Waldorf Magazine 2019

. 

The 

WALDORF MAGAZINE 

A Publication from The WALDORF SCHOOL of GARDEN CITY 

2019 

Celebrating 100 Years 

of Waldorf Education 

Worldwide

2018-2019 GIVING BY THE NUMBERS 

$1M + 

total dollars were raised in the 2019 

School year; way to go Waldorf School of 

Garden City & Glen Brook! 

gifts received from the Waldorf & 

Glen Brook communities set a record 

annual fundraising total. 

1350+ 

500+ 

donors to the 20182019 WSGC Annual 

Fund Campaign. 

gifts set a Giving Tuesday record and 

totaled over $65,000 with a matching gift from 

the 12th grade parents. 

180 + 

1 

special payitforward matching gift 

challenge by the 12th grade parents 

raised $19,000! 

1964 continues to be the alumni class with the highest percentage of participation. 

Since 1960, we have had 60 graduating classes, and this year 50 of those classes had 

alumni who gave back. 

THANK YOU!

Table of Contents 

225 Cambridge Ave. 

Garden City, NY 11530 

(516) 742-3434 

Administration 

Susan Braun, Administrator 

Kelly O’Halogan, Faculty Chair 

Roland Rothenbucher, HS Chair 

Janet Kane, LS Chair 

Keelah Helwig, EC Chair 

Deirdre Somers, College Co-Chair 

Maria Ver Eecke, College Co-Chair 

Nicole Littrean, Development Director 

Ann Mulvehill, Enrollment Director 4-12 

Carol Proctor, Enrollment Director PC-3 

Kathy Bossuk, Marketing & 

Communications Director 

Ramona Owens, Finance Director 

At A Glance 

Founded: 1947 

Grades: Nursery through Grade 12 

Enrollment: 366 

Number of Faculty and Staff: 96 

Number of Graduates: 1,205 

Garden City Campus: 10 acres 

Extension Campus: 250 acres at Camp 

Glen Brook in Marlborough, 

New Hampshire 

Accredited by: The Association of Waldorf 

Schools of North America (AWSNA), the 

New York State Association of 

Independent Schools (NYSAIS), and 

Waldorf Early Childhood Association of 

North America (WECAN) 

ON THE COVER: 

Lower School Knitting Projects 2019 

Photograph by Karen Talluto 

INSIDE BACK COVER: 

Student artwork from 2018-19 

The Waldorf Magazine is published 

annually by The Waldorf School of Garden 

City for over 3,000 alumni, parents and 

friends around the world. 

The Waldorf Magazine welcomes 

reader observations and Alumni Notes: contact 

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

or e-mail bossukk@waldorfgarden.org 

School News 

2 People 

3 The Class of 2019 College 

Acceptances 

4 60th Commencement 

7 Class of 2019 Profiles 

14 Students in the News 

16 MLK Day 

17 GALA 2019 

19 100 Years of Waldorf 

Education Worldwide 

with Steve Sagarin 

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17 

Annual Report 

22 Board of Trustees 

23 School Administrator 

24 Faculty Chair 

25 Glen Brook Director 

26 Parent-Teacher Association 

27 Development Director 

28 Mabel Pew Myrin 

Legacy Society 

30 2018-2019 Fundraising 

& List of Donors 

Alumni News 

52 Alumni Notes 

61 In Memoriam 

Arts & Athletics 

64 2018 Soccer 

65 2018-19 Basketball 

66 2019 Baseball/Softball 

67 2018-19 Cross Country 

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68 2019 High School Musical 

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People 

A fond 

farewell and 

a warm 

welcome. 

A FOND FAREWELL AND A WARM WELCOME... 

Farewell: 

After two decades as our School Administrator 

Susan Braun will begin a new chapter with 

her husband, Scott A. Williams ‘85, in their 

new home in Charlottesville, Virginia. We are 

thankful for her leadership and unyielding 

dedication to the success of the School. While she will be 

missed, we wish her the very best in her future endeavors. 

High School French Teacher Reina White 

has retired after more than 20 years of 

dedicated service. We are thankful for Reina’s 

efforts on behalf of the students as an educator 

and in her various other roles over the years 

including Advisor to the classes of ‘00, ‘05, ‘09, and ‘14. 

Good luck Reina! 

Orchestra Director, Dale Stuckenbruck has 

been a dedicated member of our community for 

many years and an inspiration to countless 

students, both past and present. We sincerely 

thank him for his tireless efforts and wish him 

more beautiful music in the years to come. 

Welcome: 

It is with great pleasure that we announce 

Helene Smith as our new School 

Administrator. Born in Norway, Mrs. Smith 

received her Masters of Business and 

Economics from the prestigious BI Norwegian 

School of Management, where she specialized in logistics 

and supply chain management. She continued her education 

with a Master’s of Science in Sustainable Development from 

the University of Utrecht, with a thesis topic of “Corporate 

and Social Responsibility in the Telecommunications 

Industry.” Mrs. Smith then put this education to practical use 

working for the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk 

Reduction and the UN office for the Coordination of 

Humanitarian Affairs in Nairobi, Kenya. This was followed 

by over five years of work for the Norwegian Refugee 

Council, handling various assessment capacity projects in 

Africa and Asia. Following the birth of her daughter, Mrs. 

Smith and her husband relocated to the United States, where 

she most recently worked as Business Manager and Interim 

Administrator at the Asheville Waldorf School – a young, 

but growing, AWSNA member school. 

We welcome her strong and thoughtful leadership and 

passion for Waldorf Education as our School moves into 

the future! 

We would also like to acknowledge the great contributions of 

additional members of our faculty and staff who will not be 

returning this fall. A sincere thank you to Heawon Kim 

Stuckenbruck, Wenjun Zhang, Andrea Crozier, 

Stephanie Gonzalez, Carmen Braun, Onsy Elshamy, 

and Joanna Dorman. Your dedication and commitment to 

our School have shown in your work throughout the years, 

and we wish you all the best in your future endeavors. 

Shiori DeBellis, a talented musician and former jazz band 

director will be rejoining us as our new Orchestra Director. 

Welcome to Sugandha Gupta, who will be the new Fiber 

Arts Teacher for grades 7 through 12, and Amy Singh 

who will be the EC Afternoon Coordinator. Welcome back 

to Claire Pariente, who will be our High School French 

Teacher, and Anthony Yaeger, our 6th grade teacher. 

To read full bios of our current faculty and staff, 

visit our directory on our website: 

www.waldorfgarden.org/faculty-directory/ 

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Class of 2019 

Congratulations 

to the 

Class of 2019! 

College Acceptance List 

American University 

Baldwin Wallace University 

Bard College – Berlin 

Baruch College 

Bates College 

Bennington College 

Binghamton University – State 

University of New York 

Boston University 

Brandeis University 

Brooklyn College – CUNY 

Case Western University 

City College - CUNY 

Clark University 

Connecticut College 

Dickinson College 

Emerson College 

Fashion Institute of 

Technology 

Fordham University 

Franklin & Marshall 

College 

Franklin Pierce University 

Fullerton College 

George Washington 

University 

Gettysburg College 

Goucher College 

Hunter College – CUNY 

Ithaca College 

Kent State University 

Kenyon College 

Lasell College 

Lehman College – CUNY 

Lewis University 

Long Island University, Post 

Macaulay Honors 

College – Brooklyn 

College 

Manhattan College 

Manhattanville College 

Marist College 

Marymount Manhattan 

College – Theatre 

Performance/Musical 

Theatre 

Miami University – 

Oxford, OH 

Montclair State University 

Muhlenberg College 

New York University – 

Stern School of 

Business 

New York Institute of 

Technology 

Northeastern University 

Ohio Wesleyan University 

Pace University 

Pennsylvania State 

University 

Point Park University 

Pratt Institute 

Providence College 

Purchase College - SUNY 

Queens College – CUNY 

Quinnipiac University 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 

Rhode Island School of Design 

Rider University 

Rochester Institute of 

Technology 

Rutgers University 

Santa Clara University 

Sarah Lawrence College 

Savannah College of Art 

and Design 

School of Visual Arts 

Sewanee: The University 

of the South 

Siena College 

Skidmore College 

St. John’s College 

St. John’s University 

St. Michael’s College 

Stevens Institute of 

Technology 

Stony Brook University 

Suffolk University 

SUNY Cortland 

SUNY Fredonia 

SUNY Geneseo 

SUNY Oswego 

SUNY New Paltz 

SUNY Plattsburgh 

SUNY Upstate Medical 

University 

Syracuse University - 

College of 

Engineering/Computer 

Science 

Temple University 

The New School - 

Parsons School of 

Design 

Tufts University 

Tulane University 

Union College 

University at Albany – 

State University of NY 

University at Buffalo – 

State University of 

New York 

University of California – 

Davis 

University of Colorado - 

Boulder 

University of Delaware 

University of Hartford 

University of Illinois – Chicago 

University of Massachusetts – 

Amherst 

University of 

Massachusetts - Boston 

University of Minnesota – 

Twin Cites 

University of New Haven 

University of the Pacific 

University of the Redlands 

University of Rhode Island 

University of Richmond 

University of San Diego 

University of San Francisco 

University of Vermont 

Wagner College 

Worcester Polytechnic 

Institute 

Colleges in 

blue indicate where 

students are 

attending. 

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Commencement 2019 

Strong Values and Kindness 

Personified at 60th Commencement 

“I have never felt 

more honored or 

more humbled by 

such an 

opportunity. 

Getting to know 

you as a class, 

and as 

individuals, has 

been one of my 

greatest 

blessings.” 

The 60th senior class to 

graduate from The Waldorf 

School on Garden City took 

the stage on Friday, June 14th 

for the last time to accept their 

diplomas and receive accolades 

for their achievements. This, “kind 

and driven class” according to 

commencement speaker Julie 

Ougheltree, celebrated their 

transition to life after Waldorf 

with moving speeches by their 

Co-Advisors, Michael Gentile 

and Carolyn VerPault, and 

three graduating seniors, Zoë 

Baker, Jovawn McNeil, and 

Caitlin Li, as well as through 

performances by the a cappella 

group, Fermata the Blue, and the 

entire class of 2019. 

Per tradition, High School Chair, 

Roland Rothenbucher opened 

the ceremony by welcoming 

familiy and friends and 

highlighting the class’s unique 

qualities as they move on to be 

our future leaders. “As a class you 

have been particularly supportive 

to one another and to the 

community of our school. As M. 

Scott Peck famously said: ‘When I 

am with a group of human beings 

committed to hanging in there 

through both the agony and the 

joy of community, I have a dim 

sense that I am participating in a 

phenomenon for which there is 

only the word “glory”. 

Co-Advisor Michael Gentile 

shared what was a constant with 

these “31 creative, talented, and 

strong-minded individuals. [Your] 

courage to stand up for what you 

believed in and challenge ...rules 

set forth by the School. You were 

always able to provide valid and 

truthful reasons to support your 

arguments. The most productive, 

supportive, well organized, and 

cooperative class meetings 

occurred whenever this was a 

topic.” Additionally, a highlight of 

your high school years was, 

”when you opened your letters to 

your ‘future selves’ from the time 

capsule during your Senior Glen 

Brook trip. There was a common 

theme of maintaining existing 

friendships and excitement about 

developing new ones. You already 

came into the high school with a 

strong sense of community” and it 

just became stronger. 

In a fitting address for such a 

musical class, Co-Advisor, 

Carolyn VerPault formed her 

thoughts in the spirit of the Senior 

Musical, Seussical! (See pg. 64). 

“I just want to say / As you go 

Julie Ougheltree 

College Advisor 

& Commencment 

Speaker 

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The class of 2019 enjoying the commencement speeches.

on your way / Stay true to your path / 

And please don’t stray. Your talents are 

numerous / Too many to count / Your 

voices can be clamorous / Too loud to 

surmount....We have had great fun / 

And hard times too / But I say to each 

one / We will miss you.” 

The passionate speeches of the senior 

speakers brought roars of applause. 

Caitin Li delivered a touching tribute to 

her classmates and her years at the 

Waldorf School as together they tried to 

navigate “...a rapidly changing world 

that seems unwelcoming and 

unyielding....We have grown from 

being a consequence of our environment 

to individuals of consequence. Over the 

years, my classmates have challenged 

and moved me to face my fears and 

discover what I love. It is only after 

many nights and days together that I 

have begun to find my place in this 

confusing mess of life.... [The class of 

2019] will always and unfailingly have 

a place in my heart for the roles you all 

had in the making of it.” 

A proud member of the class of 2019, 

Zoë Baker discussed the impact of 

growing up in a post 9/11 world. 

“Thanks to years of our families’ hard 

work, bravery, and unconditional love, 

here we are; we are equipped with a 

great education, a strong support 

system, and most importantly good, kind 

hearts to create the world that we want 

to live in. Countless adults have told me 

that they’re counting on my generation 

to fix what they’ve broken, and I am 

confident that we are the perfect group 

of people for the job.” 

A dedicated advocate for social justice, 

Jovawn McNeil began by taking a 

moment to acknowledge the children 

who lost their lives “before they could 

reach this stage, stand before their 

loved ones, and receive their 

diplomas.” He went on to explain 

what a blessing it is that the graduates 

made it to this day and to thank the 

“family members, friends, teachers, 

[and] coaches...for their never-ending 

support that pushed us to become the 

people we are today. He saved his 

biggest thanks for 

his fellow seniors. 

“We’ve all forged 

an unbreakable 

bond that will 

connect us 

wherever we go. 

Our bonds will 

give us the strength 

to stand tall 

against adversity 

[and] I know the 

future of our world 

is brighter than 

ever because we join life 

fully prepared to be 

fighters.” 

Finally, in a gracious, 

joyful, and passionate ode 

to the senior class, former 

College Guidance 

Counselor Julie 

Ougheltree expressed 

her great honor in being 

asked to celebrate this 

milestone with “this 

incredible group of young 

people.” To the class of 

2019, “I want to start by 

simply saying Thank 

you....Thank you for 

allowing me to walk this 

journey with you. We 

Conducted by Music Teacher, Andrew Fallu, the Class of 2019 sings, “Your Song” by 

Elton John. 

Processional begins 

Seniors sign yearbooks as they wait for the procession to begin. 

Conferring of diplomas 

High School a cappella group, Fermata the Blue, performs “Honeybee” 

by Steam Powered Giraffe. 

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Commencement 2019 

Hugs, tears, and smiles on this special day. 

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started together 2 years ago -- 

we’ve had a brief intermission -- 

but here we are crossing the 

finish line and it truly means the 

world to me to be here with you 

today. I never thought I could 

miss a group of teenagers so 

much! When you asked me to 

be your speaker, you said you 

felt that I knew you best. I truly 

feel that there is no greater 

compliment that an adult -- an 

educator, a counselor -- could 

ever receive...This is what we 

hope for, what we strive for -- to 

make our students feel seen, and 

feel KNOWN. 

It was always one of my great 

joys...getting the opportunity to 

read your teacher’s 

[recommendation] letters and 

seeing you through their eyes. I 

was transported to different 

main lessons, to the laboratory, 

to the art room, to back stage or 

to the soccer field, through 

stories where I would see parts 

of you I wouldn’t have gotten to 

experience otherwise. 

In rereading these letters...I had 

the chance to step back and see 

you as a collective whole. And 

in doing so I was struck with 

one significant similarity. Even 

with all of your dynamic 

differences, there was one 

simple trait that connected you 

all…Kindness. I thought this was 

so fitting -- that this group of 

eclectic individuals, with all their 

unique talents and personalities - 

- share a collective goodness -- a 

collective kindness -- a collective 

understanding of right and 

wrong, of treating others well. 

What a simple and profound 

point to make today -- as you sit 

here as a class, one last time, 

ready to go out into the 

world...Kindness. 

You care deeply about the world 

– you are driven by issues of 

social justice, diversity, inclusivity 

-- you are a group of young 

people who don’t just talk the 

talk, but you walk the walk. 

Yet, you haven’t only showed 

your kindness and your values 

by the way you show up for the 

outside world -- but also in the 

way you show up for each other. 

You have always embraced the 

changing dynamics in your class 

with open arms and hearts -- a 

sign that bodes well for your 

future -- because this is what the 

world is like -- and you have 

shown you’re amply prepared. 

But, most remarkable of all, 

graduates, is that you have been 

educated to think for yourself. 

And that -- that simple, profound 

thing -- the ability to truly think 

for yourself -- that is your single 

greatest human power. And you 

know, with great power.... 

comes great responsibility. 

So, it is your responsibility to 

share the gifts of your Waldorf 

education with the world, to 

transform your campuses, to be 

agents of change, to bring 

Purpose, Gratitude, Respect to all 

that you do.” W

Class of 2019 Profiles 

The Class of 2019: Ready to 

By Marisa Gelb 

Change the World 

College Advisor and Guidance Counselor 

Our second largest class to date, this year’s graduates have been a wonderful representation of our school. They are 

the perfect group to honor the 100th anniversary of Waldorf Education Worldwide. The Class of 2019 is an ensemble 

of 31 highly gifted and extraordinarily intelligent young people. They have brought great joy to our community and 

have set a fantastic example for future graduates. The Class of 2019 is filled with artists, athletes, scientists, 

engineers, writers, and scholars. We will miss our graduates intensely, but we know that they are going out into the 

world with the strong values that they have learned at Waldorf. We know that you will make us all very proud! 

Ambitious and 

motivated, 

Waliya 

Ahmed is 

focused on the 

future. After a transformative 

pre-college summer 

experience at Harvard 

focusing on microeconomics, 

Waliya realized her passion 

for business and will be 

pursuing her dream at the 

D’Amore-McKim School of 

Business at Northeastern 

University in Boston. 

Waliya’s passion also 

influenced her extracurricular 

choices as she participated 

in the Muslim Interscholastic 

Tournament (MIST) Business 

Venture program for several 

years doing independent 

research on market trends. 

Waliya served as a Model 

UN delegate on the 

Economic and Financial 

Committee (ECOFIN) and 

participated in the NHSMUN 

Conference in New York 

City. She also developed a 

love of creative writing at 

Waldorf and was part of a 

team that created our literary 

and art magazine, Artifice. 

Zoë Baker 

became a 

member of 

the Waldorf 

family in 10th 

grade and immediately 

became an integral part of 

our community. Zoë has 

especially shined within 

social justice initiatives. Zoë 

was selected to represent our 

school at the annual Nassau 

County Human Rights 

Conference at Adelphi 

University, where she 

attended workshops and took 

part in round table 

discussions. She came back 

to Waldorf with a fire inside 

and helped found our first 

student-run Gay-Straight 

Alliance. Zoë has worked 

tirelessly to make this group 

a safe, inclusive space for 

her fellow students. She has 

also given her time to Model 

UN, Softball, and 

Photography. Zoë’s passions 

have inspired her plans to 

head to Brandeis University, 

to major in psychology and 

minor in Spanish. She 

hopes to eventually work 

with children. 

Kayla 

Bayardelle 

has shown 

incredible 

personal and 

intellectual growth over her 

time at Waldorf. Her 

teachers have noted how 

diligently Kayla has worked 

to develop into a great 

thinker and student. Outside 

of Waldorf, Kayla actively 

studies martial arts and selfdefense. 

This study is 

important to her on both a 

physical and spiritual level. 

Kayla actively practices 

mindfulness and brings the 

same level of discipline and 

focus to her studies as she 

does to martial arts. Kayla 

has also had two lifechanging 

experiences by 

attending international 

service trips in the Dominican 

Republic and Costa Rica. 

Kayla has truly embraced the 

spirt of service and will 

continue this work in college. 

In the fall, Kayla will be 

attending Marist College, 

where she hopes to study 

communications. 

Responsible, 

calm, poised, 

dependable – 

Hannah 

Behar is a 

model student and respected 

community member. Her work 

ethic is second to none. She is 

driven and diligent, and it 

shows in everything she does. 

While Hannah has 

contributed to Waldorf in 

endless ways, she has 

particularly stood out for her 

involvement in the performing 

arts. Hannah has starred in 

our high school musical 

theater productions of In the 

Heights, The Wedding Singer, 

and The Drowsy Chaperone, 

not to mention her role in the 

seniors’ production of 

Seussical!. Hannah has also 

been a leader in the high 

school chorus and sings with 

our student a cappella group, 

Fermata the Blue. Hannah will 

be heading to Virginia to 

study at the University of 

Richmond. In honor of her 

father, who was a successful 

neurologist, Hannah plans to 

study neuroscience and/or 

psychology. 

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Headshots by Iwonka Piotrowska


Sydney 

Bossuk is a 

multi-talented 

force to be 

reckoned with, 

both on the stage and in the 

classroom. Dedicated to a 

career in Musical Theatre, 

Sydney is also a fierce 

debater, a vocal champion for 

social justice, and beloved 

life-long member of the 

Waldorf community. She was 

active in the School’s GSA, 

volunteered as an Advocate 

for the Nassau County Youth 

Court, was selected to attend 

the Long Island Justice Institute, 

and represented our school at 

the annual Nassau County 

Human Rights Conference at 

Adelphi University. Sydney 

was also a fiery presence 

within the Model UN. While 

she shines in so many 

different areas, Sydney’s true 

love is the stage. President of 

our school’s chapter of the Tri- 

M Music Honor Society, 

Sydney is a NYSSMA All 

State singer, and trained 

dancer and actor as well as a 

member of the high school 

chorus and a cappella group 

Fermata the Blue. She has 

starred in all of our high 

school musical productions 

and has worked tirelessly to 

pursue her passion through 

endless lessons and work in 

community theater. Sydney 

will take this passion to 

Marymount Manhattan 

College to pursue a BFA in 

their prestigious Musical 

Theatre department. 

Drew 

Brodksy has 

blossomed 

into a 

confident, 

purposeful young woman 

whose talents run the gamut, 

but she is most passionate 

about music and service. She 

has attended the “Bach to 

Rock” music school for the 

past six years, taking lessons 

and performing as the lead 

singer in a band. Drew 

shared her talents at Waldorf 

as well, singing in our high 

school chorus and 

performing in our high 

school musicals. Drew is also 

passionate about giving back 

to our nation’s veterans. 

Along with regular visits and 

volunteering, Drew 

independently spearheaded 

a community service project 

to make holiday cards for 

our local VA Hospital, 

managing every step – 

recruiting volunteers, 

procuring supplies, designing 

cards, and delivering 

everything in person to each 

veteran. Drew will be 

bringing her warmth, 

intelligence, and talent to 

University of Massachusetts 

at Boston where she will 

study either psychology or 

criminal justice. 

Simon Davis 

is a life-long 

Waldorf 

student whose 

love for his 

school, classmates, and 

community is instantly 

apparent. Waldorf values 

are central to Simon’s 

being. He is intellectually 

curious, creative, and he 

values freedom of thought 

and expression. A 

renaissance man, he is a 

former athlete who is still 

passionate about sports and 

he is a born performer, 

amazing us with his stage 

presence in both theatre and 

music. He is an 

accomplished and trusted 

outdoorsman with a great 

respect and appreciation for 

the natural world. As a 

senior, he was elected Co- 

President, diligently serving 

as the liaison between the 

high school student body 

and the School 

administration. Simon has 

served the School with 

grace and respect and will 

be greatly missed next year 

when he attends Pace 

University in New York City, 

to study business while 

continuing to pursue acting 

and singing. 

Jason 

Derosiers is 

polite, 

generous, 

kind, curious, 

and creative. He stands out 

among his peers for his quiet 

leadership, and his easygoing, 

even-keeled nature. 

Jason is a true artist who 

expresses himself in a variety 

of mediums. From handwork, 

to woodwork, to visual, 

performing, and digital arts, 

Jason is driven by his 

creative spirit and is quick to 

engage within our artistic 

community. He has been a 

regular fixture in our stage 

productions, playing a lead 

role in The Drowsy 

Chaperone, and wowing the 

crowd as The Cat in The Hat 

in Seussical!. He is also one 

of the founding members 

(and proficient beat boxers) 

of our school’s a cappella 

group, Fermata the Blue. 

Jason has found his calling 

with film, and has quietly 

and assertively taught himself 

how to shoot and edit short 

films. Jason will be heading 

to Westchester to pursue his 

passion for film at SUNY 

Purchase. 

Anthony 

Deus started 

high school 

as a reserved 

young man, 

and has grown into a selfassured 

and confident 

person ready to tackle his 

future. That future will begin 

in Queens at St. John’s 

University, where Anthony 

plans to study history, a 

subject that he has a great 

passion for. In addition to 

history, Anthony has two 

great loves: baseball and 

music. Anthony played on 

our Varsity Baseball team 

throughout high school and 

helped lead the team to the 

Private Schools Athletic 

Association Semi-Finals in 

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2015. He was awarded 

Most Improved Player in 

2017. Anthony has been a 

serious music fan since his 

early youth and one of his 

favorite hobbies is building 

guitars. He is self-taught and 

has incorporated this skill 

into his life at Waldorf, 

creating a stunning guitar as 

his senior art project. His 

technical knowledge is 

advanced and very 

impressive. Anthony’s 

technical skills are also seen 

in his contributions to our 

stage crew and his work as 

stage manager on the Senior 

musical, Seussical!. 

A Waldorf 

lifer, 

Alessandra 

(Ali) Fraim 

brings an 

energy to our school that is 

equals parts serious student, 

generous community 

member, and confident 

leader. Ali was recognized 

for her academic strength 

when she received the Peter 

A. Zimmerman, M.D., J.D. 

Award in Recognition of 

Academic and Intellectual 

Excellence. Her excellence is 

further exemplified in her 

naming as Salutatorian of 

her class. In addition to her 

academic strength, Ali is a 

woman of many interests 

and talents. She is a four 

sport varsity athlete and she 

plays the violin in the School 

orchestra. Outside of school, 

she is an accomplished 

outdoorswoman, having 

spent nine summers at an allgirls 

camp in Maine. She 

also serves loyally as an 

acolyte in her church and is 

very devoted to her 

congregation. Ali is an 

incredibly positive young 

woman who brings 

enthusiasm, joy, and verve to 

everything she does. Next 

year, Ali will be bringing her 

many talents to New 

Orleans, where she will 

enroll in the Honors Program 

at Tulane University. 

An 

intellectual 

young man 

with strong 

moral fiber 

and a mature and 

professional demeanor, 

Yutai Han is bright and 

incredibly driven. This drive 

is what makes him so 

beloved. An engineer by 

nature, Yutai has honed his 

skills in his physics course, 

main lessons, and most 

clearly, in woodworking. 

Yutai has become incredibly 

passionate about 

woodworking and was 

taken under the wing of Mr. 

Somers as an informal 

apprentice. Everyone who 

passed through the 

breezeway couldn’t help but 

notice his incredible 

standing desk! He has the 

patience, dexterity, problem 

solving skills, and creativity 

to excel in woodworking 

and the engineering future 

that lie beyond high school. 

In the fall, Yutai will be 

studying mechanical 

engineering at the 

Worcester Polytechnic 

Institute in Massachusetts. 

Claire Hou is 

consistent, 

reliable, and 

responsible 

with a 

calming and kind presence. 

Claire loves all things 

English. She was one of the 

driving forces behind the 

creation of the student-run 

literary magazine, Artifice, 

in addition to contributing 

her own original poems. 

She was awarded a 

scholarship to the Alice 

Hoffman Writers Retreat at 

Adelphi University and 

completed a writers’ 

intensive at Sarah Lawrence 

College. Claire won awards 

for her poetry at both the 

Adelphi Poetry Festival and 

the Freeport Arts Alliance. 

In addition to her writing, 

Claire is also an 

accomplished French student 

who participated in our 

exchange program in 

France and a devoted 

member of the Model UN 

program. With hopes of 

pursuing a career in 

publishing, Claire will major 

in English or creative writing 

at Brandeis University in 

Massachusetts come fall. 

Yunxi 

“Franky” 

Jia stands 

out amongst 

his peers for 

his unflappable good nature 

and positive attitude. In 

addition to a strong 

academic record, Franky 

treats everyone with respect 

and kindness. Franky is in 

love with all things music! 

He has been a leader in our 

school’s music program, 

showing off his performance 

skills with both saxophone 

and piano and earning Level 

VI recognition from the New 

York State School Music 

Association (NYSSMA) in 

both instruments – no small 

feat! Franky’s talents have 

also been recognized by the 

Tri-M Music Honor Society, 

and most notably, he was 

accepted to the elite 

Manhattan School of Music 

Pre-College program where 

he studied as a Piano 

Major. Franky plans to 

pursue a career in business, 

and will begin his journey 

next fall at Penn State 

University. 

Jiyeon 

“Jacey” Jung 

is poised, 

mature, 

organized, 

and meticulous. In addition to 

being a fantastic student, 

Jacey is known for her 

incredible artistic abilities. 

She has a completely unique 

artistic perspective and the 

incredible technical skills to 

back it up. She works with 

charcoal, pastels, water 

colors, acrylics, fabric, and 

beyond: she is versatile, bold, 

and unafraid to express 

herself. Jacey will be bringing 

her artistic vision to a whole 

new level in her pursuit of a 

career in fashion. Jacey 

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will be taking a gap year in 

her home country of South 

Korea before returning to 

attend Parsons School of 

Design in NYC. 

Joining 

Waldorf as a 

junior, Dylan 

Kliers 

instantly 

assimilated into our 

community with his creativity, 

quirkiness, and confidence. 

He brings a sense of 

excitement and curiosity to 

everything that he does, both 

inside and outside the 

classroom. He has excelled 

academically, but more 

importantly, he is someone 

with high standards – he 

demands the very best of 

himself at all times and isn’t 

afraid to work hard. Dylan’s 

interests are incredibly 

varied. From fishing to 

photography to 

snowboarding to investing in 

the stock market, Dylan is 

constantly busy and is 

always working on a new 

project. He even lit up the 

stage as a Wickersham 

Brother in the senior 

production of Seussical!. 

Next year, Dylan will bring 

his talents to Franklin and 

Marshall College in 

Lancaster, PA. 

Christian 

Kritas is a 

life-long 


student who 

embodies the ideals and 

values of our School. A 

10 

stellar student, Christian 

participated in our exchange 

program, attending Colegio 

de Rudolf Steiner in 

Santiago, Chile. Outside the 

academic realm, Christian 

has many passions. He is an 

excellent performer who has 

received starring roles in 

several school musicals. He 

is also an athlete who played 

soccer and ran cross-country. 

He is passionate about 

health and fitness. Christian 

serves as an advocate for 

juvenile offenders with 

Nassau County Youth Court 

and has worked 50+ hour 

weeks each summer as a 

cabana boy at the Silver 

Point Beach Club. Most 

recently, Christian started his 

own microgreens company 

after being inspired by his 

unique senior project. 

Christian has been accepted 

to an accelerated, combined 

degree program with SUNY 

Geneseo and SUNY Upstate 

Medical University. At 

Geneseo he will major in 

biology then move on to 

SUNY Upstate for his doctor 

of physical therapy degree. 

Mia Levine is 

a mature 

young woman 

full of 

conviction 

and determination. She has 

even used her academic 

prowess to passionately 

support the state of Israel. 

Mia studied abroad during 

her sophomore year at the 

Alexander Muss High School 

in Israel, and she 

participated in Write On For 

Israel, a program that 

teaches high school students 

about advocacy. Mia’s 

advocacy extends to all 

human rights. She is involved 

in organizations like the Gay- 

Straight Alliance, and has 

participated in the Human 

Rights Conference at 

Adelphi, because she is 

willing to stand up for what 

she thinks is right. 

Additionally, Mia has had 

numerous jobs in the food 

service industry (including 

Chipotle) and she has spent 

the last several years 

volunteering with Fill A 

Backpack, an organization 

that helps to provide needy 

children with school supplies. 

Mia will attend Clark 

University, where she plans 

to put her advocacy skills 

and passion to good use as 

a political science or public 

affairs major. 

Valedictorian 

Caitlin Li has 

spent her 

entire 

childhood at 

the Waldorf School, and 

during this time she has 

honed a sharp intellect and a 

true love of learning. Caitlin 

is especially strong in 

German and has been able 

to attain near fluency, win 

language competitions, and 

study abroad at the Rudolf 

Steiner Schule Nienstedten in 

Hamburg. She is also a 

passionate writer and, as a 

result, she has been involved 

in programs like the Alice 

Hoffman Writer’s Retreat at 

Adephi University. Caitlin 

was the driving force behind 

the creation of our school’s 

student-run literary magazine, 

Artifice, acting as both a 

contributor and editor-inchief. 

Outside of school, is a 

lifeguard at a local health 

club, a devoted practioner of 

Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and a 

former intern at both Alley 

Pond Environmental Center 

and Nassau University 

Medical Center. Next year, 

Caitlin will be taking a gap 

year to travel in Asia and 

help teach English in 

Waldorf schools abroad. In 

the fall of 2020, Caitlin will 

be attending the Macaulay 

Honors College at Brooklyn 

College, where she plans to 

create her own 

interdisciplinary major. 

John Jobin 

McAuliffe is 

a self-driven 

young man 

with a 

natural curiosity and a strong 

desire to understand what 

makes the physical world 

work. John has a brilliant 

mind for creating what has 

been fostered at Waldorf. In 

the tenth grade, he asked for 

the blueprints to the School 

in order to create a 3-D 

Model. He worked with our 

Facilities Director, and 

rendered an impeccably 

accurate and professional 

quality 3-D model of our 

school. John went on to build 

his own personal computer, 

sew a quilt, carve a hand out


of natural wood, and 

purchase an old motorcycle 

to fix. He has everdeveloping 

skills in welding, 

circuitry, soldering, 

locksmithing, weaving, and 

auto repair. John is also a 

representative of the Moot 

Court, an accomplished 

violinist, a theater performer, 

and the editor-in-chief of the 

yearbook. Next year, John 

will be bringing his many 

talents to Hoboken, New 

Jersey, where he will be 

studying mechanical 

engineering at the Stevens 

Institute of Technology. 

Jovawn 

McNeil has 

confidence, 

charisma, and 

ambition. 

Jovawn is driven by a deep 

seated belief in human rights 

and social justice. He is 

someone who truly wants to 

do good in this world and to 

serve as an agent of change. 

As student body copresident, 

Jovawn 

represented his peers with 

sensitivity and honesty, and 

did a great deal of 

advocating for student needs 

and wants. In addition to his 

official leadership of the 

student body, Jovawn was a 

key member of our Model 

UN, a member of the Moot 

Court program, and a 

volunteer with the Nassau 

County Youth Court 

program. Outside of school, 

he has served as an intern 

for both New York State 

Senator Todd Kaminsky and 

at the law offices of Roy 

Lester and Associates. 

Jovawn has a true vision for 

himself – he wants to study 

Political Science to influence 

meaningful changes in 

society. Jovawn will be 

heading to the epicenter of 

U.S. politics in Washington 

D.C. to study at The George 

Washington University. 

Qingwei 

“Mike” 

Meng came 

to Waldorf 

with his 

unique mix of intense drive 

and incredible likeability. 

Passionate about business 

and entrepreneurship, Mike 

participated in competitive 

pre-college programs at both 

Columbia University and 

Wharton School of Business 

at University of Pennsylvania. 

Mike feels very strongly 

about using his time and 

skills to give back, and as a 

result, he created his own 

non-profit! Hoping to inspire 

others with his love for 

entrepreneurship, Mike has 

created a nonprofit group 

called Sino-American Youth 

Entrepreneur Society. SAYES 

focuses on pushing China’s 

teens to think outside the box 

of their test-centric learning 

environment by providing 

online courses about 

entrepreneurship. Next year, 

Mike will be bringing his 

work ethic and creative 

thinking to New York City 

where he will be studying at 

the New York University 

Stern School of Business. 

Joining our 

community as 

a senior, 

Madisyn 

Minsky 

quickly made her mark. 

Maddie is warm, friendly, 

open-minded and kind. She 

is involved, both at Waldorf 

and in the local area, in 

organizations that focus on 

building a better world and 

bringing about change. 

Maddie has become an 

important part of our school’s 

Gay-Straight Alliance and 

volunteers her time as a 

Youth Court Advocate, 

helping teens who have 

committed crimes better 

themselves. She is also a 

“Sunshine Girl” with the 

B’nai B’rith Youth 

Organization, helping to 

build a stronger bond 

between Jewish teens on 

Long Island. Maddie will 

head upstate to attend Ithaca 

College, where she plans to 

major in business 

administration, with the 

eventual goal of law school. 

Quiet, quirky, 

deeply 

creative – 

Noah Negri 

is a true “old 

soul.” Noah lives and feels 

through literature, music, 

and meaningful 

conversation. Noah is a 

seeker – he ruminates on big 

questions, isn’t afraid to ask 

“Why?” and thrives in 

philosophical debate. He is 

a bright student with a 

particular affinity for 

German, fostered further by 

four months spent on 

exchange at a German 

Waldorf school during his 

sophomore year. Outside 

the classroom, Noah is 

driven by his love for music. 

Not only is he exceptionally 

talented – fluent on many 

instruments – but he sees 

music as a true extension of 

himself. He plays in a band 

and writes and produces his 

own music. Noah will call 

Annapolis, Maryland home, 

where he will be studying at 

St. John’s College. 

Athlete, artist, 

aspiring 

computer 

scientist – 

Justin 

Priester is a well-rounded, 

focused young man who has 

been a boon to the Waldorf 

community. He has a steady, 

calm demeanor that gives 

others confidence in him. 

Justin is a quiet leader who 

feels equally comfortable as 

the captain of the varsity 

soccer team, the manager of 

the basketball team, and a 

future STEM leader in the 

physics lab. Never one to be 

pigeonholed, if you can’t 

find Justin on the pitch, on 

the court, or in the lab, you 

can find him knitting, both 

independently and with the 

knitting club. He enjoyed 

knitting so much that he even 

crochetted his beautiful 

senior art project. With 

plans for a career in 

cybersecurity, Justin will be 

attending Syracuse 

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University’s College of 

Engineering & Computer 

Science with plans to major 

in computer science. 

Originally 

from Chile, 

the curious, 

creative, and 

wide-eyed 

Lua Crozier Rodriguez is a 

true global citizen who 

brings with her a great 

wealth of knowledge and life 

experience. She has a warm, 

gentle personality and treats 

everyone with kindness and 

respect. The influence of art, 

travel, culture, and language 

plays a huge role in Lua’s life 

and has made her a 

dynamic addition to the 

Waldorf community. In 

addition to her successes as 

a student, Lua has been 

actively involved in the arts, 

has sung in our high school 

chorus, and has performed in 

our school musicals. Lua is 

moving to California, and 

will be studying psychology 

at Fullerton College. 

Clever, funny, 

smart, and 

creative, 

Harry 

Seremetis is 

a young man of many 

talents. He is most 

passionate about fashion, 

and he quite literally wears 

this on his sleeve. His 

incredible senior speech, his 

gorgeous mini collection for 

his senior art project, and 

his participation in the 

Fashion Institute of 

Technology summer program 

exemplify how passionate he 

is about a future in the 

fashion world, ideally 

starting his own label one 

day. Harry was a participant 

in the Falcon Outdoor 

Leadership Program at Glen 

Brook and is a disciplined 

student of Tae Kwon Do. 

Learning this martial art with 

maturity, discipline, and 

dedication for the last ten 

years, he has reached the 

level of third degree black 

belt. Harry will be heading 

to Ohio to study fashion 

merchandising at Kent 

State University. 

Dexter 

Serrao is a 

quiet leader 

with a good 

nature, 

positive attitude, and 

excellent work ethic. He 

steps up to lead when the 

occassion calls for it and 

has followed through with 

great success. Dexter is 

passionate about a career in 

engineering, and has 

diligently pursued this goal. 

During the last two summers, 

Dexter participated in both 

the robotics program at 

Lutheran High School 

Summer STEM and the Yale 

University Engineering and 

Innovation Program. In these 

programs, Dexter has 

worked on hands-on projects 

including 3D Modeling and 

designing and building a 

scale model structure 

compliant with code, zoning 

and building requirements. 

Dexter is also a great athlete 

with a deep love of sports, 

having been a key player 

on both our varsity soccer 

and varsity basketball 

teams. Dexter will be 

heading to Pennsylvania to 

study engineering at Penn 

State University. 

Since joining 

the Waldorf 

School, Ella 

Siff-Scherr 

has made a 

deep impression on our 

community. Ella is a highly 

ethnical, intellectual, and 

creative student whose openmindedness 

leads her in all 

things. From stage crew, to 

acapella, to photography, to 

helping lead and run social 

justice initiatives, Ella’s 

community spirit is evident. 

She teaches in a local art 

studio, is an active member 

of the Reconstructionist 

Synagogue of the North 

Shore, and is a vocal 

supporter of the state of 

Israel through organizations 

like Write On For Israel. Ella 

will be taking a gap year 

with Hevruta at the Shalom 

Hartman Institute in Israel. In 

fall of 2020, Ella will head 

to Saratoga Springs to 

attend Skidmore College. 

Wellrounded, 

mellow, and 

mature, 

Jackson 

Tompkins has been an 

integral part of the Waldorf 

community. Outside the 

classroom, Jackson was 

active and engaged. He 

was a star athlete, 

competing in both varsity 

soccer and varsity 

basketball since tenth grade. 

In addition to his athletic 

prowess, Jackson also 

shined in our music and art 

programs, singing in the 

chorus for all four years of 

high school and juggling 

various instruments including 

the tuba, trumpet, and cello. 

Jackson has also been a 

counselor at the Waldorf 

Summer camp each year, 

thriving in an environment 

where he can model 

patience, positivity, and 

enthusiasm for young 

children. Jackson will be 

heading to western New 

York to study at the State 

University of New York at 

Buffalo, where he plans to 

pursue a degree in business 

or communications. 

Tess Wallace 

is a young 

woman with 

poise, 

maturity, and 

a confident sense of self. 

With determination and 

tenacity, she is resourceful in 

her academic pursuits and 

knows what it takes to 

overcome adversity in order 

to succeed. Outside of the 

classroom, Tess is an active 

and spirited member of our 

community. She is a star 

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varsity athlete, shining as the starting 

point guard on our varsity basketball 

team. Tess is not only a great player, 

but she boosts team morale while 

modeling good sportsmanship. Tess 

has also played the violin in the high 

school orchestra, participated in 

Model UN, and taken on leadership 

roles in the Student Council. She has 

worked as counselor at the Waldorf 

Summer Camp for years, inspiring 

children with her infinite patience, 

kindness, and compassion. Tess will 

bring her unique mix of talents to 

Franklin and Marshall College in 

Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 

Charismatic, 

lighthearted, and 

resolute – Harry 

Wozniak is a young 

man who has 

undergone significant personal growth 

to become the confident, purposeful 

leader he is today. Through his 

involvement with theater, music, and 

social justice initiatives, Harry has 

shown his incredible talents and his 

strength of character. Harry was 

instrumental in the reinstatement of the 

Gay-Straight Alliance, acting as one 

of its leaders. He led weekly GSA 

meetings, organized fundraisers, 

drafted proposals for administration, 

and created a much-needed safe 

space in our community. Harry is also 

a gifted performer. He is a member of 

both the high school chorus and the a 

cappella group Fermata the Blue, and 

is the Vice President of our chapter of 

the Tri-M Music Honor Society. Harry 

has also played a starring role in 

every school musical he has been 

involved in, most recently playing 

Jojo in Seussical!. Harry will heading 

to Riverdale to attend Sarah 

Students Go Above 

and Beyond 

In 2018-19, our students continued to demonstrate the “scope and 

acuity of their minds as well as the depth and integrity of their 

character” as they excelled in a variety of extra-curricular events and 

activities and earned recognition. 

Waldorf Model UN: Empowering Future Leaders 

Each year, top high school students with a 

passion for international affairs have the 

opportunity to join the Model United 

Nations elective led by History teachers 

Emmie Yaeger and John Devaney. After 

spending the majority of the year studying 

world issues, practicing debate, and 

writing research papers and resolutions, 

the rigorous elective culminates in the 

National High School Model United 

Seniors at the 2019 NHSMUN Conference 

Nations Conference (NHSMUN) in New 

York City. There, student-delegates spend 4 days with hundreds of other students 

from around the world doing research and engaging in thought-provoking 

debate about both historical and contemporary issues, heightening their problemsolving 

and diplomatic skills. 

Five of the eleven seniors who attended the NHSMUN 2019 conference are 

veterans who just completed their 4th and final year. They all agree that it was a 

challenging high point to their high school experience and the skills built in the 

Waldorf classroom enabled them to think critically and on the fly, coming up 

with creative solutions. "As an American history fan, I was drawn to Model UN 

to broaden my horizons. It definitely sparked in me a greater understanding of 

world issues," said Senior Sydney Bossuk. "It not only pushed me to think about 

more universal issues it also gave me hope and made me realize that we are the 

global leaders of the future and that it is possible to affect positive change.” W 

Junior Daniella Kata Wins at New York Concert Festival 

International Competition 

Congratulations to Daniella for being a 1st Place Winner of the 

New York Concert Festival International Competition. Daniella 

was chosen for her Piano performance of “Arabesque #1” by 

Claude Debussy. She performed the piece at Lincoln Center on 

Lawrence College. W Saturday, March 23rd. W 

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Alessandra Fraim Receives 

Peter A. Zimmerman, M.D., 

J.D. Award in Recognition 

of Academic and Intellectual 

Excellence 

Alessandra (Ali) Fraim '19 has 

been named as the recipient of 

the Peter A. Zimmerman, M.D., 

J.D. Award in Recognition of Academic and Intellectual Excellence. The 

award is given to a student who, at the completion of their junior year of 

high school, has exhibited academic and intellectual excellence in 

keeping with the highest educational standards of The Waldorf School of 

Garden City. 

The award was presented by Peter's sister, Andrea Mascuch, who shared 

with the audience the love and support she and her family had received 

from all the Waldorf community members whose lives were touched by 

Peter. She recounted many anecdotes from Peter's classmates and 

teachers who remember him as a great man. "Peter would be honored to 

be remembered this way by his classmates, friends, and teachers," she 

said. "He would be so grateful that his legacy at The Waldorf School of 

Garden City lives on, in this award to a student who shares his 

commitment to excellence, and dedication to the Waldorf Spirit." Peter 

and Andrea's parents, Dr. Alan and Mrs. Marcia Zimmerman, who 

established the award in 2017, were also in attendance. 

Middle School Students Participate in Important Marine 

Research 

Waldorf middle school students had 

a unique opportunity to assist Dr. 

Arthur Kopelman of the Coastal 

Research and Education Society of 

Long Island with research on local 

seal populations. 

The 7th & 8th grade visited Cupsogue Beach Park with members of the 

Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island (CRESLI) in order 

to observe, count, and record information about the local seal 

population. In groups of four (two to count and two to record), the 

students used telescopes and other observation tools to track the seals 

living in the Long Island harbor. Once a seal was identified, the students 

filled in data collection sheets with observations about the weather as 

well as the seals' appearance and behavior. This data is used by 

CRESLI to track and care for the animals living in the harbor. During the 

trips, the class identified between 107 and 121 different seals, noting 

the variations in behavior and color patterns. W 

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Eugene Hong Accepted to New York 

Youth Symphony 

9th Grader Eugene Hong was 

selected to join the New York 

Youth Symphony Chamber 

Music Program, as a pianist. 

Eugene participated in the 

competitive auditions in 

September and was accepted 

into the program! 

One of the most well-respected ensemble music 

training programs in the country, students 

participate in master classes with world-renowned 

musicians from across the globe. 

Holocaust Survivor Visits the High School 

Irving Roth, 

the Director of 

the Holocaust 

Resource 

Center at the 

Temple Judea, 

and one of 

fewer than 

100,000 remaining Holocaust survivors, visited 

our School to share his experiences with our 

students. The presentation, which took place in 

our High School Student Room, captivated the 

full room as Mr. Roth brought to life his 

extraordinary story of survival through a horrific 

period of history. 

The lecture particularly resonated with the senior 

class, who was reading Man's Search for 

Meaning by Viktor Frankl in their English class. 

The book is a deep exploration of Frankl's own 

Holocaust experience, and how he used said 

experiences to inform his own philosophies. The 

class watched Night and Fog, a 1956 

documentary by French director Alain Resnais. 

The short documentary focuses on the abandoned 

camps of Auschwitz and Majdanek and describes 

the lives of prisoners. According to the seniors, 

hearing Mr. Roth's accounts firsthand greatly 

increased their personal connections to the 

materials studied in class. W 

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MLK Service Day 

MLK Day of Service 

Channeling the spirit of the dream 

Students and faculty of The Waldorf School of Garden 

City came together to honor the life and legacy of Dr. 

Martin Luther King Jr. on Thursday, January 17th. The 

entire student body took part in various service projects, 

both on and off the Garden City campus, that promoted the 

spirit of love and camaraderie. 

The ninth grade traveled to Island Assisted Living in 

Hempstead, where the students played games and music 

with the residents to put them in high spirits. Similarly, the 

Eleventh Grade visited the Holly Patterson Extended Care 

Facility in Uniondale, where they provided entertainment 

and companionship to the patients. 

The Twelfth Grade spent their day working with students at 

John Lewis Childs Elementary School in Floral Park as part of 

Junior Achievement’s High School Heroes Program. They 

worked in teams of 3 or 4 students, teaching second and 

third graders about being successful community members. 

The second grade program, called “Our Community,” 

introduced children to the intersection of work readiness 

and social studies learning objectives. The third graders 

participated in the “Our City” program, which introduces 

students to financial literacy concepts, including how people 

manage their money and the importance of economic 

exchange within a city. The seniors rose to the occasion, 

serving as excellent leaders, role models, and ambassadors 

of The Waldorf School of Garden City. They received over 10 

hours of community service for both their day of service and 

two inschool trainings. 

Meanwhile, on the main School campus, the fifth through 

eighth grades prepared sandwiches and cookies for guests 

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

Each sandwich and cookie was specially wrapped and placed 

in a unique paper bag decorated by the first – third grades. 

Together the students prepared over 500 sandwiches for 

those in need. In addition to the sandwiches and cookies, 

the School sent the INN over $5oo raised during our 2019 

Alumni Basketball Games and Community ThreePoint 

Contest, which had been held the weekend before. 

The day culminated in a special assembly where grades 

four through eight payed tribute to Dr. King and other civil 

rights activists through artistic presentations. Performances 

ranged from a recitation of Dr. King’s famous “I Have a 

Dream Speech” to performances of classic songs of the 

Underground Railroad like “Follow the Drinking Gourd” to a 

reenactment of the March at Selma. Every performance 

channeled the spirit of Dr. King’s work through the 

students’ creativity. W 

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Gala 2019 

The Waldorf School of Garden City 

Celebrates 100 Years 

of Waldorf Education 

Worldwide at Gala 

2019 Photography by Tony Lante 


held its triennial Gala Celebration on 

Friday, May 31st in honor of 100 

years of Waldorf Education 

Worldwide. The evening was full of 

fabulous food, lively music, and the 

opportunity for all members of our 

community to get together and 

celebrate the School they love! 

Held at the Heritage Club in Bethpage 

right beside the Bethpage Black Golf 

Course (host to the 2019 PGA 

Championship), the gala welcomed 

over 300 members of our community, 

including current and former faculty, 

alumni, trustees, and parents, to 

celebrate this historic milestone for 

Waldorf Education. 

After a lively cocktail hour featuring 

our High School Jazz Band, guests 

entered the ballroom to hear from 

pillars of the community and honor a 

number of award recipients Awards 

were presented as follows: 

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Spirit of Waldorf Award: 

Richard Pisano, Jr. ‘78 

Distinguished Faculty Award: 

Roland Rothenbucher 

Franz E. Winkler Leadership Award: 

Susan Braun 

Hans R. Brechbühl Service Awards: 

Lance & Sue Cheney 

Outstanding Alumni Awards: 

Dr. Stephen Sagarin ‘80* 

*Accepted on behalf of alumni who have 

dedicated their careers to Waldorf Education. 

While each honoree had their own 

unique perspective and experience 

with our School and with Waldorf 

Education, they all shared a common 

sentiment: appreciation for the 

community. Distinguished Faculty 

Award winner Roland Rothenbucher, 

was emphatic about the importance 

of the community: 

“In my time at the School I have seen 

approximately 800 students graduate 

from our School, and I feel a bond with 

all of them. We have history together. 

We have taken meals together. We 

have spent time at Glen Brook 

together…In some cases we have 

served after school detentions 

together! This kinship of shared time in 

school lasts a lifetime and for these 

connections I will be forever grateful.” 

This sentiment was echoed by Franz E. 

Winkler Leadership award recipient, 

Susan Braun, who dedicated her 

speech to thanking each and every 

group who made her (over 20) years 

of service as School Administrator 

worthwhile. From the students she 

taught to the faculty and staff she 

supported to the decades of alumni 

whose dedication has made the 

School what it is today. 

There were many more honorees that 

evening as Steven Sagarin ‘80 

accepted the Outstanding Alumni 

Award on behalf of all of WSGC 

alumni who dedicated their careers to 

Waldorf Education. Steve announced 

the names of 20 of those alumni who 

were present. It was a wonderful 

opportunity to see just how 

committed our alumni community is 

to the continuation of Waldorf 

Education. 

The evening was a massive success, 

grossing over $200,000 for our School. 

Thank you to all who attended and/or 

supported our Silent Auction for the 

2019 Gala! We look forward to our 

next community event. 

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Feature 

“Rudolf Steiner 

didn’t propose to 

create an alternative 

education or a group 

of schools separate 

from the mainstream; 

he aimed to 

transform education 

in accord with the 

human needs of the 

place and time in 

which he lived.” 

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Feature 

Steve Sagarin ‘80 on the History 

& Future of Waldorf Education 

In celebration of 100 years of Waldorf Education Worldwide, we discuss–with Waldorf 

alumnus, educator, and author of, The Story of Waldorf Education in the United States: Past, 

Present, and Future, Steve Sagarin–the importance of Waldorf Education in today’s world. 

How were you introduced to Waldorf 

Education? 

Technically, my earliest memory at a Waldorf school 

is having snack with the Garden City Kindergarten 

in about 1967. We applied and my brother and I 

were set to come, but then my family moved to 

Westchester County, where there was no Waldorf 

school. So, really, it was at Camp Glen Brook in 

1973. Nick Franceschelli was my counselor, and 

Peter Curran was a sort of god-like Camp Director 

who could hit a softball a mile, get us to wash our 

hands for meals, and conduct a beautiful nondenominational 

Sunday Service. My family then 

moved to Long Island in 1976 so that my brothers 

and I could attend the Garden City school starting in 

9th grade. (My grandparents had become interested 

in Steiner’s work in the 1940s, and I was born in 

the 1960s, so it was always there in the 

background of my life.) 

What inspired you to write a book about 

Waldorf Education in the United States? 

I returned to teach at The Waldorf School of Garden 

City after college—initially, to be accurate, to mow 

the lawns and give admissions tours. As I became a 

teacher and learned about how things were done at 

other Waldorf schools, I realized that there were 

significant differences among them. And as I read 

more and more of Steiner’s work, I recognized that 

these differences, and our teaching practice in 

general, is only loosely based in Steiner’s work. In 

particular, I noticed the difference between schools 

that were founded later, in the 1960s and 1970s, 

that had a counter-cultural feel to them, and schools 

like Garden City, founded in the 1940s, that were 

more part of the “establishment.” 

What were the greatest challenges and 

rewards of writing the book? 

The greatest challenge was the research—there 

simply wasn’t one historical method that allowed me 

to learn all that I wanted to learn. I had to rely on 

old faculty and board meeting minutes, analysis of 

books written earlier in the 20th century, interviews, 

site visits, and data collection through AWSNA and 

related websites. So, in order to achieve some sort 

of veracity in my account, I had to give up the idea 

of an elegant method. The whole thing is a bit of a 

hodge-podge, then, although I hope that readers 

don’t experience it too much that way. 

The greatest reward was the clarity that I achieved 

regarding the history of Waldorf schools in the 

United States. I was able to discover, pretty neatly, 

four generations of schools, each with its own 

character and interpretation and style, if you will, 

based largely on when the School was founded. 

Perhaps even more important, I also gained a lot of 

clarity on Steiner’s educational work—principles, 

methods, and curriculum. I’ve continued this work 

since the book was published. Learning what Steiner 

said, what he didn’t say, and how we have put that 

into practice and NOT put that into practice 

continues to inform my work as a teacher. 

What is the importance of the Waldorf 

School of Garden City’s founding and why 

was it established? 

Great question. Prior to the 1960s, there were few 

Waldorf schools, and the ones that existed were 

more experimental and less conventional than they 

are today. Garden City was founded as a 

“demonstration” school for the education department 

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Feature 

20 

~ Waldorf 100 ~ 

The next 100 years 

Douglas 

Gerwin Ph.D. 

Class of 1968 

~ 

“It is risky, even 

foolish, to predict what 

the next danger or the 

next “big idea” will be, 

but I am confident that, 

whatever it is, Waldorf 

teachers––to the 

degree they are true to 

the principles and 

practices of this 

education––will have 

seen it coming and will 

have prepared their 

children to meet it (as 

they once prepared me) 

long before it rises up 

as a worldwide crisis. 

In that sense, Waldorf 

education is truly 

a schooling for 

the future.” 

at Adelphi University. Some 

of the most thoughtful lifelong 

Waldorf teachers 

came through that program 

under John Gardner. 

Education students learned 

about Steiner’s work AND 

education in general. They 

were better able to bridge 

the gap between Waldorf 

and non-Waldorf modes 

and to speak without jargon 

or insularity. They were 

able to think for themselves, 

which should be a goal for 

all of us. This isn’t to say 

that their work was perfect, 

just to point out some 

benefits. If I may add a 

personal comment, I wish 

that Waldorf schools, and 

AWSNA, and teacher 

training institutes today 

would all approach their 

work more in this 

experimental, 

improvisational mode, and 

less as the transmission of 

an already-worked-out 

program or curriculum. I 

think we risk making 

something that should be 

truly creative into something 

that has the appearance of 

creativity but without the 

real spark. 

Share a story or favorite 

memory of The Waldorf 

School of Garden City. 

There are so many! I came 

from years in public school, 

where I had some good 

teachers and some not-sogood 

ones. All the teachers 

at Waldorf cared so much. 

Learning to sing with Mr. 

Rose—so hard for me, but 

so rewarding. Like everyone 

else, I was in two operettas, 

something I never would 

have thought to do. History 

with Mr. Curran, who could 

paint an amazing, clear 

picture in words of the 

Crusades or the Industrial 

Revolution. Soccer with Mr. 

Jurak—he never seemed to 

teach us anything, but we 

knew how to play and we 

were almost undefeated in 

my four years of HS, and 

we were in awe of his 

Olympic background. 

German class in 11th 

grade with Dr. Macht—just 

two of us, and we could 

simply talk and learn. 

Staying after school for 

hours and hours developing 

and printing pictures for the 

yearbook in a real wet 

darkroom. Calligraphy with 

Mrs. Jennerjahn. Weeks at 

Camp Glen Brook with 

work and responsibility— 

painting, chipping brush. It 

just felt like every direction I 

turned, someone was 

teaching me and 

challenging me in ways I 

hadn’t even really imagined 

before, and they all cared 

how I did and whether or 

not, in doing it, I was 

becoming a better person. 

Why do you think so 

many WSGC graduates, 

become Waldorf 

teachers, administrators, 

or even found schools? 

I don’t really know the 

answer to this question, 

although over the years I’ve 

noticed the same thing. I like 

to think it’s because the 

School did things “right,” 

which, over the years, I’ve 

come to define in a few 

ways. This is not a 

comprehensive list, but here 

goes: 1- Not pushing 

anthroposophy. We knew 

that Mr. Curran, Mr. Barton, 

Mr. Blatchford, Mr. Leaf, 

and many, many other 

teachers were interested in 

Steiner’s work, but they 

didn’t push it at all; they 

lived it. 2- Preparing us for 

life and college. One of the 

most glaring differences I 

noticed once I started 

looking at the differences 

among Waldorf schools was 

that some—many, most?— 

had reputations for being 

almost anti-intellectual. It was 

clear that that view didn’t 

hold in Garden City. I 

believe Rudolf Steiner had 

high standards in all 

endeavors, and Garden City 

upheld that. 3- Seeing us 

each for who we were. Each 

adolescent is different; 

adolescence is a life-stage of 

differentiation. We were not 

treated as cookie-cutter 

students, but as unique 

individuals. 4- Having and 

valuing a high school! Too 

many Waldorf schools end 

with 8th grade, just as 

human beings are 

developing toward 

individuality and freedom. 

Students who leave before 

high school, for whatever 

reason, simply don’t have 

the consciousness around 

Waldorf education that can 

develop during high school. 

I’m sure there are other 

reasons, too!

How do you see the role of 

Waldorf education, and 

specifically WSGC’s role 

changing over 100 years? 

I gave some talks on this 

subject in New Zealand in 

April 2019, so I’ve been 

giving this some thought. 

Rudolf Steiner didn’t propose 

to create an alternative 

education or a group of 

schools separate from the 

mainstream; he aimed to 

transform education in accord 

with the human needs of the 

place and time in which he 

lived. Anything we can do to 

avoid sectarianism, insularity, 

or dogma while earnestly 

trying to bring his core 

principles to life and light in 

our place and time, to make 

these available for all children 

and families that would like 

them, will move closer to his 

ideal. People talk about 

Waldorf as if it’s a curriculum 

(it’s not!) or a lifestyle (again, 

no!). It’s a way of 

approaching more and more 

closely the truths of what it 

means to be a growing, 

developing human being. If 

we can make these available 

to more and more students— 

not just those who seek private 

school or who can afford it— 

again, we’ll be honoring 

Rudolf Steiner. So, for the next 

100 years, I hope and pray 

and work so that more and 

more children can have an 

education based on Steiner’s 

principles as we move further 

and further away from dogma, 

rigidity, and sectarianism. This 

will require as a first step that 

we engage with Steiner’s work 

ourselves, and not leave it up 

to anyone else—not an expert 

from another school, not 

someone who writes a lot of 

books, not recipes from a 

teacher education program, 

not photocopies from last 

year’s teachers. 

Could you talk about the 

Myrins, Peter Curran, and 

John Gardner? 

Here’s what I recall: 

Alarik Myrin was a Swedish- 

American businessman, who 

was interested in Steiner’s 

work. He lived on a large 

property in Kimberton, 

Pennsylvania. His wife was 

philanthropist Mable Pew 

Myrin (one of seven related 

contributors to the current Pew 

Charitable Trusts). During 

World War II the Myrins 

converted their home into a 

school that was to be a 

Waldorf school for refugees 

from Europe. These refugees 

never arrived, and so, around 

1942, the School became one 

for American children. Later, 

through anthroposophical 

friends, Mr. Myrin was invited 

to join the Board of Adelphi 

University (then Adelphi 

College, a former women’s 

college that became co-ed in 

1946). In this role, he assisted 

in the creation and funding of 

the Waldorf Demonstration 

School of Adelphi College in 

1947, which is now The 

Waldorf School of Garden 

City. He also helped to fund 

and create the Waldorf 

Institute, a teacher education 

program at Adelphi, which 

educated a generation of 

Waldorf teachers. 

Myrin hired Hermann von 

Baravalle as Faculty Chair of 

the Waldorf School. Baravalle 

had known Steiner, had a 

doctorate in math, and had 

taught mathematics at the first 

Steve Sagarin with Faculty Chair, 

Kelly O’Halogan at The Waldorf 

School of Garden City Gala 2019. 

Waldorf School in Stuttgart, 

Germany. He then moved to 

the United States, where he 

had a hand in the founding of 

nearly every Waldorf school in 

the U.S. from the 1930s 

through the 1960s. Perhaps 

because he was too European, 

Baravalle apparently couldn’t 

win the confidence of parents 

at the School. (He wanted to 

focus on the practical aspects 

of Steiner’s work, which he 

believed was appropriate for 

Americans, and he left out the 

esoteric parts; when some 

parents learned of Steiner’s 

esotericism, they felt betrayed.) 

So Mr. Myrin, through his 

friendship with 

anthroposophical doctor Franz 

Winkler, located John Gardner 

to step in as Faculty Chair, 

starting in 1949, I believe. 

Gardner and his wife, Carol— 

Ernest Hemingway’s sister, by 

the way—had worked at the 

Steiner School in New York 

City in the 1930s, but had 

then left for work in education 

outside the Waldorf world. 

(This was at the same time that 

Marjorie Spock, sister of 

influential pediatrician Dr. 

Benjamin Spock, left the 

Steiner School in NYC. She 

was one of the first eurythmists 

in the United States, later also 

taught in Garden City, and, 

most famously, was a dear 

friend to Rachel Carson, and 

an influence on Carson’s work 

opposing DDT spraying on 

Long Island.) Gardner then led 

the faculty and the Waldorf 

Institute, training teachers at 

Adelphi, through the mid- 

1970s. When I was a student 

in the late 70s, Mr. Gardner 

conducted my admissions 

interview— a tall, white-haired 

statesman with piercing blue 

eyes. He then retired (David 

Barton became faculty chair; I 

don’t believe my admissions 

interview had any bearing on 

Mr. Gardner’s subsequent 

retirement). Gardner had 

taught and published on 

Emerson and Melville, and in 

this helped to turn the Waldorf 

curriculum from a European to 

a more American direction. 

Peter Curran was a Mainer, 

trained at Bowdoin in history, 

who taught at Garden City 

and directed Camp Glen 

Brook until he retired in the 

mid-1980s, when James 

Madsen became camp 

director. I was at Mr. 

Curran’s retirement dinner at 

the School. He gave a short, 

heartfelt, speech that I can 

quote in full: “I’ve spent half 

my life at this school, and It’s 

been the better half.” W 

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Annual Report 

Message from the 

Board of Trustees 

by Lance Cheney, Chair 

Board of Trustees 

Lance Cheney, Chair 

Cristin Burtis 

David Chauvin ’97 

Jay Dorman 

Tasha England 

Marion Flomenhaft 

Michael Gentile 

Jeffrey Kane 

Edward Magee 

Anne Murray ‘85 

Michael Proctor 

David Resnick ‘79 

Chiara Sugrue 

Jean-Rene Zetrenne ‘88 

The Waldorf School 

of Garden City is 

part of an 

educational 

movement that 

started one hundred 

years ago. Our 

School has 

continued to evolve since its founding 

in 1947 through the thoughtful and 

passionate work of countless faculty, 

administrators, trustees and parent 

volunteers to become what is 

recognized throughout the world as a 

shining example of what a Waldorf 

School can be. Holding fast to the 

principals that led to the founding of 

Waldorf Education a century ago 

while maintaining relevancy and 

purpose in an ever changing society 

has been at the heart of their work. 

Meeting and speaking with the 

graduating class each year is positive 

proof of how on target and beneficial 

their efforts have been and continue to 

be. Having any part of helping to 

educate these diverse groups of 

individuals to meet the world with 

purpose, gratitude and respect is 

noble work and I am grateful to all 

who undertake it. 

As a community we are particularly 

grateful to Susan Braun, who retired 

after 21 years as our school 

administrator. Through Susan’s 

capable leadership, the School is the 

most financially stable, organized and 

prepared to meet the challenges of 

the day, as it has ever been. Susan 

has left her positive mark on our 

School forever. 

We welcome to our community Helene 

Smith as our new school administrator. 

Helene brings with her a worldliness 

and vitality that will help propel our 

school to even greater heights. 

Through your contributions of time and 

resources our School continues to 

thrive. A number of projects were 

planned during the 2019 school year 

and by your donations these plans 

became a reality. Many hands made 

for light work with gifts to the Annual 

Fund Campaign, Glen Brook, Gala 

2019, or a Special Campaign. The 

gestures of volunteering, attending, 

and contributing help make this 

education possible, thank you. 

We have a wonderful community of 

students, parents, faculty and staff. 

For those of you joining us for the first 

time I say welcome. I encourage you 

to make the time to get involved in 

any way you that you are able. I can 

guarantee you that it will be time well 

spent. W 

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2018-2019 


School Administrator 

by Susan Braun 


Results of Operations 

The theme of 

change is 

touched upon 

frequently in 

our School’s 

Annual Report. 

Whether 

changes in 

personnel, changes in the financial 

environment, or changes in the 

needs of our students and their 

families, change is ever-present. 

While we may find ourselves 

craving the predictable and 

familiar, we also know that change 

is necessary for the continued 

healthy development of both 

individuals and institutions. 

Change has been a constant 

throughout The Waldorf School of 

Garden City’s 70+ year history. 

While the buildings, the teachers, 

the Main Lessons, and even our 

leadership may change from one 

generation to the next, our School’s 

overarching mission — to educate 

children to meet the world with 

purpose, gratitude and respect – is 

a constant thread which unites 

decades of graduates. The 

enduring strength of this mission 

allows our School to grow and to 

change, enabling us to meet the 

ever-changing needs of our students 

and their families. 

After two decades of service to The 

Waldorf School of Garden City, I 

hand the torch of administrative 

leadership to Ms. Helene Smith – a 

talented professional who will carry 

our School confidently into the 

ever-changing future. I am truly 

excited to see how our School 

continues to grow and develop 

under her guidance. 

It has been the professional 

privilege of my life to serve The 

Waldorf School of Garden City. It 

has been an equal privilege to 

work with so many talented and 

dedicated professionals. Their 

passion for Waldorf Education is 

awe inspiring. In looking towards 

the future, my hope for our School 

is that we continue to be innovative 

leaders in Waldorf Education by 

embracing healthy change with 

passion and confidence! Being 

fearless in the face of challenge, 

trusting in the strength of our 

mission, and valuing our human 

relationships above all else — 

these are the institutional strengths 

which enable The Waldorf School 

of Garden City to continue 

graduating young people who are 

destined to be positive forces for 

change in our world. W 

Other Income 

$199,502 (1%) 

Instructional Support 

$234,728 (2%) 

Facilities 

$409,017 (4%) 

General & 

Administrative 

$474,688 (4%) 

Unrestricted Annual 

Fund Contributions* 

$304,432 (3%) 

Auxiliary 

Programs 

$2,180,458 (19%) 

Auxiliary Programs 

$1,219,093 (11%) 

Income 

Expenses 

Tuition Assistance & 

Scholarship 

$1,828,474 (16%) 

Tuition and Fees 

$8,623,072 (77%) 

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

Total Operating Income: $11,207,464 (100%) 

Salaries & Benefits 

$6,952,571 (63%) 

Total Operating Expenses: $11,118,573 (100%) 

NET OPERATING SURPLUS: $88,891 

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Annual Report 

Message from 

The Faculty Chair 

by Kelly O’Halogan 

For 100 years 


Education has 

uniquely met the 

needs of children 

through its 

intentional, ageappropriate 

curriculum designed to perfectly 

interweave with the unfolding 

development of the human being 

from toddlers to young adults. 

For 72 of those years The Waldorf 

School of Garden City has 

uniquely administered this 

curriculum by carefully assessing 

the specific needs, both present 

and future, of its students and by 

daring to deepen it, enhance it, 

strengthen it as our world changes 

and evolves. This creative and 

courageous approach sets The 

Waldorf School of Garden City 

apart. It is no small feat, but the 

work is greatly rewarding! 

increasing. The Waldorf School of 

Garden City is the antidote. 

What takes place in our 

classrooms, whether kindergarten 

or in the grades, is sacred. 

Our dedicated teachers, committed 

to ongoing education and the 

deepening of their studies of 

human development, seek to 

understand the complexities they 

experience in their students and 

group dynamics of their classes. 

They work with the healing 

curriculum designed by Rudolf 

Steiner and enhanced by many 

Waldorf teachers over the years to 

meet the needs of the students that 

stand before them. 

I can only be grateful to those who 

founded and shaped our School 

since its inception. There exists 

here the creativity, courage and 

drive to both value tradition and 

forge new pathways. We face the 

future with a clear gaze. W 

Our world is changing so rapidly 

that the future feels uncertain. 

Parents are often panicked about 

their children’s education and 

many schools don’t know how or 

don’t have the freedom to address 

these issues. Fear prevails. As a 

result, anxiety in children is 

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Message from 

Camp Glen Brook 

by Shelley Goguen Hulbert 

Glen Brook 

continues to enjoy 

a robustly 

enrolled Summer 

Camp, a full slate 

of school and 

family programs, 

and a growing 

Gap program. I believe these 

experiences are more important 

than ever for children and youth. 

Here’s why: 

I sat with a group of 11 year-old 

boys at summer camp this past 

July. They were having difficulty 

working together to clean their 

bunkroom for Sunday Inspection. 

Different boys had different ideas 

about what needed to be done to 

get a good score, and who should 

do which chores. Emotions were 

running high and their behavior 

toward each other deteriorated. 

As I sat with them to problemsolve, 

the first thing I said was, 

“Wow, how many boys do you 

know that get to share a room with 

7 other kids? Imagine, if you can 

figure out how to do this you will 

be well on your way to helping 

bring about world peace.” I 

wasn’t kidding. 

In today’s culture, we are so 

focused on making sure that our 

children are well supported to 

grow and become successful 

individuals, that we often lose sight 

of the fact that all of these 

wonderful individuals must be able 

to interact, with each other’s best 

interest in mind, in order to create 

a thriving community. 

At Glen Brook we give students 

and campers the opportunity to 

figure out roles and responsibilities 

and to agree on acceptable 

behaviors in order to accomplish 

common goals. What better 

training ground than a shared 

bunkroom and daily chores to 

keep Glen Brook’s farm and camp 

running? Our individual work 

contributions matter to the health 

and happiness of all. As John 

Gardner said long ago: 

“Companionship and brotherhood 

must be the prototype for all 

economic life in the future, as 

opposed to the self-seeking now 

prevalent. The tone of the work at 

Glen Brook should increasingly 

give children a sense of how this 

brotherhood may be achieved.” W 

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Annual Report 


Parent Association 

by Lisa Horowitz, Gina Mardy, 

Preston Li & Jenna DeRosa 

We have completed our third and 

final year as co-chairs and are 

happy to welcome the new PTA cochairs 

— Felicia Busto-Fraim, Jane 

Mrosko Stumme, Hongyu Li and Josh 

Levitt. We are pleased to be passing 

the torch to such a diverse and 

dedicated group. 

Looking back on the year, we have 

much to be proud of. We 

had another successful 

Fall Fair. We also 

experienced a 

tremendous effort with 

our book drive with The 

Book Fairies, a charity 

that donates thousands of 

books per year to high 

poverty schools and organizations 

across Long Island and metropolitan 

New York. We held our first 

Holiday Fair and supported the 

efforts of the entire Development 

team to bring about another 

smashing success in this year’s 

Gala. This year’s theme was 

Celebrating 100 Years of Waldorf 

Education and we were delighted to 

support the wonderful traditions of 

the School, this education, and our 

entire community. 

The PTA worked diligently this year 

to continue to strive for transparency, 

accountability and ongoing 

communication between all of our 

community members. We enjoyed 

working with our new Faculty Chair, 

Kelly O’Halogen, and we had the 

privilege of being included in the 

process of finding the next School 

Administrator. These are just a few 

of the achievements we look to as 

signs of our commitment which 

illustrate the results of our 

collective hard work. 

Being part of this partnership 

of people has been a joy. We 

have seen the fruits of our labor 

including new lobby bathrooms 

and new curtains in Bonner Hall, all 

paid for by the PTA. We have 

strengthened our PTA and have been 

so pleased to have seen an increase 

in turnout at our monthly meetings. 

Now we leave you, but we won’t be 

far away. We will continue to be 

engaged in events and goings-on 

throughout the coming year. Thank 

you all! 

W 

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Development Director 

The rhythm and 

energy of the 

2018-2019 School 

year is one that I 

will not too soon 

forget. From the 

first day of School 

on September 4th 

Waldorf community members, new 

and old, forged together in support of 


(WSGC). We unified behind a 

common purpose, the children that 

we have committed to educate and 

serve. By providing our time, ideas, 

resources, and expertise we rallied 

and had a tremendous year! With 

your help, the Development team 

successfully produced events for every 

segment of the School’s community to 

showcase their Waldorf Pride behind 

a common purpose. 

In September, the Summer’s End 

Cocktail Party at the Mavrikis’ home 

in Huntington offered a beautiful 

setting to what turned out to be an 

unforgettable afternoon. With your 

help, we raised $9,000 for the 

WSGC Capital Campaign in 

memory of Peter Mavrikis ’81. 

In October, we kicked off Alumni 

Weekend and Fall Fair with the 

Waldorf Symposium which highlighted 

some of our trailblazing graduates. 

We heard first-hand how each alum 

defined and measured success. 

by Nicole Littrean 

In November for Giving Tuesday, 

the 12th grade parents came 

together with a pay-it-forward match 

challenge of $19,000 to the 

community. Waldorf rose to the 

occasion with over 180 gifts and 

raised over $65,000! 

In December for the annual Carol 

Sing, current parents, alumni, 

faculty, staff, alumni parents and 

friends of Waldorf gathered to sing 

beautiful traditional hymns and 

reflect on a year full of blessings. 

In January, a Three-Point Contest 

component was added to the Alumni 

Basketball Games. Our School 

matched the proceeds from the 

contest and donated $500 to the 

Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN) to 

coincide with the Martin Luther King 

Day of Service. 

To conclude the School year and in 

Celebration of 100 Years of 

Waldorf Education Worldwide more 

than 300 community members 

gathered on May 31st at The 

Heritage Club of Bethpage in 

Farmingdale, NY and raised over 

$200,000 for Glen Brook and the 

Early Childhood Play Areas. 


Fundraising Summary 

2019 Gala 

Gross 

$204,448 

Glen Brook 

Capital Campaign 

$93,879 

$1M + 

500+ 

1 

Grants & 

Foundation 

$173,075 

WSGC 

Capital 

Campaign 

$211,615 

Annual 

Fund 

(General & 

Directed) 

$175,351 

In-Kind 

Donations 

$77,471 

GIVING BY THE NUMBERS 

total dollars were raised 

in the 2019 School year; 

way to go WSGC & GB! 

gifts received from the 

Waldorf & Glen Brook 

communities set a record 

annual fundraising total. 

1350+ 

donors to the 2018 

2019 WSGC Annual 

Fund Campaign. 

special payitforward 

matching gift challenge 

by the 12th grade 

parents raised $19,000! 

THANK YOU! 

None of this is possible without you. 

Thank you! W 

Scholarship 

& Endowment 

$21,710 

Glen Brook 

(General & Directed) 

$72,081 

Total Fundraising: $1,038,053 


Community 

Events Gross 

$8,423 

gifts set a Giving Tuesday 

record and totaled over 

$65,000 with a matching gift 

from the 12th grade parents. 

180 + 

1964 continues to be the alumni class with the highest 

percentage of participation. 

Since 1960, we have had 60 graduating classes, and this 

year 50 of those classes had alumni who gave back. 

THANK YOU! 

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Annual Report 

Mabel Pew Myrin 


Members 

Mabel Pew Myrin 


Anonymous: 4 

Gerhard Bedding 

Susan Braun 

Richard Brenin '81 

Katherine Charles '68+ 

Marilyn Cranin 

Norman Cranin+ 

Ellen Doremus 

Deirdre du Prey+ 

Deborah Frazier '66 

Lauren Furst 

W. Scott Galasso '70 

Karen Louise Heau 

Daniel Howard '81 

Bill Hughes 

Tiger Keogh 

David C. Meissner '61 

John D. Miller 

Margaret S. Morrow+ 

Mabel Pew Myrin+ 

Susan Olson 

John W. Petrusky+ 

George K. Russell 

Leonore Russell 

Bernard C. Wesson '68 

David W. White 

Robert White+ 

Scott A. Williams '85 

+ deceased 

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One hundred years ago Rudolf Steiner 

and Emil Molt had a vision of adopting a 

new way of educating children in their 

community. Their efforts and planning 

were realized with the help of many 

diligent factory workers, and the 

Waldorf-Astoria Cigarette Factory 

became the site of 

the first Waldorf 

School in 1919. 

While Steiner and 

Molt took steps to 

secure a progressive 

education for 

children of war-torn 

Germany, their 

philosophy spread 

with the help of other 

pioneers. In 1947, 

H.A.W. and Mabel 

Pew Myrin blazed 

the trail in the United 

States and were 

among the founding 

members of what we 

know today as The Waldorf School of 

Garden City. They both had a strong 

belief in Waldorf educational methods 

which led to Mrs. Myrin establishing the 

Waldorf School Trust in 1960. This was 

our School’s first planned gift. 

In 2003, to honor this extraordinary 

legacy gift, the School established the 

Mabel Pew Myrin Planned Giving Society. 

Many years later the society continues to 

grow, with members who believe in the 

values and principles of Waldorf 

education and would like the benefits of 

their generosity to support students for 

decades to come. 

There are a number of ways that you can 

make a legacy gift to The Waldorf School 

of Garden City to qualify for membership 

in the Mabel Pew Myrin Legacy Society. 

• Name The Waldorf 

School of Garden 

City in your will or 

living trust. 

• Designate the 

School as a 

beneficiary of your 

retirement plan. 

• List the School as a 

beneficiary of your 

life insurance policy. 

• Establish a gift that 

provides lifetime 

income for you, or 

a loved oneand 

the School. 

If you have included The Waldorf School 

of Garden City in your estate plan, or 

would like additional information on the 

many ways of becoming part of the Mabel 

Pew Myrin Giving Society, please contact 

me at 516-742-3434, ext. 309, or email 

littreann@waldorfgarden.org 

On behalf of our past, present, and future 

community, we thank the members of the 

Mabel Pew Myrin Planned Giving Society 

for paying it forward and supporting the 

School in a lasting way. W


Paying It Forward with a Bequest 

On a clear, crisp, winter day in February of this year, we had a chance to sit down with Daniel Howard ’81, 

for an intimate conversation about the impact the School and Camp Glen Brook have had on his life. Dan shed 

light on his decision to make a substantial bequest in his will to Camp Glen Brook and a donation to the 

School’s Capital Campaign. 

When did you begin your journey at 

Waldorf, and what is your earliest 

memory? 

I started as a freshman in 1977. I always 

remember coming to School each morning 

and starting the day with a lecture led by 

our Class Advisor, Mr. Kelly. I always felt 

a special connection to him, respected him 

and enjoyed his sense of humor. 

How would you say Mr. Kelly 

impacted your life? 

I became very good friends with him. He 

was not just my class advisor, but my 

lacrosse coach as well. I felt so fortunate to 

have had the opportunity to build a true 

friendship with Mr. Kelly, that still exists 

now, almost 40 years later. 

Can you tell us a favorite memory or 

story that included Mr. Kelly? 

I remember going to Glen Brook during the 

summer of 1978. Right after school ended, 

and just before summer camp began, a 

small group of students and teachers took a 

ten day trip that was known as a 

“wilderness survival trip.” Mr. Kelly was one 

of the chaperones for the trip, and we had 

a blast! We camped out on the grounds 

and spent one week hiking up to the White 

Mountains. I remember the trip being a true 

challenge, both physically and mentally, but 

most definitely worth it. I learned so much 

about myself and how to overcome 

challenges from that trip in the mountains. 

Would you say trips to Camp Glen 

Brook were one of your favorite things 

about being a Waldorf student? 

Yes, very much so. I loved being at Glen 

Brook so much that I spent the following 

two summers working at the camp. 

Do you feel Glen Brook added 

something to your High School 

experience? 

It did. I loved everything the camp offered, 

especially working with my hands, working 

the land – in the gardens and the hay 

fields and with the animals. When I 

graduated high school, I went to college 

for agriculture because of my Glen Brook 

experiences. It really pushed me to pursue 

a college education. 

What message would you give 

families and students who are currently 

in our School? 

Don’t be in a rush to get out! Enjoy your 

time here. Be a sponge and absorb the 

rich education. Make friends, and stay in 

touch. I’m out of school for almost 40 

years and I’m still in touch with many of 

my classmates, as well as members of 

other classes. 

What made you decide to make a 

substantial donation to the School’s 

Capital Campaign and bequest to Camp 

Glen Brook? 

My hope is that Camp Glen Brook is a part 

of Waldorf‘s unique educational offerings 

for many years to come, and that it does for 

other students what it did for me. It truly 

instilled a strong work ethic in me. I learned 

valuable lessons about life, and I really 

enjoyed everything Glen Brook had to offer. 

How would you describe the process of 

initiating and finalizing a bequest to an 

institution? 

Very easy! The process can be completed 

as quickly as one to two weeks and is 

absolutely worth it. I highly recommend 

taking this step to all community members. 

I know I will not regret it. 

What would you say to other alums 

and community members who are 

considering leaving a bequest to the 

School and Glen Brook? 

Do it! If the School did for you what it did 

for me, it’s an easy decision. 

Lastly, what is one word that describes The 

Waldorf School and Camp Glen Brook? 

Bubba. It won’t make sense to many 

people, but if you ask anyone from 30-40 

years ago, they’ll understand. Peter 

Curran, who was the Director of Camp 

Glen Brook back then, was someone I’ll 

always remember. He was someone we all 

respected. His nickname to us students and 

campers was Bubba, and that is what we 

all called him. Fast forward 20 years. I 

went out and got a dog and named him 

Bubba. It just stuck with me forever. 

~ 

Thank you Dan, for your generous estate 

gift in support of Camp Glen Brook. By 

paying your memorable experiences 

forward future generations of students and 

campers will have the same life changing 

experiences you had as a student. W 

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Fundraising 

H.A.W. Myrin Giving Society 

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

toward our 2018-2019 fundraising initiatives, including the Annual Fund Campaign 

which concluded on June 30, 2019. Your generosity allows our great School to 

maintain its legacy. Thank you for your continued contributions. 

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

Leadership Circle 

$20,000 & Above 

Erna Anderson 

*Sydney Anderson 

Marcus Austin & Kathy 

Anderson ‘97 

*Kenneth I. '69 & Kathryn 

Chenault 

*David Kelley & Nicole 

LaBarbera '84 

Alexander Moore 

*Brian & Christie Negri 

Peter & Kaye Negri 

*Richard Pisano, Jr. '78 & 

Teresa Signorelli 

*The Pisano Family 

Robert & Stephanie Ross 

*David W. White 

Chip H. Zoegall & Riham M. 

Farid 

Heritage Circle 

$10,000 - $19,999 

*Cristin Burtis & Kim Wyant 

*Robert '64 & Diane 

Hamshaw 

*Karin Heine '64 

*Robin Hulbert & Shelley 

Goguen Hulbert 

Stephen & Beverly Lindell 

Devin O'Neill & Faith Rose 

'86 

*John L. '64 & Barbara 

Oppenheim 

Francis Ricigliano & Anne M. 

Murray '85 

*Daniel & Lucy Stroock 

Founders’ Circle 

$5,000 - $9,999 

Lee Baker 

Robert Baker 

*Nancy Bello 

David A. Chauvin '97 & 

Ashley Trager Chauvin 

Huisheng Chen & Xiuyan Liu 

*Jay & Diana Dorman 

*David & Marion Flomenhaft 

*William & Paula Jennings 

*Alfred & Barbara (Costello) 

'76 Lyons 

Dean '87 & Nicole Mavrikis 

Christopher W. '81 & 

Marianne Pisano 

*Michael & Carol Proctor 

*David Resnick '79 & Iwonka 

Piotrowska 

*Charles Rodriguez 

Charles Rose '78 & Pamela 

Moore 

*Roberto Rossi & Tanya 

Dalmazio 

Howard & Helen (Resnick) 

'82 Shaw 

Joseph B. Steuer & Erin 

Fitzgerald 

*James & Chiara Sugrue 

Michael Tammero '89 & 

Mark Kruger 

*Jeffrey Tompkins & Alice 

Haining 

*Scott A. Williams '85 & 

Susan Braun 

*Martin Zand & Ellen Ingram 

Benefactors’ Circle 

$1,000 - $4,999 

Anonymous: 2 

Michael & Kirstin Allio 

*Steven & Cori Bayardelle 

*Eileen Behar 

Joshua '99 & Cherilynn 

Blumenthal 

Matthew & Joan Ann Cahill 

Camp Glen Brook Staff 

Joe Caprio & Jessica Osborne 

Russ Causley & Sophie 

Heyerdahl 

Jiawei Chen 

*Lance & Sue Cheney 

Class of 2018 

Class of 2022 

*Marilyn Cranin 

*Robert '95 & Gina 

D'Addario 

Orian & Ive Diaz 

*Pierre '61 & Julia du Prey 

James & Kyle Galbraith 

*John & Allison Gehnrich 

Edward & Georgia 

Golebiewski 

*Pierre & Paula W. 

(Valentine) '70 Gonthier 

*Joseph & Diane Haley 

Yaron & Galit Hershco 

John Hiris & Karen Talluto 

*Jeffrey & Janet Kane 

*Mark & Tatyana Kissin 

*Dolores Krause '60 

*Laura H. Kreft 

*Preston Li & Alison Hwang 

Al & Gail Maiolo 

*Kenneth J. '71 & 

Mary Marissael 

Douglas & Maria Marshall 

John & Katina Mavrikis 

Dorothy McCagg & 

Carl Querfurth 

Scott McGovern & Peggy 

Brown 

*John D. & Kristin Miller 

Julius & Ivy Minsky 

*Joshua Mintz & Emily 

Kane '01 

*Ann Mulvehill 

J. Bruce & Roxanne 

(Martindale) '70 Murphy 

*William Nolan & Allison 

Minucci Nolan 

Leopold & Lia O'Donnell 

Lubodar Olesnycky 

Stephen '83 & Sophia 

(Mavrikis) '85 Pisano 

*John P. Polychron & 

Adrienne Lecraw 

Polychron '64 

Steve R. Ramerini 

Michael Regan & 

Stephanie Keller 

*Jeanette (Haberstock) 

Resnick 

Samuel Resnick '14 

Darren & Emily Restivo 

David Rothenbucher '08 

*Roland & Susan L. 

(Churchill) '78 

Rothenbucher 

David & Nora Rubovitz 

*George K. & Leonore 

Russell 

Charles & Pauline Seremetis 

*Sachin & Gini Shah 

Rubin Simkhayev & Violetta 

Siyanov 

*Harjinder Singh Sohal & 

Gurpreet Singh 

Thank You


Jatinder & Amy Singh 

Christopher Smalley '07 

Hezi & Alessandra Torati 

Waldorf School Parent 

Teacher Association 

Bob Whitaker & Hillary 

Burdette 

*Andrew Wozniak & Nina 

Justman 

Roger Yorkshaitis & Dianna 

Petrusky '84 

Timothy T. Yuan & Teresa 

Figueira 

*Jean-Rene '88 & Tamiko 

Zetrenne 

Wenjun Zhang 

*Alan & Marcia Zimmerman 

Anthony Zito 

HONOR ROLL 

Patrons 

$500 - $999 

Anonymous: 2 

Barry & Isabel Bank 

*Ronald & Kathleen Banks 

Lawrence Bass & Marie Chen 

Susan Benard-Handler 

*Victor G. IV '64 & Nancy 

Bloede 

Pat & Marikay Capasso 

Anne Cavallaro 

Algernon+ & Ann Churchill 

Class of 2033 

*Frank Conrad 

Dan & Maureen Crimmins 

*David Crotty & Mara 

Esposito 

Matthew Cusick 

Paul Dalmazio 

*John & Jenna DeRosa 

*Maryjane Dougherty 

Edward & Patricia Drake 

Matthew '71 & Dottie 

(Marshall) Englis 

Jonathan & Jeanette (Macht) 

'82 Finkelstein 

Anthony & Michele Fiorillo 

*Steve Foster & Krisann 

Johnson 

*Edward J. Fraim, Jr. & 

Felicia Busto-Fraim 

Steve & Maria Gallagher 

Alex & Libia Gallo 

Raymond & Cynthia George 

Douglas '68 & Connie 

Gerwin 

*Rutwik & Khyati Ghodadra 

*Anne Gibeau & Lisa 

Horowitz Gibeau 

David Giesbrecht & Rachel 

Neville 

*Thomas L. '76 & Ellen 

Gilbert 

Judy Giovanni 

Penny Haft '65 

*Nicholas Harding & Emma 

Sydenham '00 

Stephen Hassett 

Dean ‘87 and Nicole Mavrikis 

Harry '88 & Keelah J. (Nurse) 

'89 Helwig 

*George T. Henry & Nicole J. 

Simmons '83 

Aaron & Barbarina Heyerdahl 

*Elizabeth Hill 

*Kevin & Penelope (Smith) 

'64 Holland 

James & Jiyeon Hong 

Jack Hoppenstand & 

Margaret Galbraith 

Daniel '81 & Jeanine Howard 

*Daniel Isenschmid '78 

*Susan (Charles) '64 & Victor 

Jacobson 

Wenbo Jia & Jing Xu 

*Jesse Kane '05 & Claire 

Babilonia 

Rob & Nina Kaufelt 

Lincoln & Keri-Ann Ket-Ying 

*Donald P. '64 & 

Bonnie Kibbe 

Don & Christine Kleint 

David & Julie Kliers 

Kelly Ledermann 

Thomas+ & Jerilyn Leis 

Paul+ & Elizabeth LeSueur 

Sherry Levin Wallach '88 

Joshua & Wren Levitt 

Nicole Littrean 

Natasha Lord 

Ann C. Madonia '84 

*Edward & Mikel Magee 

Richard Marcus 

Peter & Susan (Nova) '85 

Marshall 

*Christian Martinez & 

Glenda de Varona 

Kevin '78 & Susan 

McAndrew 

*Christopher & Katie 

McCarthy 

John & Nicole McEvoy 

Xianzhong Meng & Huiqun 

Wang 

Ronald B. Menzin '71 

William & Lisa Miccio 

Andrew J. Miller 

Christopher & Erica Milone 

*Joseph & Amy Morel 

Bedri Serkan Munsuz & Lenia 

Matias 

Eddie E. Nassim 

Kelly O'Halogan 

Joseph Onorato 

Carol (Stamatis) '62 & 

William Pendergast 

Richard & Joanne Pisano 

*Sean Proctor '11 

Cuijing Qian 

Randy Ramdass & Yesenia 

Mendoza 

*Joseph & Patti Regan 

*Joseph & Karen Renna 

*Frederick Rhoads & Denese 

Giordano 

Josh Rosenblum & 

Elizabeth Stack 

David & Madeline Roth 

James G. Ryan 

Downie & Sally Saussy 

*Jeff Schwartz 

Christina M. See '01 

*Joseph Seviroli 

Sharif Shaalan & Zahira 

Navarrete 

Edwin '81 & Marlene Silva 

Patrick Smalley 

*Jerome & Rebecca Soloway 

*Martin & Deirdre Somers 

Marc E. Spinrad '64 

*Bruce & Barbara Travins 

*Colin & Carolyn Ver Pault 

Robert Vernola & 

Stephanie Doyle 

Thomas Walsh '00 & 

Elisabeth Manzi 

*Jen-Wei & Yvette Wang 

Louise Curran Watson 

Roy Weinberger & Andrea 

Schimansky 

*Bernard C. Wesson '68 

Thomas & Suiying Wu 

Maolin Zhang & 

Caixiang Sun 

Sponsors 

$250 - $499 

Anonymous: 3 

*Jose Almanzar & Jeanenne 

LaBella '03 

Wayne Altman 

*Peter & Janet Asten 

Wallace Bao & Cuixia Qian 

Janelle Beardsley 

*Elise Belilos 

Paul & Carol Bentel 

Rakesh Bhargava 

Hans-Christian '78 & Ann 

Brechbühl 

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David & Kim Brodsky 

Chip & Marilynn R. (Blend) 

'70 Carstensen 

Satish Chandra & Joy Rajigah 

Michael Chang & 

Samantha Zheng 

Nancy Chauvin 

Sherley Cherenfant 

Ellen Cimino 

Class of 2021 

Class of 2023 

Class of 2030 

Jeannie Costello 

Gerald Crabtree & 

Claudine Vacirca 

Andrea Crozier 

Andrew Cyr & Kate Gilmore 

Roger Daniel 

Jared Dropkin '05 

*Judy Drost '65 

Dennis & Margaret Dunn 

Tasha England 

Mihail & Christine Etropolski 

Foundation Studies 

*Bruce '64 & Laura Fraser 

*W. Scott '70 & Vicki 

Galasso 

Darren & Susan Gallo 

*Frank & Karen Giumenta 

Marni Goldner 

Christine Götz 

Shakespeare '84 

Kenneth & Marianne Greco 

*Rob Haedrich, Jr. '78 & 

Lauren A. Lindner 

Douglas '68 & Marianne 

(Hoover) '69 Hamshaw 

*James Harris 

*Claudia Hart 

*Laurence A. Himelfarb '70 

& Linda Carlson 

*Zihao Hou & Pei Zhang 

*Ned Hulbert & Mary Day 

Mordecai 

Robert Ingenito '97 & Kim 

Thornton Ingenito 

Ruth Karter 

Peter & Maria Kata 

*John & Martina Keane 

William W. Kelly & Jeanette 

Rodriguez '78 

Margaret Kendall '64 

Adam & Amie Klepack 

*Alexios '85 & Laurie Kritas 

*Jan & Rachel '87 Levine 

*Raj & Nina Lincoln 

Yao Lu & Junhong Zhang 

*Andrew Lyke & Karen Gode 

Lyke '61 

*Bill & Cynthia Goebelbecker 

*James & Rachel (Scherer) 

'71 Madsen 

*Yves & Gina Mardy 

Caitlin (Renna) 

Marguerite '05 

David & Michelle Matteini 

Amy Maximov 

*Jacek & Ewelina Mazur 

Barbara (Davenport) 

McCool '64 

Joseph & Ariana (Pagano) '07 

Metzler 

Joye (Haft) Murphy 

Maria Mylona 

Quan V. Nguyen & Thu M. 

Huynh 

Joseph Ochs 

*George '89 & Lori Ouellette 

Kristen Palazzo 

Monica Pavlidis 

Jim Pharo & Kathleen 

O'Keefe 

Kamil & Kimberly Podlinski 

Tina (Strominger) 

Pomeranz '65 

*Gary Rauch & Susan 

Shmoys 

Chris & Melissa Reale 

Michael & Trina Reed 

Scott Robinson & Kathleen 

O'Connell 

Edwin Rosario & Iris Escobar 

Rosario 

Faith Rose '86 

*George V. & Faith Rose 

Mark Rosenthal '73 

*Stephen C. Salamin '76 & 

Abigail R. Mather '79 

Carmelo Sapuppo 

Estate of Elisa M. Scatena 

Peter Scherr & Jodie Siff 

*Judith Segal & James Kelley 

Lauren & Patti Seiler 

*Shuhei & Rie Seo 

*Howard & Jo Ann Shaw 

Seth '85 & Victoria Skolnik 

*Daryl & Cynthia Smalls 

*Kenneth Spitalny & Sharon 

R. Beier '73 

*Ed & Margie Stehlik 

Lee & Amy Stemkoski 

Barbara Strauss 

*Marc Strauss '81 & Sandra 

Williams Strauss '81 

William Strauss '16 

*Micah Stumme & Jane 

Mrosko 

Christopher Swartout & 

Sarah Culmer 

Jodie Thomas 

*Paul G. '65 & Allison 

Thomson 

Joyce Trow-Babik 

*Linda Wallace 

Tiffany S. Williams '89 

Ann Mulvehill, P‘15, P’16 and Jodie Thomas 

Keith X. Worthy '82 & 

Sandra Fielding 

Supporters 

$249 & Below 

Anonymous: 14 

K. Catherine (Englis) 

Albano '74 

*Liza Alicea 

Joseph & Matese Altidor 

Frances Altman 

Nicole Amato 

*Gore Anderson & Patricia 

Haft '70 

*Kristofer & Genevieve 

(Soloway) '96 Angle 

Alessandro Araldi & 

Tomomi Aozono 

Iliasser & Megan Arias 

Elizabeth Aristizabal 

Heather Arnold 

Hooman & Raha Arya 

Nelson Avila & Madalyn 

Klein 

Gabriel Avner 

Maureen Aylward 

Adam Baber 

Christine Babilonia 

Safinaz Baksh 

Christine Barnes-Murrell 

*Edwin & Veronica Barrera 

*Lyonel Beauvais 

*Robert & Lynn Beckmann 

Matthew Behar '14 

Frank & Debbie (Binder) '76 

Benjamin 

Sybil Bernstein 

Karen Bertini 

*Elliot Bertoni & Alison 

Loebel Bertoni 

Alex Blades & Christina 

Pantazis-Blades 

*Adam & Christine Bleecker 

Robert Blend 

Jeremy Blumberg & Rosheen 

Kavanagh '97 

Tina Blumenthal '78 

Thank You


Brian & Kristen Bonell 

*Kathryn Bossuk 

Rachel Bossuk '14 

Richard Bossuk 

*Mo & Claudia Bousraou 

Sandra Braden 

Carmen Braun 

*Barry Brenin 

Racquel Brown 

Paul & Donna Buchbauer 

Lepell Buckner & Crystal 

Graves 

*Grant '85 & Jennifer Butler 

Carlos & Laura Caban 

Matthew J. Cahill 

Melissa J. Cahill 

Diane M. Caracciolo 

Gary & Michele Carle 

Gerda Carmichael 

Yarden J. Carmon '11 

Tarik I. Carney '02 

Bradley & Erika Carrell 

Orlando D. Case & Travias 

R. Cunningham Chase 

Linda Cheney 

Amy Chernoff 

John & Temy Chu 

David '80 & Eleni Churchill 


Class of 2020 

Class of 2024 

Class of 2025 

Class of 2026 

Class of 2027 

Class of 2028 

Class of 2029 

Class of 2031 

Class of 2032 

John Clauss & Jade You 

*Jack & Stephanie Cleary 

Jason Cohen '10 

Adam Cohn 

Eugene & Joanne Colon 

Arthur & Lori Connolly 

Daisy Cook 

Keith Cook & Mirian 

Perez Cook 

Jeffrey & Elizabeth (Cranin) 

'80 Cooperstein 

Courtney R. Costello 

Cristina Covas 

Nelson & Carolyn Crouch 

Richard & Kim Cumberbatch 

Dominick & Samantha 

D'Aleo 

Domenic D'Ercole '10 

Connie Daly 

Rashida Daniels 

Jeannine Davis 

Victoria Dehan 

*Mark & Jill (Azzolina) '89 

DeRosa 

Anthony & Constance Deus 

Arthur & Jody Diamond 

Eric & Emily Diamond 

Jessica Diamond '83 

Raymond DiGiuseppe & 

Roseanne Gotterbarn 

*Ruth J. Dominguez 

*Christopher & Tracy 

Donohue 

*Ellen Doremus 

Joanna Dorman '05 

Kenneth '99 & Yvette (Chen) 

Dorman 

Connor Duffy 

Richard B. Ehrlich '69 

Onsy Elshamy & Carolyn 

Brock-Elshamy 

Carly Everhart & Madeleine 

Hubbell 

Jason '91 & Noelle Falzon 

Andrew Fiddler & Kaitlin 

Handler 

Geraldine Finazzo 

Torin & Karine Finser 

Gary Fitzsimmons & Barbara 

LaBella 

Shane Flanagan 

Anne Flomenhaft '13 

Michael Flood 

Patricia Flowers-Coulson 

Michael & Kathleen Fogarty 

*Neil Fogarty & Blair 

Ebert-Fogarty 

Frank Fok & Alice Wang 

*Nelson J., III '62 & Joan 

Forman 

Elizabeth Foster '07 

Isabella Fraim '13 

*Dalston Francis & Holly 

Park 

*Douglas '60 & Suzanne 

Fraser 

Allen & Daniela Frasier 

*Diane Fuller 

*Frank & Susan Gallagher 

*Monica Gallardo 

Alyssa Galligan 

Aman & Jagriti Gambhir 

Michael & Suellen Gentile 

Sean George & Rachell Pierre 

Louis-George 

*Hudson & Tara Georges 

Christine Gerula 

*Timothy & Kathrine 

(Brenin) '84 Gibney 

*Aviva Gill 

Danielle Gill '05 

Gabrielle M. Glass '02 

*Laura Gleason 

James M. Glick 

Isabelle K. Gliksman 

Thomas Golden & Lauren 

(Shapiro) Raker '66 

Julia M. Gonzalez '16 

Mark C. Gonzalez '15 

Geoff Goodman & 

Valeda Dent 

Elizabeth Gordon 

Janet Gordon & Timothy 

Dziedzic 

Shaun Gordon & Channon 

Yearwood-Gordon ‘00 

*James & Catherine Gorman 

William & Janet R. (Bull) '64 

Gregory 

Alice B. Groh 

Jess & Elaine Gross 

Penelope (Herdt) Grover '71 

Katherine Gusick 

Roger & Carole Halvorsen 

Eveland Hanna 

Baxter & Bonnie Harris 

Andrew & Helene I. 

(Arbouet) '91 Harte 

Charles & Jeanne (Barten) 

Hawthorne 

*Karen Heau 

*Alan Heins & Kristianna 

Martindale '73 

*Ernest & Elsie Helmke 

Empress Helwig '15 

Nzingha Helwig '17 

Bretton L. & Julieanne M. 

Himsworth 

Alyson Hladky 

Daniel & Lisa Hoffman 

Amanda Hood 

Rossalind Horne 

Eileen (Cooley) Horning '60 

Israel & Grace Hsu 

J. Parker Huber 

Tom Hughes & Bethany 

LeSueur 

Edward Hulbert, III 

Matthew & Elizabeth Hux 

Sharif Ismail '05 

Bernhardt Jablonski & 

Lisbeth Furey-Jablonski 

Alena Jones '09 

Laszlo & Ingrid Jurak 

*Frisnel Joseph & Junithe 

Laine 

Florence Kadri 

John & Roxana Kariyannis 

*Michael '73 & Marcia 

Karter 

Larry & Karen (Kaufmann) 

'64 Karwoski 

Emma Keane '18 

Kate Keane '18 

Sarah Keane '18 

Art Kelly & Maria E. Mosca 

Tiger Keogh 

Victor Kim 

Michael Kishinevsky & 

Rebecca Pine Kishinevsky 

Catherine Kleint '10 

Kacey Koeppel 

Maria Kotaridis 

*Daniel Koubel & Sumie 

Akaba-Koubel 

Maria Kramer 

Kambhampaty & Jean 

Krishnasastry 

Chrysoverges & Beverly 

Kritas 

*Julian Ku & Winnie Chu 

India Kushner '08 

Michael & Elizabeth M. 

(Chen) '63 Kwong 

Jarred & Stephanie LaBasco 

Kenneth LaBresh & Rose 

Fredericks '70 

Dimitris Lambrianos & Renee 

Mavrofidis 

*Mark Langley & Lauren 

SanMiguel 

*Larry & Grace (Shaffer) 

Larson 

Marc Lashley & Francine 

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Fleischer 

*Daniel & Sandra Le Porin 

Peter Le Porin '17 

Won Lee 

Shane Leigh & Emily Quan 

Howard '68 & Dorothy 

(Miller) '70 Lem 

*Walter Levy & Marjorie 

Davidson '69 

Darnisha Lewis 

Jacob Lewis 

Chao Yun Li & Shu Mei 

Zhang 

Hongyu Li & Qiao Cui 

*Yee Ling Li 

Andrew Littrean 

Yan Liu & Zinaria 

Williams Liu 

*Alan V. & Elizabeth L. 

Lombardi 

Lee & Jennifer Lowery 

David Lui & Evelyn 

Chevalier-Lui 

James & Shani Luttrell 

Abigail Lyons '10 

*Christina Macedonia '09 

Julia Macedonia 

Edison & Reyna Machado 

Patricia Maiolo Hinkley 

*Andrew Manns 

Andre Marescot & Marie 

Abellard-Marescot 

Craig & Jasmine Margulies 

Laurie '71 & Sue Mark 

Bill Marshall & Margaret 

Shreves 

Scott+ & Leah Martin 

Bonnie Masi 

Jamie Mason 

Steven & Madeleine (Halle) 

'74 Mattson 

Oren Maximov '13 

John & Charlene Mayers 

*Leon & Gina McCullough 

Abigail McGlone '09 

Neil & Sheila McPherson 

Alison McRae '09 

Connell & Renee McShane 

Junming Mei & Joon Ng 

*David C. Meissner '61 

Joseph & Elizabeth 

Menichino 

Chris & Karen Micciche 

Daniel & Lorraine Miller 

*Fern Mills 

Kent & Tara Monkan 

Shezad & Teresa Morani 

Michael & Gloria Morison 

*Nina & Thomas Mullane 

Marcia Munroe 

George Murer & 

Phoebe Hwang 

*Keith Murphy 

William & Suzanne Murphy 

Thomas E. Muscarella 

*Joshua M. Muska & Kelly 

A. Denig 

Arslan Muzaffar & Meryum 

Tariq 

Juan & Sandra Nolasco 

*Edward Nouryan & Patti 

Barrett 

Michael & Anne O'Keefe- 

Macera 

Gerald & Ramona Owens 

Kevin Padilla 

Angel Palacios & Claudia 

Hinestroza 

Bruce & Krista (Helmke) '77 

Palmer 

Qian Pang & Yi Liu 

*Scott & Kathleen Parks 

*John & Diana Pascal 

Kenneth '77 & Louise Pascal 

*Stefano & Elizabeth Pascucci 

Sabrina Persaud '15 

John, Jr. '83 & Joyce A. 

Petrusky 

Lee & Taryn Pinstein 

Jason Pollard & Nicole 

Tucker-Pollard 

Lisa Pollard 

Jaclyn Proctor '14 

Gordon & Carol Purdie 

Gordon Purdie '15 

Hafeez & Arooj Raja 

Deb Reed 

Michael Reed '18 

Nina Renker 

Deann Reyes-Wangh & 

Megan Wangh 

Alan Reynolds & Bonnie Bolz 

Roy & Samantha Reynolds 

*Jean Rhuma & Johanne 

Vital-Rhuma 

*Richard & Lisa Kristine 

Thank You 

Richards 

Sayed H. Rizvi & Homa 

Khowaja 

Zulema Robinson 

Leselle Robinson-Fletchman 

Tom Robson & Debbie 

Schmidt '62 

Ann (Nobiletti) Rodi '66 

Charlene Romain 

Ana Rosa 

Michael & Suzanne Rowan 

Daniel & Christine Ruiz 

*Dorothy Rule 

Robert & Josephine Russo 

*Stephen Sagarin '80 & Janis 

K. Martinson 

Patrick & Genevieve Samedy 

Nayeem Sayed & Aruna 

Talapatra 

*Bernard E. Schaeffer & 

Nanci O. Weber 

*Elizabeth Scherer 

*Stephen Schible & 

Chiharu Yoshida 

George & Danielle Schmidt 

*Juliane Schneider 

Jack & Joanie Schnirman 

Greg Schnoor 

David & Laura (Marissael) 

Scholl 

Sydney Schwartz 

Charles & Marlena Seminario 

Dexter Serrao & Sharlene 

Wilson-Serrao 

Inna Shapkina 

Gloria Shkolnik 

Kush Shukla '02 

Kim Simpson 

Carolyn Smalls '13 

Brandon & Jill Smith 

Nina Smith 

Fiona Somers '18 

Morten & Joann Sorensen 

Joanne Spitaliere 

*Roberto Splendori & Sandra 

Dalmazio 

Marisa Sposato Figueroa 

*Kathleen Spreen Christenson 

Daniel & Siobhan Spychalsky 

Mark Stehlik & Sadie 

Marshall Stehlik 

Raphael Stricker 

Sam & Linda Talluto 

Lorianne Taylor '04 

MaryBeth Thomas 

*David & Deborah (Paulen) 

'66 Thompson 

Mary Tighe 

Karen R. Tomlinson '71 

Noel Torres & Marissa 

Lonardo-Torres 

Sallie Touma 

Mariam J. Trice 

Constantinos Trikas '11 

Curtis K. Tsui & Bona 

Flecchia 

Landon Twine '11 

Alina Val 

Arpit Varma & FengLing Liu 

*Maria Ver Eecke 

*Kristi Visser '08 

Ann Walsh 

Meredith Wanzer '99 

Micah Weiss & Betsy Kane 

Paul White '80 & Starr 

Barron 

Seaton White '11 

Isabel Wildeman 

Christopher L. Williams '70 

& Meredith Kern 

Justin Williams & Adeola 

Tella-Williams 

Anna Winship 

Thomas & Gail Wirth 

Lawrence Witt '72 

Marna T. Wolaver 

*Michael Wolf & Betty E. 

Shave '73 

Michael Wong & Alice Ku 

Keith Workman & Sandra 

Saenz Workman 

Terrence '85 & Patricia 

Worthy 

Zhiming Wu & Wan Ling 

Yuewen Xue & Yali Yang 

Anthony & Emmie Yaeger 

*Mathew Yang & Mindy Kim 

Michelle Young 

Caleb Yuan '13 

*Kyoko Zepeda 

*Natalie Zepeda '09 

James Zepf '11 

*Selena Zepf 

Stephen & Noelle+ 

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Alumni 

What a year! Joining The Waldorf School of Garden City in August of 2018 was a 

true moment of clarity. The community welcomed me with open arms, validating my 

decision to join as the Development Associate, Alumni Relations and making me feel 

right at home. It has been wonderful getting to know my colleagues, our students and 

parents, and of course our incredible alumni. I look forward to a fresh year making 

new memories and new friends. Thank you for your support! 

~ Samantha D’Aleo, Development Associate - Alumni Relations 

Alumni by Class 

Thank you to our dedicated alumni who continue to support our School by attending, 

volunteering and contributing. 

1960 

Douglas Fraser 

Eileen (Cooley) Horning 

Dolores Krause 

1961 

Karen Gode Lyke 

David C. Meissner 

Pierre du Prey 

1962 

Nelson J. Forman, III 

Debbie Schmidt 

1963 

Elizabeth M. (Chen) Kwong 

1964 

Victor G. Bloede, IV 

Bruce Fraser 

Janet R. (Bull) Gregory 

Robert Hamshaw 

Penelope (Smith) Holland 

Susan (Charles) Jacobson 

Karen (Kaufmann) Karwoski 

Margaret Kendall 

Donald P. Kibbe 

Adrienne Lecraw Polychron 

Barbara (Davenport) McCool 

John Oppenheim 

Marc E. Spinrad 

1965 

Judy Drost 

Penny Haft 

Tina (Strominger) Pomeranz 

Paul Thomson 

1966 

Lauren (Shapiro) Raker 

Ann (Nobiletti) Rodi 

Deborah (Paulen) Thompson 

1968 

Douglas Gerwin 

Douglas Hamshaw 

Howard Lem 

Bernard C. Wesson 

1969 

Marjorie Davidson 

Richard B. Ehrlich 

Marianne (Hoover) 

Hamshaw 

1970 

Marilynn R. (Blend) 

Carstensen 

Rose Fredericks 

W. Scott Galasso 

Patricia Haft 

Laurence A. Himelfarb 

Dorothy (Miller) Lem 

Roxanne (Martindale) 

Murphy 

Christopher L. Williams 

1971 

Matthew Englis 

Penelope (Herdt) Grover 

James Madsen 

Kenneth J. Marissael 

Laurie Mark 

Ronald B. Menzin 

Karen R. Tomlinson 

1972 

Lawrence Witt 

1973 

Sharon R. Beier 

Michael Karter 

Kristianna Martindale 

Mark Rosenthal 

Betty E. Shave 

Class of 1971 

1974 

K. Catherine (Englis) Albano 

Madeleine (Halle) Mattson 

1976 

Debbie (Binder) Benjamin 

Thomas L. Gilbert 

Barbara (Costello) Lyons 

Stephen C. Salamin 

1977 

Krista (Helmke) Palmer 

Kenneth Pascal 

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1978 

Tina Blumenthal 

Hans-Christian Brechbühl 

Rob Haedrich, Jr. 

Richard Pisano, Jr. 

Jeanette Rodriguez 

Susan L. (Churchill) 

Rothenbucher 

1979 

Abigail R. Mather 

David Resnick 

1980 

David Churchill 

Elizabeth (Cranin) 

Cooperstein 

Stephen Sagarin 

Paul White 

1981 

Daniel Howard 

Christopher W. Pisano 

Edwin Silva 

Marc Strauss 

Sandra Williams Strauss 

1982 

Jeanette (Macht) 

Finkelstein 

Helen (Resnick) Shaw 

Keith X. Worthy 

1983 

Jessica Diamond 

John Petrusky, Jr. 

Stephen Pisano 

Nicole J. Simmons 

1984 

Kathrine (Brenin) Gibney 

Christine Götz Shakespeare 

Nicole LaBarbera 

Ann C. Madonia 

Dianna Petrusky 

1985 

Grant Butler 

Alexios Kritas 

Susan (Nova) Marshall 

Anne M. Murray 

Sophia (Mavrikis) Pisano 

Seth Skolnik 

Scott A. Williams 

Terence Worthy 

1986 

Faith Rose 

1987 

Christine (Foundos) Beno 

Rachel Levine 

Dean Mavrikis 

1988 

Harry Helwig 

Sherry Levin Wallach 

Jean-Rene Zetrenne 

1989 

Jill (Azzolina) DeRosa 

Keelah J. (Nurse) Helwig 

George Ouellette 

Michael Tammero 

Tiffany S. Williams 

1991 

Jason Falzon 

Helene I. (Arbouet) Harte 

1995 

Robert D'Addario 

1996 

Genevieve (Soloway) Angle 

1997 

Kathy Anderson 

David Chauvin 

Robert Ingenito 

Rosheen Kavanagh 

1999 

Joshua Blumenthal 

Kenneth Dorman 

Meredith Wanzer 

2000 

Emma Sydenham 

Thomas Walsh 

Channon Yearwood-Gordon 

2001 

Emily Kane 

Christina M. See 

2002 

Tarik I. Carney 

Gabrielle M. Glass 

Kush Shukla 

2003 

Jeanenne LaBella 

Samantha D’Aleo with Emma Keane ‘18, Kate Keane ‘18, and Sarah Keane ‘18. 

2004 

Lorianne Taylor 

2005 

Jared Dropkin 

Danielle Gill 

Sharif Ismail 

Jesse Kane 

Caitlin (Renna) Marguerite 

2007 

Elizabeth Foster 

Ariana (Pagano) Metzler 

Christopher Smalley 

2008 

India Kushner 

David Rothenbucher 

Kristi Visser 

2009 

Anonymous: 1 

Alena Jones 

Christina Macedonia 

Abigail McGlone 

Alison McRae 

Natalie Zepeda 

2010 

Jason Cohen 

Domenic D'Ercole 

Catherine Kleint 

Abigail Lyons 

2011 

Yarden J. Carmon 

Sean Proctor 

Constantinos Trikas 

Landon Twine 

Seaton White 

James Zepf 

2013 

Anonymous: 1 

Anne Flomenhaft 

Isabella Fraim 

Oren Maximov 

Carolyn Smalls 

Caleb Yuan 

2014 

Matthew Behar 

Rachel Bossuk 

Jaclyn Proctor 

Samuel Resnick 

2015 

Mark C. Gonzalez 

Sabrina Persaud 

Gordon Purdie 

2016 

Julia M. Gonzalez 

2017 

Peter Le Porin 

2018 

Emma Keane 

Kate Keane 

Sarah Keane 

Michael Reed 

Fiona Somers 

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Thank You


Alumni Parents 

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

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

Anonymous: 6 

Erna Anderson 

Sydney Anderson 



Lyonel Beauvais 

Robert & Lynn Beckmann 

Eileen Behar 

Elise Belilos 


Sybil Bernstein 

Karen Bertini 

Robert Blend 

Kathryn Bossuk 


Mo & Claudia Bousraou 

Sandra Braden 

Barry Brenin 


Nancy Chauvin 



Jeffrey & Elizabeth (Cranin) '80 

Cooperstein 




Connie Daly 


Arthur & Jody Diamond 



Ellen Doremus 

Jay & Diana Dorman 

Gary Fitzsimmons & Barbara 

LaBella 

David & Marion Flomenhaft 

Neil Fogarty & Blair Ebert- 

Fogarty 

Edward J. Fraim, Jr. & Felicia 

Busto-Fraim 


Diane Fuller 


Aviva Gill 

Bill & Cynthia Goebelbecker 

Edward & Georgia Golebiewski 

Kenneth & Marianne Greco 

Michael Proctor P’11, P’14, 

Mrs. Holder, P’97, P’99, P’01, 

Carol Proctor, P’11, P’14. 

Rob Haedrich, Jr. '78 & Lauren 

A. Lindner 

Joseph & Diane Haley 


James Harris 

Karen Heau 

Ernest & Elsie Helmke 


'89 Helwig 


Elizabeth Hill 

William & Paula Jennings 


Jeffrey & Janet Kane 

Ruth Karter 

John & Martina Keane 

Tiger Keogh 

Don & Christine Kleint 

Maria Kramer 

Chrysoverges & Beverly Kritas 

Larry & Grace (Shaffer) Larson 

Marc Lashley & Francine 

Fleischer 

Daniel & Sandra Le Porin 

Natasha Lord 

Alfred & Barbara (Costello) 

'76 Lyons 

Julia Macedonia 

Edward & Mikel Magee 

Kenneth J. '71 & Mary 

Marissael 


Jamie Mason 


Amy Maximov 

John & Kristin Miller 

Fern Mills 

Ann Mulvehill 



Joye (Haft) Murphy 

George '89 & Lori Ouellette 

John & Diana Pascal 

Stefano & Elizabeth Pascucci 

Richard & Joanne Pisano 



Michael & Carol Proctor 

Gordon & Carol Purdie 

Gary Rauch & Susan Shmoys 


Joseph & Karen Renna 

David Resnick '79 & Iwonka 

Piotrowska 

Jeanette (Haberstock) Resnick 

Frederick Rhoads & Denese 

Giordano 


O'Connell 


Schmidt '62 

Charles Rodriguez 

George V. & Faith Rose 


Roland & Susan L. (Churchill) 

'78 Rothenbucher 


Carmelo Sapuppo 

Bernard E. Schaeffer & Nanci 

O. Weber 

Elizabeth Scherer 

Juliane Schneider 

Judith Segal & James Kelley 

Howard & Jo Ann Shaw 

Harjinder Singh Sohal & 



Daryl & Cynthia Smalls 

Jerome & Rebecca Soloway 

Martin & Deirdre Somers 


Kenneth Spitalny & Sharon R. 

Beier '73 

Kathleen Spreen Christenson 


Fitzgerald 


Marc Strauss '81 & Sandra 


James & Chiara Sugrue 

Bruce & Barbara Travins 


Colin & Carolyn Ver Pault 

Linda Wallace 

Ann Walsh 

Isabel Wildeman 

Scott A. Williams '85 & 

Susan Braun 


Andrew Wozniak & Nina 

Justman 

Kyoko Zepeda 

Selena Zepf 

Alan & Marcia 

Zimmerman W 

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Current Parents 

We are proud to close out the 2018-2019 School year with 90% parent participation. 

Thank you for all that you do! 

Anonymous: 7 

Jose Almanzar & Jeanenne 

LaBella '03 

Joseph & Matese Altidor 

Alessandro Araldi & 

Tomomi Aozono 

Iliasser & Megan Arias 

Heather Arnold 


Robert Baker 

Safinaz Baksh 



Steven & Cori Bayardelle 

Eileen Behar 

Elliot Bertoni & Alison 

Loebel Bertoni 

Adam & Christine Bleecker 

Brian & Kristen Bonell 



Mo & Claudia Bousraou 

David & Kim Brodsky 

Lepell Buckner & 

Crystal Graves 

Cristin Burtis & Kim Wyant 

Carlos & Laura Caban 



Bradley & Erika Carrell 

Orlando D. Case & Travias 

R. Cunningham Chase 



Michael Chang & Samantha 

Zheng 



Jiawei Chen 



Amy Chernoff 

Jack & Stephanie Cleary 

Frank Conrad 

Daisy Cook 

Keith Cook & Mirian Perez 

Cook 


David Crotty & Mara 

Esposito 

Richard & Kim Cumberbatch 

Andrew Cyr & Kate Gilmore 

Robert '95 & Gina D'Addario 



John & Jenna DeRosa 

Anthony & Constance Deus 



Ruth J. Dominguez 

Christopher & Tracy 

Donohue 


Dorman 

Maryjane Dougherty 


Andrew Fiddler & Kaitlin 

Handler 

Geraldine Finazzo 

Michael & Kathleen Fogarty 


Steve Foster & Krisann 

Johnson 


Busto-Fraim 

Dalston Francis & Holly Park 

Frank & Susan Gallagher 



Gina Mardy, P’21, P’28, Alison Hwang, P’19, P’22, P’25, and 

Keelah Helwig ‘89, P’15, P’17. 

Sean George & Rachell 

Pierre Louis-George 

Hudson & Tara Georges 

Anne Gibeau & Lisa 


David Giesbrecht & Rachel 

Neville 

Frank & Karen Giumenta 

Marni Goldner 

Geoff Goodman & Valeda 

Dent 

Shaun Gordon & Channon 

Yearwood-Gordon '00 

George T. Henry & Nicole J. 

Simmons '83 

Alyson Hladky 





Rossalind Horne 

Zihao Hou & Pei Zhang 

Israel & Grace Hsu 

Matthew & Elizabeth Hux 

Wenbo Jia & Jing Xu 

Frisnel Joseph & 

Junithe Laine 

Venugopal & Raluca Kannan 






Mark & Tatyana Kissin 

Adam & Amie Klepack 


Maria Kotaridis 

Daniel Koubel & Sumie 

Akaba-Koubel 

Laura H. Kreft 


Krishnasastry 

Alexios '85 & Laurie Kritas 

Julian Ku & Winnie Chu 

Dimitris Lambrianos & Renee 

Mavrofidis 

Mark Langley & Lauren 

SanMiguel 


Shane Leigh & Emily Quan 

Jan & Rachel '87 Levine 



Hongyu Li & Qiao Cui 

Preston Li & Alison Hwang 

Yee Ling Li 

Raj & Nina Lincoln 


Yan Liu & Zinaria 

Williams Liu 


David Lui & Evelyn 

Chevalier-Lui 

Thank You


James & Shani Luttrell 


Yves & Gina Mardy 

Andre Marescot & Marie 

Abellard-Marescot 

Craig & Jasmine Margulies 


Christian Martinez & Glenda 

de Varona 

John & Charlene Mayers 

Jacek & Ewelina Mazur 

Christopher & Katie 

McCarthy 

John & Nicole McEvoy 

Connell & Renee McShane 

Junming Mei & Joon Ng 

Xianzhong Meng & 

Huiqun Wang 

Chris & Karen Micciche 



Julius & Ivy Minsky 

Kent & Tara Monkan 


Marcia Munroe 

Bedri Serkan Munsuz & Lenia 

Matias 

George Murer & 

Phoebe Hwang 

Joshua M. Muska & 

Kelly A. Denig 

Maria Mylona 

Brian & Christie Negri 

Quan V. Nguyen & Thu 

M. Huynh 

William Nolan & Allison 

Minucci Nolan 


Edward Nouryan & Patti 

Barrett 


Angel Palacios & Claudia 

Hinestroza 


Scott & Kathleen Parks 




Lisa Pollard 

Cuijing Qian 


Chris & Melissa Reale 


Michael Regan & Stephanie 

Keller 


Piotrowska 



Jean Rhuma & Johanne 

Vital-Rhuma 

Richard & Lisa Kristine 

Richards 

Edwin Rosario & Iris 

Escobar Rosario 

Josh Rosenblum & Elizabeth 

Stack 



Patrick & Genevieve Samedy 


Talapatra 

Peter Scherr & Jodie Siff 

Stephen Schible & Chiharu 

Yoshida 

Jeff Schwartz 

Charles & Marlena Seminario 

Shuhei & Rie Seo 


Dexter Serrao & Sharlene 

Wilson-Serrao 

Sachin & Gini Shah 

Gloria Shkolnik 


Siyanov 

Kim Simpson 




Brandon & Jill Smith 

Roberto Splendori & Sandra 

Dalmazio 

Marisa Sposato Figueroa 

Daniel & Siobhan Spychalsky 



Fitzgerald 

Micah Stumme & Jane 

Mrosko 

Jeffrey Tompkins & Alice 

Haining 


Alina Val 

Arpit Varma & FengLing Liu 

Colin & Carolyn Ver Pault 

Robert Vernola & Stephanie 

Doyle 

Linda Wallace 

Jen-Wei & Yvette Wang 


Schimansky 


Saenz Workman 


Justman 

Thomas & Suiying Wu 

Zhiming Wu & Wan Ling 

Yuewen Xue & Yali Yang 


Michelle Young 


Figueira 

Maolin Zhang & 

Caixiang Sun 

Wenjun Zhang 

Chip H. Zoegall & Riham 

M. Farid 

Stephen & Noelle+ 

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Current and Former Faculty/Staff 

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

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

Anonymous: 4 

Liza Alicea 

Nicole Amato 


Christine Bleecker 

Bonnie Bolz 


Carmen Braun 

Susan Braun 

Donna Buchbauer 

Grant Butler '85 


Gary Carle 

Russ Causley 


Ann Churchill 

Ellen Cimino 

Stephanie Cleary 



Samantha D'Aleo 



Ruth J. Dominguez 


Onsy Elshamy 

Tasha England 

Erin Fitzgerald 


Michael Flood 

Monica Gallardo 

Libia Gallo 


Suellen Gentile 

Aviva Gill 

Denese Giordano 

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Karen Giumenta 

Laura Gleason 



Shelley Goguen Hulbert 

Catherine Gorman 


Diane Haley 

Douglas Hamshaw '68 

Claudia Hart 

Charles Hawthorne 

Jeanne (Barten) Hawthorne 

Ernest Helmke 

Keelah J. (Nurse) Helwig '89 

Robert Ingenito '97 

Ingrid Jurak 

Laszlo Jurak 


Janet Kane 

Maria Kata 

William W. Kelly 

Tiger Keogh 

Victor Kim 

Tatyana Kissin 

Christine Kleint 

Alexios Kritas '85 

Jeanenne LaBella '03 

Paul LeSueur+ 


Alan V. Lombardi 

Barbara (Costello) Lyons '76 

James Madsen 

Sadie Marshall Stehlik 

Bonnie Masi 

Ewelina Mazur 

Katie McCarthy 

Gina McCullough 

Ariana (Pagano) Metzler '07 

Lisa Miccio 

Kristin Miller 

Nina Mullane 

Ann Mulvehill 

J. Bruce Murphy 


Ramona Owens 

Kevin Padilla 

Iwonka Piotrowska 

Carol Proctor 

Carol Purdie 

Gordon Purdie 

Nina Renker 

Karen Renna 


Deann Reyes-Wangh 

Alan Reynolds 

Frederick Rhoads 


Charlene Romain 

Faith Rose 

George V. Rose 

Stephanie Ross 

Roland Rothenbucher 


Josephine Russo 

Stephen Sagarin '80 

Stephen C. Salamin '76 


Andrea Schimansky 

Debbie Schmidt '62 


Laura (Marissael) Scholl 

Judith Segal 

Rie Seo 

Pauline Seremetis 

Jo Ann Shaw 

Rebecca Soloway 

Deirdre Somers 

Martin Somers 

Joann Sorensen 

Mark Stehlik 

Amy Stemkoski 

Karen Talluto 

Jodie Thomas 


Bruce Travins 


Maria Ver Eecke 

Carolyn Ver Pault 

Thomas Walsh '00 




Sandra Williams Strauss '81 


Anthony Yaeger 

Emmie Yaeger 

Kyoko Zepeda 

Wenjun Zhang W 

Current and Former Trustees 

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

everything we need to succeed. 


Hans-Christian Brechbühl '78 

Cristin Burtis 

Marilynn R. (Blend) 

Carstensen '70 

David A. Chauvin '97 

Kenneth I. Chenault '69 

Lance Cheney 

Stephanie Cleary 


Jay Dorman 

Tasha England 

Torin Finser 

Marion Flomenhaft 


Douglas Gerwin '68 

Isabelle Gliksman 

Paula W. (Valentine) 

Gonthier '70 



Rob Haedrich, Jr. '78 

Joseph Haley 

Claudia Hart 

Helene I. (Arbouet) Harte '91 

Keelah J. (Nurse) Helwig '89 

William Jennings 

Jeffrey Kane 

Tiger Keogh 


Nicole LaBarbera '84 

James Madsen 

Edward Magee 

Kristin (Eisert) Miller 


Anne M. Murray '85 

Christopher W. Pisano '81 

Michael Proctor 

Karen Renna 

David Resnick '79 



Mark Rosenthal '73 

Stephanie Ross 


Debbie Schmidt '62 

Judith Segal 

Helen (Resnick) Shaw '82 


Rebecca Soloway 

Chiara Sugrue 

Bruce Travins 


Jean-Rene Zetrenne '88 

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Thank You

Scholarship and Endowment 


Thank you to our donors who allow the School to make this Waldorf education accessible to 

students from all backgrounds. Your commitment to the future of educating children with the 

values of Purpose, Gratitude and Respect is deeply appreciated. 

Gabriel Kane 

Memorial 

Scholarship 



General Scholarship 

& Endowment 

Anonymous: 1 

Jeremy Blumberg & Rosheen 

Kavanagh '97 

Kenneth I. '69 & Kathryn 

Chenault 

Carly Everhart & Madeleine 

Hubbell 

Thomas L. '76 & Ellen Gilbert 

Thomas Golden & Lauren 

(Shapiro) Raker '66 

James Harris 

Karen Heau 

Kevin & Penelope (Smith) '64 

Holland 

Maria Kramer 

Larry & Grace (Shaffer) 

Larson 

Walter Levy & Marjorie 

Davidson '69 

Caitlin (Renna) Marguerite '05 


Richard Pisano, Jr. '78 & 


The Pisano Family 





David & Deborah (Paulen) '66 

Thompson 



George V. Rose 

Music 


Glen Brook Harrer 

Campership 

Scholarship 


Laszlo Jurak 

Athletics 


Rex Chao 

Memorial Fund 

Anonymous: 1 


The Peter A. 

Zimmerman, MD, 

JD Award in 

Recognition of 

Academic & 

Intellectual 

Excellence Fund 

Kevin Padilla 






Moore 


Alan & Marcia Zimmerman 

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Named Scholarship & 

Endowment Funds 

~ 

Susl Berlin Lower School Scholarship 

Trudi Brechbühl Handwork Endowment 

Rex Chao Memorial Scholarship 

Anne N. Chenault Access Scholarship 

Nicholas C. Croce Memorial 

Scholarship Fund 

Jennings Family Scholarship 

Laszlo Jurak Scholarship Fund 

Gabriel Kane Memorial Campership Fund 

Paul LeSueur Scholarship 

Donald Resnick Athletic Equipment Fund 

Jeanette Resnick Music Endowment 

George V. Rose Scholarship 

Peter A. Zimmerman, M.D. J.D. Award 

in Recognition of Academic and 

Intellectual Excellence 

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Special Funds 

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

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

Deirdre du Prey 

Theater & Drama 

Pierre '61 & Julia du Prey 

General Athletic 




General Buildings 

and Grounds 

Anonymous: 1 


Paul & Donna Buchbauer 


Brock-Elshamy 

Edward & Georgia Golebiewski 

Laurence A. Himelfarb '70 & 

Linda Carlson 


Larry & Karen (Kaufmann) '64 

Karwoski 


Metzler 




Farid 

General Music 

Nicole Amato 


Gary & Michele Carle 


Krishnasastry 




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WSGC Capital Campaign 2016-2021 

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

Waldorf School of Garden City for tomorrow and beyond. 

Erna Anderson 



Anderson '97 


Christine (Foundos) Beno '87 

Joshua '99 & Cherilynn 

Blumenthal 

Braun Brush Co. 



Chenault 


Citrus & Allied Essences, Inc. 

Comey-Fitzgerald Family 

Foundation 

Jeffrey & Elizabeth (Cranin) '80 

Cooperstein 







Albert Foundos 

Frances & Gertrude Levett 

Foundation 

Bob C. Gold '73 

Marni Goldner 

Pierre & Paula W. (Valentine) 

'70 Gonthier 


Claudia Hart 








Alfred & Barbara (Costello) '76 

Lyons 

The Lyons Charitable Fund 

Edward & Mikel Magee 






Estate of Margaret S. Morrow 

Marcia Munroe 

Anne M. Murray '85 


Peter & Kaye Negri 


James & Donna (Foundos) '82 

Oswald 

Pierre and Paula Gonthier 

Family Foundation 

The Pisano Family 










Piotrowska 




Patricia Roth 

Tara-Ann Roth-Ramos '84 

Roland & Susan L. (Churchill) 

'78 Rothenbucher 





'82 Shaw 

Thank You



Kim Simpson 




Fitzgerald 




Michael Tammero '89 & 

Mark Kruger 

Terex 

Thomas C Morrow Special 

Needs Trust 

Trilogy Essential 

Ingredients Inc. 

Robert Vernola & 

Stephanie Doyle 





Susan Braun 


Jean-Rene '88 & Tamiko 

Zetrenne 


M. Farid W 

Glen Brook Donors 

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

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

Gabriel's Field at 

Camp Glen Brook 

Anonymous: 1 

Gore Anderson & Patricia 

Haft '70 

Gabriel Avner 


Adam Cohn 





Alice B. Groh 

Nicholas Harding & Emma 

Sydenham '00 



Jesse Kane '05 & Claire 

Babilonia 

Tiger Keogh 



'76 Lyons 

Joshua Mintz & Emily 

Kane '01 







Glen Brook 

Buildings & 

Grounds 


Glen Brook Camp 

Scholarship Fund 

Anonymous: 1 

Michael & Kirstin Allio 

Wayne Altman 


Assured Guaranty 

Ayco Charitable Foundation 

Maureen Aylward 

Adam Baber 

Ronald & Kathleen Banks 


Sandra Braden 

Barry Brenin 

Grant '85 & Jennifer Butler 


Gerda Carmichael 


Heyerdahl 


Chenault 

Courtney R. Costello 

Jeannie Costello 

Nelson & Carolyn Crouch 

Robert '95 & Gina 

D'Addario 


Donohue 

Jason '91 & Noelle Falzon 



G. Banks 2012 Living Trust 

Timothy & Kathrine (Brenin) 

'84 Gibney 

Elizabeth Gordon 

Janet Gordon & Timothy 

Dziedzic 

Alice B. Groh 

Douglas '68 & Marianne 

(Hoover) '69 Hamshaw 

Baxter & Bonnie Harris 

The Hartsbrook School 

Karin Heine '64 

Alan Heins & Kristianna 


Ernest & Elsie Helmke 

George T. Henry & Nicole J. 

Simmons '83 

Aaron & Barbarina 

Heyerdahl 

J. Parker Huber 

Hulbert Gift Fund 

Hulbert Mordecai Gift Fund 

Edward Hulbert, III 

Ned Hulbert & Mary Day 

Mordecai 

Robin Hulbert & Shelley 



Karin Heine Charitable Fund 

Rob & Nina Kaufelt 


Laura H. Kreft 

James & Rachel (Scherer) '71 

Madsen 

Andrew Manns 


Shreves 

Scott McGovern & 

Peggy Brown 

Andrew J. Miller 

Morel Family Fund 

Joseph & Amy Morel 

Michael & Gloria Morison 

Joshua M. Muska & Kelly 

A. Denig 



Bruce & Krista (Helmke) '77 

Palmer 

Lee & Taryn Pinstein 

Joseph & Patti Regan 

Stephen C. Salamin '76 & 



Bernard E. Schaeffer & 

Nanci O. Weber 


Jeff Schwartz 


Judith Segal & James Kelley 

Inna Shapkina 

Nina Smith 

Kenneth Spitalny & Sharon 

R. Beier '73 

Kathleen Spreen Christenson 

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Fundraising 

Ed & Margie Stehlik 




Raphael Stricker 

Daniel & Lucy Stroock 

Christopher Swartout & Sarah 

Culmer 

Mary Tighe 



W.S. Badger Company, Inc. 

Micah Weiss & Betsy Kane 

Bob Whitaker & Hillary 

Burdette 



Susan Braun 

Anna Winship 

Glen Brook Capital 

Campaign 

Peter & Janet Asten 

Bank of America 

Nancy Bello 

Darwin's View 

Jonathan & Jeanette (Macht) 

'82 Finkelstein 

Robert '64 & Diane 

Hamshaw 

David Kelley & Nicole 

LaBarbera '84 

Sherry Levin Wallach '88 


Dorothy McCagg & Carl 

Querfurth 

O’Neill Rose Architects 

Devin O'Neill & Faith 

Rose '86 


Charitable Fund 

Daniel & Lucy Stroock 

Jeffrey Tompkins & Alice 

Haining 


Martin Zand & Ellen Ingram 

Glen Brook Specific 

Donation 

Al & Gail Maiolo 

Patricia Maiolo Hinkley 

Glen Brook 

Unrestricted 

Anonymous: 1 

Ronald & Kathleen Banks 

Sandra Braden 

Joe Caprio & Jessica Osborne 

Class of 2022 



Judy Drost '65 

Douglas '60 & Suzanne Fraser 


Alan Heins & Kristianna 


Henderson Foundation 

Julian Ku & Winnie Chu 


Leopold & Lia O'Donnell 



Joseph & Patti Regan 


Giordano 



Mathew Yang & 

Mindy Kim 

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This event brought together all segments of the Waldorf community to celebrate some 

remarkable honorees and to enjoy some amazing company. Gala 2019 would not have 

been a success without the countless hours and resources devoted by students, teachers, 

parents, faculty, staff, alumni, trustees, alumni parents and friends of Waldorf. Thank you for 

your unwavering support before, during and after the event. 

Gala Chairs & 

Committee 

Members 

Tomomi Aozono 

Isabel Bank 

Kathy Bossuk 

Cristin Burtis, Chair 

Jesse Calhoun 


David Chauvin ’97, Chair 




Jenna DeRosa, Chair 

Tracy Donohue 

Thank You 


Mara Esposito 

Riham M. Farid 

Marion Flomenhaft, Chair 


Susan Gallo 

Suellen Gentile 

Khyati Ghodadra 

Shelley Goguen Hulbert 

Keelah J. (Nurse) Helwig 

’89, Chair 

John Hiris 

Lisa Horowitz, Chair 

Grace Hsu 

Alison Hwang 

Nina Justman Wozniak 

Alexios Kritas ’85, Chair 

Jeanenne LaBella ’03, Chair 


Preston Li, Chair 

Barbara (Costello) Lyons 

’76, Chair 

Gina Mardy, Chair 

Christian Martinez 

Gina McCullough 

Erica Milone 

Nina Mullane 

Ann Mulvehill 

Christie Negri 

Kevin Padilla 

Sophia Pisano ’85 

Nora Rubovitz 

Pauline Seremetis 

Sue Shmoys 


Violetta Siyanov 

Chiara Sugrue 

Karen Talluto 

Michael Tammero ’89, Host 

Jodie Thomas 

Scott A. Williams ’85 

Sharlene Wilson‐Serrao 

Jean‐Rene Zetrenne ’88


Gala Donors 

Anonymous: 6 

Jose Almanzar & Jeanenne 

LaBella '03 

Nicole Amato 

AppExtremes LLC dba Conga 

Alessandro Araldi & Tomomi 

Aozono 





Lyonel Beauvais 

Eileen Behar 

Matthew Behar '14 

Berje 

Rakesh Bhargava 

Tina Blumenthal '78 



Building Contractors 

Association, Inc. 






Yarden J. Carmon '11 



Michael Chang & 

Samantha Zheng 




Chenault 



David '80 & Eleni Churchill 

Ellen Cimino 


Class of 2030 

Class of 2033 

Jack & Stephanie Cleary 

Eugene & Joanne Colon 

Dan & Maureen Crimmins 



Roger Daniel 


John & Jenna DeRosa 

Jessica Diamond '83 



Donohue 



Dorman 


Connor Duffy 

Dennis & Margaret Dunn 


Brock-Elshamy 

Tasha England 

Erase Racism 




Patricia Flowers-Coulson 


Busto-Fraim 

Isabella Fraim '13 


John & Allison Gehnrich 


Christine Gerula 

Rutwik & Khyati Ghodadra 

Anne Gibeau & Lisa 



'84 Gibney 

The Glenmede Trust 

Company 

Bill & Cynthia Goebelbecker 

Marni Goldner 

James & Catherine Gorman 



William & Janet R. (Bull) '64 

Gregory 

Jess & Elaine Gross 




Charles & Jeanne (Barten) 

Hawthorne 

Emily Rothenbucher ‘06, Deirdre Somers. P’15, P’18, Marilyn 

Cranin, P’72, P’75, P’80. 

Empress Helwig '15 


'89 Helwig 

Nzingha Helwig '17 







Robert Ingenito '97 & Kim 

Thornton Ingenito 

Frisnel Joseph & Junithe 

Laine 




Rodriguez '78 


Victor Kim 

Mark & Tatyana Kissin 



Jarred & Stephanie LaBasco 


Jacob Lewis 

Preston Li & Alison Hwang 


Long Island Dental Specialty 



'76 Lyons 

Ann C. Madonia '84 

Richard Marcus 


Caitlin (Renna) 

Marguerite '05 



Christian Martinez & Glenda 

de Varona 

Bonnie Masi 

David & Michelle Matteini 

Amy Maximov 

Leon & Gina McCullough 


Ronald B. Menzin '71 


Metzler 

William & Lisa Miccio 

Nina & Thomas Mullane 

Ann Mulvehill 


Quan V. Nguyen & Thu M. 

Huynh 


Michael & Anne O'Keefe- 

Macera 

John L. '64 & Barbara 

Oppenheim 

George '89 & Lori Ouellette 

Pacifica Contractors (PSI) 

Kevin Padilla 


Jim Pharo & Kathleen 

O'Keefe 






John P. Polychron & Adrienne 

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Fundraising 

Lecraw Polychron '64 

Jaclyn Proctor '14 


Sean Proctor '11 

Cuijing Qian 


Gary Rauch & Susan Shmoys 


Michael Regan & 

Stephanie Keller 

Nina Renker 

Joseph & Karen Renna 


Piotrowska 

Deann Reyes-Wangh & 

Megan Wangh 

Alan Reynolds & Bonnie Bolz 


Giordano 


Murray '85 

Rivkin Radler, LLP 


O'Connell 

Ana Rosa 

Faith Rose '86 

Josh Rosenblum & Elizabeth 

Stack 


Roberto Rossi & Tanya 

Dalmazio 

David Rothenbucher '08 

Roland & Susan L. 


Rothenbucher 


George K. & Leonore Russell 

Stephen Sagarin '80 & Janis 

K. Martinson 


Jack & Joanie Schnirman 

Shuhei & Rie Seo 


Sharif Shaalan & Zahira 

Navarrete 



'82 Shaw 

Howard & Jo Ann Shaw 


Siyanov 





Daryl & Cynthia Smalls 

Fiona Somers '18 





Fitzgerald 

Micah Stumme & Jane 

Mrosko 


Sugrue Contracting Corp. 



Constantinos Trikas '11 


Ingredients Inc. 




Doyle 

Waldorf School Parent 

Teacher Association 


Schimansky 


Paul White '80 & Starr 

Barron 

Scott A. Williams '85 & Susan 

Braun 

Lawrence Witt '72 

Keith X. Worthy '82 & 

Sandra Fielding 


Justman 


David Resnick ‘79, P’14, P’16, P’20, and David Chauvin ‘97, P’32. 

Timothy T. Yuan & 

Teresa Figueira 



Zetrenne 

Alan & Marcia Zimmerman 

Zimmerman/Edelson, Inc. 


Farid 

Gala Journal Ads 

Anonymous: 2 

Adelphi Delicatessen 

Adelphi University 

Adult Child & Family 

Psychotherapy 

All Island Dermatology 

Association of Waldorf 

Schools of North America 

AssuredPartners 

Austin & Co., Inc. 

Bentel & Bentel 


BKD CPAs & Advisors 

Hans-Christian '78 & Ann 

Brechbühl 


Cameron Engineering 


Changing Our World, Inc. 

Linda Cheney 

John Clauss & Jade You 

Country Arts In Flowers 


Cullen and Dykman, LLP 

Edward & Patricia Drake 


Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP 

Foundation Studies 

Steve & Maria Gallagher 

Garden City CSA 

Raymond & Cynthia George 

German-American School 

Assn. 

Judy Giovanni 


Pierre & Paula W. (Valentine) 

'70 Gonthier 

Geoff Goodman & Valeda 

Dent 

Rob Haedrich, Jr. '78 & 

Lauren A. Lindner 

Stephen Hassett 

The Healing Lotus 

Hotel Interactive 

Tom Hughes & Bethany 

LeSueur 



Jan-Pro 


John G. Hubler & Sons 

Roofing & Construction 

Jonathan's Restaurant 



Rodriguez '78 

Kirby McInerney LLP 

Thank You


La Bottega 



Jan & Rachel '87 Levine 

Jacob Lewis 

Lisa Horowitz CLU, CHFC 

Insurance and Investment 


'76 Lyons 



Kevin '78 & Susan 

McAndrew 

John & Kristin Miller 

Mineola Garden City 

Rotary Club 



Thomas E. Muscarella 

Eddie E. Nassim 


Joseph Ochs 

Joseph Onorato 


Pascap Co., Inc. 

Monica Pavlidis 





Prime Fine Catering 


Redland Strategies 


Piotrowska 

Rising Stars Inc. 



James G. Ryan 

Sentinel Innovation 

Seviroli Foods, Inc. 

Joseph Seviroli 




SportLoft 





William Strauss '16 

Sunbridge Institute 

Synthite Industries Private Ltd 

Three Arms Energy Balancing 

Sallie Touma 

Ann Walsh 

Thomas Walsh '00 & 

Elisabeth Manzi 

Tiffany S. Williams '89 

Terence '85 & Patricia 

Worthy 


Zetrenne 


Farid 

Gala Silent Auction 

Donations 

Adventureland 

Alex and Ani 


Barnes Gallery 


Botticelli Portrait Studio 

Claudia Bousraou 

Carmen Braun 


Cafe of Life 

California Academy of 

Sciences 

Camp Glen Brook Staff 


The Cheesecake Factory 



Ellen Cimino 


Class of 2020 

Class of 2021 

Class of 2022 

Class of 2023 

Class of 2024 

Class of 2025 

Class of 2026 

Class of 2027 

Class of 2028 

Class of 2029 

Class of 2030 

Class of 2031 

Class of 2032 

Class of 2033 

The Cliffs Climbing + Fitness 


David Crotty & Mara 

Esposito 


Matthew Cusick 


Paul Dalmazio 



Deseo de Michael 

The Doctor Oz Show 


Tasha England 

Anthony & Michele Fiorillo 

Five Corners Car Wash 

Fortune Crystals 




Garden City Country Club 

John & Allison Gehnrich 




Claudia Hart 


'89 Helwig 

The Heritage Club at 

Bethpage 


John Hiris & Karen Talluto 




Maria Kata 


Long Island Aquarium & 

Exhibition Center 

Barbara (Costello) '76 Lyons 

Glenda de Varona 



Ewelina Mazur 

Katie McCarthy 


Lisa Miccio 



Mim's Restaurant 

Molloy College 

New York Cider Company 

New York Knicks 

New York Mets 

William Nolan & Allison 

Minucci Nolan 

Not Just Art Inc. 


Old Sturbridge Village 

One World Observatory 



Porter House New York 



Mendoza 

Susan Shmoys 


Piotrowska 



Rhino Chiropractic 


Murray '85 

Roslyn Salt Cave 

Roberto Rossi & Tanya 

Dalmazio 

David & Madeline Roth 



Greg Schnoor 

Sea Glass Fine Art 

Photography 

Rie Seo 


Shipwrecked Miniature Golf 


Siyanov 



Sophie's Creation 

St. John's University 


Fitzgerald 

Jodie Thomas 



Braun 


Anthony Zito 


M. Farid 

W 

To give visit: 

www.waldorfgarden.org/ 

donate 

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Fundraising 

Corporations & Foundations 

Adelphi Delicatessen 

Adelphi University 

Adult Child & Family 

Psychotherapy 

Adventureland 

Alex and Ani 

All Island Dermatology 

AmazonSmile 

Apex Flavors, Inc. 

Apple Inc. 

Association of Waldorf 

Schools of North America 

Assured Guaranty 

AssuredPartners 

Austin & Co., Inc. 


Bank of America 

Barnes Gallery 

Bentel & Bentel 

Berje 

BKD CPAs & Advisors 

Botticelli Portrait Studio 

BSE Global 

BSN Sports 

Building Contractors 

Association, Inc. 

Cafe of Life 

California Academy of 

Sciences 

Cameron Engineering 

Changing Our World, Inc. 

Charles Rose Architects, Inc. 

The Cheesecake Factory 


The Cliffs Climbing + Fitness 

Comey-Fitzgerald Family 

Foundation 

Country Arts In Flowers 

Cullen and Dykman, LLP 

Darwin's View 

Deseo de Michael 

DNA Creative 

The Doctor Oz Show 

Erase Racism 

Five Corners Car Wash 

Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP 

Fortune Crystals 


Garden City Country Club 

Garden City CSA 

Garden City Public Schools 

German-American 

School Assn. 

The Gilbert Family Fund 

The Glenmede Trust 

Company 

Goebelbecker Family 


The Hartsbrook School 

The Healing Lotus 

Henderson Foundation 

The Heritage Club at 

Bethpage 

Hotel Interactive 

Hulbert Gift Fund 

Hulbert Mordecai Gift Fund 

Jan-Pro 

John G. Hubler & Sons 

Roofing & Construction 

The John Lovegren and Daniel 

Isenschmid Charitable Fund 

of the Bank of America 

Charitable Gift Fund 


Karin Heine Charitable Fund 

Kirby McInerney LLP 

La Bottega 

LaBella Planners 

Lisa Horowitz CLU, CHFC 

Insurance and Investment 

Long Island Aquarium & 

Exhibition Center 

Long Island Community 

Foundation 

Long Island Dental Specialty 


Mim's Restaurant 

Mineola Garden City Rotary 

Club 

Molloy College 

Morel Family Fund 

New York Cider Company 

Not Just Art Inc. 

New York Knicks 

New York Mets 

NYS Aid 

Old Sturbridge Village 

One World Observatory 

O’Neill Rose Architects 

P.S. Burgers 


Pascap Co., Inc. 

Pendergast Family Charitable 

Fund 

Pierre and Paula Gonthier 

Family Foundation 

Porter House New York 

Prime Fine Catering 

Redland Strategies 

Rhino Chiropractic 

Rising Stars Inc. 

Rivkin Radler, LLP 

Roslyn Salt Cave 

RSF Social Finance 

Sea Glass Fine Art 

Photography 

Sentinel Innovation 

Seviroli Foods, Inc. 

Shipwrecked Miniature Golf 

Sophie's Creation 

SportLoft 

St. John's University 



Sugrue Contracting Corp. 

Sunbridge Institute 

Synthite Industries Private Ltd 

Three Arms Energy Balancing 


Ingredients, Inc. 


Wild by Nature 

YourCause, LLC 

Zimmerman/Edelson, Inc. 

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In Honor Of 

Aina Barten 


Gerhard Bedding 




Carmen Braun 


David Barten 


George Benner 

Ruth Karter 

Twain Braden '88 


Susan Braun 

Susan Braun 



Thank You




Jodie Thomas 


Grant Butler '85 



Matthew A. Cahill 


Irin Carmon '01 

William & Suzanne Murphy 

Ellen Cimino 


Class of 1964 

Barbara (Davenport) 

McCool '64 

John L. '64 & Barbara 

Oppenheim 

Class of 1970 

Christopher L. Williams '70 

& Meredith Kern 

Class of 1973 

Kenneth Spitalny & Sharon R. 

Beier '73 





Figueira 

Class of 2020 


Piotrowska 

Class of 2033 

Alyson Hladky 

Stephanie M. Cleary 


Lisa Pollard 



Steven DeBellis 


Krishnasastry 



Jason Desrosiers 


Jaclyn Devine '95 

Robert & Lynn Beckmann 


Daisy Cook 

Patrick Karsnitz & Melanie 

Lebedowicz 

Tasha England 



Saenz Workman 

Andy Fallu 



Krishnasastry 

Siegfried Finser 


Benjamin Fletchman 

Leselle Robinson-Fletchman 

Michael Flood 


Elizabeth Jean 

Galasso 

W. Scott '70 & Vicki Galasso 

Peter Galasso 

W. Scott '70 & Vicki Galasso 










Shelley Goguen 

Hulbert 


Jamie L. 

Goldenberg- 

Farrell '08 

Anonymous: 1 

Charles Helm 

Anonymous 

Oskar Helm 

Anonymous 

Keelah J. (Nurse) 

Helwig '89 

Daisy Cook 

Patrick Karsnitz & Melanie 

Lebedowicz 

John Hiris 




Janet Kane 


Maria Kata 




Mendoza 



Andrew Leaf 


Polly Leaf 


Finn Lewis 


'84 Gibney 

Alan V. Lombardi 


Elizabeth L. 

Lombardi 

David C. Meissner '61 


Barbara (Costello) 

Lyons '76 


James Madsen 


Francesca Margulies 

Jodie Thomas 

Sadie Marshall 

Stehlik 


Shreves 

Lisa Miccio 

Anonymous: 1 


Michael Chang & Samantha 

Zheng 



George Murer & Phoebe 

Hwang 





Milo Miller 


Rami Mintz 

Gabriel Avner 

Adam Cohn 


Kane '01 



Roxanne 

(Martindale) 

Murphy '70 


Julie Ougheltree 


Kathleen C. Parks 


Scott W. Parks 


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Fundraising 

Justin Priester 

Christine Barnes-Murrell 

Roger Daniel 

Kacey Koeppel 

Andrew Littrean 



Jeanette 

(Haberstock) 

Resnick 


Matthew Rivera '09 

Elise Belilos 

Rosa Rosa 

Ana Rosa 

Faith Rose 


George Rose 


Roland 

Rothenbucher 


Susan Braun 





Nadia Sayed 


Talapatra 




Braun 

Andrea Schimansky 


Rie Seo 

Anonymous: 1 

In Memory Of 

Jo Ann Shaw 


Arlo Stehlik 


'84 Gibney 

Mark Stehlik 

Adam Baber 


Shreves 

Karen M. Talluto 



Holden Talluto- 

Hiris 


Barbara Travins 


Bruce Travins 


Alberte J. Vacirca 

Gerald Crabtree & Claudine 

Vacirca 



The Waldorf School 

of Garden City 

Faculty & Staff 




Susan Braun 

Scott A. Williams 

'85 



Cooper Wong 


W 

Nicole Abraham 

Sean George & Rachell Pierre 

Louis-George 

Patrick Anderson 

'01 

Erna Anderson 



Anderson '97 


Erei Arzu 


Susanne (Susl) Berlin 

Chrysoverges & Beverly 

Kritas 




Emma Blend 

Robert Blend 

Thomas Braden 

Sandra Braden 

Barry Brenin 

Rex Chao '94 

Anonymous: 1 

Anne Charles 

Susan (Charles) '64 & Victor 

Jacobson 


Algernon Churchill 


'84 Gibney 

Denise Coombs 


Peter Curran 



Susan Braun 

Deirdre H. du Prey 

Pierre '61 & Julia du Prey 

Carl Ehrlich 


Helen Ehrlich 


Arthur Englis 



Frances Englis 



Donna Fraser 

Bruce '64 & Laura Fraser 

Silvia Lucia 

Gallardo 

Jodie Thomas 

Elsa Garcia 


Mendoza 

Carol Gardner 



John Gardner 


Katherine Götz 



Trauger Groh 

Alice B. Groh 

Jean Hamshaw 


Dorothy Harrer 



Thank You


William Harrer 



Callie Hulbert 



Al Tom Jenson 

Ruth Karter 

Gabriel Kane '99 

Anonymous: 1 

Gore Anderson & Patricia 

Haft '70 

Gabriel Avner 


Adam Cohn 





Alice B. Groh 

Nicholas Harding & Emma 

Sydenham '00 



Jesse Kane '05 & Claire 

Babilonia 

Tiger Keogh 


Kane '01 












Susan Braun 

Hertha Karl 



Lydia Lecraw 


Thomas Leis 

Jerilyn Leis 

Paul LeSueur 


Beverly Lewis 




Charles Lindberg 

Frances Altman 

Natasha Lish '97 




Paula J. 

Livingston '63 

Michael & Elizabeth M. 

(Chen) '63 Kwong 

Peter MacNair 



Paul Margulies 

Jodie Thomas 

Christiane Marissael 


Marissael 

David & Laura (Marissael) 

Scholl 

Peter Mavrikis '81 

Jeffrey & Elizabeth (Cranin) 

'80 Cooperstein 





Marni Goldner 


Claudia Hart 











Marcia Munroe 









Piotrowska 


Murray '85 


Roland & Susan L. 


Rothenbucher 





'82 Shaw 


Kim Simpson 






Doyle 




Braun 


Christopher 

Meissner '71 

Chip & Marilynn R. (Blend) 

'70 Carstensen 


Marissael 

Mr. T 

Rose Fredericks 

Barbara Peterson 


Azucena (Lily) 

Petrusky 


Petrusky '84 

John W. Petrusky 


Petrusky '84 

Eloise Priester 

Ana Rosa 

Donald Resnick 


Braun 

Kathy Sapuppo 


Selena Zepf 

Lorna B. 

Schmidt '95 


Schmidt '62 

Harvey Strauss 

Barry Brenin 


Alfred Tomlinson 

Douglas '60 & Suzanne Fraser 




Sylvia Tomlinson 



Abigail Walker Pine 



Edith Weschler 


Robert Weschler 


Christopher White 


Heyerdahl 

Dolores Williams 


Susan Braun 

William Earl 

Williams 


Braun 

Franz Winkler 



Peter A. 

Zimmerman '78 

Kevin Padilla 






Moore 


Alan & Marcia Zimmerman W 

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Alumni Notes 



Gerhard 

Bedding 

Former Teacher 

~ 

“I was born in Indonesia in 

1929, arrived in 

the Netherlands ten years 

later, experienced five 

years of WW2 Nazi 

occupation, and emigrated 

to the U.S. 

in 1955. From my long 

view, here’s my hope for 

Waldorf’s most significant 

contribution to the 

future. The bulk of 

humanity has lost its 

sense of truth; yet, truth 

matters! Rudolf Steiner: 

“…We must care for the 

truth as the highest, holiest 

possession we have.” I 

believe that 

Waldorf education 

connects children with 

the world and nurtures in 

them a deep sense 

for truth. May truth 

blossom and thrive in 

our future!.” 

1960 

Carole Davenport ’60 

held a Fall Exhibition “BY 

THE PEOPLE FOR THE 

PEOPLE.” 

The show 

opened on 

October 

31, 2018 

at Leigh 

Morse Fine Art. The 

exhibition included 

Japanese aesthetic 

expression, from the 16th- 

21st centuries, extended to 

objects of everyday life. 

Carole hosted another show 

in the spring of this year 

entitled “Relationships.” For 

more information please 

visit www.carole 

davenport.com. 

1965 

Penny Haft Thomason 

‘65 spent some time during 

the summer of 2018 

reconnecting with fellow 

Waldorf graduates 

including John 

Oppenheim ’64 and 

Barbara Oppenheim. John 

was playing in a golf 

tournament at a resort near 

Penny, and received a 

trophy! She also spent part 

of the summer in New 

England visiting Bob 

Hamshaw ‘64 and Diane 

Hamshaw in their new 

house. Bob and Penny had 

lunch at Glen Brook, where 

they got the chance to visit 

Doug Hamshaw ’68 and 

Marianne (Hoover) 

Hamshaw ’69. 

Then on to Andover, Mass. 

to visit Les Lakow ‘64 and 

JoAnn Lakow, who were 

celebrating the birth of their 

first granddaughter. 

1969 

Congratulations to Kenneth 

Chenault ’69 who received 

the W. E. B. 

Du Bois 

Medal from 

Harvard 

University. 

“The W.E.B. 

Du Bois Medal is Harvard’s 

highest honor in the field of 

African and African 

American studies. It is 

awarded to individuals in 

the United States and across 

the globe in recognition of 

their contributions to African 

and African American 

culture and the life of the 

mind”. Visit https:// 

hutchinscenter.fas.harvard. 

edu/event/hutchins-centerhonors-presents-w-e-b-dubois-medal-ceremony, 

to 

watch the webcast of the 

Medal Ceremony which 

took place on October 11, 

2018. Kenneth was also 

announced as one of five 

new members on the 

NCAA’s Board of 

Governors. The NCAA said 

it received more than 150 

nominations from the 

general public and 

considered more than 250 

candidates before selecting 

the final five. For more 

information, visit 

https://wapo.st/2Y9mYXU 

1970 

Members of ’65 & ‘70 

In the spirit of the holiday 

season, members of the 

class of 1965 and 1970 

including Marilynn 

Carstensen ’70, Paula 

Valentine Gonthier ’70, 

Penny Haft ’65, Patty 

Haft ’70, Laurence 

Himelfarb ’70, and Alison 

Klein ’70 gathered from all 

over the country using 

online video conferencing 

and their Waldorf Christmas 

Carol Books to conduct their 

own impromptu Carol Sing. 

Roxanne Murphy ’70 

accompanied the songs 

on piano. 

Earlier this year a few 

members of the Class of 

1970 had a mini reunion in 

Manhattan. The alums, 

Alison (Bradley) Klein, 

Marilynn (Blend) 

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Alumni Notes 

Carstensen, Marcia 

(Hoover) Krenzel and 

Paula (Valentine) Gonthier 

visited the Morgan Library 

and Museum. The ladies were 

most excited to see the J.R.R. 

Tolkien exhibit as it brought 

back many High School 

memories. Marilynn says that 

visiting the exhibition is 

perfect for a Waldorf 

gathering! 

William Scott Galasso ’70 

has released his 15th book of 

poetry: Mixed Bag: A 

Travelogue 

in Four 

Forms 

published by 

Galwin 

Press. The 

book is 

available for 

purchase on Amazon. His 

16th volume of poetry: Rough 

Cut (30 Years of Senryu), is 

already in process and is due 

in this year. 

1973 

In the late summer of 2018, 

Raymond Bach ’73 and 

Betty Shave ’73 had a 

chance to reconnect in 

Strasbourg, 

France. 

Raymond 

currently 

resides 

there and 

serves as 

the Director 

of Syracuse 

University Strasbourg Center, 

one of the University’s 

special Preparing to Go 

study abroad opportunities. 

1974 

Daughter of Mary Kay 

(Costello) Theoharides 

’74, Kathleen Theoharides, 

was sworn in as the New 

Secretary of the Executive 

Office of Energy and 

Environmental Affairs. Visit 

https://framinghamsource.c 

om/index.php/2019/05/0 

3/governor-swears-in-newsecretary-of-the-executiveoffice-of-energy-andenvironmental-affairs/ 

for 

the full story. 

1979 

Chris 

Thatcher 

‘79 finished 

producing 

and 

directing a successful 

production of HEISENBERG, 

by Simon Stephens, at the 

Carsen Theater in Boulder, 

Colorado. It opened on 

August 17, 

2018 at 

Dairy 

Center for 

the Arts. 

Chris was 

also 

featured in 

the VoyageDenver in an 

article titled “Meet Chris 

Thatcher.” Chris talks about 

his life story and how he got 

to where he is today, running 

a successful Acting Studio in 

Boulder, Colorado. To read 

the full article, visit 

http://voyagedenver.com/int 

erview/meet-chris-thatcherchris-thatcher-acting-studioboulder-colorado/. 

1982 

Congratulations to Keith X. 

Worthy ’82 and his school, 

The Springfield Central High 

School Golden Eagles who 

became the first Western 

Massachusetts team to ever 

win a Massachusetts State 

Championship in Football. 

They had over 500 fans travel 

to Gillette stadium, home of 

the New England Patriots, 

including the Mayor Domenic 

Sarno who presented all of 

the students, coaches, and 

Worthy ’82, citations and the 

Key to the City. The team 

became the first sports team 

to ever be awarded this 

honor. 

1985 

Broadcaster and Waldorf 

Alumnus, Doug Miles ’79 

interviewed fellow Waldorf 

student, Andrea Conte ‘85, 

an award winning American 

actress on his show, “Talk 

Across America.” Andrea 

attended Waldorf until the 

8th grade in the early 80s. 

Visit YouTube to hear about 

their Waldorf memories and 

how Andrea got to where 

she is today. Visit Andrea’s 

website, andreaconte.com. 

1988 

In addition to his solo work, 

Dan Strauss ’88, performs 

with a group called Lake & 

Bridge, a Vermont-Brooklyn 

collective of musicians and 

songwriters. The music is folkrock, 

with a grooving, 

relaxed, sparkling astral feel. 

Dan and Clare Byrne of 

Vermont are the contributing 

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songwriters, with Ted Looby 

and Gus Ziesing as intuitive, 

veteran Vermont musicians 

who bring the songs to life. 

Visit the links below for a 

sample of their music. 

www.youtube.com/watch?v 

=UqxwqUImZBw 

www.clarebyrnemusic.com 

www.soundcloud.com/tatter 

ed-thespian 

Dan also joined forces with 

fellow musician and alumni, 

Franklin Rankin ‘13 on 

Sunday, February 17, 2019 

for a standing room only 

show at Rockwood Music Hall 

in Manhattan. Strauss and 

Rankin are also members of 

the Alumni Brothers Band. The 

two played a one hour set 

which featured songs written 

by Strauss with Rankin 

adding his extraordinary 

guitar playing. It was their 

first collaboration and they 

are looking forward to 

playing more shows together 

in the future. For updates, 

visit: danstraussmusic.com 

and franklinrankin.com 

Stephen Shaffer ’88 is 

living and working in Panama 

as President of the Colon 

Container Terminal, a 

subsidiary of the Taiwanbased 

Evergreen Group. 

Stephen has over 500 

employees, 98% of which are 

Panamanian and mostly from 

Colon province. Stephen 

explains “In a place like 

Colon where governmentprovided 

services and care 

are poor or non-existent, it 

behooves companies such as 

my own to fill part of that 

void. As such I have 

developed the terminal’s first 

corporate social responsibility 

policies, increasing the 

terminal’s involvement in 

community education, cultural 

and environmental projects, 

and am aiming to reduce the 

terminal’s carbon footprint in 

the coming years as we 

convert to hybrid and electric 

equipment and make great 

use of renewable energy 

sources to supply the terminal 

with its energy needs.” 

1989 

Congratulations to our Gala 

2019 Master of Ceremonies, 

Michael Tammero ’89 for 

being named Senior Vice 

President and Entertainment 

Host at Fox News Channel. 

Visit www.variety.com/ 

2019/tv/news/fox-news- 

channel-michael-tammero- 

1203140061/ for the 

full article. 

1993 

Seth Travins ‘93, lives in the 

city of Hudson, NY with his 

wife Mairead and daughter 

Larkin. Seth runs his own 

sauerkraut company: 

Sauerkraut Seth’s. His wife, 

Mairead is the owner of 

Flowerkraut; a floral shop in 

Hudson, NY, which also 

showcases all of Sauerkraut 

Seth’s products. Seth is also 

an upright bass player, who 

plays with the group the 

Wiyos. Seth was featured in 

an article on Democrat & 

Chronicle entitled “Sauerkraut 

leaves Shortsville: What’s next 

for a region steeped in sour 

stuff.” Learn more at: 

www.democratandchronicle.com 

www.sauerkrautseth.com 

www.flowerkrauthudson.com 

www.thewiyos.com 

1999 

Some classmates from 1999 

got together this summer for 

their 20-year reunion and 

their lovely children Nola 

Torres (Meri Wanzer), 

Giovanni Guzman (Meredith 

Williams Guzman), and 

Ethan Blumenthal (Josh 

Blumenthal) joined in the 

festivities. 

2001 

Congratulations to Irin 

Carmon ’01 who is now a 

CNN contributor. Irin will be 

contributing exclusively to all 

of CNN’s shows, offering 

commentary on politics, the 

Supreme Court, gender, and 

anything else she is asked to 

weigh in on. Irin will still 

remain a full time senior 

correspondent at New York 

magazine where she began 

working in August of 2018. 

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Slayton in a small ceremony 

on August 11th, 2017 and 

to celebrate their 1st year 

they had a wedding for 

their family and friends at 



2002 

Congratulations to Tarik 

Carney ’02 on his new 

position as Political Affairs 

Officer, Protection of 

Civilians at United Nations. 

Tarik will be working closely 

with teams based in the 

Central 

African 

Republic, 

South 

Sudan and 

Darfur to 

build protection of civilians 

strategies curtailed to the 

specific contexts present in 

each conflict zone. 

Advocating for the inclusion 

of protection mainstreaming 

in training for UN troops 

and providing field 

operations with policy 

support, including guidance 

handbooks and standard 

operating procedures on 

how to protect the most 

vulnerable in armed conflict. 

2003 

Jovana (Florus) Slayton 

’03 married Thomas J. 

the South Shore Cultural 

Center in Chicago, IL on 

August 11, 2018. South 

Shore Cultural Center was 

also the location of the 

Obama’s wedding 

reception! The wedding was 

designed and executed by 

La Bella Planners (operated 

by alumna, Jeanenne La 

Bella ’03). Danielle 

Fontus ’03 was her Maid 

of Honor. Jovana, Thomas, 

their son Thomas Slayton III, 

and their dog Jake currently 

live in Chicago, IL. 

2004 

Congratulations to Brittney 

Otruba Randolph ‘04 

who married Steven Ryley 

Walker Randolph in 

Birmingham, AL on May 

26, 2019. Brittney moved to 

Birmingham, AL after 

matching for residency at 

UAB School of Medicine. 

The couple will move into 

their brand new home in 

Alabama after the 

honeymoon. 

Congratulations to Gianna 

(Smith) Hines ’04 on her 

induction into the Adelphi 

University Department of 

Intercollegiate Athletics Hall 

of Fame for basketball. 

Smith was a 

four-year 

contributor on 

the hardwood 

for the 

Adelphi 

Panthers 

under the direction of head 

coach Kelley Watts from 

2004-08. She was named 

to the ECC All-Conference 

First Team two times and 

was also a two-time All-Met 

Division II First Team 

selection. In 2007, Smith led 

the Panthers with 16.6 ppg 

and 7.1 rpg, shooting 52.4 

percent from the field with 

40 steals to be named All- 

Met Player of the Year. She 

notched her 1,000th career 

point on Feb. 17, 2007 and 

remains in the top-five of the 

1,000-point club, totaling 

1,558 for her career. The 

Roxanne 

Murphy 

Class of 1970 

~ 

“A future Waldorf 

Education which 

focuses ever more on 

imparting the power of 

listening to 

students can and 

indeed must come 

about as our world 

grows into the twentyfirst 

century. Listening is 

an art central to 

education itself, and it is 

woven into the very 

fabric of every aspect of 

Waldorf Education with 

particular care so that 

respect for truly hearing 

every individual, every 

idea andeach new 

subject unfolds 

thoughtfully with 

openness and ease.” 

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Scott A. 

Williams 

Class of 1985 

~ 

“From its beginnings, the 

aim of Waldorf education 

has been for each student 

to reach their full potential 

– enabling the individual 

to contribute in a 

meaningful and purposeful 

way towards the 

betterment of society and 

humankind. We live in a 

rapidly changing world 

where technological 

advances outpace our 

ability to fully comprehend 

the consequences of 

these developments on 

our society. None of us 

can predict what young 

people will need to meet 

the increasing challenges 

of the next 100 years. 

However, the true value of 

Waldorf education – the 

development of 

intellectual curiosity and 

independent thinking, 

while also building moral 

judgement, empathy, and 

discernment – will be an 

absolute necessity for 

the future.” 

47th induction ceremony will 

be held in October at 

Chateau Brian. 

2005 

Danielle Gill ‘05 was 

selected as the Class of 2021 

Roy H. Park Leadership 

Fellow and will be attending 

the SC 

Johnson 

College of 

Business at 

Cornell 

University in 

Ithaca, NY. The Park 

Fellowship is a two year 

individualized leadership 

assessment and development 

curriculum, completed 

concurrently with the regular 

MBA curriculum, and 

includes a full tuition 

scholarship. Currently, 

Danielle lives and works in 

NYC as the Director of 

Nutrition, at the NYC 

Department for the Aging. 

2006 

Christianna Giordano 

Pally ‘06 was recently 

promoted to Vice President 

in the Brand Solution 

Practice at Burson Cohn 

Wolfe, a global PR agency. 

Christianna currently leads 

integrated communications 

and digital transformation 

strategies across multiple 

CPG brands including 

Johnson & Johnson and 

Colgate. She resides in 

Brooklyn, NY with husband 

Brian Pally, who teaches 

social studies in 

Westchester, NY. 

2007 

Kieran Kerekes ’07 

released three new 

professional music videos via 

YouTube, 

featuring the 

songs: Death 

of a Bachelor 

by Panic at 

the Disco, 

Raging Fire from former 

American Idol winner, Phillip 

Phillips, and Writing’s on the 

Wall by the British singer, 

Sam Smith. The Smith song in 

particular was featured in the 

most recent James Bond film, 

Spectre. These are Kieran’s 

first foray into music video 

creation, and the experience 

was very rewarding for him. 

He extends special thanks to 

his team, The Mix Palace in 

West Hempstead, and Smash 

Studios in New York City for 

providing the space for him 

to create. 

Congratulations to Leo 

Bruno ‘07 who took on a 

new position in September, 

2018 at UAM 

high school in 

the city as the 

head physical 

education 

teacher and 

senior advisor. This past 

summer, Leo went on to pass 

his School Building Leader 

Licensure Exams! Leo 

attended Adelphi University 

to complete his Advanced 

School Leadership Degree 

program. We were lucky 

enough to have Leo on staff 

as one of the Head Teachers 

for our Summer at Waldorf 

Camp Program. We wish 

you the best of luck, Leo! 

Christopher Smalley ‘07 

has joined Dell EMC as the 

Chief of Staff for Isilon and 

ECS, the 

company’s 

unstructured 

data storage 

platforms. In 

this role, he 

will counsel 

the group chief executive and 

senior leadership team 

regarding business strategy, 

financial planning and 

operations. Prior to joining 

Dell, Christopher held several 

roles of increasing 

responsibility at Accenture 

Strategy, leading 

engagements at financial 

services clients. In addition to 

his role at Dell, Christopher 

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completed a 

Masters of 

Business 

Administration 

at the 

University of 

Michigan - 

Stephen M. Ross School of 

Business. Congratulations, 

Christopher! 

2008 

Julianne 

Bertini ‘08 

married 

James H. Di 

Silvio on 

September 

1, 2018 at 

Hudson 

Valley Weddings at The Hill in 

Hudson, NY. The wedding 

party included Julianne’s 

sisters, Deanna ‘11 and 

Celina ‘15. Congratulations! 

2009 


to Taisha 

Thomas ’09 

on her 

engagement! 

Taisha’s fiancé 

Ryan Hodgetts, 

proposed on 

March 23, 2019 after six 

years of dating. Ryan runs a 

sports program for adults with 

disabilities, and Taisha works 

in the music industry, while 

also going to nursing school. 

Earlier this summer, alumni 

from the class of 2009 

gathered for a 10-year reunion 

at The Biergarten at The 

Standard. It was a beautiful 

day under the High Line, and 

nearly half of the graduating 

class was in attendance 

including: Taisha Thomas, 

Megan Gallagher, Alison 

McRae, Cristina Macedonia, 

Orin Stuckenbruck, 

Matthew Rivera, Rami 

Ismail, James Seivert, and 

Joe Yuan, along with the two 

class of 2009 advisors, former 

Math teacher James Harrell 

and former French teacher 

Reina White. The class looks 

forward to continuing the 10- 

year celebrations at Alumni 

weekend in October. 

2010 

Mary 

Catelli ’10 

has now 

completed 

her 

master’s 

degree in 

TESOL (Teaching English to 

Speakers of Other Languages) 

from LIU post. Mary values her 

Waldorf education and intends 

to take what she has gained 

from Waldorf and use it in her 

teaching methods. She is 

currently teaching at 

Hauppauge School District and 

is pictured here with her 

husband, Jacob Lutz. 

2011 


to Jordan 

Carmon ’11 on 

his new position 

as Senior 

Communications Advisor at 

Nassau Executive. While 

serving New Yorkers at the 

Attorney General’s office 

during one of its most 

consequential hours was the 

honor of a lifetime, Jordan is 

very excited about this next 

chapter, which will entail 

serving the people of Nassau 

County directly. Jordan says 

“I’ve always believed that 

Long Islanders deserve better 

from their government, and I 

figure it’s time to do 

something about it.” 

2013 

Check out 

Franklin 

Rankin’s new 

song, “Chasing 

After”on Spotify 

and stay tuned for his debut 

album dropping in 2019. 

Franklin, along with Abigail 

Lyons ’10, joined us in June 

for the Class of 2019 Senior 

Send-Off where the two spoke 

to the graduates about what 

being a Waldorf alumni means 

to them and how to navigate 

life after Waldorf. Thank you, 

Abigail and Franklin! 

Max Novick ’13 

and the Game of 

Business team are 

currently working 

on their book, 

Game of Business. 

Per their website, 

“The Game of Business is for 

experimenting with business 

strategy. It aims to help current 

and hopeful business people 

improve their understanding of 

business by applying the 

scientific method.” 


to Julia Rauch 

‘13 who started 

Medical School 

this summer in 

Chicago. Julia graduated from 

Hampshire College in May 

2017 with a Bachelors of Arts 

in Molecular Neuroscience. 

Prior to medical school, Julia 

worked at the Max Planck 

Institute in Tübingen, Germany, 

researching Lactose Intolerance 

and the Gut Microbiome. 

Jeremy 

Wechsler ’13 is 

working as a 

Motion Graphics 

Designer at a 

creative 

advertising and 

PR agency, IMRE. Visit his 

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website at 

www.jeremywechsler.com to 

see some of his work and learn 

more about him. 

2015 

Congratulations to the 

members of the Class of 

2015 who graduated from 

college! 

Congratulations to 

Nombulelo Malunga ’15 

on completing 

her Bachelor of 

Arts degree, 

majoring in 

Psychology 

and 

Philosophy, at 

the University 

of the Witwatersrand. 

Nombulelo is now interning in 

human resources at Clicks 

Limited Group’s head offices 

in Johannesburg, which is 

one of the biggest pharmacy 

stores in South Africa. 

Congratulations to 

Jonathan Gill ’15 

on graduating 

from Harvard 

University with his 

Bachelor’s Degree, 

majoring in Statistics and 

minoring in Economics. 

Jonathan will spend the first 

half of his summer traveling 

and will then begin a new job 

at Morgan Stanley working in 

Foreign Exchange. 

After graduating from 

Dartmouth College in June, 

Sheppard Somers ’15 spent 

the summer 

road tripping 

the Southwest 

before starting 

a position at 

MasterCard in 

their Data & 

Services branch 

in Arlington, VA. Sheppard 

majored in Engineering 

Sciences with High Honors, 

minored in Chinese and 

Computer Science and 

completed a Bachelor of 

Engineering degree at the 

Thayer School of Engineering 

at Dartmouth. 

2016 

Earlier this year, through the 

Junior Achievement program, 

Julia 

Gonzalez ’16 

taught 

Waldorf ninth 

graders 

financial 

literacy. They 

discussed topics such as 

budgeting, credit, savings, 

and the importance of 

forward-thinking financial 

planning. Julia says “It was so 

rewarding to return to the 

high school and give back to 

an academic program that 

gave me so much!” We’d 

also like to congratulate Julia 

on making the Dean’s list for 

the 2018 Fall Semester at 

Colby College. 

Will Strauss ’16 made 

Dean’s List for the 2018 Fall 

Semester. He continues his 

rehab on his shoulder injury 

and returned to the baseball 

field for McDaniel College in 

the spring. Will also signed a 

contract to play for the Sag 

Harbor Whalers in the elite 

Hampton Collegiate Baseball 

League for the summer. 

Congratulations to Emanuel 

Spitalny ’16 who will be 

starting a new job as Field 

Mentor at Confluence 

Behavioral Health located in 

Thetford Center, Vermont. 

Emanuel credits working at 

various camps, including 

Camp Glen Brook, as the root 

of his passion for this field. 

He has 

enjoyed 

working as a 

camp 

counselor, 

trip leader 

and a mentor 

to students 

over the past 

5 years and looks forward 

to continuing his work in a 

similar setting. Good luck, 

Emanuel! 

2017 

This 

summer, 

Gabrielle 

Martin 

’17 

worked in 

Vermont 

and 

Manhattan with the Off- 

Broadway company, 

PTP/NYC where she will be 

assistant stage managing 

Tom Stoppard’s play, Dogg’s 

Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth. 

PTP/NYC, which has been 

praised by the New York 

Times, Variety, and Time Out 

New York, as a company 

that connects Middlebury 

College theatre majors with 

professional union actors, 

directors, and designers to 

produce a number of plays 

at the Atlantic Stage 2 

during a five-week 

repertory season. 

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2018 

Michael 

Reed ’18, 

forward for 

the Vaugh 

College 

Warriors, was 

named the 

HVIAC rookie of the week on 

Tuesday, December 18, 

2018. During the week of 

December 10th, Reed 

averaged 16.5 points per 

game and 11.5 rebounds per 

game with the highlight of the 

week being a career night 

win vs. Culinary where he 

had 19 points and 16 

boards. 

Annie Harrigan ’18 was 

awarded the David 

Rockefeller 

International 

Experience 

Fund Grant 

towards the 

Harvard 

Summer 

School Study 

Abroad 

Program in 

Paris, 

France. This award represents 

a gift from one of many 

generous Harvard alumni. 

Congratulations, Annie! 

Through a Humanitarian 

Fellowship, Ariella Kissin 

’18 spent two months in 

Kakuma Refugee Camp, 

situated 

in 

northern 

Kenya. 

Kakuma 

hosts 

roughly 

187,000 

refugees fleeing political 

instability and violence from 

neighboring countries, 

including South Sudan, 

Burundi, and Rwanda, as well 

as the local Turkana tribe. 

Ariella worked with IsraAID, 

a non-governmental 

humanitarian aid 

organization that supports 

communities worldwide. In the 

refugee camp, IsraAID works 

hand-in-hand with the 

Waldorf Kakuma Project in 

the Child Protection sector, 

Ariella was involved in 

several Waldorf endeavors as 

well, facilitating workshops 

and activities. For more 

information visit 

www.medium.com/@IsraAID 

Stories/reflections-fromkakuma-refugee-campe384c5bb8e5c. 

Conchetta Bohm ’18 spent 

the month of June in Prague, 

Czech Republic on study 

abroad through her school, 

The Citadel, studying 

European history and public 

policy. On the weekends 

Conchetta has had the 

opportunity to visit other 

countries with classmates. 

Fiona 

Somers 

’18 spent 

the summer 

interning 

here at The 

Waldorf School of Garden 

City. Fiona helped in all 

departments including 

Development, 

Communications, Admissions, 

and even assisted the School 

Nurse with end of year work! 

Fiona also made time this 

summer to continue her 

passion in Yoga and taught 

her first ever solo class. 

Congratulations and thank 

you, Fiona, for all your hard 

work, we wish you the best of 

luck in your second year at 

Dickinson! 


In July Sydney Bossuk ‘19 

and her peers joined 

Broadway stars to perform in 

a benefit concert to support 

The Fund for College Auditions 

(TFCA) called, “Broadway for 

a Day” at the Leonard Nimoy 

Thalia Theater at Symphony 

Space in NYC. TFCA offers 

financial support and college 

guidance to acting and 

musical theatre students – 

particularly those who identify 

with groups who are 

underrepresented in theatre, 

film, and television who want 

to audition for post-high 

school training programs. 

Sydney was thrilled to sing the 

part of Elphaba in a mash-up 

from Wicked, arranged by Jon 

Ranger and performed with 

Michael Campayno and Chris 

Peluso who both played Fiyero 

on Broadway! Read more 

about the event, and TFCA on 

BroadwayWorld.com. 

Caitlin Li ’19 spent the 

summer traveling Asia visiting 

places like Chiang Kai-Shek 

Memorial, The Shifen Old 

Street, and Raohe Night 

Market. Caitlin will be staying 

in Asia this fall to assist at 

Waldorf schools in China. To 

follow Caitlin’s journey, visit 

her blog: 

www.caitlinjessamyn.wixsite. 

com. Good luck on your next 

adventure, Caitlin! W 

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Alumni Representatives 

1960 

Carole Davenport 

carole@caroledavenport.com 

1961 

Judith Bull 

jdybll@yahoo.com 

1963 

Elizabeth M. Kwong 

emlkwong@gmail.com 

1964 

Janet R. Gregory 

janetb.gregory@cox.net 

1965 

John Kramer 

johnkramerbass@gmail.com 

1966 

William C. Moore 

risehigh@aol.com 

1968 

Howard C. Lem 

howardclem@aol.com 

1969 

Marjorie Davidson 

margetalks@cs.com 

1970 

Paula W. Gonthier 

pvgonthier@hotmail.com 

1971 

Penelope Grover 

phgrover@hotmail.com 

1974 

K. Catherine Albano 

albano27@aol.com 

1976 

Barbara Lyons 

bobbymcostello@gmail.com 

Stephen C. Salamin 

steve76@eSalamin.com 

1977 

Richard J. 

Schuhmann 

schuhmann@landingschool.edu 

1978 

Demetra Dunlop 

demetrue@aol.com 

1979 

Patricia Chiquelin- 

Croninger 

pchiquelin@msn.com 

1980 

Margaret Bernstein 

margaretjeanbernstein7@ 

gmail.com 

1981 

Joan Parker 

(570) 459-6663 

1982 

Marcus C. Arianas 

mca222@optonline.net 

1983 

David Miller 

demillerny@gmail.com 

1984 

Kathrine Gibney 

katy.gibney@gmail.com 

1985 

Grant Butler 

gbutler@glenbrook.org 

1986 

Derrick Robinson 

dlkm1213@verizon.net 

1987 

Christian Jurak 

cjurakpt@optonline.net 

1988 

Daniel E. Strauss 

danstraussmusic@gmail.com 

1989 

Jill DeRosa 

jill2mark@aol.com 

Kristin Schaefer- 

Schiumo 

Kristin.Schaefer@liu.edu 

1991 

Helene I. Harte 

harteh1@gmail.com 

1992 

Zoe Stark 

starkzoe@gmail.com 

David Hairston 

dhairston2@gmail.com 

1993 

Peter J. Hanke 

peter.j.hanke@gmail.com 

1994 

E. P. Hankin 

ephankjr@yahoo.com 

1995 

Jennifer Dorman- 

Weuker 

JDorman@risinggardensinc.com 

1996 

Lani Capestany 

lani217@yahoo.com 

Tamara Ruppart 

taruppart@mac.com 

1997 

Christine Gutman 

chhaley@yahoo.com 

Timothy J. Ortwein 

Tim.Ortwein@gmail.com 

1998 

Elizabeth Jennings 

lizzy0083@yahoo.com 

1999 

Meredith K. Williams 

mwilliams0325@gmail.com 

2000 

Thomas Walsh 

thomasw324@yahoo.com 

2001 

Jacqueline Giordano- 

Hayes 

jackieahayes@gmail.com 

2002 

Meg H. Ross 

margaret.ross@yahoo.com 

2003 

Jeanenne LaBella 

jeanenne.labella@gmail.com 

2004 

Gianna Hines 

GiannaLMSmith@gmail.com 

2005 

Andrea Bloomfield 

amhbloomfield@yahoo.com 

2006 

Catherine Roldan 

catherine.roldan@gmail.com 

2007 

Ms. Ariana Metzler 

AriMetz17@outlook.com 

2008 

Jamie L. Goldenberg- 

Farrell 

jamie.goldenberg@aol.com 

2009 

Meagan Gallagher 

meaganagallagher@gmail.com 

Alison McRae 

alison.a.mcrae@gmail.com 

2010 

Abigail Lyons 

aj2646@gmail.com 

2011 

Sean Proctor 

seanproctor1@gmail.com 

2012 

Elora Nadel 

brooklinchik13@gmail.com 

2013 

Anne Flomenhaft 

alflo216@gmail.com 

2014 

Rachel Bossuk 

raeraerose@optonline.net 

Jaclyn Proctor 

jackieproctor95@gmail.com 

2015 

Sabrina Persaud 

sabrina051297@gmail.com 

2016 

Skyla Davis 

skyla.j.davis@gmail.com 

Julia M. Gonzalez 

julzmg61@gmail.com 

2017 

Bilan-Ardo Ali 

ardoali13@gmail.com 

Luna Splendori 

lunasplendori@uchicago.edu 

2018 

Gilee Hershco 

gileehershco@gmail.com 

Ariella Kissin 

ariellakissin@gmail.com 

Isaac Stumme 

isaac.stumme@gmail.com 


Justin Priester 

jmpriest@syr.edu 

Harry Wozniak 

harryjwozniak@gmail.com 

John Jobin McAuliffe 

johnjtmcauliffe@gmail.com 

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In Memoriam 

Dr. Algernon (Jerry) Churchill 

Dr. Algernon (Jerry) Churchill passed away peacefully on September 

2, 2018 in Hanover, New Hampshire. Spouse of former class teacher 

Ann Churchill, father of three Waldorf graduates Susan Churchill 

Rothenbucher ’78, David Churchill ’80, and Deborah Churchill ’83, 

grandfather of Emily Rothenbucher ’06, David Rothenbucher ’08, 

Anna Churchill (Champlain Waldorf School ’19), and father-in-law of 

High School Chair Roland Rothenbucher. Dr. Churchill, a marine 

botanist, spent over forty years in the Biology Department at 

neighboring Adelphi University. 

In the 1980s, Dr. Churchill taught Waldorf High School biology 

students a college-level course in electron microscopy in his lab at 

Adelphi, and he was the invited Commencement Speaker for the class 

of 1989. In addition to accompanying a number of Lower School 

class trips to Fire Island, Dr. Churchill volunteered in the Pre-School 

play yard, where he tapped the sugar maple trees with the children 

(and was affectionately known by the children as “the woodsman”). 

Donations may be made in Dr. Churchill’s memory to The Nature 

Conservancy or the Algernon Churchill Scholarship Fund at Adelphi 

University. 

Jaime (Rubin) Ottë 

Jaime Michelle (Rubin) Ottë passed away on October 22, 2018. 

Jaime was a student at The Waldorf School of Garden City until 

1997, and would have graduated with the class of 2001. 

In the beginning of October, Jaime was diagnosed with Hodgkin's 

Lymphoma and was treated at Stonybrook Hospital where she 

received excellent care. She loved music and laughter, and her life 

was full of reasons to celebrate. Most of all, she loved her husband 

Nate and her son Lennon. 

Donations may be made to the Jaime Ottë Memorial Fund - 

www.gofundme.com/jaime-otte-memorial-fund 

in support of her young family. 

Mrs. Beverly Lewis 

Mrs. Beverly Lewis, mother of 

alumni Melanie Lewis Massie ‘87 

passed away on August 29, 

2018, just 13 months after her 

beloved husband of 61 years. 

The Lewis’ adored The Waldorf 

School of Garden City, especially the music focus, 

never missing a Carol Sing or assembly. Beverly 

was a proud member of The Waldorf Choral Society 

for many years, and loved volunteering in the 

cafeteria on Thursdays for many of Melanie’s 13 

years at the School. 

Donations may be made in memory of Beverly to The 

Waldorf School of Garden City General Music Fund. 

. 

Christopher Austin Meissner 

Christopher Austin Meissner passed away at his 

home in New Hampshire on June 15, 2018. 

Chris joined Waldorf as a Nursery student in 1957 

and graduated in 1971. He was a kind and 

generous individual who was a gifted artist and 

musician. Perhaps his greatest joy, however, was 

derived from his vocation of Landscape Gardening, 

through which he maintained a close and peaceful 

relationship with nature. 

Christopher’s mother Ruth Meissner taught Nursery 

and Kindergarten at Waldorf for many years, and 

his brothers John and David graduated with the 

classes of 1965 and 1961 respectively. 

Several members of the class of 1971 attended the 

2018 Fall Festival and Reunion in October to pay 

respects and honor their former classmate. 

Noelle Ann Zuckerbrot 

Noelle Ann Zuckerbrot passed away, on December 26, 2018. Noelle's daughter, Marielle, is currently in our fourth grade, and her 

son, Joseph is a former student of our School. Noelle & her husband, Stephen, have been dedicated School community members for 

many years. Noelle's mother, Joanne, discovered Anthroposophy and Waldorf education more than 20 years ago. Through Joanne, 

many extended family members attended our School including Noelle's two nephews, alums Marco '13 and Anthony '10 Spitaliere, 

as well as two nieces, Sophia '19 and Isabella '21 Varotto. 

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In Memoriam 

Judith (Judy) Schecter 

Judith (Judy) Schecter, parent of Rachel Levine ’87 

and grandparent of Mia Levine ’19 and Kyra Levine 

’23 passed away in early March of 2019. 

Janie “Baby Jane” Dexter ‘64 

Janie “Baby Jane” Dexter ‘64, who 

according to the NYT “captivated 

cabaret audiences with a booming 

contralto and, after a decade-long 

hiatus, returned with heartbreaking 

and healing performances that 

transformed her tribulations into 

teaching moments” passed away on May 21, 2019 

in Englewood, N.J. 

. 

Mrs. Eileen Sullivan 

Mrs. Eileen Sullivan, mother of John Sullivan '81 and Terry Sullivan 

’85, passed away on March 19, 2019. 

An active Waldorf community member from 1968 through the 

1980’s, Eileen volunteered as a class representative, worked in the 

School store and contributed her time in countless other ways. She 

maintained many friendships with her fellow parents for years, 

alongside her husband. 

Marcia Gold 

Mrs. Marcia Gold, wife of Robert Gold ’73, passed away on 

October 3, 2018 in the comfort of her home after a long battle with 

cancer. She spent her last days at peace with her beloved husband, 

and three sons, Alex, Mike and Isaac by her side. 

Priscilla Paulsen Miller ’65 

Priscilla Paulsen Miller ‘65 passed away on June 3, 

2019 at the age of 72. She is survived by her 

mother, Ruth Paulsen; daughter, Melissa Marcoux; 

grandchildren, Isabelle and Elliott; brother David 

Paulsen; niece, Kristina; and nephew, Erik. Memorial 

donations may be made to P.E.O., St. Ann’s Church, 

ARF of the Hamptons, or the Bridgehampton 

Association. 

Dr. Alexandra Coffey ’83 

Dr. Alexandra Coffey ’83, sister of former School Trustee - John 

Coffey ‘74, Liz Coffey ‘77, and Greg Coffey ‘80 passed away this 

past June after a long and valiant battle against lung cancer. 

Greg Coffey ‘80 says “Ali aimed for the top in life. Her grounding 

at The Waldorf School taught her the value of nature, music, the 

arts, and community. Ali made the 1984 Olympic team handball 

squad. Ali studied art history, exercise physiology, and eventually, 

her healing hands, mind, and heart mastered physiatry and the 

noble art and science of Osteopathic Medicine.” 

Mr. Robert Blend 

Mr. Robert Blend, father of Alumna and former Board Trustee Marilynn Blend Carstensen ’70 passed 

away on August 3rd in Princeton, New Jersey just 4 months shy of his 100th birthday. 

Mr. Blend loved The Waldorf School of Garden City, and was a treasured member of our community. 

He was president of the Parents' Association for four years and with the encouragement of his good 

friend, Mr. Weschler, became a member of the Long Island Horticultural Society where he learned how 

to compost and remove dandelions in the proper "Wesch way". He also sang with Mr. Rose in the 

Waldorf Choral Society for a number of years. After Marilynn graduated in 1970, the family continued 

to be involved by volunteering and committing resources in support of the important work being done by 

faculty and staff of The Waldorf School. 

The family is asking that donations be made to The Waldorf School of Garden City Annual Fund 

Campaign in memory of Robert Blend. 

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In Memoriam 

Paul G. LeSueur 

Paul LeSueur, former Athletic 

Director and Girls Varsity 

Basketball Coach, left us on June 

10, 2019 after a sudden illness. 

He is survived by his wife, 

Elizabeth, his four children Paul Jr., 

Sarah, and twins Peter and Bethany 

– all exceptional athletes in their 

own right – and was the proud 

grandfather of many grandchildren. 

Paul was larger than life. A 

generation of athletes and students 

were fortunate enough to be 

guided by Paul's gentle wisdom as 

he understood that the value of 

sports goes far beyond winning 

and losing. A much-beloved 

member of our School community, 

Coach LeSueur’s quick wit and selfeffacing 

humor will be missed -- but 

the lessons he taught us will stay 

with us always. 

Coach LeSueur was a well-known 

figure in the soccer community 

beyond our School. In 1971, Paul 

was one of the first Americans to 

play for the New York Cosmos and 

was a member of the Cosmos' first 

North American Soccer League 

(NASL) Championship team in 

1972. After retiring from the 

Cosmos, he dedicated himself to 

his family and teaching the youth of 

Long Island through his love and 

passion for the game of soccer. 

Paul went on to win several 

amateur national titles before 

serving in the front office with the 

New York Power in the Women's 

United Soccer Association. He also 

ran the soccer program for the 

Garden City Recreation Department 

for nearly 32 years, coached and 

trained Garden City Centennial 

soccer teams, and served the 

Garden City community as Director 

of the Centennial Advanced 

Training Program and Centennial 

Travel Camp. In 2001, the Nassau 

County Coach-of-the-Year Award 

was renamed, The Paul LeSueur 

Coach-of-the-Year Award, to honor 

his contributions to soccer and 

years of service as the coordinator 

for Nassau County high school 

soccer. On March 9, 2013, Paul 

was inducted into the first class of 

the Long Island Soccer Player's 

Hall of Fame. 

The accolades are endless, but 

perhaps Paul’s greatest quality 

might be that he was a mentor and 

friend to so many. Those 

friendships and the Waldorf 

student-athletes whom he coached 

will always remember Coach 

LeSueur for his dedication, passion, 

and kindness. Said current Athletics 

Director Shane Flanagan, "We 

have truly lost a wonderful man 

who gave his all to our School and 

our students. We were blessed to 

have him as long as we did." 

Said High School Chair, Roland 

Rothenbucher, "Paul LeSueur was a 

beloved Waldorf PE teacher, 

Athletic Director, and coach. He 

will forever have a fond place in 

the hearts of our student-athletes, 

many of whom he guided through 

their high school years with a 

steady hand, steadfast dedication, 

and dry humor. After his retirement 

from full time teaching at Waldorf, 

Coach LeSueur continued to coach 

many of the Waldorf High School 

Varsity teams. Each year in 

October, Coach also enjoyed 

playing in the Alumni Soccer game 

at the annual Fall Fair, where he 

had the distinction of being the 

most experienced player on the 

field and the only player who had 

formerly been a member of the 

world-famous NY Cosmos in the 

1970s. What a joy and privilege 

to have known such a passionate 

promoter of youth sports!" 

The funeral mass took place on 

Friday, June 14th at the Cathedral 

of the Incarnation. W 

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Varsity Baseball & Softball 2019

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Arts 

High School Musical: 

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March 1 & 2, 2019 

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Our curriculum, inspired by Rudolf Steiner, 

progresses in accordance with 

child development, awakening students to 

the experience of knowledge, 

strengthening their sense of moral 

responsibility, and empowering them to act 

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The School’s aim is to graduate a diverse 

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by the scope and acuity of their minds 

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