a�ending. Outside of the stables and classroom, she enjoys skiing, playing music, gardening, and exploring the surrounding mountains.

ANDREA MELHORNFarm InternAndrea’s love of farming began at a young age. She grew up in Lancaster County, a community centered around agriculture in southern Pennsylvania. Andrea a�ended Houghton College, in western New York, and studied Spanish and Business. A�er college she decided to move to Lake Placid, where her desire to grow healthy food and share that love with others led her to Camp Treetops and North Country School. When Andrea isn’t working on the farm you can find her skiing, mountain biking or reading a book.

MARK STOECKLFarm InternMark learned about NCS during his

time at nearby Paul Smith’s College, where he studied Natural Resources Management and Policy. A�er college he spent time on a horse farm in Grand Isle, Vermont, and has been interested in teaching students about using dra� horses. Aside from learning from his experiences as a farm intern, he is interested in a variety of pursuits, including canoeing, climbing, Alpine touring, and playing banjo. He hopes to someday manage his own orchard and agritourism business.

ANNE E. SWAYZEAssistant Head of SchoolAnne has a BS in Physical Education and Athletic Training from Indiana University and an MEd, with an emphasis in Experiential Education, from the University of Colorado Boulder. In her 30-plus years in education at Oldfields School and Proctor Academy, Anne has taught science, social science, and English and has served as an athletic director, dean of students and assistant head of school. Anne has a deep and abiding commitment to the summer camp experience, having been a camper and a counselor at a camp in northern New Jersey for 16 years. Anne is an outdoors enthusiast who has served as an Outward Bound instructor and as a leader of Proctor Academy’s 10-week Mountain Classroom program. Anne enjoys canoeing, canoe restoration and creative writing. Anne and her partner, Robin, a triathlete, coach, and artist, have two children: 14-year-old Hannah, who a�ends Kimball Union Academy, and 10-year-old Elliot.

JOSH BRIGGEMAN

JOSH BRIGGEMAN Social Studies Teacher Josh Briggeman returns to North Country School a�er a four-year absence. While away he lived in Pi�sburgh, PA, where he studied the history of the environmental movement in America while earning his master’s degree in the Art of Teaching. Josh also coached the Pi�sburgh Ultimate Frisbee team Alloy and helped them reach Nationals for the first time, in 2016. Josh graduated from Kenyon College in 2005 with a degree in History. His wife, Megan, is currently a PhD candidate in Condensed Ma�er Physics at the University of Pi�sburgh, and they have a cat named Floyd. In his free time Josh enjoys hiking, Telemark skiing, rock-climbing, board games, and playing Ultimate Frisbee.

MATT DONAHUE Interim Director of AdvancementOriginally from Massachuse�s, Ma� first came to Lake Placid in 1989 to teach high school English, and he’s been in the Adirondacks ever since. He made his way into development work at the Adirondack chapter of The Nature Conservancy a�er an 18-year career in independent schools as an English teacher and administrator. The independent school realm eventually called him back, and he merged his enthusiasm for great teaching and learning programs with his background in institutional advancement by serving as Director of Development at Long Trail School, in Vermont, and later at

Falmouth Academy, on Cape Cod. When he is not traveling in his capacity as Advancement Officer for Leadership Giving for North Country School/Camp Treetops, he spends time outdoors with his son, Finn, especially hiking, biking, running and, when the snow flies, Nordic skiing.

STEPHANIE DURELL Math Teacher & Support Houseparent Steph earned a BA in Biology from Williams College, then spent a year working on the farm here at North Country School. She is excited to return to NCS a�er teaching math at a junior boarding school in New Hampshire. During summers, Steph has led wilderness trips for middle schoolers throughout New England and worked on a number of farms. She enjoys spending time outside with her dog, particularly hiking, trail running, and cross-country skiing; she also loves to grow, prepare, and share food.

ALEX HENRY Cook Alex was born and raised in the Adirondacks. A�er a great experience cooking briefly at Camp Treetops in 2015 with his partner, Azaria, they both decided to return in 2016, with Alex staying on as permanent cook for NCS. He enjoys relaxing in the outdoors, literature, art, listening to music and playing guitar, and hanging out with his cat, Scrap.

NEW�&�RETURNING�STAFF

MATT DONAHUE

STEPHANIE DURELL

ALEX HENRY

RORY MANDL-AMBRAMSON

ANDREA MELHORN

MARK STOECKL

ANNE E. SWAYZE


The School and Camp community would like to thank departing board members Dennis A� ergut, Karla Ayala, Hope Knight, and Marty Rosenberg. They each came to NCS and Camp Treetops as parents before devoting themselves to the institution, with more than two decades combined experience on the NCS and Treetops board of trustees. We are deeply grateful for their collective generosity and insight, their tireless work and engagement of our constituency. On behalf of our whole community and every family, thank you!

The institution would like to welcome its incoming board members Greg Marchildon (CTT 74-79, staff 83-86, 10-16, parent 08-12, 14-15, NCS 80, staff 12-13, parent 12-13) and Carla von Trapp Hunter (NCS 96).

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Greg Marchildon is the State Director for AARP Vermont. He has been with AARP for 18 years and has served as the association’s director for media relations and as the Hawaii state director prior to his eight years of service in Vermont. Before coming to AARP, Greg served as the communications director for Families USA, a non-profi t health-care advocacy group based in Washington DC. In 2007 and 2008, Greg took a leave of absence from his role as Vermont state director to become national strategy director for the Divided We Fail campaign. DWF was a coalition campaign that included AARP, The Business Roundtable, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB). In this role, Greg was responsible for developing and implementing political and communications strategies that raised the visibility of health and fi nancial security issues in the early presidential primary and caucus states—and for the entire campaign. Greg lives in Burlington, Vermont, with his wife and two sons: Ben (CTT 10-12, 14-15) and Oliver (CTT 08-12, staff 15-16, NCS 13).

Carla von Trapp Hunter is director of comm-unication and strategy for Eileen Rockefeller, an author and public speaker. Carla manages all facets of Eileen’s public image and shepherds her speaking engagements, which focus on bringing heart and mindfulness to the wealth management and philanthropic communities.

Carla also speaks internationally herself, sharing lessons on “legacy” that she has learned through exploring her own roots and advocating practices that encourage individuals and families to self-actualize. Carla promotes vehicles like philanthropy to bring it all together, helping families identify shared values that transcend generations, model healthy stewardship of resources, and collaborate to the benefi t of our communities.

Many of the values that weave throughout Carla’s career and personal life were cultivated during her time at School. She recalls a quote from NCS’s co-founder Walter Clark that she feels rings especially true: “It is not so much where you live, what work you do, where you have traveled, your I.Q., or how much or li� le money you have. It is most of all how you feel about yourself, your family, other people, your work, our planet, the stars, sky and the universe that ma� er.”


MEET ANNE SWAYZE N C S A S S I S TA N T H E A D O F S C H O O L

NCS: You have served in leadership roles for three de-cades at secondary schools. What drew you to a junior boarding school, and North Country School in particu-lar?

Anne: Joining a junior boarding school offers an excit-ing opportunity that is different from my past experi-ence. Middle-school students have an abundance of energy, a shared enthusiasm, a playfulness, and a will-ingness to fine-tune the tools needed to transition to upper school. At this age, social pressures have not reached a critical point, so parents and educators have a key opportunity to help students become strong individuals and model the value of a cooperative ap-proach.

NCS: An assistant head’s responsibilities are many, in-cluding communicating with parents and faculty and implementing and monitoring systems. What are your favorite parts of the job?

Anne: I have enjoyed getting to know families, students, faculty, and staff over the past four months. I have also enjoyed supporting the individuals who shape our stu-dents’ experiences and looking for smiles on students’

faces as one measure of their engagement in our pro-grams. As the year progresses, I will focus on ensuring that all programs are in line with the strategic vision of the school and take a hard look at where we are and where we wish to go.

NCS: North Country School is nearing the end of a strategic planning process. In what ways, over time, can a school maintain its commitment to achieving the recommendations of a comprehensive plan?

Anne: The work of reviewing the past, defining the present, and creating a long-range plan is really about laying groundwork and being transparent. The suc-cessful implementation of NCS’s strategic plan will re-quire faculty engagement. Based on NCS’s fulfillment of the strategic goals in previous plans, I am confident that the school will successfully achieve new financial and programmatic objectives.

NCS: One of the school’s strengths is how it functions as a community. In what ways does the school impart the value of coming together while celebrating diver-sity and individuality?

Anne: Communities are much like the gardens that surround our campus; they grow, prosper, and thrive when caregivers recognize their gifts. The NCS community is dynamic, always welcoming new people and their cultures, con-tributions, and ideas. In that way, nurturing an inclusive community becomes an organic process with a great outcome: individuals are rec-ognized and honored, and those individuals come together to cel-ebrate diversity.

NCS: NCS offers exceptional place-based education. In your mind, how does a focus on place lend itself to project-based or ex-periential learning?

Anne: Our community is surround-ed by a pristine natural environ-ment, and our campus includes a woodshop, music and art rooms, classrooms, cozy houses, and a wonderful farm and garden. Our places are where we most natural-ly learn, and they afford students a breadth of opportunities to ob-serve, form questions, and under-take meaningful, hands-on projects that provide lasting takeaways.

NCS: NCS’s teachers come from different professional backgrounds and have an average of 16 years in the classroom. What qualities do you help nurture in all teachers?

Anne: In my experience, support systems are always appreciated and valued by faculty. My hope is that NCS teachers will recognize my willingness to share my time, my sense of humor, my apprecia-tion for them as individuals, and my desire to exchange stories of great teaching moments—planned or unplanned. Clearly, our teach-

ers are devoted and talented, so it is my job to listen, support, and empower.

NCS: You were a camper and counselor at a summer camp for 16 years. Would you tell us a bit about the camp and your experiences there as a child and alumna?

Anne: Camp Nyoda is a traditional summer camp for girls in northern New Jersey. Girls ages 7 to 15 stay for two to six weeks in bungalows and participate in swimming, boat-ing, archery, hiking, tennis and arts and crafts. A group of alumnae and I have remained close friends and have gotten together every sum-mer for the past 25 years. 2017 will be a special summer because it will be the camp’s 100th anniversary. Nyoda is forever imprinted on my heart and soul and is very much a place to which I give back and thank.

NCS: Your own son and daughter began 5th and 9th grades this fall. How have your beliefs about what children need in middle school been shaped by your experiences as a parent?

Anne: Simply put, the middle-school years are challenging, dy-namic, and unpredictable. Adoles-cents can be full of warmth and spontaneity and exude a sense of freedom, yet they also need con-stant reassurance and guidance. As a parent and educator, I strive to raise thoughtful, caring, adventur-ous, and globally aware children. I aim to be responsive to my chil-dren, and my students, by gauging their receptiveness on a given day or week. The particular challenges they’re tackling at a given time help me determine the most effec-

tive opportunities to support their growth and well-being.

NCS: As of this writing, you have been an integral part of school for four months. How has that time in-formed your priorities as a school leader, and are there special proj-ects you wish to undertake?

Anne: The past 16 weeks have been remarkable. I hiked to Balanced Rocks, participated in three har-vests, sang on Wednesday morn-ings with Levels I, II, and III, and traveled to New York for strategic planning sessions with colleagues. My time with faculty has been es-pecially productive; I have come to know and share their love of NCS for its transformational education-al opportunities. I look forward to my continued work with teachers to refine the curriculum, ensuring that developmentally appropriate skills and content are fully incor-porated and that transitions be-tween grades are smooth. I also look forward to contributing to the fine-tuning of the mission—an op-portunity to position the school for continued success.

Our places are where we most naturally

learn, and they afford students a breadth

of opportunities to observe, form

questions, and undertake meaningful,

hands-on projects that provide lasting

takeaways.

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In her memoir, Eileen Rockefeller Growald shares a story in which Walter Clark, NCS founder and then Head of School, asks the entire student body and faculty to help pull a tree out of the woods to create a climbing pole for the children. Work-ing individually or in small groups, several students and adults try to wrench the fallen tree from its place with no success. It eventually takes the entire community of 80 people to move the spruce log from the forest.

This story encapsulates a core value of Camp and School: a strong community can do monumental things together.

Last fall, we announced Eileen’s gift of $500,000 and her chal-lenge to our community, which aims to inspire philanthropy through strategically investing in Camp and School. In the spring, our Board of Trustees boosted the challenge to make it a full one-to-one match.

Thanks to your support, we are more than 65 percent of the way toward our goal, which we aim to complete by August 2017.

Now we are asking you to come together to help us fi nish this challenge, which will ensure the sustainability of Camp and School programs by:

GROWING THE ANNUAL FUND BUILDING SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT PRESERVING ROUND LAKE

We hope you will consider joining other community members who have contributed toward this eff ort. New gift s and increas-es in your typical support can be matched dollar-for-dollar until we reach our goal.

For more information or to make a gift , please contactMatt Donahue, interim director of advancement, at [email protected] or 518-837-5402.

Visit www.northcountryschool.org/eileenschallenge or www.camptreetops.org/eileenschallenge to watch a video about the eff ort and make a gift online.

PRESERVE

Pulling Together for EILEEN ROCKEFELLER’S CHALLENGE


By Katie Culpepper CTT 92-99, Farm Manager

The farm is a busy place. Sometimes it feels like everywhere I

look there is something broken, something that needs my at-

tention, something that needs to be cleaned and put away. On

most days it’s hard to stay on top of it all, let alone appreciate

it. But gratitude is essential to ensuring that our farm remains

a vibrant and flourishing place for children.

This past November, teachers, students, and their families

gathered to share an almost entirely homegrown Thanksgiving

meal together. Serving pla�ers overflowed with turkey raised

and harvested on the farm. Side dishes included green beans,

potatoes, tomatoes, squash, garlic, and herbs, all grown here.

Now, campus is quiet. Morning chores are done and there is a

stillness on the farm that is unusual, but comforting. In a rare

moment like this, it’s easy to give thanks.

I am grateful for this past summer’s farm staff:

Andrea, Mark, Hannah, Jake, Nick, Tucker, and

Molly. Their diverse interests—including perma-

culture, silvopasture, and aeroponics—made for

a summer filled with experimentation and ex-

ploration. I appreciate their boundless energy,

their commitment to this place, and their ability

to engage both adults and children in the work

of the farm.

I am grateful for the camp counselors and

farm interns who devoted a summer evening

each week to discuss our farming and food

philosophy and how that philosophy could be

most effectively woven into the camp program.

Those conversations were some of my favorite

moments of the summer, informal gatherings

that cultivated authentic connections between

our farm and our kitchens, mealtimes, and activ-

ity periods.

I am grateful for our kitchen staff. Paule�e, Jacy,

Jill, Mark and Alex work tirelessly to transform

the raw ingredients from our farm into healthy,

delicious, and nourishing meals for the School

and Camp communities. I appreciate their

commitment to not only use what we grow on

our farm, but to source yogurt, honey, apples,

beef, ginger, and more from farms in our greater

community.

I am grateful to our local farmers, who joined us

this fall for a pig roast. With more than 20 farms

represented, it was not just a celebration of the

harvest, but also of the new energy surrounding

local farms and food in this area.

Above all, I am grateful for the children who

engage with the farm on a daily basis: the

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Gratitude on the

Farm

Photos: strawberry-raspberry jam and homemade bread by ESY students; onions and green beans harvested during camp; our pigs enjoying food scraps from the Treetops kitchen in summer 2016


EDIBLE SCHOOLYARD THANKSGIVING I am also grateful for the Edible Schoolyard Project, which has given greater meaning to the work we do in the kitchen and on the farm. We have joined a growing international movement of educators, farmers, administrators, and chefs who all believe that in order to teach stewardship and caring—let alone math and history—we must cultivate a deeper understanding of our food and the work, resources and people required to get it to our plates. This year marks the 10th anniversary of North Country School and Camp Treetops becoming one of seven found-ing members of the Edible Schoolyard Project. For Thanksgiving this year, our Edible Schoolyard classes made their own collaborative Thanksgiv-ing meal to serve to guests of their choosing. The students worked hard to create a menu and then a meal that truly reflected the bounty of both our place and the season. On the tables that night was turkey the students had helped to raise and harvest, potatoes dug up at the beginning of the school year, as well as green beans that were handpicked this summer and frozen for just such an occasion. Because we don’t grow cranberries here, students had to get creative about the sauce. The result was a delicious raspberry and rose-hip jam made with our own maple syrup. It was a delightful North Country spin on an old favorite. A reporter from North Country Public Radio, Todd Moe, stopped by as students were chopping, mixing, and tasting in preparation for their big meal. It was clear as Todd chatted with the students that there was immense pride in the kitchen that afternoon. Students were proud of what they had grown and raised, what they had learned, the menu they had planned, and especially of the work they were cur-rently doing. To listen to the story, go to: https://shar.es/18kzPG


campers and students who inoculated

mushroom logs for the Children’s Garden;

who visited other farms in our community to

give a hand; who transplanted blueberries

into our new forest garden; who woke before

breakfast to care for an animal; who pro-

cessed food scraps in our new composter;

who weeded, watered, harvested, cooked,

and tasted! My own experience is enriched

and enlivened by the curiosity and excite-

ment of the young people with whom I share

this farm.

I am grateful for the slowing of the farm in

winter. Now is the time to take a deep breath

and reflect on the season past. Now is the

time to fix that connection in the electric

fencing that has been clicking for longer than

I’d like to admit. Now is the time to pore over

the seed catalogs that arrive just as we begin

to forget how our bodies ached in the grow-

ing season.

Though the hush of a farm blanketed in snow

is a nice change of pace, it’s not long before

I begin to crave the bright colors of a garden

in full swing. Soon, the sap will flow, ewes will

begin lambing and we’ll be starting seeds in

the greenhouse. When spring returns, we’ll

welcome that shift in the rhythm of the farm,

but for now it’s a joy to have the time to

remember what makes all the work worth it.

Gratitude on the Farmcontinued from page 16

In Appreciation: An Interview with NCS Stalwart Nick Perry

NCS: Describe your experience at NCS over your 17-year career here.

NP: When I was in college I double majored in anthro-pology and education. I grew up working on farms and my grandparents had a farm. I was looking for a school where I could get my hands dirty and explore experiential learning opportunities. NCS fit the bill. I visited in the winter of 1982, meeting Roger Loud and

Jerry Marchildon. Roger and Jerry would be instru-mental in helping me grow and evolve as a teacher. A year later I was teaching math to 7th and 8th grad-ers and living in Algonquin with Sue Young and Beth Hardy as co-houseparents. The search for balance between personal life and career led me to other schools, marriage, family, business, master’s work in law, and ultimately back to NCS. In 1999, my return coincided with Hock’s return to the helm. After Roger and Jerry, Hock became a significant mentor to me. The decision to return most recently to NCS, in 2007, was based on my desire to work with the leadership team. As the Dean, Assistant Head for Student Life, and then Assistant Head, I came to understand the tenuous nexus between the needs of the institution, the needs of the faculty, and those of students and their families.

NCS: How has NCS changed during that time?

NP: If you wait a minute, like the weather in the Adirondacks, things at NCS could change. When I started there was only one barn and no greenhouse.

We are all incredibly happy for former assistant head of school Nick Perry, who embraced a new role, in fall 2016, as Head of The Grammar School in Putney, Ver-mont. Nick will be greatly missed at NCS. He is a master teacher and a renaissance man. Nick has been an incredible men-tor to children and to staff alike. He is steady, unflappable, and has been a hugely nurturing presence to everyone in our community. He’s an outstanding friend and colleague, a keeper of the flame. On behalf of North Country School and every family, thank you, Nick!

David Hochschartner Head of School

continued on page 37

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space here. Birches were joined by spruces and then hemlock, other hardwoods, and pines. As the climate warmed or cooled over the centuries, or as it grew wetter or drier, the mix of trees in the forest shifted, and with it the suite of other plants and animals. In places—at the base of Trouble Mountain, for one—the soil grew increasingly rich, as leaves and dirt tumbled down steep slopes. Elsewhere, layers of sour muck slowly built beneath swamp conifers growing on deep, wet sands or in abandoned, silted-in beaver ponds. To this ever-changing environment, add ice storms, hurricanes, landslides, and windstorms, and a clear picture emerges of an ongoing ecological drama not bound for any concluding stasis.

There was, of course, one player who provided a plot twist. While Iroquois and Algonquin hunters, trappers, and warriors, and those who came before them, must have had an intimate knowledge of the Adirondacks, their effect on this rugged borderland was far less than it was in the St. Lawrence and Mohawk valleys. Even the opening of early roads and the establishment of frontier industry in the early 19th century had only a limited impact. Substantial, landscape-scale change did not begin until the 1840s, when farm families began to settle the region in earnest and mines, forges, and charcoal kilns popped up everywhere.

The stagecoach line from Westport, on Lake Champlain, to North Elba (Lake Placid) opened in 1858, running right in front of what would become Camp Treetops and North Country School. The Farmhouse, built around this time, still stands, having watched a century and a half of traffic pass by. The Big Barn, which now shelters the horses, was originally built to accommodate a small herd of dairy cows. Much of the land was cleared by the late 1800s, with the more easily worked bits cultivated for cropland and the rest—too steep or rocky to plow—kept as pasture. The fire that swept across much of the High Peaks in 1903 burned Porter, Cascade, and Pitchoff Mountains, among others, and may have charred portions of what would become the NCS-Treetops property. Within 10 or 15 years of the fire, the property was heavily logged

again, though most of the fields were allowed to grow back up with trees.

Mountains, glaciers, climate, soils; clearing, farming, fire, logging: these were the factors that had shaped the land when Camp Treetops acquired it in 1923. The young forest went mostly unmanaged, slowly growing and changing but largely unnoticed, other than as an attractive backdrop. The hurricane of 1950 and the ice storm of 1998 mostly missed the forest here, but the effects of acid rain, beech-bark disease and climate change have not.

Over time, a number of people have worked together to consider the challenges and opportunities of owning more than 150 acres of diverse forestland and to explore how thoughtful management can contribute to the well-being of the community. In the early 1990s, Director of Sustainability and Facilities John Culpepper put forth a plan to manage the forest in a more intentional, sustainable way. Board Member Sumner Parker (NCS 41, parent 77-82, CTT 37-40, parent 73-79, trustee 77-present) led the board’s support of John’s conservation plan, which was made possible by generous donors like Bob deCourcy (CTT staff 42, parent 55-65) and The Baldwin Foundation. Today, North County School and Camp Treetops are recognized by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation as a leader in the area of sustainable forestry.

This past year, a new forest management plan was developed, building off earlier efforts. It defined overarching goals for the forest—fostering ecological integrity, enhancing recreational and education opportunities, and sustainably producing wood and maple sap—and prescribed specific management activities to accomplish them.

At the heart of the management strategy is the recognition that the landscape is dynamic and always changing. With care, we can steer that change in a positive direction, working to keep the landscape healthy, biologically rich, ecologically dynamic, and

Reading the Landscape:Forest Management at NCS & TreetopsBy John Foppert

“Reading the Landscape” is a synopsis of a talk given by John Foppert and Director of Facilities &Sustainability John Culpepper at Friends’ Weekend 2016. To read the institution’s forest management planin its entirety, please visit “Farm and Garden” on the NCS website.

To understand the forests growing on and around North Country School and Camp Treetops today, and to consider what these forests could be in the future, it is useful to look back over the history of the land. And that story, the story of the land here, is long and deeply layered.

An ancient granite bedrock remained flat for 10 million centuries before being thrust up—rudely, but so beautifully—to form the Adirondack High Peaks just twenty million years ago. Again and again, mile-thick glaciers plowed through the land, grinding down mountains, filling in valleys, and then feeding shifting rivers and short-lived lakes as they retreated. Soon the first seeds blew in, adding shades of green to the newly exposed landscape.

In the past dozen or so millennia, since the last glaciers left, a growing cast of characters has fought for

naturally beautiful. The forest should be att ractive, accessible and conducive to refl ection and exploration, which is especially important for the curious children (and adults) of School and Camp. At the same time, we can garner wood for building projects, carbon neutral biomass energy for heat, and sweet maple syrup. When the forest can provide these things today without compromising its ability to provide them in the future, that’s sustainability. When the forest becomes more diverse, complex and resilient, not in spite of but as a result of providing these things, that is true stewardship.

1Dr. Michael Farrell completed a master’s thesis on campus in 2003 titled “North Country School/Camp Treetops Appraisal and Recommendations for the Forest and Natural Resources”. Dr. Ken Baker led a Treetops Expedition in 2006 titled “Baseline Ecological Data for Developing a Forest Management Plan for North Country School of Lake Placid, N.Y.” Dr. Baker’s work provided the basis for our fi rst forest management plan, which was developed in 2007 by the Residents’ Committ ee to Protect the Adirondacks (Dan Gilmore, Forester). NCS and CTT’s second forest management plan was adopted in 2016 and is writt en by John Foppert of Pekin Branch Forestry.

By Devon Jacobs, Director of Technology

North Country School and Camp Treetops have installed a weather station on campus that transmits real-time data to Weather Underground, a popular national weather website. It is one of the few stations near the High Peaks that locals, hikers, tourists, alumni, and the parents of our students and campers can use to check current conditions in the area.

The station brings many benefi ts to our campus as well. It will gather substantial meteorological data that students can use in classes, from science to math to Edible Schoolyard and beyond. The station is capable of gathering data on solar radiation so that classes and clubs learning about our sustainability eff orts can compare our energy use against what we should be generating on solar panels, or contrast our heating-energy use with temperature, wind, and solar-gain data.

It will also help our farmers and students forecast and track garden and animal data against local historical weather data (rainfall, temperature, wind, light levels, and more). It even calculates real-time wind chill and UV index data and displays it on Weather Underground, allowing our program leaders to make more informed choices about trips, barn chores, and other outdoor activities—no more guessing based on the weather in town.

Weather Underground ON CAMPUS


Reading The Landscape: Forest Management at NCS & Treetops

Photos, top to bott om: our woods before sus-

tainable thinning; 2016 sign designating NCS

and CTT as a nationally certifi ed tree farm;

our woods aft er sustainable thinning


Intro to Orienteering By Jim Pugh

Orienteering is an activity in which a person uses a map and compass to find the way to various locations in the woods—the top of a hill, bend in a trail, or corner of a marsh. A typical course consists of six to 10 different locations, each of which is marked by a “flag,” a unique nylon box with two distinct orange and white sections on each face.

Hanging on each flag is a plastic punch with a distinctive shape. Upon finding a flag, the orienteer documents the visit by punching a card a�ached to the map. When all of the points have been visited, the orienteer heads to the finish line and presents the card with all of the correct punches. It is a bit like a well-defined scavenger hunt.

Orienteering can be either recreational or competitive. Some participants prefer to walk around the course leisurely, perhaps with a friend. This is the way I introduced my daughter to orienteering. Some people prefer to race against the clock.

An organized meet usually offers several courses of varying length and difficulty. The recreational orienteers generally like a course of one to three miles that stays close to trails. Competitive orienteering courses may be six miles or longer and go deep into the bush, far away from trails. There is a level for everyone.

Orienteering originated in Scandinavia, where it is a very popular sport. Every summer Sweden hosts a five-day event that a�racts more than 15,000 participants. In the United States, there are currently 86 orienteering clubs, probably one near you. They hold most of their meets in state parks in the spring and the fall. A quick Internet search will reveal dates and locations. Membership in a club is not required to participate. Orienteers typically hang around a�er a run and socialize.

Treetops Orienteering: The Early Days A�er becoming hooked on orienteering in the mid-1970s, I figured it was an ideal way to teach map and compass skills to Treetops campers. I began by making a couple

of primitive orienteering maps of the Camp and School area. A tent platform was drawn like a tent platform, a tree like a tree, etc. The most popular depicted the area from the Boathouse to Raspberry Knoll to the barn. A few campers with requisite compass skills used a more complex map, which extended to the cliffs of Trouble and Shelter Rock.

Teaching the basic skills of orienteering was a good rainy day activity. A table in the Main House served as the classroom. In half a period, three or four campers could look at topographic maps and strategize how to get from one point to another on that lesson’s map.

Once a week I would offer orienteering in the field. The Hike House was the start and finish, and campers were advised not to run through the garden. Our emphasis was on completion of a course, rather than a fast time. I fashioned orienteering “flags” from #10 tin cans circled with red tape, with a crayon hanging on a string. The mark of the crayon’s distinctive color served as proof of finding the correct point. Typically I laid out a course of about one kilometer in length, as well as a longer one of two to three kilometers. Some kids preferred to go out in pairs, while others sometimes ran the course a second time to improve their accuracy and time.

The more eager orienteers received an extra level of coaching. “Don’t run too fast. Read the map. Balance speed with accuracy.” I liken competitive orienteering to playing chess while cross-country running. The two skills are contradictory.

Due to a backlash against “peak-bagging,” a competitive approach to hiking, Treetops de-emphasized High Peaks trips in the late 1970s. This came as a surprise to some of the campers who arrived for their Super year in 1978. I asked the Camp directors whether, as a sort of recompense, several campers could join me for a three-day orienteering meet in Quebec.

Orienteering at Treetops By Jim Pugh (CTT 62-64, staff 77) and

Chuck Schwerin (CTT 61-64, staff 74-77, parent 89-03, NCS staff 73-76, parent 99-00) continued on next page


To my surprise, Colin [Tait] and Dick [Wilde] approved the Canadian triple overnight. We packed food and equipment just like any overnight trip. Three separate competitions were held in three diff erent locations north of Montreal. We camped in a provincial park near my friends from the New England Orienteering Club. The campers had a blast—and their times were respectable.

A couple years later, the 1980 Winter Olympics provided a gorgeous base map—with accurate fi ve-meter contour lines—of the cross-country ski area across the road at Mt. Van Hoevenberg. I spent several days mapping the area for boulders, streams, and other natural topography. My intention was to develop an orienteering map that would challenge campers to fi nd their way around unfamiliar wooded terrain. A� er a while I thought be� er of the project. It gave me the willies to think of searching for a camper who might be lost anywhere between Big Slide and South Meadow. That trip to Quebec turned out to be the fi rst and only off -campus orienteering activity.

Orienteering at Treetops: The Second ActBy Chuck Schwerin

When I returned to Treetops as a part-time counselor in the late ’80s, I needed a hook, or thought I did, to convince Jeff Jonathan, the Camp director at the time, to have me around for a week. The routine was this: I would arrive during Visitors’ Day to see one of my four children and then stay the following week. This was during a time in the summer when a fresh face and new activity were welcome additions to the program. So I proposed to Jeff that I lead some trips that were not o� en done and wouldn’t strain the transportation schedule all that much—like bushwhacking Big Slide directly from Camp, or climbing Cascade from Owl’s Head (for the senior campers) or Balanced Rocks from

Trouble (for junior campers), following an ancient route that Don Rand had once fl agged with orange fabric strips, now long-faded or disintegrated. The rest of the time, I would off er orienteering, which I knew Jim had introduced at Camp 10 years earlier but had lapsed a� er he went on to real life elsewhere.

I, too, had competed in orienteering events while living in the Boston area, as Jim had done. I dodged Treetops’ homemade ethic by purchasing offi cial orienteering fl ags. I recall pu� ering around the Hike House and coming across the hand-drawn maps of the place that Jim had created. I also discovered the map of Van Hoevenberg that he had drawn, and reached the same chilling conclusion: le� ing inexperienced orienteering campers loose on the vastness of the ski trail complex was probably counselor malpractice.

Maybe it was the hype I gave it at morning council, explaining to campers that the orange and white “fl ag” I held was identical to those used in competitions around the world, including the World Championships that had twice included my fellow Super from 1964, Jim Pugh (he competed in Finland and Austria as a member of the U.S. Team). Or maybe it was the cool factor of introducing a new game that allowed kids to compete for time if they wished, or just navigate with a friend for one period. Whatever the reason, it instantly became a hit, and I found myself si� ing alone on the Cra� House porch while a signifi cant fraction of the population from both Junior and Senior Camp roamed the property, searching for hidden fl ags. My chief worry was that I would be the cause of mass li� ering if the courses proved too diffi cult. Maybe campers would become frustrated or bored, abandon their quest and dump the ziplock-encased maps hither and yon. While many counselors marveled at how determined the campers were, racing here and there, clutching their maps as treasured documents, I

also heard mu� erings that horses were ge� ing spooked when campers unexpectedly thrashed through the trees surrounding the riding rings. I needed to be more careful with the course design.

As long as campers were using a map of a place they knew so intimately, there was no need for them to use a compass to fi nd the fl ags that I had hidden. Initially I’d had the goal of teaching kids to use a compass. However, I soon realized that I could impact far more children by simply showing them how to “orient” themselves on a fairly simple map. Map-reading—not fi guring out direction of travel with the compass—was the only skill required to locate the fl ags. This philosophy made the activity accessible to many more campers.

It may have appeared I was scarcely working while I sat at the Cra� House, awaiting my charges to gallop back with their maps properly hole-punched as proof they had visited all the fl ags. Much of my labor was done during rest hour or a� er dinner, when I would set out with my fl ags stuff ed into a backpack, clipboard in hand, to lay out a course for the following day. Then it was off to the Camp offi ce to create a new master map, make suffi cient copies, and secure more ziplock bags to protect the maps.

One summer I suggested to Mildred Brooks, Junior Camp nature counselor and Pied Piper to generations of campers, that we collaborate on an orienteering course that used diff erent plants instead of the nylon fl ags as targets. My plan was twofold: to create a hybrid activity that would appeal to a diff erent set of campers and, selfi shly, to give me the chance to spend time with Millie. While this version was never repeated, it was a privilege for me to have her all to myself for an a� ernoon.

When each week-long junket ended, I retrieved the fl ags from the fi nal course and stored the equipment in a fi ling cabinet in the Junior Camp staff room, along with

the descendants of Jim Pugh’s maps, to be retrieved the following summer. That all came to an end when my own children outgrew camp in the late ’90s, my professional life changed, and I ceased to be the orienteer-in-residence.

The old itch returned in 2014 a� er the camp session was over. I emailed Hock with a proposal that I spend two weeks at North Country School a� er the Thanksgiving break to off er orienteering as an out-time activity and to guest-lecture during morning science classes if there was interest. Hock agreed. Only then did I remember that it had been 15 years since I had last stashed that equipment in the staff room cabinet.

Upon my arrival at School, I made a beeline for the Main Building, the realization se� ing in that I might have to spend the fi rst part of my stay combing the recycle bin for #10 tin cans like Jim used 40 years before. But there they were—every single dog-eared, weather-beaten nylon fl ag I had purchased, as well as the maps of the place that were now sorely out of date. Many of my favorite hiding places no longer existed, like the pine forest between Junior and Senior Camps that had been decimated by winter storms. But new options appeared. The perimeter loop opened up possibilities for hiding fl ags in places that once would have been too far off the beaten path, like the area around the yurt.

I laid out the fi rst course and introduced it at Council, much as I had done in 1989, holding up an orange and white control fl ag and asking the group, “Can anyone tell me what this is?” Once again, they lined up to participate. Then it hit me—what happens if it snows and the routes to the fl ags become visible for all to see? I wondered if they would take to “ski-orienteering.” Would this be a summer-only activity? Ten days and 24 inches of snow later I had my answer. Undeterred, students bundled up and hit the woods. Kids love to orienteer.

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How I Branched Out: I’ve spent the last 20 years trying to recreate barn chores (minus the early wake-up). My wife, Victoria, and I now live in Boulder, Colorado, which is a pre�y special place in its own right. I am a consultant to large foundations and other philanthropies, helping to design and implement programs and partnerships to address some of the most significant challenges of our time, including land and species conservation, climate change, economic development, education, domestic and global health, and many other issues. More important, these are issues I care deeply about, and I work with groups of incredibly talented, incredibly caring individuals who have devoted their lives to strengthening their own and other communities around the world.

ELISE MUNNNCS 06 My NCS Roots: I was fortunate to have a�ended North Country School because of someone who saw potential in me, and others who were willing to offer financial support. I believe one of the greatest lessons I learned was to say “yes” to opportunity when it presented itself. I was able to go on my first plane, to Mexico with my Spanish class, fly to South Korea for spring break with my roommate, ski Tuckerman’s Ravine in the spring,

and go snorkeling for the first time, in the Everglades, among many other experiences. I feel forever grateful that as a young child I was able and encouraged to experience so much of the world. NCS also cultivated grit and delayed gratification. Whether it was working on an art project, soccer practice, rock-climbing, title trekking, or barn chores, I learned to apply myself fully in everything that I did. Seeing an art project I had diligently worked on displayed at the Thanksgiving showcase, and being able to show my family, made me proud to have worked the extra hours in the art room. How I Branched Out: From NCS, I went to Emma Willard School in Troy, New York, and then to the George Washington University in Washington DC. While in DC, my worlds collided when my advisor had a former student who was the clinical director at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid. I interned in their sports medicine clinic and then acquired a full-time job at Adirondack Medical Center working in their rehabilitation clinics as an athletic trainer. I was grateful to live in the Adirondacks as an adult and experience the playground that is in our backyard. Between moonlit skiing, rock-climbing, mountain-biking, and hiking the High Peaks, I cherished that as a child and student at NCS I was encouraged and taught how to do so many of these activities.

A�er I took a corporate wellness and injury preven-tion job in the Capital District, I quickly learned that there is so much more to life than the nine-to-five grind that young professionals are encouraged to embrace. I packed my car with three bikes, two pairs of skis, and some other gear and drove out to Colorado to accept a job in program development and training for an expe-riential outdoor fitness training facility. I am grateful to be learning and doing something I love while having a positive impact on individuals and cultivating a support-ive and encouraging community. I feel forever grateful for North Country School in my life and it is my hope to someday help other students a�end this school and experience opportunities that they might not otherwise have.


SAM BECKER NCS 89

My NCS Roots: When I visited NCS for the first time on what felt like a whim with my mother, I was a mild-mannered boy with few expectations. Entering the campus and driving towards the main building, I knew instantly this was the place to be. I enrolled a few weeks later and threw myself into tackling the mountains, the slopes and the basement cra� rooms. My adolescent awkwardness was allowed to be and I was more at ease—I felt a real sense of belonging. How I Branched Out: At NCS I explored, messing around in boats, scaling rocks, and seeking other new experiences. From there, fantasies of designing boats turned into fantasies of designing ladies’ clothing. I have now been in fashion for 20 years, working mostly on mass-market brands. Fashion takes great teamwork and leadership to get right, and requires learning from mistakes and speaking truth (tactfully) to management, your partners, and the consumer. I especially enjoy

solving logistical problems throughout the creative process: developing and selling a collection from an initial concept, analyzing trends, choosing fabrics, marketing, merchandising, allocation, and all the other details that get an idea to the stores and into your closet. And through it all I get to mentor creative talent and watch it grow. I even met my wife through the fashion industry.Most recently, I was Vice President of Design and Product Development at Xcel Brands working on three brands: IMNY by Isaac Mizrahi, H Halston, and Highline Collective. Last summer, I resigned my job and moved with my family to Seoul, South Korea, so that my two daughters can know their Korean family and culture and my wife can live in her hometown. Seoul has mountains! I missed living surrounded by mountains.

JOHN WHITNEY CTT 90-94, CTT staff 97-99, 02-03

My CTT Roots: Treetops has been the most important institution in my life. Period. Not only did this city kid discover the outdoors, but my years as a camper and on staff showed me that my own happiness and well-being depend on the strength and values of the communities in which I engage. In turn, I learned that it is not just my responsibility but also my privilege to contribute to those communities.

Alumni Spotlights


Roots & Branches:

This past August we welcomed more than 320 alumni and friends back to Camp and School for Friends’ Weekend. The weather was exceptional, with beautiful, sunny skies every day. Friends enjoyed making crafts, horseback riding, swimming, and boating on Round Lake. This year we also offered tours of our new property across Round Lake, the Eileen Rockefeller House. Trips included hikes to Mt. Van Hoevenberg, Big Slide, Cascade and Porter mountains; paddling on Hoel, Turtle, and Slang ponds; and swimming at Tender Foot Pools. Friends also joined our community in barn chores, harvesting the garden, pickling kimchi, and cleaning garlic. Many attendees also worked hard building a run-in shelter for the horses and helping Larry Robjent (NCS faculty) finish painting and staining the NCS Class of 2016 bench that outlines the 10 peaks visible from Camp and School.

On Saturday, we celebrated the life of Paul Nowicki (CTT 51-54, staff 61-71, 80-02, parent 79-83, 87-93, NCS staff 67-71) with a memorial in Rickey Circle. Friends and family joined his children, Stefan Nowicki (CTT 87-91, 93, CTT staff 97-03, 06, 11) and Sara Cady (CTT 79-83, NCS 83-84, CTT staff 85-88), as they shared memories and reflected on his remarkable life.

We hope to see you next year at Friends’ Weekend 2017: August 23-27.

“Being at CTT for the first time in 60-plus years”

“Bare feet, family, friends, canoeing,

the lake, the stars, the memories,

and the laughter!”

“The crafts, the hikes, the bonfire, the square dance, the barn, and even the chicken-moving!”

Photos, clockwise from top left: Songs at Morning Council; breakfast in the CTT Main House; Eric Wagner (NCS 38-39 and 40-42, CTT 40-41, CTT s taff 50-55) and Malcolm Willison (CTT 41-43); Stanley Isaacs (CTT 89-94, CTT staff 2000-06), Jenny Mullins (CTT 92-99, CTT s taff

03-04, 06), Jim Hayes (NCS s taff 07-10, CTT s taff 01-06), Hannah Edwards (NCS s taff 07-08, CTT s taff 04-08, CTT s taff 16); NCS alumni from the 1930s through the 1990s; CTT alumni and staff from the 1980s; Lanie Fleischer (CTT 49-50, CTT Staff 53-59 and 61-63), Eric Fetz (CTT 57-62), and Billie “Bee” Whittaker (CTT 52-55); the Naftal family enjoying the Lake Hill; Vanya Desai (CTT 80-85) and her family paddling on Round Lake.

What did you like about Friends’ Weekend? Friends’ Weekend


From the NCS Archives


Photos: NCS founder Walter Clark with students, circa 1960s.

...it isn’t enough that we teach only the 3 R’s (rugged, resourceful, and resilient), the fundamentals of music and art, proficiency in sports, and the vocational skills. We must also strive to develop the hidden values, the inner values of the spirit. Such values do not lend themselves easily to naming and classification, but there is certainly one which is always uppermost in our minds as we plan the program for children at North Country School. I shall call it courage. The courage to stand up for your convictions, the courage to face up to mistakes, to start again after failure, to keep going against all odds and difficulties, to get back on a horse after you are thrown, the courage to question, the courage to experiment in new realms.

Walter Clark NCS graduation, 1956

FRIENDS’ WEEKEND AT ALTA LODGEApril 5 - 9, 2017

FRIENDS’ WEEKEND IN LAKE PLACIDAugust 23-27, 2017

PLEASE JOIN ALUMNI, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS OF CAMP AND SCHOOL AT OUR COMING FRIENDS’ WEEKENDS AT ALTA LODGE AND LAKE PLACID.In Appreciation: An Interview with NCS Stalwart Nick Perry

Dexter pasture was used as a soccer field. The Super Loop was created, at least in part, as a byproduct of our sugaring operation. I also saw the purchase and development of the Crag, enabling students of all abilities to rock climb on campus, as well as the evolution of the ski hill, which now allows students an excellent introduction to backcountry skiing.

NCS: What were your favorite aspects about working at NCS?

NP: Seeing my two kids, Justin and Sarah, thrive; the relationships formed with students; teaching math; overnight winter hikes in the mountains; skiing the ski hill with NCS friends and colleagues; evening faculty meetings; skiing the Loppet with students; running the Level 5 trips; the relationships with other teachers; the food; students being thankful for the faculty and staff’s efforts to help them; seeing how hard others around me were working; the core three Rs. For me, what makes NCS unique is how one school can offer so many varied experiences for a child. Finding that island of competency is what the NCS experience is about for students, and what I admired about my colleagues over the years is that they all seemed to know it instinctively. Perhaps this is what brought us all to NCS—given our own areas of inter-est, expertise, and passion, we could offer students a slightly different route to competency and mastery. I think the goals are the same at other schools, but the breadth of possibilities that students can imagine at NCS does not exist elsewhere.

NCS: How do your experiences at NCS inform your current role at The Grammar School, i.e., what did you take with you in your metaphorical toolbox?

NP: The latitude that Hock gave me in developing the leadership team strategies prepared me for almost all of the roles I am charged with here. My observa-tion of the deep commitment and talent of our board at NCS has left me with a great appreciation for the level of stewardship and fiscal oversight that can be achieved and has informed my work with the TGS board. I am also trying to mimic Hock’s daily visits into classrooms and quick check-ins with teachers. The students see me as part of the school because of the presence I try to maintain. Metaphorical toolbox from NCS in a nutshell: eat well, enjoy your family, respect the efforts and skill sets of your faculty, respect the uniqueness of families and try to see things from their perspective, try to exercise every day, and model the things you expect from others.

NCS: What anecdotes, unique to NCS, will you contin-ue to share in the years to come?

NP: Certainly numerous skiing ones: hucking cliffs with Dave, following him where I had no business going; skiing the Trouble Slab with Dave; making an avalanche video on Trouble Slab with Larry; on my 50th birthday, sharing the camaraderie of my closest friends on staff who were willing to collectively ski 50 runs in celebration with me.


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For me, what makes NCS unique is how one school can offer so many varied experiences for a child. Finding that island of competency is what the NCS experience is about for students...

Tickets: $12 includes two free drinksLimited availability!

Join John Doan (NCS Faculty) and his band, Hannah Doan (NCS 05), Jake Doan (NCS 07), Larry Robjent (NCS Faculty), and Joey Schultz (NCS 04) to celebrate the release of John’s new album, Cascadeville, and to connect with friends from Camp and School. Your hosts for the evening are Emily Clark (CTT 96-01), Sarah Davidson (CTT 96-99), and Will Whitney (CTT 90-94).

GOWANUS GETDOWN

Saturday, January 28, 2017, 8:00-11:00 PMJalopy Theatre | 315 Columbia Street

Brooklyn (Gowanus neighborhood), NY

15 minute walk from F train at Carroll St/Smith St

For more information on alumni events, contact: [email protected] 518-523-9329

NCS ALUMNI/AE

NCS 53Be�y Eldridge (also, NCS parent 70-82, CTT 49-50, staff 12-15)Be�y recently relocated to the Keene Valley Neighborhood House. Her beloved home on Raspberry Way, located adjacent to Camp and School, is currently for sale. For details, please contact her daughter, Noni: [email protected].

NCS 72Susan Mahaffy “Still teaching Kindergarten and loving it. I will come to Friends’ Weekend when I retire. NCS in large part made me who I am today, and I’m proud of it.”

NCS 74 Theron David Cook (also, NCS parent 94-98, CTT 73, CTT parent 94-98, staff 14)“In May 2016 I graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity and a Certificate in Black Church Studies. I was recently ordained as Minister in the Many Waters Ministries, a Richmond, VA-based international apostolic ministry.”

NCS 80 Anne Dickerson While there wasn’t a 9th grade at NCS at the time, Anne wishes there had been! At NCS, she loved riding horses, working on the farm and in the garden, and weaving in the art room. She a�ended the Barlow School a�er NCS. Now she works for an accounting firm in seacoast New Hampshire, where she is about to take a Forensic Accounting class. Anne also runs her own organic farm in Madbury. She’s pictured on a recent trip to NCS, where her partner’s daughter, Rory, currently works as horseback riding instructor and support staff.

NCS 81Aimee Reveno“I represented NCS 81 and had a wonderful time at Friends’ Weekend.”

NCS 02Jon Hochschartner (also, CTT 96-01) Jon married Amanda Kane at a beautiful ceremony at Trapp Family Lodge on October 15, 2016.


NEWS & NOTES


For decades, Paul Nowicki was one of the “keepers of the Treetops torch.” He first arrived in 1951. Treetops stalwarts Helen and Doug Haskell were close family friends, and they made it possible for Paul to go to Camp. As a young man, in the late 1960s and early 70s, Paul worked at Treetops for Helen, as well as co-directors Dick Wilde (CTT staff 60-82) and Colin Tait (CTT staff 54, 57, 67-82). He later returned to Camp in 1980 with his first wife, Sandy, supervising the waterfront and eventually taking over the pot shop in the 1990s.

Paul had a rich history with this place and a strong commitment to the ethos and values of Treetops. He was passionate about keeping the legacy of Helen and Doug alive. Paul o�en came to speak during the Treetops history and philosophy sessions at early staff trainings. He always spoke eloquently and from the heart about what Treetops meant to him both as child and adult.

Paul was an artist and highly creative. Po�ery was his passion. He designed the Senior Camp pot shop and the addition to the cra� shop, both in a style that was fi�ing to the Treetops landscape. These buildings continue to provide opportunities for children and adults to foster their creativity, which was of primary importance to Paul. He was commi�ed to the landscape and viewsheds here and worked tirelessly to ensure that these were preserved.

Paul was gi�ed in architectural design, as structures in Norwich, VT, Hanover, NH, and Keene, NY, all a�est. Though Paul’s designs are decidedly contemporary, there o�en lurk hints of a traditional Japanese ethos. Reference to and dependence upon nature are ever-present, the found object discovered on a mountain hike sharing equal status with the man-made.

At Friends’ Weekend 2016, a large assemblage of family, friends, former students and campers gathered in the Rickey Circle in recognition of Paul’s enduring influence upon their lives. A recurrent theme was his generosity, his willingness to share expertise, and his commitment to honesty and quality whatever the medium. An apt summation offered: “He gave so much and asked so li�le.”

Paul’s connection to Treetops spans six decades and continues as the husband of Barbara (CTT staff 87-88, 96), the parent of Sara (CTT 79-83, NCS 83-84, CTT staff 85-90) and Stefan (CTT 87-91, 93, CTT staff 97-03, 06, 11) with his first wife Sandy (NCS 57, staff 67-12, parent 83-84, CTT parent 79-83, 87-91, staff 96-14, trustee 93-present) as well as uncle to Eleanor (CTT 86-92), Sophie (CTT 91-93), and Marion (CTT 92-94), and grandfather to Natalie (CTT staff 16).

TREETOPS� TRIBUTE

PAUL NOWICKI January 3, 1941 - December 12, 2015

CTT 51-54, staff 61-71, 80-00, parent 79-83, 87-93, NCS staff 67-71

By Karen Culpepper & Don Rand

Photos from top: Paul leading Treetops council with daughter Sara, circa 1981; Paul as a camper in the early 1950s

NCS 12John CanningAlso a graduate of Gould in 2015, John is now at University of Dayton (Class of 2019), majoring in Spanish and Criminal Justice.

NCS 13Lucy Hochschartner (also CTT 06-08, 11-12 and CTT staff 15-16)In fall 2016, Lucy began her freshman year at St. Lawrence University, where she competes as part of the Nordic ski team.

NCS 14Tys Sweeney(also CTT 11)Tys launched the Water Bo�le Project at Blair Academy,

where he is currently a senior. This project is “an ambitious conservation effort to eliminate the use of disposable plastic water bo�les at Blair. The goals of the Water Bo�le Project were clear: Give every student a reusable water bo�le, install filling stations and filtered drinking fountains in every building, and ultimately eliminate the wasteful and unethical use of disposable bo�les.”

NCS 16Grady Allen (also CTT 10-15)This summer, Grady became a 46er. He’s pictured above celebrating his final ascent with his mom, Jenny (NCS 84, parent 14-16, CTT parent 10-15, trustee 06-present).

NCS STAFF

Current teacher Meredith Hanson presented “Collaboratively Determining English Learners’ Readiness to Mainstream,” a 70-minute workshop on creating ESL exit benchmarks, to teachers at the New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages conference on November 4, 2016.


NEWS & NOTESJohn Culpepper and Katie Culpepper, our current director of sustainability and farm manager, respectively, presented at the November 2016 Farm-Based Education Network’s 6th Annual Conference in Concord, MA, where they lectured on composting techniques, including NCS and Treetops’ continuous flow rotating-drum composting system. Katie also co-presented on this topic with SUNY Canton at the Adirondack Youth Climate Summit, held at The Wild Center in November 2016. Katie is pictured below with Patrick Quinn (NCS 14) at the Climate Summit, where Patrick was representing Lake Placid High School.

In November 2016, Jill Magurk celebrated 20 years of employment at NCS & Treetops. Jill currently works as a cook during the school year and maintenance staff in the summer.

CTT FRIENDS

Liza Ketchum, CTT 58-60, CTT staff 65-67 “Gardening organically at our home in Vermont, along with visiting grandkids. My next novel for young adults will be out winter of 2017.”

John Kotler, CTT 61-62“We really enjoyed participating in Friends and Family Weekend this summer. Being at Treetops always nourishes the body and soul. Thanks!”

Tim deJong, CTT 67-71“I o�en look back fondly on my experiences at CTT. They contribute greatly to my continued creative drive as an artist/owner of Wimberley Glassworks (www.wgw.com).”

Lisa Mierop, CTT 67-69“Married my business partner of 13 years in June. Ceremony officiated by wonderful friend and client, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson. A perfect day enjoyed by all outdoors surrounded by gardens I designed and installed.”

NEWS & NOTES


Ray Verner, CTT staff 70-73, also NCS staff from 67-68 Though he finished hiking the 46 High Peaks in 1971, on Rocky Peak Ridge, Ray only recently decided to get his name in the record book. With help from Chuck Schwerin (CTT 61-64, staff 74-77, parent 89-03,NCS staff 73-76, parent 99-00) and Jim Pugh (CTT 62-64, staff 77), Ray recently applied for and received his number: he is 46er #9426. Among many feats, he once ran up and over the Lower Range three times in one a�ernoon.

Sarah Hall Gordon, CTT staff 79-82 Continues to live in the Sierra foothills teaching hiking, snowboarding, swimming, SUP and Yuba River exploring.

Alberta Hemsley, CTT staff 86-90, CTT parent 84-90Now retired a�er 45 years as a science teacher. Daughter Jenny Winkler (CTT 84-86), is ge�ing a PhD in Public Health from Arizona University. Son David Winkler (CTT 85-90), has been with Microso� for 18 years.

Jesse Williams, CTT 93-94Grey’s Anatomy actor Jesse Williams was awarded BET’s Humanitarian Award in June 2016. Upon its acceptance, he delivered a powerful and political speech on the racial issues plaguing the United States. Jesse was executive producer on the recent documentary: Stay Woke: The Black Lives Ma�er Movement.

Abigail Pines, CTT 99-03“I am currently in my 4th and last year of veterinary school at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Hoping to get back to CTT for FW soon!”

Brook Erenstone Phillips, CTT staff 02-04 “Husband Taylor Phillips and I welcomed son Canyon Irving Phillips on April 29th. He is already a mover and we can’t wait to bring him home to the Adirondacks!”

NEWS & NOTES


ANNUAL REPORT2015-2016

Photo by Manuelo Palacios

Dear Friends,

The loyalty and generosity of our extended community was once again remarkable this year. We are pleased to share with you our Annual Report for September 1, 2015, through August 31, 2016.

Your contributions and Eileen Rockefeller’s Challenge helped our Annual Fund soar: 1,090 donors gave $1.3 million this year. This record-se� ing giving has allowed us to balance our budget for the 14th year in a row.

Your support this year provided:

• need-based scholarship assistance to more than one-third of our students and campers;• new learning opportunities both in and out of the classroom—from permaculture demonstration sites on our farm to a learning annex and maker space, to Edible Schoolyard classes and a busy Camper Kitchen, to great creative moments behind the camera or at the loom or po� ery wheel;• adventures too numerous to count, from the fi rst paddles across Round Lake to camping overnight at the Eileen Rockefeller House, to climbing at the Crag and rappelling down the Clark House chimney, to the many hikes in the surrounding mountains.

Over the last 12 months, there has been signifi cant and important work toward a new strategic plan that will help guide Camp and School into the future. The plan promises to be both foundational and aspirational. We look forward to sharing it with you.

Thank you once again. And, if you can, please come visit. We’d love to have you here to help collect sap in the sugarbush, share the Lake Hill with you at a bonfi re, or just reminisce on a stroll out to the barn.

Sincerely,

Barkley Stuart David “Hock” HochschartnerBoard Chair Head of School and Camp

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Dear Friends,

As we approach our goal of $25 million for the Strong Roots, High Peaks Campaign, we are enormously grateful for all that our community does to sustain and grow NCS and Treetops.

We are delighted to report that, as of August 31, 2016, over 3,000 individuals and families have contributed nearly $22.95 million for this campaign that is so essential to the future of Camp and School.

This year, we are particularly thankful for Eileen Rockefeller’s Challenge, which boosted giving towards the Campaign’s priorities: the Annual Fund, which supports most of our need-based fi nancial aid, as well as many program areas; the Capital Fund that provides resources for improving our facilities and infrastructure (listed at right); and Endowment Funding, which is a strategic investment in our future that helps immediately with additional scholarship aid.

Campaign funds were put to great use last year with renovations of Woods and Farm Houses, the re-building of Wing House—one of Doug Haskell’s original designs—improvements at the Eileen Rockefeller House, a new coat of paint on the Main Building, two solar-thermal arrays, and much more.

We look forward to celebrating the completion of this transformative campaign in the next year. Thank you for your sustained and generous support. We can’t reach our next milestones without you.

Sincerely,

Ma� Salinger D. Kurt TerrellDevelopment Chair Director of Advancement

Accomplishments

New Construction o Clark House o Flushing Meadows planto Barnyard improvementso Timber-frame garden shedo Three living-roof structureso Doug Haskell’s Hanging House and Wing House reproductionso Parking lot behind campus for more green spaceRenovationo Treetops Main Houseo Farm Houseo Main Building dining room, ramp, circle locker room, library, media center and Quonseto Solar panels on Treetops shower houseo Woods HouseInfrastructure Improvementso Remove utility poles and overhead power lineso Seven biomass heating unitso Three solar-energy arrays and two solar-thermal arrayso Roads, bridges, paths, steps and drainageo Trail systemo Chimneys, foundations and walkways o Electric feeds and Technology Upgradeso Water systemso Sprinklers, fi re alarms and campus security systems

Giving Opportunities

New Construction and Projectso Eileen Rockefeller House and property acquisitiono Teaching and Learning Kitcheno Treetops Hike House and staff housingRenovationo Hill Houses, Main Building, and Road House renovationsEndowmento Richard Rockefeller Fresh Start Fund and other named funds for scholarships, faculty and staff , land acquisition, and program support

Strong Roots, High Peaks Campaign

Ma� Salinger D. Kurt TerrellMa� Salinger D. Kurt TerrellDevelopment Chair Director of AdvancementMa� Salinger D. Kurt Terrell

Dear Friends,

Thanks to your generosity, we are pleased to again announce a very successful financial year for North Country School and Camp Treetops. School and Camp provided formative experiences to more than 250 students and campers on our beautiful Adirondack campus.

Your continued support of the Annual Fund and the Endowment Fund allowed us to provide more than $1,000,000 in need-based tuition assistance to students and campers this year. This level of financial aid is critical to allowing us to offer the NCS and Treetops experience to children of all backgrounds.

This year did have its financial challenges. In particular, we’ve seen an increase in both the number and the amount of students and campers requesting financial aid. In response to that, and thanks to the many gi�s provided for scholarship aid, we increased our endowment contribution to help support that need. Your generous contributions to the Annual Fund also helped us defray the costs associated with drilling a new well, allowing us to still have a successful financial year. Your support helps us give our wonderful campus the care that it requires.

While your direct financial support is crucial, it is not the only gi� that you can offer to Camp and School. Since tuition revenue comprises more than 70 percent of our operating budget every year, we depend on your referrals to families who may have an interest in School or Camp. You are our best advocates. We would welcome the opportunity to see you and meet any potential new campers or students.

We cannot express enough how much we appreciate your continued support and encouragement as we work to meet the challenges and needs of our greater community. Your continued generosity helps to make School and Camp as transformative to young lives as it has always been.

Sincerely,

Fritz Sabbow Brian EngBusiness Manager and CFO Board Treasurer

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Annual Financial Summary

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Operating Fund Statement of ActivitiesYear Ending August 31, 2016 (unaudited) Expenditures Program Services 2,554,498Physical Plant 1,589,639Administrative 2,156,072 Subtotal 6,300,209Financial Aid 1,003,941Total Expenditures 7,304,150

RevenuesTuition and Fees 5,513,470Distribution from Endowment 400,000Annual Fund Gi�s for Operations 1,274,157Other Revenues 116,523Total Revenues & Gi�s 7,304,150

Summary of Gi�s ReceivedAnnual Fund Gi�s including ERC* 1,322,157Endowment Gi�s 672,606Restricted Gi�s 530,985Total Gi�s Received 2,525,747

*Includes Annual Fund for operations plus Eileen Rockefeller’s Challenge (ERC) gi�s to the Richard

Rockefeller Fresh Start Scholarship Fund andRound Lake Co�age Fund.

Institutional LeadershipBOARD�OF�TRUSTEESBarkley Stuart, Chair Jenny Ewing Allen, Vice-Chair Brian Eng, Treasurer Sandy Gray Nowicki, Secretary

Lisa Beck Barry Breeman Peter R. Brest J. Ma�hew DavidsonGuillaume de Ramel Laura Thrower Harris Nick Hewi� Carla von Trapp HunterCaroline KenneyRoger S. LoudGreg MarchildonJennifer MaslowBob ParkerPamela Rosenthal Ma� Salinger Hume Steyer Manny WeintraubJun Zhang

HONORARY�TRUSTEESJoan K. DavidsonColin C. TaitRichard E. Wilde

TRUSTEES�EMERITIDavid T. KenneyRose Kean LansburySumner Parker

ADMINISTRATIONDavid Hochschartner Head of School and CampKaren Culpepper Camp Treetops DirectorJohn Culpepper Director of Facilities and SustainabilityDavid Damico Director of AdmissionsJohn Nicholson Director of CommunicationsAnne Swayze Assistant Head Fritz Sabbow Business Manager & CFOD. Kurt Terrell Director of Advancement

North Country School and Camp Treetops is incorporated as a not-for-pro�t organization and is listed as a charitable and educational organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Service Code. Our federal tax ID number is 14-1430542.

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High Peaks Giving LevelsThank you to our community of alumni, families, employees past and present, trustees, and friends for your generosity. Your ongoing loyalty makes a tremendous difference to our campers and students.

Marcy (5,344 FT)$50,000 and up

Anonymous (3)Mr. and Mrs. Barry BreemanMatthew and Amy Davidson uElizabeth Prince de Ramel ‘60 uGuillaume ‘89 and Molly de Ramel HThe de Ramel Foundation EJMP Fund for Philanthropy Eng Family Charitable Trust Brian Eng and Renee Bourgeois Elizabeth Eng and Benjamin Botts HKenneth and June Eng HFullwood Foundation, Inc. HGoldman, Sachs, & Co. lPaul and Eileen Growald ‘66 uThe J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc. uMr. and Mrs. David T. Kenney uCaroline Kenney HSandy Gray Nowicki ‘57 uMr. and Mrs. Sumner Parker ‘41 uDavid Rockefeller David and Susan Rockefeller lDrs. Pamela Rosenthal and Sam WertheimerBarkley Stuart and Ann Glazer u

Algonquin (5,114 FT)$25,000-$49,999

Anonymous (2)Dennis Aftergut uAmerican Endowment Foundation Keith and Peggy Anderson Keith and Peggy Anderson Family FoundationLisa Beck and Mitch Seider HPeter Brest uThe Gruben Charitable Foundation Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Laura and David T. Harris uRose K. Lansbury uJennifer H. Maslow uNew York State Energy Research and Development AuthorityRobert Davila and Carmen Nigaglioni Stefan Nowicki Diana Oehrli David and Linda Stein HDr. Jun Zhang and Ms. Bei Zhu

Haystack (4,960 FT)$10,000-$24,999

The Baldwin Foundation Isabel Huffman Belden uMartha Brooks H

David A. Stein Charitable Trust Diana Davis Spencer Foundation l Joan K. Davidson (The J.M. Kaplan Fund) uSarah H. Lambert Dolan ‘86 HFeather Foundation, Inc. Edie and Jim Garrett uNeva Goodwin l Growald Family Fund Nick and Ruth Hewitt uJewish Communal Fund C. Ryan Joyce Jane Lang uSteven and Monika Lang uMarjorie Lang Mr. Andrew Lerner and Ms. Maryam Banikarim Michael E. and Carol S. Levine Foundation uAnna Levine and Andrew Rosenblum Sara Levine The Maslow Family Foundation Bonnie & John Morgan ‘65 uCatherine Oppenheimer HBob and Margaret Parker uMeredith Prime uMarty Rosenberg Matt Salinger uSteven Saslow Bill Savage uJames Seymour u

KEY TO SYMBOLS l First time donors H 10-19 years giving u 20+ years giving * Deceased

To celebrate those who have given for the �rst time, in 10 separate �scal years, and 20 separate �scal years, we have marked your loyalty as follows:

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Shames/Argo Families uShames Family Foundation HVanguard Charitable Endowment Program Manny Weintraub HTracey Westbrook Whitney Family HMr. Hui Zhao and Mrs. Haixia Chi

Skylight (4,926 FT)$5,000-$9,999

Anonymous (7)John Allen Kyra Tirana Barry HBenevity Community Impact Fund Margy and Elliot Brownstein uDavid Brownstein HThe Charles Evans Hughes MemorialBrad and Lynne Davidson HDavis/Dauray Family Fund l Rohit and Katharine Desai uRohit and Katharine Desai Family FoundationIan Desai Vanessa Desai Joe Edmonds ‘84 Peter M. Gilbert HEric and Keiko Greenberg Zhi Hongfeng and Yun Qiu l Foundation, Inc.Ralph Jones Judith and James A. Saks Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland HPhilip Kneisl ‘75 uHope Knight and Steven Umlauf Eric and Simone Lang H

Mimi Muray Levitt ‘57 uRoger and Pat Loud uLucretius Foundation, Inc. William and Allison Mankivsky Peter Martin, in memory of Kathy Martin The New York Community Trust uKen Okin HKent and Robin Palmer Mr. Bin Shi and Mrs. Huawei Qiao l Schwab Charitable Fund Hume R. Steyer uThe Stuart Four-Square Fund Daniel and Katia Szor HTimothy Wennrich and Jessica Griffiths HBee Lacey Whittaker uJames and Holly Wilson l Mr. Zhou Yu and Ms. Yao Wang l

Whiteface (4,867 FT)$2,500-$4,999

Anonymous (4)Adirondack Foundation HJenny Ewing Allen uAlvarez-Santiago Family l Philip and Eden Anker Tina and Peter Barnet HBill and Pat Barton HMr. and Mrs. Thatcher M. Brown uDr. Shiu-Kai Chin uDavid L. Klein, Jr. Foundation l Jenifer Hale Deming uDeirdre Farley uRonald and Jane Fondiller ‘65 Don Gallo

Susan Gardner and Martha Cassidy Arleen F. Gilliam uDavid Hochschartner and Selden West uTessa Huxley and Andy Reicher uLiza Ketchum and John H. Straus uLolya Lipchitz and Harold Kasimow uMeimei Ma ‘70 uMs. Maria Mabee Mason HMoccasin Brook Fund, a donor advised fund of the Boston Foundation, recommended by Mary Woolsey and Mark Peterson uMary B. Morgan l Davlyn and Kyle Mosley Michael and Cannella Mullins HO’Donnell Iselin Foundation Brian Orter and Michael DiMartino Victoria Read uPhyllis W. Reicher uJohn and Susan Skovron uWolfensohn Family Foundation l

Wright (4,580 FT)$1,000-$2,499

Anonymous (7)Adirondack Foundation - Brooks Family Fund uAdirondack Foundation - Meredith M. Prime Fund Paul Adomeit Henry and Nancy Armstrong uD.J. and Ken Baker uMrs. Meryl Baker and Dr. Erin Baker John Berendt Robert and Wendy Bickford l Wolcott R. Blair HMr. and Mrs. Perry J. Bolton u

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By D. Kurt Terrell, Director of Advancement

As is always the case at NCS and Treetops, Mike Smith was hired for specific work, then added many indispensable talents to the mix. He arrived at NCS in 2000 as the Main Building janitor, but soon learned that this was a different kind of place, where staff readily move beyond the job description to share their talents and impact the lives of children in many ways.

Since then Mike has helped School and Camp in innumerable capacities: as janitor; as part of the maintenance department, responsible for vehicle upkeep and records, trash, and recycling; as a driver for airport, Whiteface, and town trips; and as a member of the housekeeping department. He also served as a key support staff at big events like Thanksgiving and graduation, as an inspirational small-engine repair guru for students at Intersession; and, most conspicuously, as Coach Mike for the NCS basketball teams.

When I first met Mike, I quickly learned he was a passionate basketball fan and student of the game—something as rare in the North Country as finding a lawn mower or snowblower that Mike couldn’t bring roaring back to life. Our lunchtime conversations would inevitably lead to his favorite basketball players: the group of boys and girls of all ages who joined his squad in the Quonset every winter. Mike taught the fundamentals of passing, shooting, and positioning with great patience, and he managed the mix of abilities adroitly.

With him it was never about winning, but instead sharing the joy of landing that first basket in a game, building self-confidence, or experiencing the camaraderie of belonging to a team.

Mike is a devoted follower of the University of Connecticut women’s basketball squad, a perennial Final Four or National Championship team. He rejoiced last year when UCONN coach Geno Auriemmawas inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. A masterful team builder, Coach Auriemma said at the ceremony,

If I can be part of a team the rest of my life, then I’m going to be a lucky guy. I’ve tried to do that all of my life—be part of a team. And I was fortunate enough to work with people that allow me to do what I love to do—and that is teach and coach.

The same sentiments seem to have driven Mike at NCS/Treetops. For him, however, the concept of “team” morphs into “family.” The close associations Mike has had with staff and children here have been pivotal to him. Though he turned 65 this spring and retired at the end of the summer, he continues to come in four a�ernoons a week to coach “his kids.” Moreover, in the process of pu�ing things in order for his next chapter, Mike chose to leave NCS and Treetops in his will and made Camp and School the sole beneficiary of his retirement plan.

We are humbled by this generous philanthropic gesture, and we are delighted to welcome Mike to the Balanced Rocks Circle. I asked Mike why he made this decision and he said: “You are my family and I wanted to give back to a place that has given me so much.”

Coach Mike’s legacy continues. Every a�ernoon one can hear basketballs drumming on the floor of the Quonset and the squeak of sneakers as children happily feint, pass, and shoot under his direction. Mike’s basketball family continues to flourish.

DONOR�PROFILEª� Coach Mike Smith gives back to NCS and Treetops

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Alice Brown uLuis Browne uBurnham Financial Services, LLC Meg Bluhm Carey uMary O. Carr Charles Catlin ‘54 uBertram and Barbara Cohn l The Community Foundation for The National Capital Region Community Foundation of Sarasota County Ann Cooper uTony and Nancy Corwin uJohn and Karen Culpepper Sally Powell Culverwell uDavid and Melanie Damico Jacqueline Davies Tim deJong l David and Melanie Dumont uSusan Elman and Joe Ronson Ted Ewing uMr. and Mrs. Delio Fernandez HNicholas and Geoffrey Flanders HAlexandra Fordyce Flowers ‘87 Ingrid Caruso Gersin and John Christian uAdam Guettel Elizabeth Harlan uJosh Harlan Bob Heays uMolly Hunt Heizer uBruce Hodes uHyde Fuel Company HMs. Janet Spiegelberg Hyman ‘49 uMr. Judson H. Irish Jr. u

Susie Jakes and Jeff Prescott Andrew Katzander Michael and Danelle Kelly uSally and Wynn Kramarsky uThe Louisa Kreisberg Family Foundation Tom Krouwer uMr. and Mrs. Samuel Lambert III uMr. Thomas H. Land Jr. Susan Localio uThe Losam Fund Brigit Loud HPatrick Loud Nicholas and Cassandra Ludington The Mabee Family Foundation Martha W. Mabee uTim Mabee HJean and Jerry Marchildon uRoger Martindell ‘63 uCindy Marvell HDwight and Sue Mason uRichard and Barbara Moore uToshiaki and Junko Morishima Brian and Amy Naftal and family Laura Nicholson Robert B. Opatrny and Susan J. Sutherland uDee Osborne Marian Osterweis uPenguin Random House HPew Charitable Trusts Pat Kramon Pincus uFelicity M. Pool ‘63 uMr. Jan and Dr. Joan Popkin Henry Posner III and Anne M. Molloy H

James R. Pugh uMr. and Mrs. G. Peter Reed, Jr. Redstone Strategy Group Jane Regan Regeneron Matching Gift Program Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc. The Rodgers Family Foundation, Inc Stewart Rubenstein and Christina Parker Maria Ruiseco Saxton Family Christine Semenenko ‘62 uSerge Semenenko Family Foundation HThe Shelby Family Silicon Valley Community Foundation - Wallace Family FundSteven Silverstein and Anne Manning Alan and Beth Singer Nicholas N. Solley Sarah Stahl and Harry Foster Philip and Marcia Steckler HHelen Stein uDavid Stewart and Rene Yang Colin and Debby Tait uD. Kurt and Eden Terrell Peter A. Thacher uEdith G. Thayer ‘50 uPaul and Sarah Titterton Mr. A.C. Toland Edward Tuck Matthew and Courtney Tuck HCarole and Michael Tylman Michael J. Urfirer uMara F. Wallace H


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Ms. Louise D. Walsh and Mr. Charles L. Rupp uJerome Webster HSam Weinig David H. Wells Dick and Sara Wilde uSusan Welch Williams ‘54 uXuejun Xu and Wenjing Li l Mr. Jun Yang and Ms. Min Zhou

Saddleback (4,515 FT)$500-$999

Anonymous (9)Cyrille and Rica Buxbaum Allannic HAmerican Center for Philanthropy American Recycling Technologies Inc. Karla Ayala Lionel and Deborah Barthold HSam Becker uJon Bell uCharlie Biddle HN. Tyras Bookman HSarah Rivkin and Mark Brennan Matt Brest Fraser Brooks HSuzanne and Geoffrey Brown uMs. Cameron P. Buster HDavid Carter Alexandra and Marcelo Castro HDanny Chiu and Stephanie Chang l Michael Churchill HCleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc. uCommunity Foundation of Western MassachusettsJim and Sharon Cushman H

Charles Darwall and Victoria Stoneman Robert and Marilyn DeRight uClaire Douglas HMimi Coletti Dow ‘47 uAlthea L. Duersten Eastern NY Chapter of the Air and Waste Management Assoc., Inc l Katharine Knight Flebotte uRobert Frost John R. Goodman Nina Goodman HDrs. William and Valerie Graham HTeri and Jeff Greene Richard Hahn uSandra Hurd Hennemeyer HEliza Hewat ‘65 uMr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hughes uTed and Julie Kalmus Rachael and Mitchell Katz Chris and Rebecca Kelly HFranklin Kenney ‘84 HKent-Lucas Foundation, Inc Beth and Peter S. Kolevzon uArthur, Valerie, Sarah and Henry Korzec Eli Zalichin Kramer HJohn Kress Randi Land HLorna Livingston ‘50 uStuart and Mary Lollis uHélène Lorentzen HSerge and Caroline Lussi uLisa May HMarcia Mason McClellan uMike McCrary HCathy McDermott

Abigail Mellen uAlan and Alice Model uDeborah Model and Joe Falkowski HJonathan and Kristin Adomeit Moore uKatherine Cromwell Moore uBrooke and Bernhardt Nadell The Naftal Family HThe Namm Foundation, Inc. (Andrew Namm ‘42) uCola Parker and Andy Anderson uTracey and Thomas Parker Frank and Mary Pellegrini Karen Kjorlien Phillips l Dr. Victoria L. Pillard HJeremy and Eva Radtke Fred and Roz Rea uSusan Read uJane Crowell Rieffel uMarjorie P. Rosenthal Peter and Lisa Rowley Nat Rubin Scott and Amy Sanderson Santa Barbara Foundation Peter and Elisa Skinner HDan Slutsky uStanley-Hunt Family Jim and Liz Steyer uEmily and Luther Strayer Lisa Tapert and Chad MacArthur HTashman Family Marilyn Taylor Cornelia and Joseph Tierney uJane Isaacs Toussaint uCarey and Claudia Turnbull l Helen Stuart Twiss u

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Vermont Community Foundation l John and Alida Vessey Karen Waddell uFrank Wallace HBen Watson and Ruth Izraeli HJennie Weiner and Jeremiah Jordan Whiteleather Family Wise Wealth Management, LLC l

Rocky Peak (4,420 FT)$250-$499

Anonymous (10)Adirondack Foundation - Sweeney Family Fund uDinnie Thorndike Aldridge HThe Allen Family America’s Charities Mr. Orman Anderson Elliott August AXA Foundation Allegra Harris Azulay HKatie Bacon HThe Bank of America Matching Gifts Charles Barnett and Maureen Pao HTimothy and Claire Barnett HPeggy Bell HAlexandra Bley-Vroman The Boeing Company Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Borden, Jr. HPhillip Brest Richard and Paula Brewer William and Katherine Brown HLewis Canfield Glen and Elizabeth Chidsey uKay (Faron) and Denny Ciganovic u

Tom and Alison Clark HDavid and Jane Condliffe HKalle Condliffe Evelyn and Dion Cook Michael and Sybil Corrigan Katie Culpepper HJennifer “Sam” Cummings Jim Darby uDavid and Leni Moore Family Foundation HJosh and Jennifer Davis Sophie DeLaCour - DeLaCour Family Foundation HDeLaCour Family Foundation Cassie Levitt Dippo uJoan and Allan Dumont uMark Dumont and Lynn Mehlman uMary Lynne and Robert Eakin HLee and Ann Farnham uEric Fetz Lanie Lacey Fleischer Dominic Giarratani Alice Woolsey Godfrey HMicah and Marla Goodman HNoah and Micol Harlan Adam Harmon l Guy H. Haskell HJohn P. Herrera Jeffrey Herrmann and Sara Waisanen HChristina Honde uEllen Hornstein and Denis Cioffi uHarvey and Claudia Horowitz uBetsey Huffman Ian Hughes uJan Hummel J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation u

Sophie Kasimow and Seth Shames David Kassel and Michelle Conrad lElise E. Keely uJonathan Kerlin uJessica Koster John and Meg Kotler HLaurel MacKay-Lee Dudley and Jane Mairs HGregory and Alicia Marchildon Nate Mason l Lauren McGovern and John Sweeney uDebra M. McPhee Don Mesec and Becky Rice uLisa (Ernest) Mierop HHenry F. Minnerop Alice Morey and Harvey Weinig HNils and Kara Morgan Lynne and John Morgan HClaudia Murphy John Nicholson and Casey Cooper Clary Olmstead and Kathleen Heenan uJoyce Olum-Galaski Geoff Parker HRoger and Rebecca Perry HArthur Platt and Janet Fink HJane Purden Don Rand uCampbell and Nancy Rea uAlice Reich Aimee Reveno uPeter and Lynne Reveno HJ. Michael and Sally Ritchie Jim and Cathy Robjent HAnne Rorimer Kai Ruppert l


We are very grateful to the 55 community members (as of August 31, 2016) who have included North Country School and Camp Treetops in their estate plans, thereby becoming members of our Balanced Rocks Circle.

If NCS and Treetops are included in your estate plans and your name is not listed here or if you would like more information about the Balanced Rocks Circle, please contact Kurt Terrell at 518-837-5446 or [email protected].

Anonymous (4) Dennis AftergutJenny Ewing AllenPeter BrestCali Brooks and Galen CraneAlice Gresham BullockSally Powell Culverwell, NCS 51Dudley H. CunninghamSamuel and Laurie CushmanAmy and Matthew DavidsonClaire DouglasBrian Eng and Renee BourgeoisSuzanne GlickmanReggie GovanGay Booth GreenleafLisa GulottaElizabeth HarlanLaura Thrower HarrisBob HeaysNick and Ruth HewittDavid Hochschartner and Selden WestJohn and Amy IsaacsElsbeth S. JohnsonJan JohnsonLiza KetchumRobin and Peter Ketchum

Philip Kneisl, NCS 75Monika and Steven Lang, NCS 53Rose K. LansburyMimi Muray Levitt, NCS 57Lorna Livingston, NCS 50Bill and Jan LocalioSusan LocalioRoger and Pat LoudDwight N. MasonSandy Gray Nowicki, NCS 57Brian OrterMeredith M. PrimeSusan Read, NCS 70, CTT parent 04-05Jane Crowell Rie�elMaggie RosenbloomMatt SalingerMike SmithHugh ThacherJessica TuckMatthew and Courtney TuckFrank WallaceLouise Walsh and Charles RuppJill WerfelFrancis and Patricia WhitcombEdward B. Whitney and Martha C. HowellSusan Welch Williams, NCS 54

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High Peaks Giving LevelsFritz Sabbow and Rob Hastings Susan Slesinger Jay Scott uOrdway Clifford Sherman HZachary Siegel Nicole Been Siskind HRuth and David Skovron uDouglas Sloane Jenny Smith-Yuen ‘84 HYasuhiko Sotohama and Setsuko Egashira Staritch Foundation, Inc. HStephen Tilly, Architect Amina Tirana HJessica Tuck uVivian and Paul Olum Charitable Foundation l Mr. and Mrs. William H. Waddington HEric G. Wagner uWells Fargo Foundation Matching Gifts Program HBarbara Westergaard uHilary (Culverwell) Wilkinson Sarah C. Williams Daniel C. Wing ‘62 uAmy Weisser and Adam Yarinsky Joseph and Ann Zahm

Big Slide (4,240 FT)$100-$249

Anonymous (19)Jamie Abbott uRobert Abramowitz and Susan Stewart uAllan and Martha Ackerman l Lynda Lees Adams H

American Express l Timothy Amussen Refugees to Camp Carolyn Arvidson uKate Tuttle Asselin Todd and Pam August Terren Baker J Balcerzak uBaltimore Community Foundation Stephanie J. Banks Judith Bardacke HBarry and Teri Volpert Foundation Barbara R. Barnes uJennifer Cahill Bean and Chris Bean HHarold and Natalie Been uColin and Jenny Bell uAnne Leland Benham HDrs. Laurie and Herbert Bergamini HLynda Bernays and Stan Smith uEdwin and Fern Beschler uLynn Boulger and Tim Garrity l Christian Brammer and Jane Haugh Ellen Thorndike Brawley ‘52 uEric Brest David Bronfman Cali Brooks Paul Brouha HMargot Parsons Brown ‘51 HR. Dede Brownstein HJames and Theresa Brzusek l Elizabeth Buchanan Alice Gresham Bullock HThe Chris Burden (‘56) Family uDanforth Cardozo u

Chris and Elizabeth Carroll Chun Chieh and Yating Chang Stacy and Dorothy Changelo l Linda Chappell Monie Chase and Stuart Chase uKate Chasson HHope S. Childs uEmily Clark l Georgia Close l Helen S. Cohen and Mark Lipman uMimi and David Cohen Molly and Edrian Colina Community Foundation of Greater Memphis l Kate Condliffe and David Chen l Robert and Susan Console uMargaret Cooley Jeff Cooper CTT 74-77, staff 82 Anthony and Elisabeth Corsaro John Crowley-Delman Dudley H. Cunningham HMr. Robert Curry and Ms. Carrie Moodie Julie Curtis and Keith Gerstenmaier HCarolyn and John Curwen Laurie M. and Samuel W. Cushman uMs. Katharine H. Cushman Weimer Sarah C. Davidson Tom, Polly and Betsy Davis Frances Davis uElizabeth Davis Laura Goff Davis uTom Davis HGeorge B. de Brigard HAnne Dealy HDavid deCourcy and Jo Ann Price u


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Elizabeth DeLana Kathy (Hordubay) Della Fera HDr. Winifred M. deLoayza Beth Dennison HPasuntra Dhebpunya Lisa Dillmann and Chris Cox HRobert Doat Matthew T. Donahue and Angela Price l Robert and Linda Douglass l Linton Duell l Chip (‘62) and Lyn Edmonston l Alan Eldridge l Noni Eldridge l Laurie Engle Expedia Kitty Fair HStafford “Corky” Farmer-Lee Greg Farrell uGwen Storey Feher HDavid Feldbaum John W. Filkins, Jr. Payton Fireman ‘72 HNiclas and Michelle Fjalltoft l Mr. John A. Foley ‘70 HDuncan Fordyce uEsty Foster uLinda Bird Francke HMio Fredland M.D. HJim Friedlander HJill McCullough HDoug Gallant uSusan Gallant Jeffrey and Kimberly Garlinghouse l Tania Gee uEhud and Laura Gelblum Matthew Geyman and Amy Arvidson H

Tess Ghilaga and Todd Aydelotte Calvin Gilkey Mrs. Alice Gorman l Alan Grant uRichard and Katherine Barrett Greene Florence Grieb uRalph and Judy Grossi l Sara Blum Hadden ‘69 HMr. and Mrs. Siegfried Haenisch uAnne Beemish and Patrick Hainault Thomas and Deirdre Hamling Kris Hansen l Meredith Hanson Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Harnden Jr. HTrish Harris Henry and Ginny (Walker) Hart uRuth Hart Christopher M. Hawes l Diana M. Hawes uAnn S. Hedges HAnn Henderson Kent Hewitt uAnn Partlow Aaron and Brandy Hobson Jody Hochschartner-Boyd Sarah Hoffman HJean Hoins Wallace and Lindsay Tam Holland Jeanette Gaston Hooban uKen Hornstein uMr. Richard Hornstein HLinda Livingston Houghton Logan Hovie Hunt Howell ‘58 uChristopher Hughes HJoan Hunt

Tori Hunt, Tony, Gabriella and Ben Wan HCarla von Trapp Hunter Fran Huntoon Anne Hurd David Husing Jane Hyde uJudith M. Jacobson l Evan A. Jenkins Berkeley D. Johnson Jr. HFrank Johnson ‘62 uVirginia Johnson HAJ Stone Jonathan Sarah Jonathan Johanna Kalmus l Allan S. Katz Andrea Kavanaugh and Djavad Salehi uMichele Kelly Thomas P. Kenefick HLily Killiam l Margaret Kinosian HKarl Kiser l Andrew B. Knox HHirotake Komatsu Deborah Wing Korol HMeredith Kovach and Sam Eaton Gerald LaGrange John and Kathy Lanza HRandall and Karen Larkin Greg and Bunny LeClair Christine LeFevre uScott Lenhart HLevin-Paunil Family Daniel Levy and Adrienne Ward Tarky Lombardi Jr. David Loud and Pedro Porro uAlida N. Lovell H


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Julia Lowd Rachel Lowenthal Margaret T. MacCary Susan Mahaffy uBarry Mallis NCS Faculty 1968-72 The Honorable Ellen H. Maloney uDiana Marin Liz Marshall ‘80 Jeffrey and Sytske Martin Ms. Jane B. Mason and Mr. Brian VaughanMarsh McCall uDr. Stephanie McCall l Lauren McCarty Sarah McCoy and Jim Buchanan Dr. Michael and Shana McKeown Richardson McKinney l Bruce McLanahan Aaron and Cheryl Megliore Edward and Libby Faron Mell HOnesimus Mercado l Theodore Metzger and Robin Fleischner HMartin and Edith Miller l Ellen Mitchell uDanianne Mizzy Dr. Charles E. Moisan HFred C. Morgan Danikka Moses Simon Mould Barbara Mulvey Chris Muray ‘59 HAdam Neaman and Bianca Santomasso Network for Good Isabelle N. Nicks

NYSE Euronext Foundation Inc. Mr. Paul F. Obrecht III Paul Olin Kris Eldridge Osborn uBrad Ouderkirk Dan Ouderkirk Rob Parker Thomas and Victoria Patterson Sherm Peale HJenny and John Pearlman HThomas Penchoen HRoswell B. Perkins uNick Perry David Pettengill Gretchen Phillips Dale Ferris Phillips uNina Pillard and David Cole uLaura Pologe, Sarah and Mirian Goler Steven Pologe HLizabeth N. Pope The Portal Family Lauren Olitski Poster ‘71 uDr. Peter W. Pratt ‘47 Lisa T and George Prince Fishler Kate Kubert Puls uLindsay Putnam uMaya and Marco Radiconcini HNancy Reder and Peter Pocock HGeorge and Joanne Reed uMatthew Reese Wynde Kate Reese Jonathan and Julia Rhoads HSusan Richards l

Philip Rickey uEdward I. Riegelhaupt and Patricia G. Morrill HElla and Peter Robjent HThe Ross Family Victor Rostow HSalesforce l Avery Salinger Gannon Salinger Karen Sanford Judith Scammell Schulman Family Foundation Jean L. Schwartz uChuck Schwerin and Laura Bronstein uDan Schwerin Josh Schwerin Shelah K. Scott uMr. and Mrs. Norman Seider Peter Shaev Lauren Shaw Kate Shepherd uDaniel Sherman David A. Silva and Eileen McHugh Tony and Julie Simons l Margaret Sloane HShari and Jim Smart HDr. Phillip R. Smith and Dr. Marjorie Schulman HRobert and Sharon Smith Ted Sonneborn Joseph L. Sorkin l Karen and Frederick Spaulding Dave Steckler Kathleen L. Steed HSteven and Carol Andersen and Family


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Barry and Laura Strongin Josey Stuart Jack Sturgis HNat (‘62) and Margo Sturgis uCharles and Eve Sutton uSonja G. Sweek Tys Sweeney Hon. Robert W. and Mrs. Adele Hall Sweet HBob Tam uMrs. Elizabeth Taussig Sheila Tavares Russell Taylor and Margaret Elwood Colin Thompson l Victoria and Jack Tomlinson Cole l Stuart and Susan Topper uLisa, Bob, and Eric Tostevin uEgg Foo Townsend HMarty and Gus Trowbridge HJ. T. “Skip” Tubbs Jr. ‘70 uMiles Turner HMs. Quincy Ryland Umphlette uDr. D.A. Vail l Willa Vail Lynn and Bill Vogt Teri and Barry Volpert uHerschel Ward Sarah Seabury Ward Rebecca Warner uTim and Katie Eldridge Weaver ‘78 HVanessa Weber l Ed and Lisa Weibrecht / Mirror Lake Inn uAnn Lynch Weirich Judith Weitzman Maggie Westergaard Peter Willcox HMalcolm Willison H

David Sloan Wilson uEdith Wislocki and Alfred Darby uMr. and Mrs. James H. Witherspoon Sr. l Bob Witsenhausen Hans and Helen Witsenhausen HCarol S. Wolfe Ray Wolfson and Irene Sherman HJohn Wood ‘73 HDianne Wulsin HKai Xing Peter J. Zimmerman H

Cascade (4,098 FT)Gifts up to $99 and gifts in-kind

Anonymous (27)Camille Abbe l Matthew and Shira Ackerman Aetna Foundation, Inc. Victoria Alekhine l Emilie Allen Amazon Smile Foundation Kari and Graham Anderson l Lindsay Anderson Laura Anker and Steve Grossman Cynthia Ariev Richard G. Arms, Jr. Brook Ashley Lurline Aslanian HKatherine Baird l Lauren Baker Bridget Baran ‘88 Joanie Barbier Matthew Beckwith-Laube Arthur Beecher The Benner Family

Erica and Herb Bergamini uEd and Ridgely Biddle HFaith Bieler Kathleen Bliss Charles A. Bookman uJean Bookman HElisabeth Bouché HElizabeth Bradley Brian and Alicia Brandes Sara Breen l Joshua Briggeman Heather C. Brown HJim Brush and Donna Foley Dorothy and David Buley Benjamin Buster David Buttrick Heather Byrne Duncan and Ann Campbell Molly Campbell HHarrison and Judy Caner uRachel Carter Mary Ann Champagne HJai Chandrasekhar Johanna Chase Gillian Cieri l Garth Cilley Thomas and Michelle Coleman Jaime and Florence Collins Ms. Lydia N. Collins l Theron Cook HSusan Cooley HMs. Olivia Couture l Christie and Rob Cox Mitchell Craib and Mary Johnson HGino Crocetti Tucker Culpepper


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Ms. Leslie Daniels Amy N. Davis Peter Delman and Maureen Crowley HJerry and Amy de Rham HThomas De Sausmarez Andrew Dennison Anne Dickerson ‘70 Sarah Reed Dlugokencky Cecelia E. Traugh and Alexander F. Doan John and Libby Doan HCarly Dominick-Sobol Barbara Donohue Todd Dowling Nolan Dumont Veronica N. Dunlap, Esq. l Hannah Edwards Bliss Eldridge uMs. Ashlynne Elliott Elizabeth and Jeremy Ellis Linda Ellsworth Gretchen Kahn Espe HClaire Fellman Anthony Fernandez Elsa First Peter and Diane Fish Juliet Clarke and Robert Fisher Daniel and Deborah Fitts Jeffrey Oscar Fjalltoft l Donna Foley l William F. Forbes HMr. and Mrs. Michael S. Forman Edward W. Fox Jr. ‘57 HSarah Fuller

Mimi Geier HJulie Getzels HMichael and Jane Gieryic Caroline (Cara) Golden Lola Gonzalez lDeborah (Churchill) Goodell uJerry and Susan Goodman Jerome and Amy Gordon Jill Gordon Sarah Hall Gordon Gordon W. Pratt Agency Kimberly Corwin Gray ‘95 HAndrew Green Donald and Judy Green Martha Green l Sierra Grennan Randolph Grossman Mr. Bennett Gurian l Piri Halasz uCade Halkyard l Richard Hanau uMickey Hardt Sarah Harrison HB Live, Inc lPeter Helmetag uAlberta Hemsley uMs. Kathie Herkelmann lAdam and Carol Hewitt HHigh Peaks Cyclery Caroline Hlavacek lMs. Lucy Hochschartner HThe Hordubays uKristin Hovie

Mr. Russell J. Morris and Ms. Kristen M. Hoyt Luke and Andrea Hudak Sara Hudson Mr. and Mrs. William O. Humes uMary Hutchins Alex Hyde ‘88 Mauricio Maille Iturbe and Flavia Gonzalez Devon and Meredith Jacobs Joplin and Alison James uBarbara Janeway Margo Rice Jay uJessica Jeffery lNancy Jessup lElsbeth S. Johnson uLucy and Tracy Johnson uRebecca Johnson HDrucilla Jones Kirsten Lynch Jubin ‘85 William Karg and Reese Fayde Seckin Kaygisiz Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Kendrick lLarkin Kenney William Kenney HDorothy A. Kenny uCharlotte Killiam lElizabeth and Adrian Kitzinger Sam and Bethany Kletz Florian Koralambe John and Sarah Koster Max Kronstadt lGioia Kuss ‘74 HJennifer Ladd uRichard Langlois



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Elizabeth Lansbury Barbara and Woody Laporte HCaleb Law lMaria Lawson Hope Jensen Leichter Janice Lewis lDana Lindsay Avril Mablin Hugh C. MacDougall Elizabeth R. Macken uMr. Mike Madden lThomas Mahon Rossetti lJoseph Mayer uAmalia and Joseph McGavin lDonata Coletti Mechem HAndrea Melhorn lJohanna Messer Elma Metzloff uLisa Miller-Samber Paul Mitchell Maya Morduch-Toubman Alex Morel Henry Morlock and Ursula Jones lAnna Mould Susann Moyer John and Patty Mueller Jenny Mui Lisa Munoz K. Raymond and Lynne Murphy lCamille Myers Kim Narol Richard and Margaret Nells lLisa D. Nicholson uCarrie Niebanck and Mark Richards

Britt Nielsen HChristine O’Loughlin Barbara Otsuka HJoan Pachner HMs. Armetta Parker lBart Patnode lRose Paul lPaulette Peduzzi and Family HJacob Perrin Sarah Perry Abby Pines Hilary Platt David and Barbara Plimpton Joshua Popkin Dr. Cameron Price lJaymi and Julian Priester lDr. Leonard R. Proctor uMr. Francis J. Purcell III lMolly Pytleski Elie Rabinowitz and Becca Miller Lourdes Ramirez-Crusellas Janine Alpert Randol HMr. Dan Reicher and Ms. Carole L. Parker lWende (Liz) Richter HRev. Linda H. Ricketts Charlotte and John Riley Jacy Lynn Rinne Helgard Rittenberg lTerence Roche James Romm and Tanya Romm Marcuse Mrs. Oren Root HJoyce Roy HMeg Runyon Susie and Ben Runyon HSusan Saarinen H

Matthew Saehrig Kia Salehi Leonard and Ann Sand Peggy Sand and Jonathan Kronstadt HNell Sanders Christopher and Angelina Schiavone lCharles Seider Mr. William B. Seider George SeldenMark Seltzer Jill and Jim Sheffield uNora Simon and Riva Dunn Eliot Sloan CTT 80-85 Betsy and Favor Smith HMarcia Smith Mike Smith Claire and George Stahler Frances Starn Dorian Stedman and Heidi Pelkey Mr. Robert M. Stein Jr. uMark Stoeckl lDavid Stonebraker, in memory of Charlotte Rea HChris Stoneman HJames and Elise Straus lMs. Anne Swayze lKaren Szvoren Elizabeth Tait Target Corporation Robbie Tepperberg lJhanak Thapaliya and Mary Cameron Paul Theimer Darren and Katerina Thompson Loran Thompson Jessica Townsend



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Ernie Tracy HConstance K. Tucker uMicah Turner Charity Vitale Loring Vogel lRoberta W. Waddell uCarolyn Walker Laura Walker lJeremy and Judith Walsh HGabriella Wan lJay and Julie Ward Keisha Waring Sally Warner HAndrew and Debra Weiner Bonnie Welch Susan K. West HCorbett Wicks Herb Wilkinson u Lynne Williams Liz Wise Carol Witherell

Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wolfert Roger Wonson lChris Wood Rebecca Yamin Stephanie and Reed Yarbrough Margaret Zamoyta-Fenwick

Please note: This report includes gifts, pledges, and pledge payments made from September 1, 2015 to August 31, 2016. Gifts received after August 31, 2016 will be listed in next �scal year’s Annual Report. Despite our best e�orts to avoid errors and omissions, they do occasionally occur. If you contributed and your name was omitted, misspelled or listed in the wrong place, please accept our sincere apology—and do let us know. Please call the Advancement O�ce at 518-523-9329, x5450.

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We are grateful to those donors who choose to honor or remember a loved one or important event by making a contribution to North Country School and Camp Treetops. Listed below are gi�s received from September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2016.

Mr. Orman Anderson in memory of Ralph NelsonCynthia Levy Ariev in honor of Rose GellmanAlexandra Bley-Vroman in memory of Ed & Elsa BleyDavid Bronfman in honor of Wanda EriksonDavid and Jane Condli�e in honor of Eileen Rockefeller GrowaldDudley H. Cunningham in memory of Gail SchumacherLeslie Daniels in memory of Valery DanielsDeLaCour Family Foundation in honor of DeLaCour childrenVeronica N. Dunlap, Esq., in honor of Ronald DunlapGordon W. Pratt Agency in memory of Gordon PrattAdam Harmon in honor of Brian Orter and Michael DiMartino’s weddingMr. and Mrs. Frank R. Harnden Jr. in honor of Susan Localio and Camp TreetopsRuth Hart in memory of George Hart MD

Jody Hochschartner-Boyd in memory of Joan and Norbert HochschartnerA. J. Stone Jonathan in memory of Je� and Julia JonathanRachael and Mitchell Katz in honor of Pippi SeiderJohn and Meg Kotler in memory of Paul Nowicki and Hugh FleischerMr. Thomas H. Land Jr. and the Louise Kreisberg Family Foundation in memory of Louisa KreisbergScott Lenhart in memory of Gail SchumacherAvril Mablin in honor of Sacha MonsMargaret T. MacCary in honor of Laura HarrisPeter Martin in memory of Kathy MartinMaria Mabee Mason ‘65 in memory of Melanie HorneOnesimus Mercado in honor of Brian Orter and Michael DiMartino’s weddingMaya Morduch-Toubman in memory of Je� and Julia JonathanMr. Russell J. Morris and Ms. Kristen M. Hoyt in honor of the Skovron FamilyArmetta Parker in memory of Reg GilliamNina Pillard and David Cole in honor of Sarah PillardMr. Dan Reicher and Ms. Carole L. Parker in honor of Bryn Huxley ReicherJudith Scammell in honor of Don RandMr. and Mrs. Norman Seider in honor of John Seider’s birthday

George Selden in memory of Antoinette SeldenPeter Shaev in honor of Pippi SeiderSonja G. Sweek in honor of Andres and Gabriela SweekMrs. Elizabeth Taussig in honor of Isaac D. Newcomb ‘16Carey and Claudia Turnbull in memory of Richard RockefellerDr. D. A. Vail in honor of Willa VailWise Wealth Management, LLC in honor of Kim and Jill’s beautiful life togetherKai Xing in memory of Bob Schumacher

Gi�s in memory of Walter P. Breeman for the Performing Arts Center Anonymous (2) Steven and Carol Andersen and Family Goldman, Sachs, & Co in honor of Barry Breeman Thomas and Deirdre Hamling David Hochschartner and Selden West Judith M. Jacobson Arthur, Valerie, Sarah and Henry Korzec Laurel MacKay-Lee Dr. Michael and Shana McKeown Karen Kjorlien Phillips David A. Silva and Eileen McHugh

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We are grateful to the individuals and families who have made the extraordinary commitment of establishing named endowments. Thank you as well to those who have made contributions to those endowments. These funds honor a friend or family member’s legacy in meaningful fashion while benefi�ing North Country School and Camp Treetops in perpetuity.

In the 2015-16 fiscal year, we were honored to add the Richard Rockefeller Fresh Start Scholarship Fund to our growing list of named funds. Established by Eileen Rockefeller Growald (CTT 63, staff 69-71, parent 97-99, NCS 66, trustee 76-84 and 92-98), this endowment honors the memory of her brother, Richard (CTT 58-59, NCS 63, trustee 73-76), and his vigor for life, learning, and maintaining diversity.

If you have questions about a current fund or would like to discuss establishing a new fund, please contact Kurt Terrell, director of advancement, at 518-837-5446 or [email protected].

General Endowment FundBob and Margaret ParkerThe Shelby Family

Memorial Endowment FundMemorial gi�s support the general endowment fundBrook Ashley, in memory of Celeste CrenshawJudith Bardacke, in memory of Tracy MarchildonKay (Faron) and Denny Ciganovic, in memory of Gail SchumacherMichael and Jane Gieryic, in memory of Bob SchumacherRichard Hahn, in memory of Bob BlissWallace and Lindsay Tam Holland, in memory of Paul NowickiElma Metzlo�, in memory of Bob SchumacherMr. and Mrs. Sumner Parker ‘41, in memory of Bob SchumacherJane and Joe Purden, in memory of Bob SchumacherChristine Semenenko ‘62 and the Serge Semenenko Family Foundation, in memory of Dylan Semenenko Clark & Anthony Eastburn ClarkDavid Stonebraker, in memory of Charlotte ReaDick and Sara Wilde, in memory of Gail Schumacher

Milton and Liesa Allen Fund For Faculty Salaries

David and Peggy Bailey Fund In honor of the founders of Woodstock Country School

Beck Seider Family Fund For CTT Scholarships Lisa Beck and Mitch Seider

Beyond the Mountains Fund For Faculty Development

Bob Bliss Fund For Waterfront Improvements

Bramwell Family Fund For NCS & CTT Endowment

Mildred Brooks Nature Program Fund For CTT Salaries

Leo and Walter Clark Fund For NCS & CTT

Brion Crowell Fund For NCS & CTT

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Ki�y and Carl (C.D.) Denne� Scholarship Fund For NCS Scholarships

Dumont Scholarship Fund For CTT ScholarshipsJoan and Allan DumontMark Dumont and Lynn Mehlman

Harry K. Eldridge Scholarship Fund For NCS ScholarshipsPeggy BellKris Eldridge OsbornJames R. Pugh

Feather Foundation Fund For Gardens and Greenhouse

Eric Feldsberg Memorial Scholarship Fund For CTT Scholarships

Garden Fund For Program Enhancement

Reginald Gilliam Mountaineering Leadership and Scholarship Fund For Mountaineering Program Support and CTT ScholarshipsArleen F. GilliamMichael and Danelle KellyLiza Ketchum and John H. StrausJames R. PughDick and Sara Wilde

Govan Family Fund For CTT ScholarshipsNancy Reder and Peter Pocock

Tsu Hansen Fund For NCS & CTTSandy Gray Nowicki ‘57Lisa Tapert and Chad MacArthur

Harlan Family Fund For NCS & CTTNoah and Micol Harlan

Doug Haskell Fund For CTT ScholarshipsMalcolm Willison

Helen Haskell Fund For NCS & CTTGuy H. HaskellDick and Sara Wilde

Kaye Clark Hoins Fund For NCS & CTT

Lindsay Johnson Fund For NCS Scholarships

Adlin and Sherman Loud Scholarship Fund For NCS ScholarshipsRoger and Pat LoudEdward and Libby Faron Mell

Anne Martindell Gardening Fund Restricted Endowment

The Master Teacher Fund For Faculty Salaries

Peter W. Merle-Smith Fund For CTT Scholarships

Kate C. Moore Fund For CTT Scholarships

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Christopher Nicholson Memorial Fund For NCS Scholarships

Diana E. Oehrli Fund For CTT ScholarshipsThe Gruben Charitable FoundationDiana Oehrli

Okin Fund For Maintenance on Capital ImprovementsKen Okin

Olmstead Fund For NCS & CTT

Arthur W. Parker Fund For NCS & CTTMs. Cameron P. BusterFullwood Foundation, Inc.Cola Parker and Andy Anderson, in honor of the 2016 Super Girls’ CounselorsMr. and Mrs. Sumner Parker ‘41Barkley Stuart and Ann Glazer

vSusan Powell NCS 51 Fund For NCS & CTTSally Powell Culverwell

Prince/de Ramel Charitable Trusts Fund For Faculty SalariesGuillaume ‘89 and Molly de RamelThe de Ramel Foundation

Joyce Pearson Prock Fund For NCS & CTT

Richard Rockefeller Fresh Start Scholarship FundFor NCS & CTT ScholarshipsAnonymous (2)Lynn Boulger and Tim GarrityBertram and Barbara CohnCommunity Foundation of Greater MemphisJoan K. Davidson (The J. M. Kaplan Fund)The Diana Davis Spencer FoundationRobert and Linda DouglassJoan and Allan DumontPeter M. Gilbert

Neva GoodwinMrs. Alice GormanRalph and Judy GrossiPaul and Eileen Growald ‘66Mr. Bennett GurianJewish Communal FundThe J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc.Ralph JonesSally and Wynn KramarskyRoger and Pat LoudMartin and Edith MillerRichard and Barbara MooreBonnie & John Morgan ‘65Mary B. MorganThe New York Community TrustSandy Gray Nowicki ‘57Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Parker ‘41Ann PartlowMeredith PrimeJames R. PughJane Regan, in memory of her mother, JenniferDavid RockefellerDavid and Susan RockefellerDrs. Pamela Rosenthal & Sam WertheimerTony and Julie Simons

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James and Elise StrausBarkley Stuart and Ann GlazerDick and Sara WildeWolfensohn Family FoundationRoger Wonson

Smith Family Foundation Fund For NCS ScholarshipsSylvia Pool Sperling Fund For Visiting Artists Restricted Endowment

Spiegelberg Fund For Scholarships David A. Stein NCS 52 and Allison SteinRobbins NCS 74 FundFor Riding Program, Farm, and NCS ScholarshipsMatt SalingerDavid A. Stein Charitable TrustDavid and Linda SteinTracey Westbrook

Elizabeth Claire Stein Scholarship Fund For CTT ScholarshipsHelen SteinMr. Robert M. Stein Jr.

Strong Roots, High Peaks Faculty Support Fund

Strong Roots, High Peaks Greening and Renewal Fund

Strong Roots, High Peaks Scholarship Fund For NCS & CTT Scholarships

Margaret and Randolph Thrower Fund For Greening and RenewalLaura and David T. Harris

Frank H. Wallace Fund For Faculty EnrichmentJoel and Christine DeYoung

Jerome P. Webster III Fund For NCS & CTTJerome Webster

Herbert and Maria West Fund For NCS Intern SalariesDavid Hochschartner and Selden West

Winter’s Children Fund For NCS Scholarships

John O. Zimmerman Fund For NCS & CTT

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