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Annual Report 2007-2008
Independence
Education
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COOKE CENTER for LEARNING and DEVELOPMENT

VISION STATEMENT
The Cooke Center envisions a world where all children and adolescents with
special needs are recognized as valued members of their communities and provided
with the inclusive education necessary to assume the roles of their choosing.
MISSION STATEMENT
The Cooke Center collaborates with parents and professionals to provide inclusive
educational programs for students with special needs, from early childhood to
young adulthood. We also share our knowledge and skills with those committed
to enhancing and supporting inclusive learning environments.
VALUES
We value:
• Families as active partners in their children’s education
• Commitment to serving children of diverse economic and cultural backgrounds
• Collaborative working relationships
• Instruction that begins with each student’s strengths and interests
• Inclusion as an element of all educational programs
• Learning experiences that children use beyond classroom walls
• Instruction that integrates academics and therapeutic services
ACCREDITATION
The Cooke Center is proud to be accredited by the Middle States Association of
Colleges and Schools and to be a member of the New York State Association of
Independent Schools. The Cooke Center Academy is registered as a high school
with the New York Board of Regents and can award New York state diplomas.

Dear Friends,
November 2008
A Cooke education offers students many things:
individualized academics, lasting friendships,
opportunities for leadership, and a strong network
of family support.
But perhaps Cooke’s greatest offering is a path toward
independence. In Cooke’s classrooms and out in the
community, our students are discovering their strengths
and passions so that they can determine for themselves
a future that is truly theirs.
From standards-based academics to inclusive arts
and sports programs to real-world internships, Cooke
students learn every day how to tackle life’s challenges.
In the pages of this report, we’ve shared with you some
of the ways our students are forging their own paths.
We are so grateful to you, our generous friends and
donors. Your contributions support not only our students’
independence, but Cooke’s financial independence as
well. Together, we are helping our kids take their
rightful place in the world.
With our heartfelt thanks,
Lon Jacobs Michael Termini, PsyD
Chairman President

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Research shows that inclusive
education is a highly effective
model—particularly in the earliest
years. Our preschool services take
place in Manhattan and Brooklyn
preschools so that children with
special needs can grow and learn
alongside their typically developing
peers.
Cooke’s signature preschool program
is called Collaboration for
Inclusion. It works in partnership
with Head Start centers and
daycare programs in some of
New York’s most underserved
communities. Cooke experts help
identify children at risk for language
and learning delays, while helping
parents and teachers prepare all
of their children for the challenges
of kindergarten.
PRESCHOOL

HARLEM CHILDREN’S ZONE
This fall, we signed a contract with the
nationally recognized Harlem Children’s Zone
to provide education and therapeutic services in
three of their Head Start and early childhood
centers on Lenox Avenue in Harlem. HCZ
approached us after seeing the good work we
are conducting for other Head Start programs
through Collaboration for Inclusion.
CHOOSING THEIR OWN PATHS
Four-year-old Robert knows he
can focus better when he has
something to hold in his hands.
After coaching from his Cooke
teachers at West Harlem Head
Start, he’s learned to grab a squeezeball
during class time — completely on
his own. “He’s taking it upon himself,” said
teacher Dan Feinman, “to get his body the
sensory input that he needs.” Now when
he sits down with his classmates, he’s ready
to learn.
Collaboration for Inclusion is made possible thanks
to generous, long-term leadership funding from the
Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation. We
are also grateful to the New York Community Trust,
the Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust
and Independence Community Foundation for their
additional, generous support of this important project.
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LOWER AND MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Our lower and middle school
students learn in Cooke classrooms
in our general-education partner
schools, where they are welcomed
as part of the school community.
Individual attention and small
group learning allow children to
grow according to their unique
strengths. Cooke students join
in general-education academic
classes where appropriate, and
participate in school-wide activities
such as music, physical
education and art.

NEW SPACES, SAME COOKE VALUES
photo by Mark Bernal
For the first time this year, all Cooke middle
schoolers are learning under one roof at the
School of the Blessed Sacrament, offering
more social opportunities and community
service options for the pre-teen set.
And some of our little ones are now at Corpus
Christi School on W. 121st Street, a new
Cooke partner. “We are thrilled to have Cooke
here,” said Dorothy Valla, the school’s principal.
“The students are energizing,” she said. “And
our teachers are pleased with the cooperative
spirit that quickly developed between us and
the Cooke staff.”
CHOOSING THEIR OWN PATHS
When Emily first came to Cooke,
she struggled to climb the stairs
to her third-floor classroom.
But since she joined the New
York Road Runners Mighty
Milers program at school, all that
has changed.
During a six-mile outing last spring,
Emily, who has Down syndrome, chose to
join a group of walkers instead of taking the
bus back to school. “My mom is going to be
so proud of me,” she said, huffing and puffing
as she made her way. A huge smile
crossed her face when the kids beat the
buses back. Said Site Supervisor Elizabeth
Munz: “She just felt so good about herself.”
In addition to the program grants listed elsewhere, we receive generous unrestricted
grants from foundations and corporations. We are grateful to News Corporation,
the Pinkerton Foundation and Starr Foundation for their extraordinary leadership
grants to Cooke. This support, together with additional funding from many other
generous donors, helps us continue delivering services to children and families
who would not otherwise receive them.
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The Cooke Center Academy meets
a critical need for high school
students with disabilities, who
do not have access to the same
school choices as their generaleducation
peers. In addition to
standards-based academics, the
Academy provides a typical high
school lifestyle complete with
arts and athletics, student
government and school dances.
From the day they enter as
freshmen, teens begin preparing
for an independent life after
graduation. All students leave
the Academy with a concrete
plan for the future.
COOKE CENTER ACADEMY

SOMEONE’S IN THE KITCHEN…
CCA teens can now prepare for apartment life
in the school’s new Daily Living Lab, complete
with three full kitchens and a laundry station.
Lessons in the lab allow students to use their
reading, math and problem-solving skills in
preparing for independent living.
CHOOSING THEIR OWN PATHS
The Academy collaborates with dozens of
community partners to offer students internships
and other real-word educational
experiences.
Brittany enjoys working with
children. “I like just getting to
know them,” she said, “and seeing
what their interests are.” She
hopes her internship at West
Harlem Head Start will lead to
a similar job after high school, like
several Cooke students before her.
Kelvin interns at NewsCorp, where he’s
learned to type, shred documents
and use a copy machine. Here
he’s seen holding his first paycheck.
“It feels good to get paid
for what you do!” he said, adding
that he feels prepared to work in
an office when he finishes school.
Cooke is enormously grateful for the leadership support
of The Moody’s Foundation, which, since 2003, has
helped us develop the Academy and serve increasing
numbers of high school students. Our students, families
and faculty also gratefully acknowledge the generous
support of the Grace J. Fippinger Foundation, the
American Express Foundation, the Children for
Children Foundation, and the Adrian & Jessie
Archbold Charitable Trust.
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COOKE CENTER INSTITUTE
Cooke is grateful to the William E. Simon Foundation
and HSBC Bank USA, N.A., for their generous support
of the training and consultation services we provide to
parents and schools through the Cooke Center Institute.
The Cooke Center Institute consolidates
the various consulting,
professional development and
research initiatives that have been
part of Cooke for many years.
Cooke’s literacy, math and special
education consultants work in
parochial and charter schools and
Head Start programs to create
inclusive environments that serve
children with and without disabilities.
For our corporate partners, the
Institute’s ACCESS project provides
lunchtime workshops on current
child development topics.
We are pleased to report that
Cooke has tripled the number of
schools where we consult this
year. In many of these schools,
we are finding quantifiable progress
in student test scores. For instance,
at one of our partner schools in
Washington Heights, reading
scores improved at every grade
level, and fourth- and eighth-grade
students had an 80 percent overall
pass rate on standardized exams.

COOKE 21st ANNIVERSARY GALA 2008
Spring Benefit Raises More Than $1 Million
Through the generous contributions of our
friends, the Cooke Center’s spring gala raised
more than $1 million dollars to support our
work with special needs children. The theme
of the May 21 event was Supporting the Fund
for Diversity, one of the three priorities of
Cooke’s Road to Independence Campaign.
Held at Cipriani 42nd Street, the gala honored
Cooke parent and longtime Board member
Phyllis Saxe and media mogul Tom Freston.
In her acceptance speech, Mrs. Saxe
described searching for a kindergarten for
her daughter Elana, now an 18-year-old
Cooke Center Academy student who has
cerebral palsy. One principal refused to even
let her in for a tour. Another said Elana must
be confined to her wheelchair at all times.
“Then I found Cooke,” she said, proudly
telling the crowd of 400 that Elana does yoga,
shakes her pom-poms as a cheerleader, and
works with horses at a Brooklyn stable. “And
to this day Elana still walks with canes and does
not use a wheelchair at school or on the bus.”
FOX 5’s Ernie Anastos and Andrea Day
emceed the event, which included a special
performance by comedian Lewis Black.
Mr. Freston received Cooke’s Road to Independence
Award for the important, successful
legal battle he waged on behalf of his son, and
children with special needs everywhere.
“This school provides students with all the
hallmarks of a great special education,” he
said in his acceptance speech, recalling his visit
to the Cooke Center Academy in early May.
“It was truly inspirational.”
Cooke is grateful to News Corporation for
generously underwriting the event.

BUILDING ON SUCCESS
The Cooke Center’s $10 Million Road to Independence Fundraising Campaign
The Kresge Challenge
The Road to Independence Campaign received a boost this year when the
Kresge Foundation awarded Cooke a prestigious $750,000 challenge grant
to complete the campaign. As of November 2008, Cooke has raised $8 million.
Every gift that we receive prior to the challenge deadline of December 2009
will bring us that much nearer to receiving Kresge’s award and reaching our
final goal of $10 million.
The goals of the Campaign are three-fold:
The Cooke Center Academy – Breaking New Ground
Since the Campaign began, we have installed an elevator and improved
handicapped accessibility at 60 MacDougal Street, home of the Cooke
Center Academy. The Academy now boasts a Student Center, Daily
Living Lab, and new therapy spaces. Looking ahead, our goals are to
continue renovations at the Academy, including an arts studio, science
lab, and technology lab.
Fund for Diversity
Cooke remains committed to underserved populations and communities.
From the beginning, we have made it a priority to serve any child who
could benefit from our programs, regardless of the family’s financial
circumstances. Cooke established the Fund for Diversity to bridge the
time between the receipt of government tuition reimbursements and
Cooke’s actual expenses. The Fund also allows us to provide needed
services in schools that could not otherwise afford them.
Fund for the Advancement of Inclusive Education
The objectives of the Fund for the Advancement of Inclusive Education
are to foster best practices for inclusive education. We do this through
providing professional development and consultation for teachers and
parents; demonstrating the effectiveness of our programs through
applied research; and seeding the funding of new initiatives that have
the potential to generate earned income and become self-sustaining.
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Cooke is grateful for the support of the following donors to the Road to Independence Campaign.
Susanna Aaron and Gary Ginsberg
ABS Charitable Foundation
Altman Foundation
American Express Company
Anonymous (4)
ASM Mechanical Systems
Banner Family Fund
Sheryl Barometre
Marcia and Michael Beck
Joanne Beltempo
Bernard Family Charitable Fund
Susan Bhyunn
Ellen Bickal and Gary Bieber
Kathleen and Chris Boak
The Bok Family Foundation
Valerie Boom and James Gunderson
Dr. Naomi Bravmann
and Dr. Andrew Martin
Bridgemill Foundation
Leslie and Fred Bright
Anna and Thomas Bryan
Harriett and Tom Burnett
Family Foundation
Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III
Rita Calderon
The Carson Family Charitable Trust
Centerview Partners
CIT Group, Inc.
Clermont Communications Group
Deborah Cooper and Daniel Sternberg
Georgina Cyrillien and Eric Edwards
Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP
Fred Demenus
Carol and James Dillon
Dreamworks
June Eichbaum and Kenneth Wirfel
Eric Federman
Michelle Ferguson
Forest City Ratner Companies
Fox News
John Gallin & Son.
Maria and Ivan Galegos
Carlie and Neal S. Garonzik
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
E. Ann Gill and Robert Hempel
Patricia Godoy
Goldman Sachs
Jennifer and Russell Gribbin
As of 10/15/08
Mario Gutierrez
Marc Haas Foundation
Ms. Haeng Eum Han
and Mr. Jang Kyu Moon
Hearst Corporation
The Hearst Foundation
Heckscher Foundation
Christine and Kevin Hennessey
Hill Holliday
Hogan & Hartson, LLP
Deborah and Edward Horowitz
Robert Hughes
Larry D. Hunter
Hyde & Watson Foundation
Frank Iannelli
Hannah and Lon Jacobs
Robert and Ardis James Foundation
Leslie and Charles Jeffries
JLS Industries
Brenda and Peter Jordan
JPMorganChase Bank
Art Kerber
Jonathan Knee
Victor A. Kovner, Esq.
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Leach
Thomas H. Lee Capital, LLC
Carol and Jack P. Levin
Edward Levy
Joseph Levy
Anne-Marie and Peter Livoti
L&L Holding Company
Loeb and Loeb, LLP
Ricki and Mitchell Lubart
Maher Family Foundation
Inez and William McMahon
Mihoko Manabe and Edward Kim
Maniatty Foundation
Bernard J. McDonald
Steven Medwid
The Meguid Family
Liske Mendoza
Kyoko and Toshio Mikami
Kate and Joel Millonzi
Akiko Miyake
The Moody’s Foundation
Morgan Stanley Foundation
MTV Networks
NBC Universal
News Corporation Foundation
Robert and Kate Niehaus Foundation
Patricia Nooy and Roger W. Miller
The Offensend Family Foundation
O’Neal Family Foundation
Louise M. Parent and John Casaly
Patton Boggs
Cindy and David Pinter
Patria Portes
Joseph R. Puskarz
Mary Ann and Bruno Quinson
Maria and Johnny Rahman
Rattner Family Foundation
Related Partners
Susan and William Rifkin
Karen and Tom Robards
Dr. Elsa Roe
Luis Rosario
Saban Family Foundation
The Saxe Family
Eileen Caulfield Schwab
Susan and Gerald Schwartz
Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
Jamie Sildar
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Ted Sonde
Audrey Ann Soto
Bernard and Anne Spitzer Foundation
Starr Foundation
Lissa Steele and Vince Pisano
Anthony Stewart
Sharon Sullivan
Michael Termini
Patricia Thakkar
Margie and Nate Thorne
Time Warner, Inc.
Katherine and Alan Trager
Triarc Companies, Inc.
UBS Securities
Lee and Cynthia Vance Foundation
Lisa and Javier Vega
Viacom
Vinson & Elkins, LLP
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz LLP
White Flowers Foundation
Ying Zhao and Henry Shao
Barbara and Michael Zimmerman
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Donors
The following list acknowledges with
sincere gratitude those individuals,
foundations and corporations who
contributed to the Cooke Center during
the period from July 1, 2007 through
June 30, 2008. We thank all of our
longtime supporters and welcome
new contributors to the Cooke family.
CORPORATIONS
AND FOUNDATIONS
$250,000+
The Moody’s Foundation
News Corporation
Starr Foundation
$100,000 – $249,999
The Hearst Foundation
$50,000 – $99,999
Marc Haas Foundation
Hearst Corporation
Hogan & Hartson LLP
New York Community Trust
Pinkerton Foundation
$25,000 – $49,999
Bank of America Foundation
CIT Group Inc.
Fox News Network
Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel
Foundation
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
MTV Networks
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$10,000 – $24,999
American Express Company
American Express Foundation
Rose M. Badgeley Residuary
Charitable Trust
Centerview Partners
CIBC World Markets Corp.
Continental Grain Foundation
Credit Suisse
Dreamworks Animation
Grace J. Fippinger Foundation
Forest City Ratner Companies
David Geffen Foundation
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Independence Community Foundation
Katzenberg Foundation
Leahey & Johnson PC
L & L Holding Company, Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky
Morgan Stanley Foundation
NASDAQ OMX
NBC Universal
Related Partners, Inc.
William E. Simon Foundation
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher
& Flom LLP
Spielberg Family Living Trust
UBS Securities
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Mary White and J. Christopher Flowers
William Morris Agency
$1,000 – $9,999
Adrian and Jessie Archbold
Charitable Trust
Ariel Capital Management
Assurant Foundation
Children for Children Foundation
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Clarence & Anne Dillon Dunwalke Trust
Samuel & Rae Eckman Foundation
John Gallin & Son, Inc.
Hamlin Capital Management
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
Morgan Stanley
Overbrook Foundation
Sony Corporation of America
INDIVIDUALS
LEADERSHIP
$50,000+
Rattner Family Foundation
Susan and William Rifkin
$25,000+
Karen and Tom Robards
Dr. Elsa Roe
The Saxe Family
$15,000+
Wendy Banner and Geoff Wiener
Marcia and Michael Beck
Ellen Bickal and Gary Bieber
Louise M. Parent and John Casaly
June Eichbaum and Kenneth I. Wirfel
Pat Nooy and Roger Miller
Janet and David Offensend
Cindy and David Pinter
ANGELS
$10,000+
Susan Bhyunn
Kathleen and Chris Boak
Anna and Thomas Bryan
Deborah Cooper and Daniel Sternberg
Nancy Garvey and E. Stanley O’Neal
Christine and Kevin Hennessey
Hannah and Lon Jacobs
Emma and William Keller
The Meguid Family
Sharon Sullivan
Michael Termini
BENEFACTORS
$5,000 – $9,999
Bruce Aust
Valerie Boom and James Gunderson
Dr. Naomi Bravmann
and Dr. Andrew Martin
Carol and James Dillon
Christopher P. Gallo
Carlie and Neal Garonzik
Steven Gold
Haeng Eum Han and Jang Kyu Moon
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Leach
Thomas Lee
Veronique and Robert Pittman
Barbara and Griff Sexton
Benjamin F. Stapleton, III
Lissa Steele and Vince Pisano

PATRONS
$2,500 – $4,999
Ellen Agress and Jay Gerber
Beth and Roger Ailes
Harriet and Tom Burnett
Mr. and Mrs. J. Hugh Devlin
Patricia Durkan
Maria and Ivan Gallegos
Charlotte and Gerrald Giblin
Mary Francina Golden
and Kenneth Handal
Karen Hagberg and Mark Jackson
Irving B. Kahn Foundation
Mary Krueger and Peter Sullivan
Rona J. Kurtz & Irving Weinstein
Carol and Jack Levin
Bud McDonald
Carole Bayer Sager and Robert Daly
Mary Ann and Arthur Siskind
Lisa and Javier Vega
Steven Volk
Nicole and David Wachter
Frederick Whittemore
Shirley and Michael Wise
SUPPORTERS
$1,000 – $2,499
Susanna Aaron and Gary Ginsberg
Kathy and Jeffrey Baker
Ellen Banner
Lauren Baum and David Blythe
Dorothy Beck
Robert Begleiter and Diana Lopez
Joan Beir
Joanne and Robert Beltempo
Lewis Black
Robert Bodian
Bridgemill Foundation
Leslie and Frederick Bright
William Brown Foundation
Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III
Ying Chao and Henry Shao
Caroline and Guy De Chazal
Daniel Cunningham
John Curley
Anne Dayton
Lawrence Divney
Melissa Drake
Gay Ebers and Michael Franckowiak
Maurice and Carol Feinberg
Family Foundation
Gail and Peter Ferris
Tom Freston
Jane Friedman
Marilyn Friedman and Thomas Block
Genie Gavenchak and Harvey Horowitz
Janet and Alan Ginsberg
Susan Glendon
Patricia Godoy
Heide and Simeon Gold
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Gross
Barbara and Michael M. Gross
Allen Grubman
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Heinberg
Cory and Arthur Henkel
Robert Hughes
Larry D. Hunter
Clifford and Marielena Hurvich
Anita and Richard Inz
Jennifer Jehn
Lee Keating
Michael Kleinerman
Jonathan Knee
Victor Kovner
Judith and Lew Kramer
Mary Krueger and Peter Sullivan
Michele Kule-Korgood
Tiffany LaBanca
Frances and Jack Levy
Gabrielle and Joseph Levy
Margot and Edward Levy
Anne-Marie and Peter Livoti
Ricki and Mitchell Lubart
Elinor Lubin
Gail and Jeffrey MacKinnon
Maher Family Foundation
Roanne Mann and David Brodsky
Robinson Markel
Angela McGlowan/Political Strategies
& Insights, LLC
Valerie and Michael McKeever
Deborah McLean and Keith Kearney
Steven Medwid
Mihoko Manabe and Edward Kim
Dr. and Mrs. Alan Meyers
Kathy Miller
Alexandra and Alan Murray
John Nallen
Char and Robert Nau
Nancy and Daniel A. Neff
Frances Ni
Valerie and Richard T. O’Connell, Jr.
Laura O’Leary and Michael Cleveland
Jacqueline M. Osborn
Catherine and Louis Paglia
Joyce and Daniel Pariser
Liz and Jeffrey Peek
Stanley and Gloria Plesent
Romulo Pontual
Joseph Puskarz
Maria and Johnny Rahman
Dana and Alan Reis
David Rosenbaum
David Rosensweig
Laurel Rossi and Joseph Filippone
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Rotondi
Howard J. Rubenstein
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Saunders III
Patricia Schaefer and Tom Fahey
Eileen Caulfield Schwab
Florence and Ernest Scinto
Jeffrey Sine
Rose Marie and Kelly Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Smith
Ted Sonde
Sharon Stein
John Sykes
Marsha Tajima and Tom Wai-Shek
Patricia Thakkar
Katherine Trager
John Train
Rita Tuzon and Richard Stone
Paula Wardynski
Robert Watson
Kathy and Mark Weiss
Deborah Wetzler
Serena and William Wiltshire
Sarah Winkler and Simon Leopold
Barbara and Michael Zimmerman
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Donors
FRIENDS
to $999
Lauren Abuaf
Carmen Acevedo
Robert Ackart
Jonathan Aghravi
Kimberly Albright
and Michael Dow
Alana Altmann
Ambac Assurance Corporation
Mark Amsterdam
Michael Angus
Daniel Armanios
Sarah Armstrong
Cindy and Robert Arnold
Bailin, LLC
Deborah Banner
Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Barkhorn, III
Sheryl and Roger Barometre
Julie Barraza
Thomas Barry
Elise Bartlett
Susan and Arthur Bassin
Janet Beck
Katherine Beck
Margo Beck
Vicki Been and Richard Revesz
Tracy Begley
Andrew Benevento
Vivian and Frank Bergonzi
Jamal Bermudez
Jed Best
Andrew Bevan
Janet Bickal
Jean Bickal
Paul Binder
Frances and Leonard Blackman
Alan Blumenfeld
Beth and Bruce Bolander
Bolder Staffing
Stu Bondell and Sheryl Fengel
Hilda Bondi
Robert Bose
Adelle Botticelli
Jennifer Boyd
Colin Brady
Ludovica Brigatti
Adam Briscoe
Michael Bunder
Nooy Bunnell and Michael Last
Christopher Burke
Lauren and William Burke
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Marian and Francis Burke
Preston Burnes
Melissa Butler
Caren Byrd
Rita and Mike Calderon
Mark Califano
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carballeira
Paul Carlucci
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Chaney
Angela Chapman
Max Chapman
Margaret Christakos
Rachel Chubinsky
Mary Clancy
Lisanne Clapp
Mireille and Philip Clapp
Casey and Ellen Cogut
Edward Colt
Jane Condon
and Kenneth Bartels
Kevin Connell
Anne and Francis Conroy
Caren and
Dr. Arturo Constantiner
Construction Workers
Cooke Academy
Matthew Conway
Veronica Cook
Oliver and Sheila Cromwell
Walter Cummings
Leigh Cuttino
Georgina Cyrillien
and Eric Edwards
Dattner Architects
Jelani Day
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas De Feis
Karen and Anthony DeLorenzo
Development Resource Group
Susan and Chris Devlin
Wallis Dolan
C.B. and K.M. Dormire
Johanna Droubay
Amy Dudley
Katherine Eberly
Kyle Edgerton
Jacyln Eisenberg
Dan Elitzer
Casey Emmett
Billy English
Peter Enzminger
Deborah A. Farrington
Denise Faulkner
and Constanzo Tompkins
Nan Fedak
Stefanie Fedak
Eric Federman
Randi and Warren Feldman
Michelle Ferguson
Danielle Fernandez
Esther Fernandez
and Mario Gutierrez
Joselyn Fine
Harvey Fishbein
Natasha Franck
Dr. and Mrs. Mark Freilich
Richard Friedman
and Marilyn Sande
Volney Friedrich
Helene Fromme
Elaine and James Fuld
Dudley Gaffin
and Siegrid Raible
Marcia and Paul Gardere
Faith C. Gardiner
GE Foundation
Robin Gelburd and Alan Katz
Gail and Roy Geronemus
Art Giardiello
Nancy and Christopher Giblin
Christine and Alexander Gigante
John Gillespie
Benjamin Ginsberg
Martha Glass
Joyce Cornes Glassman
Mary Rose Go
Mr. and Mrs. Eric S. Goldberg
Kate Goldman
Naomi Goldstein
Gregory Golkin
GoodSearch
Mr. and Mrs. Barton Goodwin
Deb and Eric Goettsche
Eliza Gray
Jesse Green
Jennifer and Russell Gribbin
William Gridley
Elizabeth Hadzima
Patricia Hambrecht
Maureen Hanlon
Mr. and Mrs. John Helm
Jacqueline and Robert Helpern
Miriam Hendel
and Sheldon Steiger
Susan Hendel
Zev Hendel
Doug Herling
Carol Hertling
Julia Heymans
Todd Hinckley
Alexa Hirschfeld
Nancy and Joel Hirschtritt
William Holliday
Janet Hon
Etta Hong
Deborah Chapin-Horowitz
and Edward Horowitz
Tscharner De Graffenried
Hunter
Anne Huntington
Frank Iannelli
Eileen and Peter Jachym
Yardana and Andrew Jacobs
Stephanie Jacqueney
and Mark Edelstein
Sharon H. Jacquet
George Jamgochian
John Jamgochian
Leslie and Charles Jeffries
Catherine John
Alexander B. Johnson
Brenda and Peter Jordan
Shayle Kann
Jonathan Kaplan
Mark and Jennie Karpe
Shelly and Michael Kassen
Karen Katz
Jane and John Kauffmann
Stephen Kay and Susan R. Bloch
Art Kerber
Renee Khatami
and John MacArthur
Nahede Khosrovi
Gita and Michael Kinney
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kirch
Michael R. Kleinerman
Mark Kornfeld
Matt Kroll
Jackie and David Kuperschmid
Sandy Mitchell-Kurz
and Mitchell Kurz
Joshua Kuvin
Laura Laakso
Judy Labuda
Arlene Lacks
James Lally
Lucy Lamphere
Cari Lang
Dana and John Lang
Evelyn Larios
Nicole LaRosa
Jesse Last

Alisa and Alan Leibowitz
John Leslie
Gina and Robert Levine
Louise Levy
Phillip H. Levy
Ezra Lewis
Geoff Lewis
Michael Lindvall
Jordan Lippner
Leora Lipton
Rachel and David Lipton
Vicki Longo and Carl Eifler
Sean Loughrey
Madeleine Ludlow
Mary Lumet
Michelle Lung
John Lupton
Patricia and Patrick Lynch
Lloyd Lynford
Brian Maas
Rosamund and Malcolm
Mackinnon
Samuel Madden
Marjorie and Charles Malone
Susie and Ken Mandelbaum
Connie and Betty Maniatty
Louis Manzo
Francis and Louis Marinelli
Janet Markoff
and Alan Momeyer
Alex Marton
Mercedes Martinez
Nancy and Marc Matles
Christopher Matthews
Anna Mattson-DiCecca
Christina
and Mark McDonnell
Joseph McGeehin
McGraw Hill Companies
Rachel McGregor
Nancy and Matthew McKenna
Inez and William McMahon
Barbara and David Meachin
Andrea and Thomas Mendell
Liske Mendoza
Hunter Merghart
Ryan Merola
Frances Meyer
Kyoko and Toshio Mikami
Ian Miller
Kate and Joel Millonzi
Akiko Miyake
Debra Morris
Robert Morvillo
Mary Munsch
Elizabeth and William Munz
Maureen and Mario Murialdo
Renee and Mike Nachwalter
Katharine Nadler
Joan and Richard Nardi
Danielle Novetsky
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nye
Gregory J. O’Connell
Eileen and William O’Connor
Femke Oldham
Christine O’Leary
Anne M. O’Malley
Erin O’Neill
Gabrielle and Michael Palitz
Mr. and Mrs. John Pancetti
Joel Papernik
Ashleigh Parsons
Susan Parsons
Amy Pasquariello
Cindy Pearlman
Penni Pearson
Linda and Joseph Pehrson
Mary and Edwin Peissis
Emma Pena
Jane Pennebaker
Juan Perez
Winston Perez
Marsha Perkins
Shannon Perotti
Natalie Pica
Robert Pincus
Allison Pinter
Susan and Robert Pitiger
Leonard Plaia
Play For Your Cause
Suzanne Podberesky
Tonya Pope
Patria Portes
Katherine Powell
Lorraine L. Powers
Susan Prober
Shirley and Stanley Puskarz
L. Christopher Quick
Mary Ann and Bruno Quinson
Elaine and Joseph R. Rackman
Jasmina and Orhan Radoncic
Jackie and Peter Rea
Margaret and John Rehanek
Abdel Reid
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Reiss
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Restler
Diego Reyes
David Robards
Woodford L. Robards
Rona Roberts
Susan Robinson
Luis Rosario
Cory Rosenthal
Joan and Burt Ross
Therese and Anthony Rossi
Cynthia and Jerry Rothstein
Lori Rothstein
Allen Royce
Nan and Howard J. Rubin
Isaac Rugg
Kasey Russell
Thomas Russell
Janet and Peter Saint Germain
Stephanie Sambeat
Tina Santiago
Nike Schlesinger
Scott Schneider
Schoolpop.com
Jonathan Schwartz
Suzanne and Gerald Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. H. Marshall
Schwarz
Elizabeth and Anthony Schulte
Carol Sedwick
and Michael Patrick
Rachel and William Segal
Sarah Senbahar
Christopher Seneca
Lisa and Andrew Setos
Elizabeth Sheridan
Jean and John Sheridan
Shadiah Sigala
Jamie Sildar
Kathryn Simic
Alessandra Simons
Marcia and Stuart Sindell
Allison Smith
Joanne and Kenneth Sold
Elizabeth and Bill Sorenson
Audrey Ann Soto
Dorothy Stapleton
Flora Steckler
Judith and Charles Steinberg
Catherine and David Steinmann
Sterling Engineering Services
Anthony Stewart
Nancy Stillpass
Kiminia and Samuel Stowers
Michelle H. Green
and Robert B. Stulberg
Every effort has been made to ensure that all of our supporters are included in this list and the names and categories are correct.
Regrettably, errors do occasionally occur and we appreciate your bringing them to our attention.
Mr. and Mrs. William Stutt
Blanka and Jan Suchanek
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swain
Susan Taussig
Alexander Tischenko
Charles Tokieda
Virginia Trainor
Joan and Norman Treistman
Cheryl Tuttle
Sarah Tysoe
United Way of NYC
Urban Strategies
Eunice Valdivia
Miriam and Mark Varian
Tucker Veenis
Gregory Vernick
Kathleen & Michael Voldstad
Elizabeth and Geza
Von Habsburg
RWA Vose
Karen and David Waltuck
Alison Ward
Julie and Stuart Warmflash
Barry Washor
Kathleen and William Weigel
Laurie and David Weiner
Diana Weldon
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Weldon
Tina Wells
George Wendler
Daniel Wershow
Marshall Wheeler
Matthew Whipple
Nicole Whittle
Jodi Widerski
Carmelita Wiggins
Leah and Robert Wilcox
Emily Williams
Paul Williams
Susan and Samuel Williams
Donna Williams-Pettaway
Ruth Wilson and Colin Howell
Jayne and Jay Wiprovnick
Mr. and Mrs. James Woods
Adam Yokell
Benjamin Yost
Cynthia and Henry Zachary
Tobi Zauberman
Matthew Zedler
Elliot Zeisel
Aaron Zimmerman
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Cooke Center
Community Partners
Thank you to the following community partners who have provided Cooke Center
students with opportunities for internships, community service and off-site education.
Abbodanza's Pizza
American Museum of Natural History
Amy Ruth's Restaurant
Animal Care and Control
Apollo Theatre
Associated Supermarket
Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger
Big Onion Walking Tours
Bowery Garden
Bronx Zoo
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
Brooklyn Heights Synagogue
Cabrini Center for Nursing
and Rehabilitation
Capoeira Angola performance
Chanterelle Restaurant
CommunityWorks
Coney Island Astroland Park
Dancing Danny
Earth School
Ellis Island
Empire State Building
Engine 24/Ladder 5 Fire Station
Fire Lotus Zen Buddhist Temple
Greenwich Village Society for
Historic Preservation
Habitat for Humanity
Harper Collins
Home Depot
Hudson River Museum
Hudson River Park Trust
Islamic Cultural Center
Jewish Museum
Kensington Stables
Kids in the Game
Law Office of Hogan and Hartson
Law Office of Lauren Baum
Liberty Science Center
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Mahayana Chinese Buddhist Temple
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Murray’s Cheese
Museum of Chinese in the Americas
Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Natural History
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New York Botanical Gardens
New York Container Terminal
New York Hall of Science
New York Public Library
New York Tenements Museum
New York Transit Museum
Newark Museum
News Corporation
New-York Historical Society
NYC Parks Department,
Urban Park Rangers
Paley Center for Media
Philipsburg Manor
Premiere Radio
Prospect Park
Queens Botanic Gardens
Queens Museum of Art
Sanatan Dharma Mandir
School of the Blessed Sacrament
Smithsonian Museum of the
American Indian
South Street Seaport Museum
(NY Unearthed)
Sports Illustrated
St. Anthony's Church
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Stamford Farm and Nature Center
Staten Island Children's Museum
Statue of Liberty
Studio Museum of Harlem
The Cloisters
TheatreWorks
Top of the Rock
UBS
United Nations
Varick Street Post Office
WEME Health and Nutrition —
Cards for the Elderly
West Harlem Head Start
Westchester Materials Recovery Center
Yorkville Common Pantry
Cooke Center
Partner Schools
Cooke Center staff provides education and
consultation services in the following sites,
located throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn
and the Bronx.
Cooke School Sites
Cooke at Ascension
Lower School
Cooke at Blessed Sacrament
Middle School
Cooke at Corpus Christi
Lower School
Cooke at Our Lady of Pompeii
Lower School
Cooke Center Academy
High School
Puerto Rican Family Institute
West Harlem Head Start
Learning Centers
Ascension School
School of the Blessed Sacrament
Our Lady Queen of Angels
St. Ann School
Consultation & Training Sites
Ascension School
Brevoort Children’s Center
Cleaveland Day Care
Christ the King School
Ecumenical Community
Development Organization
Girls Prep Charter School
Goddard Riverside Head Start
Harlem Link Charter School
Holy Cross School
Holy Family School
Harlem Children’s Zone
Hyde Leadership Charter School
Immaculate Conception (151st St.)
Immaculate Conception School
(Gun Hill Rd.)
Incarnation School
Mount Ararat
Mount Carmel / Holy Rosary School
Nat Azarow Day Care
Our Lady of Lourdes School
Puerto Rican Family Institute
Sacred Heart School
Santa Maria School
St. Anselm School

St. Athanasius School
St. Augustine School
St. James School
St. Jerome School
St. Joseph School
St. Luke School
St. Margaret Mary School
St. Mark the Evangelist School
School of the Blessed Sacrament
Sumner Children’s Center
Tompkins Children’s School
Urban Strategies
West Harlem Head Start
Preschool Services
Acorn School
Aquadila Day Care
Ascension School
Brevoort Children’s Center
Brotherhood Synagogue
Brownstone School
Chabad Early Learning Center
Children’s Corner Day Care Center
City and Country School
Cleaveland Day Care
Columbia Greenhouse Nursery School
Columbus Preschool & Gym
Faith Hope & Charity
Family and Life Center at Mt. Aarot
Harlem Children’s Zone
Hernando Desoto School
Jewish Community Center of Manhattan
McDonough Street Head Start
Morningside Montessori School
Nat Azarow Day Care
Park Avenue Christian Church Day School
Park Place Day Care
Preschool of America
Preschool for the Arts
Puerto Rican Family Institute
Rodeph Sholom School
Shirley Chisolm Day Care
St. John’s Family Center
St. Mark’s Head Start
Stephen Wise Nursery School
Sumner Children’s Center
Tabernacle Day Care
Temple Israel Nursery School
Tompkins Children’s Center
Urban Strategies
West Harlem Head Start
Financial
Highlights
Design: The Blank Page, Inc.
Photography: Laura Dwight
Printing: Capital Offset Company
Year Ended June 30, 2008
REVENUE
Education and Consultation Fees $ 10,618,000
Annual Fund, Grants & Special Events 1,679,000
TOTAL REVENUE $ 12,297,000
EXPENSES
Personnel $ 9,936,000
Other than Personnel 2,372,000
TOTAL EXPENSES $ 12,308,000
SOURCES OF REVENUE
EXPENSES
Education and
Consultation Fees
86%
Personnel
81%
Annual Fund, Grants
and Special Events
14%
Other than Personnel
19%

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Cooke Center Board of Directors
Lawrence A. Jacobs
Chairman
Karen P. Robards
Chair Emerita
Kenneth I. Wirfel, Esq.
Vice Chairman
Michael D. Beck, Esq.
Treasurer
Kathleen B. Boak
Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III
Michelle R. Ferguson
Christine Hennessey
Roger Miller
Louise M. Parent, Esq.
Dr. Elsa Roe
Phyllis K. Saxe, Esq.
Eileen Caulfield Schwab, Esq.
Katherine J. Trager, Esq.
Cooke Center Senior Staff
Michael Termini, PsyD
President
Joyce Pariser
Vice President, Finance
and Administration
Deborah E. Cooper, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
Veronica Cook
Head, Lower and Middle School
Susan Devlin
Assistant Head, Preschool
Billy English
Director of Admissions
Marcia Gardère
Director, Cooke Center Institute
Danielle Helfand
Assistant Head, Middle School
Mary Munsch
Head, Cooke Center Academy
Patti Schaefer
Director, Institutional Advancement
Kathryn Simic
Director, Family and
Community Services
Francis Tabone
Assistant Head, Cooke Center Academy
Tina Wells
Head, Preschool
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