Madeira Today Summer 2006

MadeiraToday

SUMMER 2006

n The Centennial Alumnae Celebration: A Reunion Like No Other, April 20-23,

2006 n Graduation of the Centennial Class of 2006 n Kick-Off of The Way

Ahead Campaign n

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Contents

ABOUT THE COVER

Over 1000 women made

a rainy April weekend,

truly a Reunion Like No

Other. Photo by Lloyd

Wolf

2 Headline

4 The Way Ahead

12 Alumnae Spotlight

25 Save the Date

26 Graduation 2006

34 Milestones

36 Finish in Style

Madeira TodaySummer 2006, Number 170

Published by The Madeira School

8328 Georgetown Pike

McLean, Virginia 22102-1200

Megan Deardourff, Editor

Photography: Megan Deardourff,

Wendy Merriman, Cade Miller,

Lloyd Wolf, Nancy Magmus,

Carol Holzman

Board of Directors 2006-2007

Elizabeth Hadden Alexander ’46 (P’71, ’75)Carliss Y. Baldwin ’68Sarah Pettit Daignault ’66Kimberly Williamson Darden ’75CeCe Davenport ’89Katharine Beal Davis ’64Arthur Dean (P’07)Alice Ayers Edmonds ’91Jen Evers ’91Elisabeth Griffith, Ph.D., HeadmistressZsolt Harsanyi, Ph.D. (P’01)Robert Harriman (P’07), Parents’ Association PresidentLaura Walton Hirschfeld ’84, Alumnae Association Vice PresidentTerry Huffington ’72 (P’07)Priscilla Payne Hurd ’38 (P’68), Director Emerita Jane Lawson-Bell ’76Grady Means (P’05)Reed Montague ’82, Alumnae Association PresidentNancy Miller Montgomery ’60Hilary O’Donnell (P’08), Parents’ FundClark Ragsdale (P’07)Mary Cosby Rinehart ’57Nancy Rosebush (P’98, ’00)Virginia de Ganahl Russell ’48Karl Saunders, M.D. (P’99)Gail Grant Slingluff ’55Betsy Licht Turner ’77Thomas Vandeveer (P’07)Linda Clark Waterman ’58Daniel Wellington (P’02)Perry Carpenter Wheelock ’69 (P’98, ’01), Board President

Madeira Today is published for alumnae, parents and

friends of the School. We welcome your contributions

in the form of notes, email, comments or suggestions.

Material may be edited for length, clarity and

comment and is published at the editor’s discretion.

Email your latest news, address change or birth

announcement to [email protected], and send

letters to the editor to [email protected]. You

can locate a classmate, find out what is going on on

campus or participate in an online discussion board

at the Madeira website, www.madeira.org.

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uring the “Luncheon with the Headmistress” on the Friday of our Centennial Alumnae Celebration in April, there were so

many alumnae that Board President Perry Carpenter Wheelock ’69 and I abandoned any formal remarks for a question and answer

format. Among the queries was, “What traditions remain?”

“Many!” is the answer. Graduating in white dresses and carrying bouquets of red roses are among the Madeira traditions we revere

even as we transform them to suit the realities of our contemporary school community.

Adolescents love traditions. They are quick to establish new ones and reluctant to change

old ones. In a world in which so much is changing, including the size of their feet,

their moods, their music preferences and sometimes their family constellations, young

people need the security traditions provide. Just as in families, traditions, rituals and routines

root people in communities, helping them make transitions beyond those bases. Shared

memories and bonds of affection connect us. At Madeira, this has been a season of tradition

and transition, from our Centennial Reunion “like no other” to the Centennial

Commencement of the Class of 2006.

At 100 years old, Madeira abounds in traditions dating back to Miss Madeira’s era, almost all of which have changed in practice while

they have remained steadfast in principle. For example, graduation dresses were once identical, selected by student government

leaders from styles pre-screened by the Headmistress. Today’s dresses are as individual as the graduates, and we are hard pressed

to insist on bright white instead of ecru, eggshell, porcelain or linen. Similarly, Madeira girls no longer sit silently during the

ceremony. Now they elect a student speaker, symbolizing the empowerment of girls in single sex schools. Newspapers assume the

speaker is our valedictorian, but we maintain the tradition of giving no academic honors, so that girls still compete against their

“personal best.”

Indeed, “Madeira girls have something to say” has become our marketing tag line. Although we know Miss Madeira advertised

her school in brochures and the Washington Star as simply a “home and day school for able girls,” she did not have to deal with

competition from as many coed, charter and independent day schools as we do.

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MADEIRA TODAY

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to the School’s commitment to access to education for all

girls. Christmas Vespers became our ecumenical Winterfest,

celebrating the symbol of light in major world religions.

We no longer sing hymns in school assemblies but have

resurrected the Alma Mater. Smoking was banned, so the

“Senior Smoker” is now the class clubhouse.

Cell phones, restricted to certain times and places, have

replaced the “bell maid” and dorm phones in hall closets.

The campus is wireless and “green.” The entry road has been

replanted with dogwoods, and we advertise our location

with smart red signage. Our address is McLean rather than

Greenway, so applicants can find it on Mapquest. Seniors still

count the days until graduation; at the “100 days” mark, they

are inducted into the Alumnae Association.

Every Madeira girl can still recite Chaucer and Shakespeare.

They must pass a grammar competency test and be able to

identify every country on the globe. Founder’s Day, marking

Miss Madeira’s May 19, 1873, birthday, is celebrated in April

because Advanced Placement tests are given nationally in

May, but it still ends with strawberries and ice cream. School

opens and closes with a convocation. At the closing ceremony,

teachers are applauded. So the School goes on, entering

its second century, rooted in tradition and values, open to

thoughtful initiatives, “strong in her girls.” n

Elisabeth Griffith, Ph.D., Headmistress

Visiting alums, some of whom came to the Centennial

wearing their pale green rompers and dark green blazers,

notice the lack of uniforms today. When someone described

changing for dinner into white shirtwaists, a current

sophomore asked, “What’s a shirtwaist?” While many

alumnae mourn the surrender of such requirements during

Miss Keyser’s era, girls today meet Miss Madeira’s standard of

democratic utility by wearing the same style – jeans, shorts,

flip-flops. To give campus tours or to host a speaker, they

metamorphose. For Co-Curriculum placements or Model UN

competitions, they don “Western business attire.”

As in many households, sports schedules and after school

activities have affected seated meals at Madeira. Now we

gather weekly, on Wednesday nights. Tables are set, candles

lit, and faculty, sometimes with their families, host random

groups of girls. Conversations range from that day’s Co-

Curriculum highlights (“Dr. G, Senator Frist introduced me to

the King of Jordan” or “I covered the Moussaoui trial”) to the

headlines. I’m told Miss Madeira advised guests at her table,

on the stage in the old dining room, to think up topics in

alphabetical order: Afghanistan, basketball, calculus…

The Co-Curriculum and the diversity of the student body are

the most visible changes from Miss Madeira’s era, but are now

forty-year-old practices. There are no more “senior doors,”

since restricted access and segregated entries run counter

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Securing Madeira’s Second Century


There was not a dry eye in the house at the April 20, 2006, public launch of

Madeira’s $60 million Centennial Campaign, The Way Ahead: Securing Madeira’s Second

Century, at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Following a video highlighting

Madeira’s strengths and the ongoing need to provide the best possible education for young

women in this century as in the last, Madeira’s Madrigals serenaded the black-tie crowd of

250 with “Putting on the Ritz.” As an unexpected climax, the voices of 200 Madeira girls

then joined in from the balcony with “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” a tribute to the

roses carried by every Madeira graduate.

As Campaign co-chairs Terry Huffington ’72, P’07 and Nancy Rosebush P’98,

’00 explained, this is the largest campaign ever undertaken by a girls’ boarding school.

Madeira’s Board of Directors has been courageous in envisioning the Campaign and in

setting a goal of $60 million. If Madeira’s second century is to be as successful as its first,

its financial strength needs to be ensured. The key to an independent school’s financial

security, emphasized by Board President Perry Carpenter Wheelock ’69, P’98, ’01, is to

increase its endowment. The Board has committed $50 million of the funds raised by this

campaign to unrestricted endowment. This will allow Madeira to slow the rate of tuition

increases, provide more financial aid, and attract and reward top–notch faculty, as well as

to increase teaching spaces and continue adding faculty housing.

The Way Ahead is a chance to support Madeira’s mission and to have a positive

impact on the next generation of intelligent, ethical, engaged Madeira women.

As Miss Madeira wrote, “When you can’t see the way ahead, put one foot in front

of the other and you will find that the path has been made.” With this Campaign, Madeira

is constructing that path, one donor at a time, as we secure each gift. Only with the help of

alumnae, friends and family will we see that the future of Madeira be guaranteed.

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To date we have raised $41.5 Million

Campaign Goal$60 Million


1The Way Ahead Campaign

Kick-Off was held at the National

Museum of Women in the Arts

2Anne Curtis Fredericks ’43, P’73,

and Kisha Salters ’93

3Setting the scene at the Campaign

Kick-off

4 Nancy Miller Montgomery ’60

and Jacqueline Loomis Quillen ’60

5 Tony Fitch, Leslie Meek Wileman

’58, P’87 and Kimmy Timolat

Short ’59

6Nancy Rosebush P’98, P’00,

Susan Piggott P’99, Barbara Baker

Mallory ‘54

7Domenico De Sole, P’00,

P’02, Rickie De Sole ’02, Terry

Huffington ’72, P’07 and Eleanore

Leavitt DeSole ’68, P’00, P’02

8 Mary Ellen Pigott Hughes ’53,

P’81 and Nick Cadwallender P’05,

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9Gail Grant Slingluff ’55 , P’82 and

Catharine Bieser Black ’55

10Coke Anne Murchison Wilcox

’70, Jane Hewson ’73 and Jarvis

Wilcox.

11Lucy Moorhead P’68, Penny

Moorhead Grayson ’68 and

Christina O’Dunne Griffin ’62

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13Headmistress Elisabeth Griffith

14Perry Carpenter Wheelock ’69

P’98, P’01, President of the Board,

Terry Huffington ’72, P’07 and

Nancy Rosebush P’98, P’00,

Campaign Co-Chairs

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Perry Carpenter Wheelock ’69

P’98, P’01, President of the Board

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Headmistress Elisabeth Griffith

and the Madeira Madrigals

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students surprised the crowd.

18 Sarah Pettit Daignault ’66

19Fred Hoppin, Caroline Parker

Hoppin ’55 and Reed Montague

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Warren Gorrell P’01, P’04 and

Page Hopkins ’81

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Beverley Mbu ’06, Caroline

Groom ’06, Elsabet Brennan ’06,

Nicole Marriott ’06

24Joan Morgan ’71, Grady Means

P’05 and Gayle Means P’05

25Terry Huffington ’72, P’07 and BJ

Murchison Coffman ’74, P’07


THe CeNTeNNiAL ALuMNAe CeLebRATiON TRuLy WAS A ReuNiON Like NO OTHeR. HeRe, SOMe

STATS AND FACTS SPeAk FOR THeMSeLveS:

n 1130 alumnae and guests registered for The Centennial Alumnae Celebration: A Reunion Like No Other

n 673 alumnae attended the weekend celebration (That is over 5 times more than have ever attended a Madeira reunion before!).

n Alumnae in attendance ranged from the classes of 1925 to 2005

n Nancy Miller Redpath ‘25 of Lexington, MA, was the Grand Marshal of Saturday’s parade as the most senior alumna in

attendance.

n Alumnae who traveled farthest included:

Brielle Tuten Evans ‘91 from Australia / Kirsten Menes ‘82 from the Netherlands

Regula Venske ‘73 from Germany / Fumiko Masuzawa ‘69 from Japan

n Every corner of the U.S. was represented:

Clare Hudson Payne ‘70 traveled from the furthest north, North Holden, ME

Gretchen Kaiser ‘56 came from the furthest west, Nordland, WA

Cecilia Viso ‘71 and Gina Melin Stortz ‘84 came from the southernmost city, Coconut Grove, FL

n The class of 1986 had the best turnout with 31 classmates in attendance, followed by the class of 1981 with 21.

n The classes of 1946 and 1949 are tied at 47% for the highest percentage of class participation in the Annual Fund.

n 1.45 inches of rain fell during the weekend celebration (1.03 of that was on Saturday alone!)

n 81 umbrellas were sold in Madeira’s bookstore over the weekend.

n The McGowin family was recognized as the family with the most Madeira legacies.

n Food for Thought: Over the course of the weekend we enjoyed 40 cases of strawberries; drank 50 cases of 8 oz. bottled water;

and ate 480 heads of romaine lettuce.

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1beverley Mbu ’06, Senior Class President, introducing speaker Robin Gerber

2Julia Cadwallender ’05 and Hallie Fox ’05

3Ann Lord Sparrow ’68, katie Lord ’71, Ceci viso ’71 and Joan Morgan ’71

4Terry Huffington ’72, P’07 attending class

5Robin Gerber, author of Katharine Graham: The Leadership Journey of an American Icon, was the Centennial All School Meeting Speaker.

6Robin Gerber

7Jenny Anzelmo-Sarles ’07 and Anne Curtis Fredericks ’43, P’73

8Headmistress elisabeth Griffith and

Perry Carpenter Wheelock ’69,

P’98, P’01 at the Luncheon with the

Headmistress open forum

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9Anne Curtis Fredericks ’43, P’73,

Headmistress elisabeth Griffith,

and Perry Carpenter Wheelock ’69

P’98, P’01

10Peggy Mochart Holland ‘82

and a friend

11Catherine Collins Hillenbrand ’66

and Tracy G. Savage ’66

12Zoe Washnis ’95, Dina Tamimi ’95,

Christina Lehmejian-karaszewski

’96, katie Smith Hopewood ’95,

Divya Shenoy ’95

13Judith Lanius ’66, Julia Cuniberti

’40, and becca brooks, Archivist,

showing off Strong In Her Girls: The

Madeira School Centennial History,

1906-2006 at the book panel.

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14Leisa Clark, Dean of Global

Programs and Co-Curriculum,

leading a panel of students

15Nancy Miller Montgomery ’60,

Linda Clark Waterman ’58, Anne

Skae ’58, Michael Tooke P’99 and

Susan Howe Thorn ’58 attending a

panel

16Tisha Jepson Fang ’84, etienne

Fang and kenny Compton Chase

’40

17Headmistress elisabeth Griffith,

Martha Gaines Wehrle ’44 and

Anne Curtis Fredericks ’43, P’73

18Nora ellison ’07 and actress

and activist Jane Alexander,

the Centennial elisabeth Griffith

Women’s Leadership Lecturer

19Caroline Groom ’06, Head of Day,

Mary Cadwallender ’06, Head of

boarding, and Mary Collins ’06,

Head of Judiciary

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21CeCe Davenport ’89, Wanda

brownlee ’72, Misti Mukherjee ’84,

Paula Skallerup Osborn ’70, P’98

22Sarah Pettit Daignault ’66 and Catherine Fisher Field ’66

23Tracy G. Savage ’66 and Jen evers

’91, Centennial Co-Chairs

24Julia Cuniberti ’40 and kim

Newsome, Director of Summer and

Auxiliary Programs

25Sarah Pettit Daignault ’66, Muffy

Jones Rice ’66, Alexandra breed

’66, Catherine Fisher Field ’66,

Tracy G. Savage ’66 and keven

Carney Wilder ’66

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26keecy Hadden Weiner ’76 and

Tshering yangzom ’06 in Chemistry

class

27Sarah Pettit Daignault ’66, Joan

Morgan ’71, kitty Ferguson

Roberts ’70 and bambi Putnam de

la Gueronniere ’72 at the tea for

former board members at The Land

28Anne Murray Gambal ’81, Fumiko

Masuzawa ’69, Julia O’brien ’69

29Lucy Treadway Mink ’37, P’67 and

Laura Mink Gardner ’67

30kenny Compton Chase ’40 and

Julia Cuniberti ’40

31valerie Williams ’56, Ginger

Johnson ’48, Anne Page Debois ’56

on the field trip to Mount vernon

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33Record rainfall did not dampen

Madeira’s Festina Lente Parade

34Caitlyn Gart ’07 dressed as Miss

Madeira

35Nancy Miller Redpath ’25

36Rain Plan Parade in the Auditorium

37Jane Hewson ’73 in her Madeira

uniform

38Mary Margaret valenti P’81, Jack

valenti P’81, Courtenay valenti ’81,

Madeline bill (daughter of Helen

bartlett), Clara bingham ’81, Helen

bartlett ’77

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39Sally Whitney Pillsbury ’42, Addie

Marshall Donnan ’42, P’65, P’67

and Ted Donnan P’65, P’67

40Julia Strelitz Hansen ’56 and bettie

McGowin Miller ’60

41kimmy Timolat Short ’59, Nancy

Hale Hoyt ’59 and Frances Hufty

Leidy ’61

42Clara bingham ’81

43Helen bartlett ’77, Clara bingham

’81 and Courtenay valenti ’81,

discussing their movie North

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44elizabeth Graham Weymouth ’61,

moderator of the panel of journalists

45kendra Novick ’90 and kate

Walton ’06

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Pressler ’83, elizabeth Graham

Weymouth ’61, Alex kuczynski ’86,

Page Hopkins ’81

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48Headmistress elisabeth Griffith,

functioning in disaster in her rain

gear

49 Annabel Joy ’06, Snail Mascot

50kisha Salters ’93 and CeCe

Davenport ’89

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Auditorium Foyer where the panels

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A Reunion Like None Other All

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53emi kolawole ’00, Maree Martinez

’99 and katharine blood ’99

54kumea Shorter-Gooden ’70

55 kay Walker butterfield ’58,

Gael yatsevitch Mckibben ’58,

elizabeth Frazier McCallie ’58,

Leslie Meek Wileman ’58, eleanor

Ward Taylor ’58

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57Christina Floyd ’00, Maya Scott

’99, Liz Richardson ‘99, ketherine

Piggott-Tooke ‘99 and katie

Saunders ’99

58Caitlyn Gart ’07 and her mother

Robin Patrowicz-Gart ’80

59Gay Griggs Dorn ’48

60Centennial Luncheon

61kay koser Schwartz ’61, Meg

Hemingway ’61, Pat Shea Ward

’61, Archie Hufty Leidy ’61, Diana

bowman Neely ’61, Lockett Miller

’61, Friends at the French embassy

Colles baxter Larkin ’61

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62Headmistress elisabeth Griffith greets

brian and Pamela Fairchild Leslie ’80

63Friends at the French embassy Dinner

64kathryn Lumpkin ’05

65Patricia Appel Malloy ’46 and Doreen

booth Hamilton ’50, P’73 co-chairs of

the dinner at the French embassy

66Page Hopkins ’81, Cecilia Drew Loeb

’80 and Carolina kuczynski Reid ’81

67Joanie Tanous ’81, katherine krogh

Gallagher ‘80, and Hannah klein

Connolly ’81

68 John and Julie Camp McLean ’34,

P’64, P’67

69 Millicent Westerfield Ross ’80 , Sarah

Robinson Cowden ’81, Julia burnett

Walker ’81, Joan Tanous ’81 and

betsy Coley Fralin ’81

70Tara kerr Carter ’94, Ariane Goldberg

’97 , Mimi van Wyck ’94, Nina

Goldberg ‘97, and Jeannie Mills ’95

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alumnae choral members at the

Service of Remembrance

72The Reverend Rosalie Heffelfinger

Hall ’46

73Judith Wall Guest ’83, Devin

Mukherjee Williams and

Misti Mukherjee ’84

74virginia Johnson ‘48

75Sunday Gospel brunch in the Hurd

Sports Center

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direction of Ms. Lisa bicksel


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…only the beginning…Summer/Fall 2006 Locations

Watch your mailboxes and the Alumnae Relations Website for details about our summer gatherings around the country. We look forward to seeing you in at least one of these locations:

Nantucket Island, Massachusetts - August 17Santa Fe, New Mexico - August 11 and 12

Lucy’s Legacy: A Centennial Day of Service

The philosophy and practice of serving others are embedded in The Madeira School’s mission. Saturday, September 16, 2006, will be a day of community action celebrated across the nation (and around the world) by Madeira girls of every age along with their friends, family, former and current teachers, and more.

Centennial Birthday Weekend: A Tribute to Teaching at MadeiraOctober 7 – 8, 2006, is the birthday weekend that will provide the opportunity for the entire community to come together at Greenway to honor our Centennial. Whether you are a current student, alumna, past grandparent, or most importantly, a current or former faculty or staff member, we are counting on you to help us celebrate.

Madeira Destination WeekendsEnjoy the fun of Madeira Reunions beyond Greenway! Meet alumnae from every class and across the country for a Madeira Destination Weekend. Mark your calendars now to enjoy a weekend with family and friends with something for everyone. Nashville, Tennessee: March 30 – April 1, 2007Asheville, North Carolina: October 2007

“I believe without reservation that we are on the very threshold of a great new world, one in which life, in every way, will be bigger and better for every individual.”

Lucy Madeira Wing


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The Centennial Class of 2006 wore their white dresses, carried their thirteen red roses, and

graduated in the amphitheater under threatening storm clouds on Saturday, May 27. Cokie

Roberts, journalist, historian and New Orleans native, delivered the Commencement address,

and Anna Richardson ’06 was selected by the seniors to speak for the Centennial Class. The

Rev. Marietta Anschutz ’93 gave the invocation.

Everyone attending Graduation 2006 was encouraged to wear a hat, following the tradition

set by Miss Madeira, and in celebration of our 100th anniversary, the Centennial class was

saluted with some special surprises including copies of the book Letters To A Girl compiled by

Jennifer Karin ’81. (See pages 36 and 37 for an excerpt.)


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1. Katelyn Gilbert 2. Lauryn Douglas, Claire Downing, Jennifer Enos, and Lauren Every-Wortman

3. Carolyn Meckus, Lauryn Douglas, and Hillary Kett 4. Andrea Loulakis 5. Katelyn Gilbert and Cherae Hendy

6. Class of 2006 Student Government Leaders – Kathleen Fuchs, Vice President of the Senior Class, Beverley Mbu,

Senior Class President, Mary Cadwallender, Head of Boarding, Mary Collins, Head of Judiciary, Elisabeth Griffith,

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Headmistress, Caroline Groom, Head of Day 7. Lauryn Douglas, Melissa Hunt, Carolina Richards, Nicole Marriott,

Carolyn Meckus, Mary-Louise Kistler, Andrea Loulakis, Hillary Kett, Alex Wisniewski 8. Commencement Speaker,

Cokie Roberts 9. Kathleen McCarthy 10. May and Beverley Mbu


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11. Mrs. Bush lines up the Seniors 12. Alex Wisniewski 13. Sumbul Khan receiving her diploma from Dr. Griffith

14. Pooja Saxena, Stephanie Swift, Sayuri Stemp, Leslie Swinley 15. Divya Gongireddy


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16. Cherae Hendy, Tshering Yangzom, Annalee Falconer 17. Kristina Neighbour, Elizabeth Nelson, Drew O’Savio,

Sun-You Park 18. Catherine Kolimas receiving her diploma from Dr. Griffith 19. Kathleen Fuchs receiving her

diploma from Dr. Griffith 20. Senior Class speaker, Anna Richardson

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21. Katelyn Gilbert, Catherine Kolimas, Leah Randazzo, and Leigh Psaris 22. Reverend Marietta Anschutz ’93 gave

the invocation 23. Beverley Mbu


Births1988 Flora McLeod Racz to Gabor and Floramay Holliday Ervin, January 17, 2006

1988 Skyler Thomas Young to Derek Young and Deenya Greenland, September 18, 2005.

1989 Benjamin Michael Hollingsworth to Jeff and Margaret Wrenn Hollingsworth, March 21, 2006

1994 Tabb Lee Riley Witt II to Kelly and Taylor David Witt, September 13, 2004

M I l E S T O n E S

I T ’S A F ILLY! !Pinafore Miss, also known as Missy, arrived at Madeira late last summer as a

donation to the riding program. She came from a barn in Maryland where

Miss Walck worked and taught prior to coming to Madeira to serve as barn

manager. Although Missy had most recently been used as a brood mare, Miss

Walck remembered her to be a kind and productive school horse. The plan

was to recondition Missy and then put her back to work teaching the lower

level students to walk, trot, and canter. After several months of productive

work, Missy’s mood turned a bit sulky. The decision was made to give her some time throughout the winter months.

As spring arrived and blankets came off the horses, the barn staff noticed that Missy was suspiciously fat. The veterinarian

confirmed that she was fat and pregnant. Since there are no stallions in the Madeira barn, Missy had arrived already expecting.

The previous owners were also surprised to hear of Missy’s condition, and could not speculate which of their three stud horses,

the quarterhorse, the paint, or the Arabian, was the father. With a four to six week prediction from the veterinarian, fingers were

crossed that the Paint was the stud and the foal would arrive in time for the Centennial Celebration. Unfortunately for Missy and

the returning alumnae, that due-date came and went. On May 3 at 3:40 a.m., Missy finally gave birth to an exceptionally large

black and white paint foal. Pink balloons and a sign reading, “It’s a filly!” announced the arrival of the newest Madeira girl. A

steady stream of visitors, bearing gifts of apples and carrots for the new mother and scratches for the baby, flowed through the

barn. Although many Alumnae and visitors suggested creative names, Added Edition (Adie for short) proposed by Elizabeth

Minchew `06 and Annabel Joy `06 seemed most appropriate.

Since young foals need considerable room to run and play and require the company of other foals for socialization, Missy and

Adie were relocated to a more suitable home on the Eastern Shore. Reports from Euro Star Farm are that the two have settled in

comfortably and are content in their new surroundings. Although it was unexpected, the arrival of Adie was a most joyous event

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Marriages1980 Andromache Agyropoulos to Michael G. Karavokiros, January 21, 2006

1986 Lydia Faulkner to Peter Newman, October 30, 2004

1988 Deenya Greenland to Derek Young, July 23, 2004

1995 Amanda Schall to Asheesh Misra, April 1, 2006

1996 Alison Fein to Shawn Young, May 2, 2005

1996 Janelle Sankeralli to Sam Ali, August 19, 2005

Deaths 1938 Ann-Carlin Borden deMurias, Babylon, NY, April 9, 2006

1945 Ann Chadwick Reber, York, ME, January 26, 2006

1948 Roberta “Robbie” Waller Griffin, Oxford, MD, March 12, 2006

1971 Julia Pell, Portsmonth, RI, April 13, 2006

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To all my nieces,

You are so lucky! There is no better place for a young girl to be than in America. Open your front door: Everything is in front of you and anything can be yours. In exchange for this great fortune, you need to be responsible for certain things. As women, here’s our essential list:

Responsible for our Well-Being – We must take care of our health: our physical body and the lucidness of our minds. This must come first, before the needs of school, family, career and nation come calling. This will be one of your hardest tasks. If only One-a-Day vitamins helped us remember the vital responsibility we

have to ourselves to keep us healthy and happy. Only then, can we be responsible for anything else.

Responsible for Our Bodies – The female body is the most celebrated form in the world. Keep it strong. Work out with weights, take Karate, walk five miles a day. Don’t force your body to look like someone else’s. Don’t let anyone do anything to your body without your permission and your emotional consent, whether it is someone you crave romantically or a doctor who believes you should have another medical test. You are in control and total control of what happens to you physically.

Responsible for Change – Before women worked side by side with men in boardrooms, courtrooms and operating rooms, we were a vital and thriving force of volunteerism. Society prevented us from building careers so instead we built a better society. We donated our skills and time to improve our country’s greatest woes: discrimination, poverty, mental illness, disease. Noted anthropologist Margaret Mead said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Women are particularly adept at this. We must continue volunteering as we continue to take charge in our paying jobs.

Responsible for Heart – We are the gender of love. The ancient Greeks revered not one but five goddesses of love. As ambassadors of the heart, it is our responsibility to move humankind to a more loving existence. This can be done in very small ways, like sitting down with the unfairly labeled “freak” during school lunch, or in very large ways, like working hard to prevent a war between nations. Both are extremely significant actions of the heart.

With great faith in you,Aunt Jenny(Jennifer Karin Sidford ‘81, editor of Letters to a Girl)

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As a special surprise for the

Centennial Class of 2006, author,

editor, and alumna Jennifer Karin Sidford

‘81 gave them each a copy of her book

Letters to A Girl at graduation.

Here are exerpts from the book.

My Darling Girl,

Now that you have reached double digits, I’ve been thinking about what grown-up advice to give a girl growing up. You are already smart, spunky, and stouthearted. If I were like those fairy godmothers in Sleeping Beauty, who blessed Aurora at her christening, I would hope that you find two qualities that will strengthen and safeguard you throughout your life. The first is that you find a source of passion – for people, causes, vocations, honor – for shoes, tennis, teaching, art – whatever you care so strongly about that you will focus your considerable energy on it. My passions have been your grandfather, women’s rights, my children, writing, history, and houses. I look forward to watching you discover yours.

The second blessing I would present is perseverance. Perseverance is grittier than passion, but without it you will achieve nothing. I remember when your Aunt Megan and Uncle JD were toddlers learning to walk. Every time they went ker-plop (sometimes sounding soppy if their diapers were wet), we would sing the Broadway ditty, “Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.” Perseverance is the “little engine that could,” and did, chugging, “I think I can, I think I can.”

Life is the train, perseverance takes us up mountains, one step at a time, despite blisters or back aches or heavy packs, until we reach the peak. The ability to persevere, to stick to a task until it is completed, to remain committed even when discouraged, to strive for one’s goals despite setbacks, requires toughness, stubbornness, guts. You’ve got all of those.

My favorite story about perseverance is about the fate of the Endurance, the aptly named ship that took British explorers to the South Pole in 1911. Did you see the documentary or the museum exhibit about this misadventure? Ernest Shackleton’s ship got stuck in the ice. His attention had to shift from success to survival. He managed to outlast the winter, navigate in a small boat through treacherous waters to an inhabited island, take screws from the boat to attach to his boots so he could climb over a mountain range to find help. Not one man perished. Shackleton’s courage and endurance are admirable.

There are clearly many examples of equally brave women, many of them too modest or too exhausted to record their daring deeds. But consider Sacajawea, the Shoshone guide and interpreter who led Lewis and Clark across the Louisiana Territory 200 years ago. Still a teenager and the mother of a two-month-old son with whom she made the journey, Sacajawea was a valued member of the expedition. (One of the reasons I love history is that it prompts me to imagine living these lives.)

Shackleton and Sacajawea persevered in the face of hardships. I hope that you never face such life-threatening challenges, but growing up female in America can also be risky. In the way you tackle your homework, or practice batting or behave ethically, you are practicing perseverance.

All you can do is “keep on keeping on or in the words of a favorite school motto, “Function in disaster, finish in style.”

Big hugs and cheers,

Betsy

(Elisabeth Griffith, Headmistress)

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