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ACCOLADERefining the Fine Arts

Expanding the fine arts curriculum

ST. GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL is a private, co-ed, independent school for students from preschool through eighth grade. Established in 1969, St. George’s is distinguished by its qualified faculty, low student-to-teacher ratio and concept of “individualized education,” which builds upon the distinct talents and learning styles of each individual student.

INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS are distinct from other schools in that they are primarily supported by tuitions, charitable contributions and endowment income rather than by tax or church funds. National Association of Independent Schools membership requires that a school be governed by a board of trustees, practice nondiscriminatory policies, be accredited by a state or regional association and hold nonprofit status.

ACCOLADE: In the Middle Ages, the Knighting Ceremony acknowledged personal achievement and service. A tap with a sword signified formal recognition of a job well done. This tap was called the accolade. Accolade is published by St. George’s Episcopal School and is mailed to parents, grandparents, alumni families, faculty, friends and educational institutions.

ABOUT OUR COVER: Concert band is now offered at St. George’s through the expanded fine arts curriculum. See article on page 4. EDITOR: Christine Perrin CREDITS: Caroline Avegno, Wendy Granier and Christine Perrin, writers; design and production by John Barousse Design, Inc.; photography by Caroline Avegno, Jeff Johnston, Katie Morton, Mike Palumbo, Christine Perrin and Elise Smith.

THANK YOU: Elaine Eichberger, Margie Fell, Tanya Musa, Connie Philburn and the parents, faculty and alumni who submitted photos and information.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2014-2015Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Fierro, ChairmanMrs. Jenny Guillen, Vice-Chairman Mrs. Heidi Gould, SecretaryMrs. Carrie Wachtel, TreasurerDr. Jennifer AvegnoMr. George DenegreMr. James DuganMr. Miguel EliasMrs. Lee Anne GarnerMr. Kyle GraffagniniMr. Steven HemperleyMr. Dale KaliszeskiMrs. Norma KimbleMrs. Laurie LeamanMr. Bruce LelongMr. Aaron MiddlebergMr. Leon NowalskyMr. Eric RevelsMr. Greg SchaferCDR Damon SingletonMr. Joel Vanderlick

EX-OFFICIODr. Robert EichbergerThe Reverend Richard B. Easterling

PARENTS GROUP OFFICERSMr. Joel Vanderlick, PresidentMrs. Laurie Leaman, Vice-PresidentMrs. Fiona Garda, Recording SecretaryMs. Jennifer Myhre, Corresponding SecretaryMr. Elijah Feibelman, Treasurer

ADMINISTRATIONDr. Robert Eichberger, HeadmasterMrs. Romaine McCarthy, Director of Middle SchoolMrs. Jennifer Griffith, Director of Lower SchoolMrs. Hayley Harang , Director of Early ChildhoodMrs. Barbara Miner, Director of Resource Services Mrs. Bettye Bagot, Director of FinanceMrs. Elaine Eichberger, Director of AdmissionsMrs. Wendy Granier, Director of AdvancementMs. Caroline Avegno, Director of Communications

Lizzie Yaggy recites the St. George’s pledge.

In addition to the pledge of allegiance, students recite the St. George’s Citizenship pledge, emphasizing the four core values. “As a St. George’s student, I promise to persevere in all that I do, to show compassion and respect for all, and to be known for my integrity.”

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IN THIS ISSUE

FEATURESRefining the Fine Arts

Service with a Smile

Early Childhood Center Expansion

2 From the Headmaster 3 From the Chairman 14 Alumni News 22 Sports 24 Noted & Quoted 28 Student Art Gallery 30 Annual Report

Teaching the Teachers

Technology for Teachers

Early Childhood

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A Family DecisionDr. Robert Eichberger, Headmaster Carlos Rodriguez-Fierro, Chairman of the Board with his son Christian ’19

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With parenthood comes great joy – especially when we are fortunate enough to actually witness one of the defining moments of our child’s growth and development.

Moments like, “Look, she’s crawling,” or “He’s walking,” or “Oh my goodness, she’s actually talking.” Of course, while these moments bring pride and relief they can also bring tension and anxiety. “Dad, can I borrow the car Saturday for a date?”

As head of St. George’s, my experiences are very similar to those of a parent. I have been privileged to see many defining moments in our school’s history. With honest pride, I love to boast of our school’s growth and development. This issue of Accolade points to so much of which we should be proud. I am especially excited about the expansion of our creative arts and technical arts programs (see article on pages 4-6). As mentioned in the article, the expanded program adds concert band and dance to our long-standing Orff music curriculum, lower and middle school choirs, visual arts classes and drama and theatre. The additions are the result of extensive input from parents, students and faculty. A special thank you goes to Ava and Leon Nowalsky for helping to make the band a reality! However, our Middle School Director Romaine McCarthy should be recognized as the mastermind for putting it all together. While the admin-istration and faculty were completely behind the additions, I am not sure we understood the complexity of making it all work. At least for me, it wasn’t until Romaine and I had a conversation early this past summer when she sounded an awful lot like, “Dad, can I borrow the car?” Only this time it was, “Rob, can I seriously change the student and faculty schedule?” She did, and our curriculum is much richer! We have not only added programs, but have also set aside considerable and consistent time for their success. Kudos to Romaine and to her faculty!

I would also like to honor our dedicated teachers and a very special benefactor. St. George’s takes great pride in our emphasis on faculty training. Achieving our mission requires talented and dedicated professionals. Faculty en-richment is essential to ensure that our teachers are trained in the “best practices.” St. George’s searches nationwide

for the top-notch programs with proven success that will help us customize the learning experience for each student. One of the wonderful things I have noticed over my tenure is that when I ask faculty members who are leaving about their greatest challenges and rewards, I often get the same answer. They tell me that they were both rewarded and challenged to master the diverse programs St. George’s has to offer. In addition to extensive training (mentioned in the article on pages 7-9), I am especially proud of the way our faculty share their knowledge with their colleagues. “Lunch and Learn,” “Tech Tuesdays” and “Weekly Workshops” are a few of the programs put in place by our faculty members to work together toward success.

Of course, there is always significant expense to faculty enrichment. While our school budget allows for workshops and training, our program is greatly supported by a special benefactor. The story begins two years ago when I received a phone call from a gentleman I had not yet met, Mr. Burt Keenan, who wanted to learn more about St. George’s. Mr. Keenan is a native New Orleanian who lives in Hilton Head, S.C. He was aware of St. George’s through our mutual friend Peter Waters. After making a donation and receiving an issue of Accolade in the mail, Burt’s interest was piqued to learn more about our success with educating children. He recognized immediately that our specialized faculty training is the key to enabling St. George’s to do what we do so well. We are so grateful for his generous support and his insight, which have made it possible for St. George’s to establish the Fund for Faculty Excellence. With this fund, we are able to continue to offer extensive professional development in order to maintain our top notch faculty.

With the support of our dedicated faculty, administration, and board of trustees, as well as the support of our generous donors, I am pleased and proud of the recent strides we have made. I am reminded again of the great sense of accomplish-ment and joy that comes with parenting. “Wow, look at what we can accomplish together!”

Rob Eichberger Headmaster

One of the many reasons that St. George’s is such an exemplary school is the manner in which students are given the freedom to learn and the support required to obtain success. St. George’s

came highly recommended to us at a time when my oldest son Carlos was facing challenges at his previous school. Un-fortunately, the school he was attending did not provide him with the support that he required. It was nothing less than amazing to witness the positive changes occurring in Carlos after transitioning to St. George’s. His self-esteem soared, his grades improved and he learned how to study effectively. By the time he moved on to high school, it was apparent that St. George’s had instilled in him the tools required for success.

After just one year at St. George’s, we knew that this is where our other children should be enrolled as well. We en-joyed the convenience of having all of our children educated at one school and felt it would be a great environment to support their growth. Little did we know at the time what a huge difference St. George’s would make in their education-al pursuits and personal growth.

I always saw my daughter Priscilla as shy. After just a few months at St. George’s, she was beaming with confidence, joy and enthusiasm! We were able to witness her positive transformation, especially in her self-confidence, through-out her time at St. George’s. St. George’s proved to be the ap-propriate change for Julian and Christian as well. They were all taught a love for learning and have gained so much more. Even though each of my children is different, St. George’s has been able to meet their educational and personal needs, allowing them to flourish and grow into wonderful and intelligent students and people.

One of the most important things St. George’s has taught my children is how to care for their fellow students. Bully-ing is something that unfortunately rears its ugly head in schools, but at St. George’s I see the contrary. I see students wanting to help and support each other, working togeth-er and supporting the St. George’s community, and thus becoming exemplary people in the process. I see diversity in

all areas at St. George’s: boys, girls, students from different cultures and students with different learning styles. Every-one comes together to learn and work as a team.

When I was invited to join the board of trustees, I was humbled and honored. I knew a few of the board members and knew how hard they worked to support St. George’s. It is an incredible group of individuals, and I was immediately impressed with the level of talent, dedication and passion they have for St. George’s. It was quite a shock when I was later asked to become board chairman. One of my most memorable experiences as a chairman was to have gradu-ated the eighth graders, especially my own son Julian. This was an experience of a lifetime, and I will cherish it forever.

I would like to extend my appreciation to the immediate past chairmen, George Denegre and Keil Moss, for their sup-port and leadership. Despite St. George’s being a relatively small school, our reputation and community impact are well recognized and respected. This, in part, is due to the great leadership of Dr. Rob Eichberger, who is recognized as one of the most accomplished headmasters and leaders in the region. His insight and his ability to assemble just the right group of teachers is what makes St. George’s an outstanding educational facility.

As a parent and board chairman, I want our community to be aware of what a wonderful school we have. St. George’s offers all students an incredible and challenging educa-tion in a warm and nurturing environment. All students have different learning styles, and this is supported by St. George’s. My son Carlos had a need, and I felt confident that St. George’s would be able to help him. St. George’s met and exceeded our expectations. Choosing to have our children there continues to be one of the best decisions our family has ever made. It is truly a school for everyone.

Defining Moments

FROM THE HEADMASTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN

Carlos Rodriguez-Fierro Chairman, Board of Trustees

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In the words of Pablo Picasso, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”

Like many of the masters, Picas-so well understood the concept of nurturing the artist within. Finding artistic talent in students and then cultivating those abilities is one of the essential ways that St. George’s succeeds in turning out well-rounded and successful students. While the St. George’s curriculum has always encompassed art, music and theatre, middle schoolers now have greater variety and expanded opportunities to explore the fine arts.

Like the chicken and egg debate, educators still ponder the question, “Are smart people drawn to the arts, or does exposure to the arts make people smarter?” While it’s certainly debatable, research offers compelling evidence supporting the benefits of art education, not just academically, but also socially and emotionally.

Good schools and educators work to enhance exposure to the arts, yet far too many are under scrutiny to satisfy the bottom line and focus

on programs that maximize grades and standardized test scores, often meaning that arts programs are the first to be eliminated. “At St. George’s we recognize the impact and benefits a dynamic arts program can have. We want our fine arts program to reflect

our overall philosophy of educating the whole child, and we want our students to have the skills they need to be successful in the classroom and beyond,” explains Middle School Director Romaine McCarthy.

Expansion of the fine arts curricu-lum came following extensive input from parents, faculty and students,

including results from parent surveys, as well as research and consideration by the education committee. Through a new elective system, middle school students choose from nine art electives, one per trimester. The arts are divided into three clusters: the musical arts, the expressive arts and the technical arts. Class size is limited to allow for more individual-ized attention. Students who are not granted their first choice during the first trimester are given top choice for the second or third trimester.

Middle School Director Romaine McCarthy explains, “We already know how the arts develop creativity, imag-ination and self-esteem, but recent research has placed more emphasis on how it encourages cognition, critical thinking and learning. With that in mind, we developed curricu-lum changes that allow our students to gain more exposure to the arts. Our goal is to not only tap into the creative mind, but also to provide a bridge to different cultures, self-expression, and a hands-on way of learning more about the world.”

1. Creativity – Being able to think on your feet, approach tasks from different perspectives and think ‘outside of the box’ will distinguish your child from others. In an arts pro-gram, your child will be asked to recite a monologue in six different ways, create a painting that represents a memory, or compose a new rhythm to enhance a piece of music. If children have practice thinking creatively, it will come natu-rally to them now and in their future careers.

2. Confidence – The skills developed through theater not only train children how to convincingly deliver a message, but also build the confidence needed to take command of the stage. Theater training gives children practice stepping out of their comfort zones and allows them to make mis-takes and learn from them in rehearsal.

3. Problem Solving – Artistic creations are born through the solving of problems. How do I turn this clay into a sculp-ture? How do I portray a particular emotion through dance? How will my character react in this situation? All this prac-tice problem solving develops children’s skills in reasoning and understanding. This will help develop important prob-lem-solving skills necessary for success in any career.

4. Perseverance – When a child picks up a violin for the first time, she or he knows that playing Bach right away is not an option; however, when that child practices, learns the skills and techniques and doesn’t give up, that Bach concerto is that much closer. In an increasingly competitive world, where people are being asked to continually develop new

skills, perseverance is essential to achieving success.

5. Focus – The ability to focus is a key skill developed through ensemble work. Keeping a balance between listening and contribut-ing involves a great deal of concen-tration and focus. Recent research has shown that participation in the arts improves children’s abilities to concentrate and focus in other aspects of their lives.

6. Non-Verbal Communication – Through experiences in theater and dance education, children learn to break down the mechanics of body language. They experience different ways of moving and how those movements communicate different emotions. They are then coached in performance skills to ensure they are portraying their character effective-ly to the audience.

7. Receiving Constructive Feedback – Receiving construc-tive feedback about a performance or visual art piece is a regular part of any arts instruction. Children learn that feedback is part of learning, and it is not something to be offended by or to be taken personally. Each arts discipline has built in parameters to ensure that critique is a valuable experience and greatly contributes to the success of the final piece.

8. Collaboration – Most arts disciplines are collaborative in nature. Children practice working together, sharing re-sponsibility and compromising with others to accomplish a common goal. They begin to understand that their contribu-tion is necessary for the success of the group. Through these experiences children gain confidence and start to learn that their contributions have value even if they don’t have the biggest role.

9. Dedication – When kids get to practice following through with artistic endeavors that result in a finished product or performance, they learn to associate dedication with a feel-ing of accomplishment. They practice developing healthy work habits of being on time for rehearsals and performanc-es, respecting the contributions of others, and putting effort into the success of the final piece. The reward for dedication is the warm feeling of an audience’s applause, making all the child’s efforts worthwhile.

10. Accountability – When children practice creating some-thing collaboratively, they get used to the idea that their actions affect other people. They learn that when they are not prepared or on time, other people suffer. Through the arts, children also learn that it is important to admit to their mistakes and take responsibility for them.

Refining the Fine Arts Lisa Phillips, author, educator and blog journalist, wrote “Seven Skills Children Need to Succeed in an

Increasingly Right Brain World,” which appears on ARTSblog, presented by Americans for the Arts.

The Benefits of Art Education

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MUSICAL ARTSOrff Music – The Orff approach builds musicianship in young learn-ers through the integration of music, movement, speech and drama. Students apply instinctive behavior – play – using pitched and unpitched instruments such as xylophones, metallophones, glockenspiels and per-cussion instruments. Imitation, exper-imentation and personal expression occur naturally as students become confident musicians and creative problem solvers.

Choir – Choir offers classical and mod-ern pieces ranging from secular to sa-cred music. Students perform during chapel, as well as at St. George’s events. Choir members choose songs, create dance to accompany the songs and add harmonies.

Concert Band – Concert Band offers the opportunity to learn the flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, bari-tone horn and percussion. Learning to perform a musical instrument is a time-honored accomplishment that students can build upon and continue through adulthood by being part of community bands and orchestras, as well as by playing professionally. Music helps by stimulating young brains in a unique way. It enhances academic performance, especially in math and language, and has been shown to increase standardized test scores such as the SAT.

EXPRESSIVE ARTSVisual Art – The visual arts chal-lenge students with complex lessons in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and ceramics. Students study and implement the elements and principles of design while devel-oping ideas and creating. Classroom discussion, instructor demonstrations, hands-on-expression and self-assess-ment cover a wide variety of media. The curriculum also fosters growth in self-esteem and personal expression and encourages independent thought and critical thinking.

Drama – The curriculum is based on the National and Louisiana Standards for Theatre Arts Education and rep-resents five facets: creative expression, aesthetic perception, historic and cultural perspective, critical analysis and technical aspects of production. The program provides an introduc-tion to the study of acting, dramatic literature and theatrical production. Students acquire skills in communi-cating ideas, active listening, critical thinking, collaborative problem solving and providing supportive critiques.

Dance – The dance program features the study of dances and cultures from around the world. Classes begin with a warm-up that incorporates stretching, isolations and balance, as well as car-dio exercises. Lessons include games designed to teach expression, coor-dination, use of space and teamwork. Students choreograph group dances for class and an assembly at the end of each trimester. Students work to-gether on an in-class research project and write reviews on each dance.

TECHNICAL ARTSYearbook – Yearbook students work together to create the annual school yearbook. By taking ownership, stu-dents are able to decide what is pub-lished and get to create a memorable keepsake for the entire St. George’s family. Yearbook offers instruction in a diverse selection of technical skills through photography, photo compo-sition and editing; journalism through editorial writing and interviewing; and creative layout design using specific software.

Black and White Photography Students become familiar with the workings of a camera and darkroom using 35 mm, 120 and 8 by 10 film. They learn to develop film, print imag-es and explore alternative process by constructing a working camera from a cereal box with a soda can for the lens. Students print images through the cyanotype process, which uses sun to expose the images.

Robotics – Students work in small teams, applying skills such as problem solving, organizing, strategy, logic, precision, creativity, research, technol-ogy, teamwork, math and science. The ultimate goal is to design custom-built robots to navigate an obstacle course. Students receive training in the Mind-storms programming environment and engineering in the EV3 robotics platform. The class works together to invent a technological solution relating to the theme of the course. (See article on page 27.)

ome of our very best elementary school memories feature at least one unforgettable teacher – the one with an extraordinary knack for delivering lessons that would forever shape our intellect.

Success in the classroom does not come easily without exceptional teachers. Capturing students’ attention and maintaining order in the classroom are the least we should expect from elementary school educators. In private schools, where the demands are greater, teachers are also charged with keeping up with rapid changes in technology, teaching an expanding and dynamic curriculum, and most importantly, being able to challenge students with a broad range of abilities. Especially in high performing schools, success in the classroom requires a complex understanding of child development, along with ongoing training in various learning styles and teaching practices.

So what does St. George’s do to ensure that its teachers are consistently the very best?

First and foremost, St. George’s values faculty enrichment and understands its unique role in the classroom. “Our phi-losophy of faculty enrichment is to look at it the same way we view our students. No two students are exactly the same. Likewise, each classroom is comprised of a unique combi-nation of students with varying learning styles and a teacher who brings his or her individual talents and experiences. St. George’s has earned a reputation in our area for providing an education that is tailored to the needs of each individual child. We build on what the teacher brings to the classroom by utilizing faculty enrichment programs that are carefully thought out, selected and designed to give our teachers the knowledge and tools they need to address the specific needs of our students,” explains Headmaster Dr. Rob Eichberger.

Teaching the TeachersFine Arts Electives

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“This philosophy has worked well for us. We operate much like a lab school. Other schools have their eyes on us because of our success. They want to visit, observe and learn firsthand how it’s done here,” explains Dr. Eichberger.

This means that teachers are specifically trained to teach with students possessing a broad range of individual learn-ing styles and abilities, including not only students with learning differences but also students who are talented and gifted. “We use a variety of training that is both individual-ized and specific. We need to meet each child at his or her own level of academic readiness,” explains Hayley Harang, Director of Early Childhood.

At the preschool level, when developmental stages can vary more widely, teachers must know how to identify each child’s academic readiness and use that knowledge to lead each student down the right path at just the right pace. With the help of standards from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), preschool teachers must be aware of what is age-appropriate. “Our teachers are truly amazing. They are able to plan ahead by knowing what foundation we should build two years in advance to make sure their students are ready for pre-k and kindergarten.”

Faculty enrichment is essential. “We present different topics to the teachers throughout the year for their enrich-ment, and then we put that information into practice to make sure it is being applied to the students. We also have grade level meetings weekly and set goals and objectives for the class group as a whole, as well as for each individual child.”

At the lower school level, when children are beginning to read, there is a broader range of student ability, making differentiation in the classroom even more vital. Jenni-fer Griffith, Director of Lower School, stresses the value of small group instruction. “Especially with reading, by working with small groups of students, teachers can better meet the achievement level of each group. It’s much easier in small groups to apply the different techniques they learn to the benefit of each group.”

For example, St. George’s reading curriculum uses a lev-eled book approach. “This gives the students more choices of books that are a better match for them, and that keeps them progressing at the best individual pace. Our teachers are skilled at meeting students at their level of readiness.”

In addition to what is gained through faculty enrichment, teachers must prepare in advance for incoming students. “One of the biggest advantages that St. George’s teachers have is the vast amount of information they receive upfront about each and every student in their classroom,” explains Director of Middle School, Romaine McCarthy. “It’s one

Last school year, St. George’s was chosen by the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) to serve as one of two site visit loca-tions for the association’s Annual Read-

ing, Literacy and Learning Conference held in New Orleans. It was the association’s 64th annual conference and brought visitors from throughout the U.S. and various foreign countries. Visitors spent a day touring St. George’s and were able to gain firsthand observation of teachers and students in the classroom.

“The visitors were educators, administrators and professionals – and they were extremely impressed with what they saw at St. George’s,” explains Jennifer Griffith, Director of Lower School. “They were from all over the world, and

many expressed that they were surprised to see a school with the level of support we give students with dyslexia.”

The association is a nonprofit group of edu-cation professionals dedicated to the study and treatment of dyslexia and related language-based learning differences. IDA has 8,500 members and is the oldest such organization in the U.S., serving not only individuals with dyslexia, but also their families and professionals.

“Many schools, especially public schools, are not able to provide the same level of resources to help students with dyslexia. Schools without ded-icated resources aren’t able to give the individu-alized attention we give to students here. Often, students don’t get diagnosed with dyslexia or other learning differences until they are already well behind their classmates, and the schools have no way to address their needs. Students are typically learning to read in large groups or with the entire class, sometimes with only one teacher working with 20 to 30 students at a time. Here, we are able to do small group instruction based on ability, and we also offer Resource Services to the students who need additional support.”

St. George’s Faculty Training Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development • Bank Street Center for Developmental Learning - Plain Talk about Reading • Confratute - University of Connecticut Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development • Creative Mathmatics Workshop • Daily 5 Workshop • Deepening Project Work Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) Summer Institute for Educators • International Dyslexia Association International Society for Technology Educators • Introduction to Common Core Workshops • Louisiana Association for Computer Using Educators • Lucy Caulkins Writing Workshop, Teacher’s Institute, Columbia University • National Art Education Association • National Association for the Education of Young Children • National Association of Gifted Children National Association of Teachers of Mathematics • National Science Teachers Association • Professional Education Systems, Inc. • Project Read Training • Read Naturally Training • Responsive Classroom Training – Level 1 & 2 • Teach 21 Wilson Reading Institute

The Fund for Faculty Excellence

To foster this philosophy, St. George’s has established the Fund for Faculty Excellence to help support the ongoing education, training, academic enrichment and retention of faculty members. A lead gift from Mr. Burt Keenan has enabled St. George’s to enhance and expand efforts in this area. The fund helps to further St. George’s mission of ensuring a quality academic experience for each child. For more information about supporting the fund, please visit the St. George’s web-site at www.stgeorgesepiscopal.com.

thing to have great experience and skills, but to really be effective, our teachers take that one step further by learning everything they possibly can about their students, includ-ing information from parents, previous teachers and, when possible, outside evaluators.”

Meaghan Savoy, who teaches middle school language arts, exemplifies a teacher whose own education and teaching ex-periences opened her eyes to the importance of greater em-phasis on specialization. “My student teaching experience exposed me to several schools, both public and private, but never before had I witnessed the kind of differentiation that we have at St. George’s. Typically, a teacher writes a lesson plan that is basically the same for all classes. All students in that class are expected to learn following the teacher’s lesson plan. Here, teachers know the students who will be in their class, and we then write a lesson plan specifically to fit those students and their particular needs and abilities. It’s a different way of teaching that requires more from the teachers, but it quickly becomes second nature. We focus more on actively engaging the students – all of the students – so that we can highlight their individual gifts and support their unique challenges.”

Mrs. McCarthy agrees, “When we have students with non-traditional learning styles, we know that right from the starting block. At many schools, teachers get a new group of students and have to learn about them as they move along. The more we know upfront about our students, the better prepared we are for what’s ahead and can do a much better job for the students.”

Professional development is a key element when it comes to enhanced student achievement. While there is no widely accepted yardstick to measure how faculty enrichment translates to academic success, most educators agree that it yields higher learning in the classroom.

So how do St. George’s teachers perform? “Outstanding,” according to St. George’s own report card, the latest evalu-ation by the National Association of Independent Schools. “The dedication of the faculty and staff that seamlessly operate as a team, solely focused on the student – from division head to speech pathologist to teacher – is truly outstanding.”

International Dyslexia Association Visits And Learns

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THIS YEAR . . . Many of the same or similar projects are underway for the 2014-2015 school year and a few others have been completed.

In September, St. George’s accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness and funds to help find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Commonly called Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS is a progressive illness that attacks motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. It severely affects muscle function, causing increased weakness and ultimately death.

In New Orleans, it is associated with former New Orleans Saint Steve Gleason, who will always be remembered for his blocked punt on the night the Superdome reopened following Hurricane Katrina.

Gleason played for the Saints from 2000 through 2008 before being diagnosed with ALS in 2011. Along with friends and family, he started an organization called Team Gleason to generate ALS awareness and to raise funds and support others with the disease.

St. George’s raised donations totaling $1,146 to benefit Team Gleason and the ALS Association by hosting a black and gold dress down day. That afternoon, students gathered on the front lawn to watch Headmaster Dr. Rob Eichberger and several administrators and faculty members as they doused themselves with ice water to complete the challenge.

Administrators and faculty members get wet while participating in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

4. Helping Sick ChildrenKindergarten students created 100 Valentines for patients at Children’s Hospital. Supported by a service learning grant from The Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation, the project incorporated community service with math skills, problem solving and teamwork. Sixth graders also made and delivered get well cards for patients at Children’s Hospital.

Raising Funds and AwarenessThird grade raised a record-breaking $5,091.25 for the Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross through their annual walk-a-thon. The two-mile walk throughout Audubon Park is a 16-year tradition for St. George’s third graders. The fundraiser allows students to learn the importance of community service and the history of the Red Cross while also honing their math skills through collecting and calculating pledges and measuring the distance they walked. The walk-a-thon is supported by a service learning grant from The Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation.

Second graders supported their classmate, Anabelle Faneca, by raising awareness of Sturge-Weber Syndrome, a medical condition that causes seizures. They collaborated with the Student Council to hold a dress down day to benefit the Sturge-Weber Foundation. Everyone participating in the dress down day received a bracelet designed by the second grade to promote awareness of Sturge-Weber Syndrome.

First graders held a read-a-thon and invited friends and family members to pledge donations for each page read. They donated $2,220.06 to the St. George’s Church Dragon Café.

Dress Down DaysThe Student Council raised an impressive $3,851.24 through dress down days held throughout the year to benefit both local and international organizations. Dress down days supported Boo at the Zoo, Café Reconcile, the Red Shoe So-ciety, Animal Rescue New Orleans, the Pablove foundations across the country and Camp Jacob in Haiti.

Donations and DrivesThe Student Council donated used uniforms and clothing to village schools in the Dominican Republic. Additionally, the entire student body coordinated a Mardi Gras bead drive and collected 435 toys for the Holiday Spirit Toy Drive with New Orleans Saints players. Kindergarten and fourth grade students also collected and donated towels and used beds to the Louisiana SPCA.

Jessica Jordan ‘15, Thomas Hamrick ‘16 and Alexa Wilms ‘16

Students plant trees for Hike for KaTREEna.Gigi Wagner ‘23 and Amelia Claverie ‘23

Service With A SmileSeven Ways Students Supported Others Last School Year

Feeding the HungrySt. George’s teamed up with former Saints player Roman Harper for his foundation’s second annual Holiday Food Drive. Overall, our students collected more than 5,000 pounds of food for Harper’s Hope 4*1 Foundation. Third and seventh grades won the class competition for bring-ing in the most food. Pre-k and kindergarten students also lent a helping hand during Thanksgiving by packing lunch bags for the St. George’s Church Dragon Café. Ad-ditionally, Student Council members spent an evening serving dinner to the homeless at New Orleans Mission.

Helping the EnvironmentFifth graders organized a school-wide recycling cam-paign, and by collecting paper and aluminum cans, helped St. George’s recycle 50 percent more items compared to the previous school year. They also led an electronic recycling effort by collecting and donating used electronics and batteries.

Fifth graders, along with parents and teachers, volunteered to clean and mark the storm drains in our school neighborhood to raise awareness of how dumping materials in the drains pollutes Lake Pontchartrain with the help of Jennifer Roberts of Bayou Land RC&D.

Seventh graders participated in Hike for KaTREEna throughout the school year. The program’s mission is to raise money to help rebuild the landscape of New Orle-ans destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in 2005. Students gave their time on several Saturdays throughout the year to replant trees in the surrounding areas of the city.

Visiting Senior CitizensEighth graders visited senior citizens at HomeLife and Gardens throughout the school year, making Christmas and Valentine’s Day cards with them and interviewing the residents about the historical events that occurred during their lifetime. Kindergarten students also visited senior citizens at Poydras Home, where they performed their Christmas assembly.

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Technology for Teachers

Meaghan Savoy has been teaching middle school English at St. George’s Episcopal School, a small, independent school in New Orleans, Louisiana. She majored in English at Tulane University where she also earned her secondary teaching license. It was during her student teaching observations at local public schools that exposed her to both the excellent and not-so-excellent methods of integrating technology into the classroom. That exposure, coupled with the challenge of providing differentiation for a wide range of learning styles at St. George’s, has em-bedded within her a curiosity to discover and stubbornness to succeed with new tech to improve her students’ experience.

“I am lucky to have a supportive parent group who has granted my requests to increase the technology in my classroom and two tech-support faculty members to broaden my knowledge and fix my glitches,” said Savoy.

1. What advice do you have for teachers who are trying to bring in newer kinds of technology into their rooms?

For this question, I refer to Brad Rathgeber, a speaker at an independent schools conference I attended. He encouraged teachers to stop throw-ing copious amounts of new technology at students. (I should confess that I created a password spreadsheet for dozens of education website subscriptions my first year of teaching. I should also admit to deliri-ously believing I would be able to use them all, every week.) Rather, Mr. Rathgeber suggested that teachers carefully pick three resources each year to master with our students. As an overwhelmed, never-satisfied, novice teacher, this was advice that I desperately needed to hear. Thus, my advice mimics his: each year, pick three new technologies that excite you, organize your classroom, and better your students’ learning. Stick with them, master them, and build upon them every year. This advice has served as the perfect formula for both me and my students.

2. When did you decide to start incorporating technology into your teaching?

My generation was the first to incessantly email teachers, take notes on laptops in class, and be useless without spell-check. Therefore, there was never a question of whether or not to incorporate technology, but rather how to do so most successfully.

3. What sort of devices do you use to engage students in learning?

SMARTboard, personal student laptops (that double as tablets), a docu-ment camera, and my iPhone.

From iPads in pre-k to document cameras in middle school classrooms, tech-savvy teachers are drawing from a variety of tools to assist in the classroom. Middle school language arts teacher, Meaghan Savoy, was the subject of an article by Pearson Research and Innovation Network recognizing her “exceptional job of integrating technology into her students’ learning.” Mrs. Savoy was nominated by her colleague Allie Segura, Technology Coordinator, and is one of only a few teachers to be selected by Pearson for its Teacher Tech Features. The following article was compiled and posted by Adrian Thompson and recognizes Mrs. Savoy for her “great advice and tips on how to incorporate technology into student learning.”

4. How often do you use technology in your teaching?

With the exception of novel reading, my class is mostly paperless and online. Students complete homework on Google Classroom, use Prezi for group work, write essays and peer edit on Google Docs, outline commentary on a shared document before Socratic circle discussions, and study competitively on Quizlet; also, most choose to take their tests on Kurzweil. I know those SMARTboard bulbs are expensive, but I hate to turn mine off.

5. What have been some of the challenges with incorpo-rating technology into your classroom?

With new technology comes glitches. As teachers, we all know the frustration of realizing the internet is down after hours of planning an online activity. Similarly, all my eggs are in the technology basket when it comes to home-work and class work. If a student forgets or breaks their laptop, it can feel like a momentary catastrophe.

6. How have the students handled using the technology?

Aside from the occasional aforementioned glitch, my students have responded to technology with enthusiasm and relief. Having a “Twitter-style” discussion on a shared Google Doc means they get to make hash tags for their favorite characters and “retweet” opinions with which

they agree. Similarly, they love seeing their writing up on the SMARTboard as I brag on their argumentative thesis statements. Fake Facebook profiles for the authors of our novels establishes common ground and makes the char-acters relatable. (William Shakespeare is in a relationship with Anne Hathaway–very exciting stuff.) Carrying fewer books and never losing homework tends to convince the kiddos who are more hesitant with technology to get on board.

7. Any other thoughts or advice that you want to share regarding using technology with your teaching?

I begged our parent group to purchase a document camera for my classroom last year after witnessing Anita Archer teach with one at a conference. It has completely changed the way my classroom flows. I can quickly slide my highlighted novel, test instructions, examples of previous students’ work, answer keys for homework, and diagrams under the camera to have it project ten times its actual size for our class to interact with on the SMART-board. The ability to instantaneously share and manip-ulate information has spoiled me. Grasp a grant, haggle your headmaster, or plea to a parent group; a document camera is the caviar and cashmere for your classroom.

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Chrissy Monteleone West ‘95 works as a professional mermaid in her recently launched business Nola Mermaid. She swims at birth-day parties, weddings, charity galas and other special events. See more at Nolamermaid.weebly.com.

Brooke Rabin Weinstein ‘00 attended Indiana University for her undergraduate studies and Wash-ington University in St. Louis for graduate school, where she received a doctorate degree in occupational therapy. Brooke moved back to New Orleans in 2011 and launched a pediatric-based occupational therapy company called Therapeu-tic Learning Center. It specializes in group-based therapy, including handwriting clinics, developmental groups, sensory groups, feeding groups, behavioral groups and more. Therapeutic Learning Center also offers private OT services.

Lizzie Burck Guiza ‘01 married Timmy Guiza ‘99 on November 16, 2013. Both graduated from the University of Mississippi and now reside in New Orleans.

Nicholas Steckler ‘01 graduated with a degree in nutrition from Brigham Young University and is currently attending medical school at the University of Pikeville in KY. He is married to Hillary Pulsipher, and they are the proud parents of Daniel Pulsipher, born April 14, 2014.

Nicholas Steckler with wife Hillary Pul-sipher and baby boy Daniel at Nicholas’ white coat ceremony celebrating his acceptance to medical school

Melissa Steckler ‘03 is pursuing a master’s degree in mass com-munications at Brigham Young University, where she has worked as a research assistant in the com-munications department. She also worked as a graduate assistant at the Bradley Public Relations Agen-cy and as the continuing education units coordinator for the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches association (CSCCa). She co-au-thored a paper that was accepted by the National Association for Educa-tion in Journalism and Mass Com-munication (AEJMC) and received third place for a three-minute thesis competition in the College of Fine Arts. For the past year, Melissa has filled various roles at Boostabil-ity, an internet marketing company that specializes in local search en-gine optimization (SEO) for small businesses. Her roles have included offsite content marketing specialist, content strategist and premium SEO account management sup-port. She is working on a master’s thesis on public relations firms and corporate social responsibility, and recently accepted a position with the ad agency Epic Marketing.

Robert Landry ‘03 spent this past summer touring the U.S. and Brazil with his band “All People.” The band is signed to Asian Man Re-cords in California, as well as Com-munity Records, a label that the band started in New Orleans. “Even though we are a punk band, we really have many different sounds and focus our energy to write songs about positivity and autonomy,” explains Robert. The band travels by a van that is powered on waste vegetable oil. “We did this because we didn’t like how all the money we made on the road went straight to gasoline companies.” All People’s record “Communicate” is available at www.asianmanrecords.com and www.communityrecords.org. When Robert is not busy playing music, he continues his undergraduate stud-ies at the University of New Orleans in English education.

“All People” at the South by Southwest Festival held in Austin

Brittany Philburn ‘09 is a dean’s list student and sophomore at LSU majoring in communication disorders to become a speech and language pathologist. Following undergraduate studies, Brittany plans to apply to LSU School of Allied Health in New Orleans to pursue a master’s degree. Brittany has continued to work summers as a counselor for Castletree Camp. Her roommate at LSU is Jacque-line Wood ‘09, who attended St. George’s through fourth grade.

Jason Abide ‘10 graduated summa cum laude from Holy Cross School where he was vice-president of student government, a peer minister, member of the National Honor Soci-ety and lettered four years in varsity football. Jason was also a finalist for the Allstate Sugar Bowl Chapter of National Football Foundation schol-ar-athlete award and a member of the LHSAA Academic All-State: 2013-14 9-5-A football team. Jason currently attends the University of Southern Mississippi and was awarded schol-arships for construction engineering, leadership and academic excellence.

Davis Friend ‘10 graduated from Isidore Newman School, where he played varsity football. During high school Davis served as a communi-cations intern for the New Orleans Saints, including writing articles for the team’s website, working on the sidelines for home games, and working the draft and training camps, as well as traveling with the team for a few away games. In 2012 he was asked to fly with the team to Canton, Ohio, to attend the Hall of Fame game as well as train-ing camp in West Virginia. He attends the University of Mississippi where he plans to major in business.

Grace Giardina ‘10 graduated from Louise S. McGehee School, where she was captian of the volleyball and softball teams. She also served as a student executive, spirit leader, pro-tem and member of the diversity club, the green society, the STEM club and

the student athlete training program. She was featured as student advo-cate of the year by St. Charles Avenue magazine for her work with Heart of Passion, a student-led organization that raises funds for teens with cancer. Grace currently attends LSU.

Sam Griffith ‘10 graduated from St. Martin’s Episcopal School where he had leading roles in two musical pro-ductions, “Hairspray” and “Little Shop of Horrors.” He also starred in “Biloxi Blues” as Eugene Morris Jerome.

Elise Gundlach ‘10 graduated from the Academy of the Sacred Heart and now attends the University of the South: SEWANEE. In high school, Elise traveled to Chile as an exchange student and worked in Nicaragua over two summers with Amigos for Christ.

Raphe Robert ‘10 attends the Uni-versity of San Francisco where he is a pursuing a degree in business. Raphe’s summer activities have included Outward Bound courses, one in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota and another in the Rocky Mountains.

Alex Tebo ‘10 graduated from Isidore Newman School, where he served as a member-at-large to the execu-tive committee, received the Anvilla Prescott Shultz Citizenship Award and was the graduation class speaker. He currently attends the University of Georgia.

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Elise Gundlach ‘10 with her twin sister Jamie ‘10, who attended St. George’s through fourth grade, at Sacred Heart graduation

Brtittany Philburn ‘09 and Jaqueline Wood ‘09 in pre-k and as LSU sophomores

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Christian Wolf ‘10 graduated from Metairie Park Country Day School, where he played football, soccer and tennis. During high school, he won the LHSAA boys doubles state tennis championship for four consecutive years, and was a member of the LHSAA state championship soccer team in 2012. He currently attends LSU, where he plans to major in pe-troleum engineering.

Michael Chigbu, ‘11, a senior at Holy Cross High School, recently accepted a scholarship offer to play football for the University of Georgia next fall. Michael is rated as the number 21 prospect in the state in the NOLA.com - Times-Picayune Nifty 50 and is rated as a four-star prospect by both Rivals and ESPN. Rivals rates Michael as the 27th best wide receiving prospect in the country while ESPN rates him as the 37th best wide receiver.

Michael Chigbu ‘11 with Coach Matt Waldron

Aaron Perles ‘11 won third place in the environmental sciences division at the ISEF Louisiana State Science Fair. He was selected for the Benja-min Franklin Chapter of the National Honor Society and was awarded first place in a city-wide essay contest held by the New Orleans Chapter of the Churchill Society. He was also invited to present his research findings at a convention of the National Science Teachers Association on the effect of drought on reflectance and marsh die-back in Bayou Sauvage Refuge. Aaron volunteers at St. George’s, serving as team mentor for the award-winning robotics team.

Micayla Price ‘11 is studying visual arts at NOCCA and volun-teers as an animal han-dler on the Audubon Zoo’s Discovery Walk.

Frances Reisman ‘11 is a senior at Metairie Park Country Day School and is being re-cruited by various col-lege softball coaches. She was named to the Class 1A All-State soft-ball team by the Loui-siana Softball Coaches Association and was selected by The New Orleans Advocate to the All-Metro softball team composed of players from high schools of all sizes (Class 5A on down).

Parker Greenwood ‘12 is a junior at Benjamin Franklin High School. He was invited to present his research on the effectiveness of armored versus unarmored shorelines as a defense against coastal erosion at a conven-tion of the National Science Teachers Association.

Anna-Bell Hines ‘12, a junior at Ben-jamin Franklin High School, was offi-cially honored as a State Ambassador for her work with the Louisiana Green Schools Challenge, a program of the

U.S. Green Building Council Louisiana Chapter. She was recognized for her efforts to grow awareness of sustain-ability issues at Ben Franklin and other schools throughout Louisiana. Anna-Bell encouraged her school to sign up, making Ben Franklin the first school in the state to accept the challenge. She also started the “Green Schools Challenge Blog” and a Face-book page promoting the effort. She was also named a Vital Voices Fellow by the Ann Taylor Foundation in partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative and attended a leadership conference in Washington, D.C., along with 49 others selected nationwide.

CLASS OF 2010 COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES*

Auburn UniversityAustin Community CollegeBaylor UniversityBoston College*Colby College*College of CharlestonEckerd College*Fordham UniversityHigh Point UniversityLouisiana State University*Loyola University Chicago*Loyola University New Orleans*Middlebury College*Millsaps College*Mississippi State UniversityNicholls State UniversityNortheastern UniversityRhodes CollegeSoutheastern Louisiana University*Southern Methodist UniversitySpring Hill College*St. Edward’s University*St. John’s University*Suffolk UniversityTexas Lutheran University*Tulane University*University of AlabamaUniversity of California, Santa Cruz*University of Colorado BoulderUniversity of Denver*University of Georgia*University of Louisiana at LafayetteUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity of MississippiUniversity of San FranciscoUniversity of the South (SEWANEE)*University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern Mississippi*University of Vermont*Whittier College List is partial, based on responses. *Major scholarships

Class of ‘14 friends reunite: Jack Rosamond, Grace Brown, Luke Harris, Nicholas See and Ben Rosamond.

Class of 2014 graduates wear t-shirts representing their high schools of choice, including the following ISAS, parochial and public schools throughout the New Orleans area: Benjamin Franklin, Brother Martin, Country Day, De La Salle, Dominican, Holy Cross, Jesuit, NOCCA (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts), Newman and St. Martin’s.

Pablo Cardone ‘96 with wife Tess and son Milo

Alaina Gagnard ‘08 with her father Glenn

Bryce Kardon ‘05 and Eli Timm ‘05

Former Dragon Players are invited back to school each year to reconnect and enjoy a pizza party, followed by a performance of the middle school play. Front: Raymond Walker ‘13, Andrée Moss ‘13, Emily Colburn ‘14, Morgan Minix ‘13, Philip Lazich ‘13; Back: Aaron Perles ‘11, Eastan Thomas ‘13, Carolyn Moss ‘13, Mathilde Denegre ‘13, Dr. Rob Eichberger, Camille Moss ‘13, David Hagensee ‘13, Zack Lowentritt ‘13, Dodie Thibodeaux ‘13 and Marco Colosimo ‘11.

Rock ‘N’ Bowl Reunion » January 2014

Knight at City Park » November 2014Class of 2014 speakers Julian Rodriguez-Fierro, Nicholas See, Bowen Mince and Beau Dupaquier had an unprecedented four-way tie for the highest GPA, resulting in all four graduates delivering the graduation address.

Dragon Players Alumni Night » March 2014

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The Early Childhood Center: • has increased preschool enrollment

by 46 percent since 2009

• has received more than 100 preschool applications beyond its enrollment capacity in the last year

• has continued to expand curriculum and programs since it opened

• has added parent workshops and other family events to enhance the preschool family experience

1. New Multi-Purpose Space2. Director’s Office3. Reception and Parent Resource Area4. 2-year-old Classrooms5. Art Studio6. Pre-k Classroom

1. TAG Classroom2. Science Lab3. Student Science and Kitchen Lab4. Pre-K Classrooms5. 3-year old Classrooms6. Photography Lab

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NEW EXPANSION PLANNED FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

St. George’s is excited to announce an expansion project for its growing Early Childhood Program. Last year, the school was offered an exclusive opportunity to purchase the home located at 921-923 General Pershing St., previously owned

by longtime friend and neighbor Ms. Joyce Griener. The property is strategically situated between the Michael R. Boh

Early Childhood Center and the two-story structure that houses preschool classrooms. The purchase offers St. George’s a unique op-portunity to build a new structure that will physically connect these three buildings.

Still in the early planning stages, the expansion will impact 10,000 square feet of space. The project will include a complete renovation of the pre-k building as well as erecting a new building that seamless-ly connects with the existing buildings. The new construction addi-tion will include classrooms for pre-k, 2- and 3-year-old students, a designated art classroom and gallery space, and a multipurpose area for educational workshops and hands-on learning experiences.

This project will also restore the façade of the pre-k building to mirror its former appearance as the jail and courthouse for the City of Jefferson. Inside, the former pre-k classrooms will relocate to the new addition to allow for a teachers’ workspace, a student science kitchen lab and an office for the director of Early Childhood.

Total construction costs are projected to be in the $2.5 million range. A capital campaign will be launched to help raise the needed funds. It is anticipated that groundbreaking will take place during the summer of 2015 with completion and opening projected in 2016.

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FAREWELL, MS. WHITMAN

In her three years as Director of Early Childhood at St. George’s, Emma Whitman worked closely with Head-master Dr. Rob Eichberger and a group of “dynamic”

teachers to help guide the growing Early Childhood Center through perhaps its largest era of change and expansion.

She fondly recalls her early months at St. George’s. “I re-member how exciting it was to gather the teachers together to revise our philosophy and curriculum – what a dynamic team of teachers. We carefully looked at what was most im-portant and what we wanted the students to gain from our program. Our goal was to have a program that was engaging and exciting to the children, but that also really challenged each child and prepared them for pre-k and kindergarten.”

She is quick to recognize the important role of enthusi-asm. “It’s about putting passion into the program. I don’t mean my passion. It’s the teachers and the children. They are so excited about being at St. George’s. When children are able to ask their own questions and explore topics, they become passionate. The moment you walk into St. George’s, you can feel the excitement, and it’s contagious. You want to be part of the program.”

Before departing, Ms. Whitman spent weeks working closely with Mrs. Harang. “We thought out and planned the transition very carefully, working to make it as seamless as possible for the children, parents and teachers. Hayley and I became very close, and we still keep in touch. She is doing a fabulous job.”

Ms. Whitman values the special relationships she made while at St. George’s. “I am so appreciative of the wonderful support system I had of both teachers and administrators – especially the support I received from Rob. He challenged me as an administrator, an educator and a leader, and he continues to be a wonderful mentor. St. George’s is an in-credibly special place, and I am so fortunate to have had the opportunity to become part of its family.”

Her experience with young children has taught her that “most people underestimate how much a small child can do and how critically they can think. Even at one or two years of age, children are beginning to understand the concept of writing and recording information. They love to draw pictures and paint – and then they love to tell us the story of what their art is about. Even if we can’t read their writing, they see it is an expression of what they have to say. They understand that they are writing for a purpose and that they’re communicating something important.”

The biggest reward for Mrs. Harang is being able to look down the road and see what lies ahead for the students. “Being part of their growth and development gives me a great feeling. We know how to engage the students, and we are here to support and foster their love for learning.”

She stresses the importance of curriculum building through teamwork, as well as extensive faculty training in

early childhood development. “Our teachers have devel-oped trained eyes and ears and know how to observe the progress and abilities of the children. Even with one-year-olds, it’s impressive that teachers are able to listen and see so much. Their observations make it possible for us to stay ahead of knowing what the children need to move forward. To be effective, we need to plan for them years in advance. We need to know how to see where a preschooler should be by the time they are in pre-k and kindergarten. We work to support each child’s development towards this goal and beyond.”

One way this is accomplished is through ongoing faculty enrichment. (See article on page 7.) For example, in addi-tion to regular enrichment programs and continuing edu-cation, preschool faculty participate in specific workshops designed to enhance their development as educators. In September, preschool teachers participated in a workshop on using clay in early childhood education. “The teachers learned how using clay can help children enhance their fine motor skills and can also help with other skills like creativity, decision making and planning. It’s not just a cli-ché when we say this. We really educate the whole child.”

If there is one thing that Hayley Harang is certain of, it’s that she has the best job in the world. “I love being here. I’m passionate about working with young children. They’re so enthusiastic, and they’re eager to

learn new things and have new experiences.”Last spring, following six years as a St. George’s kinder-

garten teacher, Mrs. Harang was promoted to Director of Early Childhood, filling a position previously held by her dear friend and trusted mentor Emma Whitman, who had relocated to New York and is now Director of Rye Presbyte-rian School.

Although Mrs. Harang was an obvious fit for the promo-tion and had the benefit of weeks spent with Ms. Whitman to carefully prepare for the shift in leadership, the transition still brought on new challenges. “Emma taught me so much. We are both friends and colleagues, and we collaborate on a variety of things almost every day. Having the perspective of another early childhood administrator is always important. I have always been interested in administration, and even

before the position became available, I talked with Emma about my future aspirations.”

The transition has been an exciting one for Mrs. Harang. While she loved being a kindergarten teacher, she now enjoys working with children and families in an expanded capacity. “There is a huge upside. I love getting to know all 89 children in preschool. Now I get to spend time in all of the classrooms and develop relationships with all of the preschool teachers. I love working with them, visiting the classrooms, staying connected, and especially helping the children. And that’s what it’s really all about – the children.”

Mrs. Harang is a native New Orleanian and alumna of St. George’s. She attended St. Martin’s Episcopal High School, followed by Southwestern University near Austin and Louisiana State University. At LSU, she earned a degree in elementary education with a certification in early childhood education. She spent summer breaks working as a lead teacher of three- to six-year-olds at University Montessori School.

Hayley HarangDIRECTOR OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

“Our school family has been blessed to have such great leadership in its ear-ly childhood programs under Emma

Whitman, and now her accomplished colleague, Hayley Harang. I am confi-dent that their leadership, along with our excellent faculty, has helped lay a

sure foundation for our children as they embark on their educational adventure.”

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The boys’ cross country team excelled, earning second place in the Newman Invita-tional. Lyons Blum ‘14 led the team with outstanding individual results – earning first place overall in the Newman Invitational, as well as second place in the Metro Middle School League, third place in the Mount Carmel Cub Run and sixth place in the Holy Cross/Chalmette Invitational.

Both middle school boys’ basketball teams competed for championship titles in the Metro Middle School League. The seventh and eighth grade team defeated St. Paul’s to bring home the championship, and the fifth and sixth grade team finished second place in a hard-fought battle against St. Paul’s.

In tennis, Welsh Hotard ‘16 and Bowen Mince ‘14 teamed up to win the Metro Middle School League Championship in doubles for the second consecutive year, defeating Newman 8-2.

The athletes were honored with participation certificates during the annual Middle School Sports Banquet, and several students were presented with individual awards. The special evening also featured a visit from NFL great Alan Faneca. Now retired, Mr. Faneca first earned All-American honors playing college ball for LSU. In the NFL, he played guard for 13 seasons and three teams – the Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals. As a Steeler, he won Super Bowl XL and is a nine-time All-Pro and Pro Bowl participant. At the banquet, Mr. Faneca offered inspiring words to the students, often drawing from personal experiences. He stressed the importance of hard work, motivation and overcoming adversity, both in sports and in life.

In addition to team and organized sports, middle school students participate each year in the national Presidential Physical Fitness Test, which assesses physical fitness across several categories. Five students earned the coveted Presidential Physical Fitness Award from the President’s Council by placing in the 85th percentile or higher nationwide. Twenty additional students earned the National Physical Fitness Award from the President’s Council by placing in the 50th percentile or above. Several other students were given the Dragon Award by St. George’s for their strong performances on the test.

“Throughout our programs, one of the most important messages we want our students and parents to take away is that participation in athletics at St. George’s is a privilege,” explains Athletics Director Matthew Waldron. Only students who fulfill their academic obligations are allowed to participate in athletics, and all athletes are expect-ed to perform as leaders of the student body and act accordingly. “We ask our parents and teachers to help support these goals to help us reach success,” adds Coach Waldron.

DRAGON SUCCESS, DRAGON SPIRIT!A winning year for student athletes

RUN, GIRLS, RUN! In a first-time event for St. George’s, girls in third through fifth grades participated in Girls on the Run, a national program that incorporates running as a means of developing essential life skills. Girls on the Run emphasizes positive social, cognitive, physical, emotional and psychological assets and development throughout a 10-week after-school curriculum. The program includes extensive training and concludes with a 5K competition.

St. George’s girls ran alongside more than 500 other girls from throughout the metro area. Fiona Collins placed first, and Autumn Grieb placed second overall. “All of our girls finished the race and made us proud,” explains Coach Laura Johnson.

Stressing a philosophy of developing healthy life skills, Girls on the Run makes a great partner for St. George’s. The Girls on the Run core values are as follows:

• Recognize our power and responsibility to be intentional in our decision making

• Embrace our differences and find strength in our connectedness

• Express joy, optimism and gratitude through our words, thoughts and actions

• Nurture our physical, emotional and spiritual health

• Lead with an open heart and assume positive intent

• Stand up for ourselves and others

ANOTHER WIN A few special activities are quickly gaining traction as St. George’s traditions:

The fifth and sixth grade boys’ basketball team was invited to hit the big court at Tulane’s Fogelman Arena to take on Holy Name of Jesus. Following the student game, participants grabbed a bench seat as spectators for the Tulane vs. the University of Washington game.

St. George’s once again teamed up with a local team for training. First through fourth graders participated in the New Orleans Pelicans Junior Training camp. The camp is designed to encourage health and fitness activities geared toward creating a fun and successful experience in basketball.

Gerry Villancourt, former NCAA coach, NBA radio analyst and Fox 8 News anchor, also visited St. George’s last spring to present a basketball clinic for the middle school boys’ and girls’ teams. Additionally, he is the head coach of the seventh and eighth grade boys’ team this year.

It was an action-packed school year for 159 student athletes, with 17 teams competing in nine different sports – flag football, volleyball, cross country, basketball, soccer, baseball, track and field, tennis and bowling.

“All of our runners worked hard to exemplify the St. George’s core values – respect, compas-sion, integrity and persever-ance – while working together to accomplish a shared goal.”

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How many elementary school students can iden-tify the various techniques

of persuasion used in political speeches, ads and everyday nego-tiations? Being able to recognize techniques of propaganda is one of several advanced concepts students are mastering since St. George’s joined the New Orleans Academic Games League (NOAGL) last year.

Since it was founded in 1966 as a non-profit organization, NOAGL has challenged thousands of local students to reach for higher learning through rigorous compe-tition in math, language arts and social studies. St. George’s students compete with approximately 400 others from 21 member schools throughout the metro area. NOAGL is the local division of the Aca-demic Games League of America (AGLOA), which hosts the national championship each April, following the local tournaments.

Led by third grade teacher Peggy Armstrong and Middle School Director Romaine McCarthy, teams of fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh graders competed successfully in three different games held last school year – Propaganda, Presidents and Equations. “This year we have added the fourth game offered by NOAGL called On-Sets,” adds Mrs. Armstrong. “It is a mathematical game of set theory. It is very versatile in teaching spatial relations. Like Equations, each division level of competition introduces increas-ingly more difficult mathematical concepts for the players to use by adding age-appropriate varia-tions to the basic game.”

To compete in the AGLOA National Tournament, players must compete and qualify in all four academic games. “This year, some of our students are working toward this goal, and we want to give them every opportunity possi-ble,” says Mrs. Armstrong.

With the support of parent vol-unteers, students dedicate count-less hours to meticulously prepare for each competition. Equations is offered as a trimester-long Talented

and Gifted (TAG) math class for qualifying fourth and fifth graders while Presidents, Propaganda and On-Sets are extracurricular activi-ties open to all interested students.

“The best part of our program is that all students in fourth through eighth grades are invited to join

our academic games team. Some are simply interested in learning the subject matter, improving their critical thinking skills and working toward other personal goals. It’s wonderful that we can offer this great opportunity to our students. The beauty of our academic games program is that everyone can learn

and play, even if they choose to not compete,” says Mrs. Armstrong.

Following impressive results last year, St. George’s teams have shown great improvement so far this school year, with a second place finish in the elementary division of the Equations Tournament. In

individual competition, Benja-min Levy placed second in the el-ementary division and Christian Rodriguez-Fierro placed first, Andrew Schafer placed second and Mary Claire Gremillion and Lucy Wagner tied for third in the learners’ division.

“We could not be more proud of our students for their excel-lent performance,” explains Mrs. Armstrong. “The tournaments really build confidence as the students successfully compete against students from a variety of other great schools throughout the New Orleans area, includ-ing Newman, McGehee, Sacred Heart, Jesuit and Christian Brothers.” With an impressive 30 students

already participating on the St. George’s academic games team, Mrs. Armstrong and her colleagues are excited about seeing the pro-gram grow. “We look forward to seeing our students compete in the national tournament in the years ahead.”

“Don’t be a bystander.” That was just one of several valuable lessons students walked away with when the eighth grade class hosted the school’s annual

“Anti-Bullying Rally” to lower and middle school students. The assembly is presented each fall to inspire students in first through seventh grades to take a stand against bullying.

“The eighth grade did a great job on this year’s presenta-tion. It’s an important lesson, and one that all of us work to-gether on to make sure that our school is a safe, friendly and respectful environment for all,” explains School Counselor Tamara Claverie.

The assembly included eighth graders presenting three different skits to demonstrate the difference it can make when students take a stand against bullying. The skits were followed by a question and answer session with eighth graders asking the audience how they should handle various situations. “Their answers were outstanding, and we could see that the message of being kind, respectful and friendly, as well as encouraging students to speak up and reach out to others, were being well received. Students were remind-ed that everyone is important and powerful and that they should not give that power over to the bully.”

The assembly concluded with the students pledging to fight against bullying and to keep St. George’s bully free. Over the next few weeks, students were asked to personally sign one of the two large “Bully-Free Pledge” banners on display in different areas of the school. Posters created by eighth graders were also hung around campus as reminders

of the pledge and what it means to be a St. George’s citizen. The pledge reinforces the four core values of St. George’s:

Integrity, Perseverance, Compassion and Respect. Specifi-cally, it reminds students to:

Speak up. Tell the bully to stop and ask for help when needed.

Reach out. Be a buddy, not a bully or a bystander.

Be kind, respectful and friendly to everyone.

“We also encourage parents to discuss the pledge and our core values at home with their children and to help them understand the important role they can take in keeping our school bully free,” adds Mrs. Claverie.

For more information, please visit the counselor’s page on our school website or contact Mrs. Claverie at claveriet@stgeorgesepiscopal.com.

St. George’s is pleased to announce that 32 percent of its fourth through eighth grade students qualified to participate in the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP).

The program was established in 1980 to identify academ-ically-gifted students and to offer them the opportunity to pursue above-level testing experiences. Students are iden-tified based on their outstanding performance on standard-ized tests. Seventh graders are invited to complete the SAT or the ACT with high school juniors and seniors preparing for college admission, and fourth through sixth graders are invited to take the above-level Explore test.

Eight seventh graders qualified to participate this year, and five eighth graders participated last year, with Graham Grieb receiving state recognition for scoring above the national average of recent high school graduates on at least one section of the SAT or ACT.

The following fourth through sixth graders also qualified: Sammy Beh, Jack Benjamin, Ian Bohn, Harrison Brammell, Thomas Carlson, Fiona Collins, Jacob D’Amico, Max Don-nelly, James Dugan, Phillip Endom, Brady Ferguson, Drew Finkelstein, Claudia Guenther, Yates Hoffman, Marianne Kimble, Benjamin Levy, Emily Lucien, Evan Michell, Aidan Minihan, William Perkins, Hanna Pittman, Austin Potting-er, Nik Raeder, Christian Rodriguez-Fierro, Andrew Schafer,

Malachi Sheahan, Alexis Steckler, Lucy Wagner, Eva Weigle, Alex Wink and James Zink.

Critical Thinking Through Competition A Bully-Free Zone!

Congratulations Duke Talent Search Qualifiers

2014-2015 Academic Games players

Eighth graders present their Anti-Bullying Rally to lower and middle school students.

Max Donnelly ‘18, Drew Finkelstein ‘17, Brady Ferguson ‘17, Benjamin Levy ‘17 and Evan Michell ‘17 placed second in the elementary division of the Equations Tournament held this fall.

Congratulations to students who qualified this year to take the SAT or ACT: Jacqueline Casey, Will Chaney, Isaac Davis, Katie Hoss, Jessica Jordan, Zack Nowalsky, Ethan Wachtel and Ben Walker; and last year’s participants: Graham Grieb, Asher Loubier, Miles Michell, Samantha Raeder and Jeremy Wingerter.

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Among several positive changes taking place within the ranks of the St. George’s Parents Group

is a renewed commitment to helping families – especially families that are new to St. George’s, but also families in need throughout the greater New Orleans community.

The Parents Group consists of 17 distinct committees, each responsible for a specific project. Joel Vander-lick, Parents Group President for the 2014-15 school year recognizes the importance of each committee and the work of its committee chairs, although he is particularly excited about the efforts of two committees – DASH (Dragons in Action Serving and Helping) and the host family committee.

DASH, St. George’s parent-based com-munity outreach pro-gram, is co-chaired by Tamara Claverie and Grey Perkins. It was established a few years ago to enhance and support the many community service projects already taking place at St. George’s. DASH coordinates a variety of goodwill projects each year, including food drives and the Angel Tree service project to provide Christmas gifts to local children. “This is the type of thing we love to build on,” explains Joel.

Joel also recognizes the efforts of the host family committee, chaired by Lisa Gadd-Guillot. Among other projects, this committee is responsible for host-ing the new parent dinner each fall. “The committee is very energized and really wants to make sure that our new families feel connected and welcome throughout the school year. They have planned a mid-year party to see how the new school families are getting along in their new school environment, as well as to welcome and encourage

their participation in school events like Knight at City Park and the Soirée.”

Of course, the Parents Group serves St. George’s in many other ways, such as through the allocations commit-tee, coordinating vision and hearing screenings, hosting faculty apprecia-tion luncheons, and greeting visitors during open house tours. “These committees are just two areas where I see exciting changes taking place,” explains Joel.

Joel, who served as a room parent for his daughter Mary Claire’s class, said

it was then that he began to understand how much effort is needed to support St. George’s. “It was really eye-open-ing because I was clueless that it took so many resources, so many hours, so many people, so much effort and so much time. My goal is to expose as many parents as I can to what I learned. I believe the more you see, the more you want to become

involved – and the more you become involved, the more you understand that what makes a good school really great is parent involvement.”

Joel encourages all parents, espe-cially new families, to volunteer. “What our children gain from us working together is truly priceless.”

In addition to various committee chairs, Parents Group officers for the 2014-15 school year are Laurie Leaman, Vice-President; Fiona Garda, Recording Secretary; Jennifer Myhre, Corresponding Secretary; and Eli-jah Feibelman, Treasurer. For more information about events or volunteer opportunities, please contact parents-group@stgeorgesepiscopal.com.

Within and Throughout:Parents Group supports new school families and families community wide

Parents Group President Joel Vanderlick and Vice-President Laurie Leaman

2013-2014 was a banner year for St. George’s two robotics teams, The Storm Troopers and Higgins Heroes. The 2014-2015 team, The Techno Tutors, won first place in the local competition of the annual FLL International Robotics Tournament, qualifying the team to ad-vance to the regional championship. By a wide margin, the team scored the highest point total in the robot performance category and won two of the five awards presented at the tournament.

Part of the school’s Talented and Gifted (TAG) Program, robotics teams partici-pate in a variety of events and competi-tions throughout the year in addition to the annual FLL tournament. The compe-tition requires teams to design, build and program their robots to perform a series of tasks based on a specific pre-assigned challenge.

Members of The Techno Tutors are Morgan Blum, John Brannon, Will Daven-port, Graham Grieb, Stephen Guenther, Jessica Jordan, Asher Loubier, Cy Lowe, Miles Michell and Samantha Raeder. In addition to the support and organi-zation provided by Mr. Williams as head coach, Ms. Maureen Missavage serves as project coach, and St. George’s alumnus Aaron Perles ‘11 serves as team mentor.

DADS CLUBThe St. George’s Dads Club, whose goal is to bring students and their fathers together while participating with other families, is responsible for hosting several social events and fundraisers each school year. The Dads Club is always on call to work with the Parents Group on school-wide projects or to answer the call of faculty and administration to lend a hand on campus. Programs for the Dads Club include a Super Bowl Pool, a golf tournament and an afternoon of family fun at Rock ‘N’ Bowl.

For more information, contact dadsclub@stgeorgesepiscopal.com.

ELECTED!Each fall, middle schoolers at St. George’s have the privilege of electing their own Student Council representatives and officers, complete with debating, campaigning and casting and tallying the votes. This year’s elected officials are:

President, Ian Lott; Vice-President, Katie Williams; Secretary-Treasurer, McKenna Bommarito; Fifth Grade Representatives, Harrison Brammell and Mollie Krake; Sixth Grade Representatives, Frankie Giardina and Evan Michell; Seventh Grade Representatives, Jacqueline Casey and Benjamin Walker; and Eighth Grade Representatives, John Brannon, Will Davenport and Jessica Jordan.

ROBOTICS TEAM: TROOPERS, HEROES & TUTORS

Carrie Wachtel, Laurie Leaman, Jenny Guillen, Ingrid Rodriguez-Fierro, Eva Elias and Jeanne Walker

Master of Ceremonies Damon Singleton and Auctioneer Michael DeGeorge

Held every spring, the Soirée is a chance for parents to gather together to support and celebrate St. George’s.

It’s the school’s premier social event and the Parents Group’s largest and most successful fundraiser. The annual gala offers an evening of entertainment, dancing, food, drinks, and live and silent auctions.

Congratulations to 2014 Soirée Co-chairs Ingrid Rodriguez-Fierro and Eva Elias, along with their committee, for hosting a spectac-ular and successful evening! The theme was Alegría, which means happiness, and aptly describes the mood created that evening. Of course, the real beneficiaries are the students of St. George’s.

Following last year’s overwhelming success, the Parents Group is gearing up for Soirée 2015, to be held Saturday, March 7. The event is themed “St. George’s Rocks” and will feature music by the local favorite Better Than Ezra.

Under the leadership of co-chairs Allison Drummond and Krystal Vaughn, the Soirée committee is hard at work on the upcoming event. Countless volunteer hours are needed

to help the event run smoothly, and parents are encouraged to serve on various committees such as solicitation, decora-tions, food, set up, auctions and more.

In keeping with Parents Group tradi-tion, proceeds from the Soirée are combined with other funds raised that school year to be donated to St. George’s the following school year. Total earnings for the year are directed to the allocations committee of the Parents Group and are dedicated to fund specific items and projects as deemed by the commit-tee. “All of us at St. George’s are appreciative of overwhelming support we receive from the Parents Group each year. The funds raised make a large and positive impact on the financial health of the school,” explains Dr. Eichberger, “and most importantly, the funds raised directly benefit our students.”

Alegría, “Happiness” – The Key To Soirée Success!

SAVE THE DATE2015 Soirée

Saturday, March 7, 2015

FeaturingBetter Than Ezra

“Robotics is so much more than creating a robot or a couple of robots for a tournament,” explains Head Coach Paul Williams. “It has grown into a year-long effort that includes scientific research toward solving real-life problems. We see it as part of our job to spread STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) to everyone.”

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Chloe Starling ‘17, mixed media Emily Poole ‘16, ceramic tile

Gloria Ruiz ‘20, printmaking and chalk pastel

Isabella Gould ‘19, collagraph plate and print

Nikolai Huilgol ‘21, monoprint

Rebecca Fuller ‘19, clay assemblageClaudia Guenther ‘17, drawing and painting

Serena Revels ‘21. monoprint Juliana Elias ‘22, drawing and collage

Fiona Collins ‘18, mixed media sculpture

Jack Benjamin ‘18, ceramic sculpture

Willa Richards ‘14, collagraph print

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2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT

The 2013-2014 Annual Report is a celebration of those that have financially supported St. George’s and its programs.

The generosity of our current parents, grandparents, trustees, faculty, staff, alumni families and friends enables us to carry forward our mission to develop fully, not merely

educate, each student. We could not maintain our standard of excellence without you. Thank You!

We give special thanks to the volunteers of the Parents Group and Dads Club, who organize school events each year such as Knight at City Park, the annual Soirée, the Dads Club football pool and many others. Thank you to all the parents and friends

whose time and effort make these events successful, and to our school families, alumni families, corporations and foundations who support them.

Development Committee of the Board of TrusteesGeorge Denegre, Chairman of the Board, 2013-2014 • Dale Kaliszeski, Committee Chair

Liz Blum • Jennifer Brammell • James Dugan • Lisa Mills • Carlos Rodriguez-Fierro

For additional information about St. George’s fundraising efforts or to make a contribution, please contact the Advancement Office at development@stgeorgesepiscopal.com or (504) 891-5509. Although we strive for complete accuracy, we encourage our supporters to make us aware of any errors or omissions that might have occurred in the 2013-2014 Annual Report.

Financial Information 2013– 2014 Fiscal Year

2013-2014 ANNUAL GIVING

The 2013-2014 Annual Giving Campaign was a great success thanks to our parents, alumni, grandparents, faculty and friends. Supporters of St. George’s surpassed the $175,000 goal and raised more than $191,000. Our faculty rose to the occasion with 100% participation in this year’s campaign. What an amazing faculty we have at St. George’s!

Annual Giving funds are essential to school operations and directly support areas such as classroom technology, character education, faculty salaries, professional development, tuition assistance and many more. Support at all levels is deeply appreciated and makes an immediate impact on our students. St. George’s makes all things possible because of YOU!

2013-2014 ANNUAL GIVING VOLUNTEERS

DONORS BY GIVING LEVEL

Knights of St. George ($10,000.00 +)Mike and Lynn Coatney Family Foundation FundMr. and Mrs. Michael Kimble

Chairman’s Club ($5,000.00 +)Dr. and Mrs. Brett Casey, Sr.Dr. and Mrs. Carlos Rodriguez-Fierro

Benefactor ($2,500.00 +)Mr. and Mrs. George Denegre, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Alan Faneca, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. David GarnerDr. and Mrs. R. Clay GouldDr. and Mrs. Julio GuillenMs. Julianna IacovoneMr. Paul J. Leaman, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Bruce LelongMs. Marcia MacArthurMr. Aaron J. MiddlebergMr. and Mrs. Keil MossMr. Alistair Salisbury and Ms. Tanya MennearMr. and Mrs. Richard Simmons, Jr.Mr. Donglai Yang and Dr. Hong Xin

Shield of St. George ($1,500.00 +)Mr. and Mrs. Jack BenjaminDr. and Mrs. Warren BillingsMr. and Mrs. Van BohnMr. and Mrs. Frank ChristianaMr. and Mrs. Philip deV Claverie, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. René E. Dupaquier

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond B. FalkMr. Mark and Dr. Sara FernandezMr. and Mrs. Benjamin Frank, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Kyle GraffagniniMr. Hanley Gremillion and Mr. Joel VanderlickDr. and Mrs. Toby I. GropenMr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Hamrick, Jr.Mr. Rob Hudak and Ms. Jen HarperDr. Vivek Huilgol and Dr. Natalie BzowejMr. and Mrs. Dale KaliszeskiMr. and Mrs. Douglass MillsMs. Loretta MinceMr. and Mrs. Kenny MorrisonMr. and Mrs. Leon NowalskyDr. Tim PettittMr. and Mrs. T. Gregory SchaferMr. and Mrs. Alva B. See, IIIMr. Daniel Shea and Ms. Stephanie StokesDr. and Mrs. Daniel SpagnoliDr. and Mrs. Mark McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Robert SuggsMr. and Mrs. Paul White

Headmaster’s Cup ($1,067.00 +)Mr. and Mrs. Graham BorstMr. and Mrs. Harry BrammellMr. and Mrs. Janssen L. CaseyDr. and Mrs. Robert EichbergerMr. and Mrs. David GainesMr. and Mrs. Jeffery L. GearyMr. and Mrs. Steven HemperleyDr. and Mrs. George C. Hescock, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. David Loup

Mr. Bobby R. MartinMr. and Mrs. Brendan Minihan, Sr.Murphy Oil CorporationMr. Carl and Dr. Lori PochéMs. Emily RabornDr. Jennifer RaederMr. and Mrs. Robert RosamondMr. Richard Simmons, Sr.Mrs. Carroll SuggsMr. Jay Tierney and Dr. Leslie Rodrigue TierneyMr. and Mrs. David WhitakerMr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Wink, III

Sponsors ($500.00 +)Dr. Jennifer AvegnoMr. and Mrs. Michael Bagot, Jr.Mr. J. Berchmans BorneMr. and Mrs. Charles R. BrammellMr. and Mrs. Michael BrittMr. and Mrs. George A. BrownMr. Christian CancienneMr. and Mrs. Daniel CarriganMr. and Mrs. John W. Dupaquier, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Bryan EvansMr. Julian Feibelman, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott FergusonMr. and Mrs. Winston F. Gardner, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Don GarveyDr. Patricia HickhamMr. and Mrs. Chad HoffmeisterMr. and Mrs. Richard KirschmanDr. and Mrs. James LamMr. and Mrs. Moon Landrieu

2013-2014 ANNUAL GIVING DONORSWe gratefully acknowledge all donors to the 2013-2014 Annual Giving Campaign.

INCOME EXPENSE

Tuition & Fees Net Financial Aid Salaries & Benefits

Auxillary Programs General & Administrative

Contributions Maintenance & Plant

Other Revenue Programs & Services

84.1 72.6

5.1 10.2

8.1 8.6

2.7 8.6

Class Representatives:Preschool: Keith and Vallie Dugas, Emily Lucas, Emily RabornClass of 2023: Monica Marsee WeemsClass of 2022: Shay Randolph and Elvettra GibbsClass of 2021: Kimberly Collins, Lee Anne Garner and Caroline PerschallClass of 2020: Daniel SpanglerClass of 2019: Heidi GouldClass of 2018: Jennifer Brammell and Millie FullerClass of 2017: Marsha FergusonClass of 2016: Aidi Kansas and Tracy MerrickClass of 2015: Stephanie BoydClass of 2014: Marion Gropen, Amie Krake and Foster Nash

Co-Chairs Lisa Mills and Liz Schafer

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Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Lassus, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Lawton, IIIMr. and Mrs. Dana LeamanMr. and Mrs. Terry J. LopezMr. and Mrs. Glenn MarksDr. and Mrs. Timothy McLeanMr. and Mrs. David C. MinerMr. and Mrs. Charles N. Monsted, IIIMr. and Mrs. Foster P. Nash, IIIMr. and Mrs. Arthur W. NeadMr. and Mrs. Kip PatronMr. and Mrs. Ignace A. Perrin, IIIMr. Paul Poon and Ms. Minting LinMr. and Mrs. Samuel ProkopMr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Pugh, IIIMr. Eric Revels and Ms. Stephanie SalvaggioMr. and Mrs. David SchonbergMs. Rhonda SharkawyDr. and Mrs. Charles C. Smith, IIIMr. Werlin SmithMr. Miguel Teran and Ms. Veronica AlmarzaMs. Michelle WarrickMr. Kurt WeigleMr. and Mrs. Sonny WiegandMr. and Mrs. Christian WilmsRobert Zetzmann Family Foundation

Friends Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Accardo, Jr.Dr. Mark Allen and Ms. Jennifer AllenMr. and Mrs. Jack AlltmontMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey AlltmontMs. Stephanie AlmendaresMiss Aimée AntoineMr. and Mrs. Stephen ArmstrongMs. Caroline G. AvegnoMr. and Mrs. Timothy R. AvegnoMs. Lynn BaileyDr. LaSandra BartonDr. and Mrs. Neil BaumMr. and Mrs. Devon BecnelMs. Nancy Bender and Mr. Bryan PedeauxDr. Joseph Berendzen and Ms. Tracy BuccinoMr. and Mrs. Steve BernardMr. and Mrs. James M. BloomfieldMr. and Mrs. Frank BommaritoMr. and Mrs. Stephen BorengasserMrs. Stephanie BoydMr. and Mrs. Paul BrannonMs. Chanel BrennanMr. and Mrs. David BroussardMr. and Mrs. Jon BurckinMr. and Mrs. Thomas CampionMr. and Mrs. Alfred CannonDr. John Carlson and Dr. Caroline CampionMr. and Mrs. John F. Carson, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Donald CharlesMr. and Mrs. Mark ChildersMr. and Mrs. Philip Claverie, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Tyler CoatneyMr. and Mrs. Michael CohenMr. and Mrs. Josh CollenMr. and Mrs. Benny CollinsMs. Kimberly CollinsDr. and Mrs. Donald CostelloMs. Virginia CurrieMr. and Mrs. Guy CurryMr. and Mrs. Josh DanzigMr. Grigory Dashkovskiy and Ms. Ekaterina DashkovsayaDr. and Mrs. Charles DavenportMr. and Mrs. Charles DawsonDr. and Mrs. Mathieu De Schutter

Mr. Michael DeGeorge and Ms. Deborah HinsonMr. Michael Depp and Ms. Darleen MiproMrs. Jean DimakMs. Shelia DixonMr. and Mrs. Timothy H. DoskeyMr. and Mrs. Hughes Drumm, IIMr. and Mrs. Tom Drummond, IIIMrs. Bobette DudleyMr. and Mrs. William D. DunnMr. and Mrs. Miguel EliasMrs. Beth EllisMr. and Mrs. Lester B. FalgoustMs. Ilse M. FalkDr. and Mrs. Gist FarrMr. and Mrs. Mark FellMs. Amélie FerréMs. Kelly FineganMr. and Mrs. Arnold FinkelsteinMr. and Mrs. Shane FinkelsteinMr. and Mrs. Paul FischerMr. and Mrs. Brian FitzpatrickMr. Kevin FitzwilliamMs. Ava FontenotMrs. LeeAnn ForemanMr. and Mrs. Russell FosterMr. and Mrs. Joshua FrenkelMs. Avery FriedmanDr. and Mrs. Harold FuselierMr. and Mrs. Weston GanucheauMr. and Mrs. Robert GardaMr. and Mrs. Lloyd GiardinaMrs. Patsy GibbonsMr. and Mrs. Joseph Gorman, IIIMs. Jennifer GrahamMr. and Mrs. Kevin GranierMr. and Mrs. Scott C. GriffithMs. Josie GristinaMr. Alan Guenther and Ms. Jeannine RoquesMr. and Mrs. Charles V. Guilbault, Jr.Ms. Eileen Guillory and Mr. Patrick RenfroMr. and Mrs. Robert HaleMr. and Mrs. Paul HarangMr. John HarrisMr. and Mrs. James HaydelMr. and Mrs. Bruce HaydenMr. and Mrs. Thomas HerringtonMrs. Joanne HiltonMr. and Mrs. Lawrence HoffmanMr. and Mrs. John Hope, IVMr. and Mrs. Peter H. HopkinsMr. and Mrs. James S. HotardMr. and Mrs. John HotardMr. Thomas HubertMs. Donna JimersonMr. and Mrs. Brian JohnsonMs. Hannagan JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Greg JohnsonMs. Laura JohnsonDr. Frank JordanMr. and Mrs. Alan KansasMs. Kate Kenny and Mr. David KoscielniakMr. and Mrs. George Koclanes, Sr.Ms. Amie KrakeMs. Christine KruseMs. Melissa LadnerMs. Tara LangMr. and Mrs. David LavieMrs. Mona LeingangMs. Lauren LemmlerMr. and Mrs. Terry LevasseurMr. and Mrs. Samuel Liljeberg, Sr.Mr. Daniel Lines and Dr. Amanda VaughtMr. and Mrs. Charles Long

Mr. and Mrs. Paul LongMr. and Mrs. Rene LouapreDr. Rene Albert Louapre, IIIMr. and Mrs. Emanuel LoubierMs. Claire LoughranMr. and Mrs. Ryan LucasMr. and Mrs. John MarzulloMr. and Mrs. Casey McAllisterMs. Mary Ann McCallMr. and Mrs. Michael McCraryDr. Ann MetzingerMr. and Mrs. Brendan Minihan, Jr.Ms. Maureen MissavageMr. and Mrs. Neil MockDr. and Mrs. Jody MorrisMr. and Mrs. Andrew MusaMiss Caroline S. NeadMr. and Mrs. Jimy NegrottoMs. Lynn M. O’BrienMr. and Mrs. John OverbyMr. Joseph C. Paciera and Ms. Anna Marie FirkalyMr. and Mrs. J. Trevor PalmerMs. Bianca PapaliaMs. Kay PenstoneMr. and Mrs. Michael PerezMs. Connie Falgoust PhilburnMrs. Lois M. PhilburnMr. and Mrs. Greg PhillipsMr. and Mrs. Austin PottingerMr. and Mrs. Glenn PrechacMr. and Mrs. Damian RandolphMs. Mary RangesMs. Shany Rashidi and Mr. Elham RabbaniMr. and Mrs. Gary ReggioMr. and Mrs. Christopher ReznikDr. and Mrs. James RicciardiMr. Samuel Richards and Ms. Norine SchmidtMrs. Beverly RogersMr. and Mrs. David RossMr. David Rubin and Ms. Renée Seré-RubinMr. and Mrs. Michael RuizMs. Constance SandrasMs. Karin Sandstrand and Mr. Bill TimmonsMr. and Mrs. Christopher SavoyMr. and Mrs. Glenn SchaeferMr. and Mrs. Steven SchluterMr. and Mrs. Michael SchmidtMs. Eliza SchulzeMr. and Mrs. John SeguraMs. Liza Barney and Dr. Luis SerranoMr. and Mrs. Louis ShepardMr. and Mrs. Christopher ShulerMr. and Mrs. Larry SimpsonDr. Enrica SingletonMs. Pam SkehanMr. and Mrs. Mitchell SmithMs. Elise Smith and Mr. Randall BrownDr. and Mrs. James SmithMr. and Mrs. William A. SolitarioMs. Stephanie SonnierMr. and Mrs. William D. St. PaulMs. Sandra StaplesMr. and Mrs. James P. StarrMr. and Mrs. Robert StecklerMr. and Mrs. Richard StoneMr. and Mrs. J. Paul StouseMrs. Jacquelyn StouseMr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Talley, Jr.Ms. Tamar TaylorMr. and Mrs. Paul TeallMr. and Mrs. James UscholdMs. Gwendolyn B. van BenthuysenMr. and Mrs. W. W. van Benthuysen, Jr.

Mrs. Daisy M. VanDenburghMr. and Mrs. Gerald WagnerMr. Matthew WaldronMr. and Mrs. Lee WalkerMr. and Mrs. Joe WarrenDr. Carl Weems and Dr. Monica Marsee WeemsMr. and Mrs. Richard E. WegmannMs. Tamara WhiteMs. Emma Whitman and Mr. David HagueDr. Kim WilliamsMr. Landon and Dr. Shondra WilliamsMr. Paul Williams, III, and Ms. Hailey BowenDr. James WiseMr. and Mrs. Oliver WiseMr. and Mrs. Trey WoodsMs. Rebecca Zwart

DONORS BY CONSTITUENCYParent Donors by Class

CLASS OF 2014Mr. and Mrs. Timothy H. DoskeyMr. and Mrs. Hughes Drumm, IIMr. and Mrs. René E. DupaquierMr. and Mrs. Jeffery L. GearyDr. and Mrs. Toby I. GropenDr. Frank JordanMs. Amie KrakeMr. and Mrs. Douglass MillsMs. Loretta MinceMr. and Mrs. Kenny MorrisonMr. and Mrs. Foster P. Nash, IIIMr. Carl and Dr. Lori PochéMr. Samuel Richards and Ms. Norine SchmidtDr. and Mrs. Carlos Rodriguez-FierroMr. and Mrs. Robert RosamondMr. and Mrs. Alva B. See, IIIMr. Daniel Shea and Ms. Stephanie StokesMr. and Mrs. Christopher ShulerMr. and Mrs. Robert SuggsMs. Tamar Taylor

CLASS OF 2015Mrs. Stephanie BoydMr. and Mrs. Paul BrannonMr. Christian CancienneMr. and Mrs. Frank ChristianaDr. and Mrs. Charles DavenportMr. Alan Guenther and Ms. Jeannine RoquesMr. and Mrs. Dale KaliszeskiMr. and Mrs. Emanuel LoubierMr. and Mrs. John OverbyMr. and Mrs. Ignace A. Perrin, IIIDr. Tim PettittDr. Jennifer Raeder

CLASS OF 2016Dr. and Mrs. Brett Casey, Sr.Mrs. Beth EllisDr. and Mrs. Julio GuillenMr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Hamrick, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Steven HemperleyDr. Patricia HickhamMr. and Mrs. John HotardDr. Frank JordanMr. and Mrs. Alan KansasMr. and Mrs. Charles LongMr. and Mrs. David LoupMr. and Mrs. John MarzulloMr. and Mrs. Leon NowalskyDr. Tim PettittMr. and Mrs. Richard Simmons, Jr.

Dr. Kim WilliamsMr. and Mrs. Christian WilmsMs. Rebecca Zwart

CLASS OF 2017Dr. Jennifer AvegnoMr. and Mrs. Frank BommaritoMr. and Mrs. Graham BorstMr. and Mrs. Miguel EliasMr. and Mrs. J. Scott FergusonMr. and Mrs. Shane FinkelsteinMr. and Mrs. Brian FitzpatrickMr. and Mrs. David GainesMr. and Mrs. Robert GardaMr. Alan Guenther and Ms. Jeannine RoquesMr. and Mrs. Robert HaleDr. and Mrs. George C. Hescock, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence HoffmanMr. and Mrs. Chad HoffmeisterMr. and Mrs. Glenn MarksDr. and Mrs. Timothy McLeanDr. and Mrs. Jody MorrisMr. and Mrs. J. Trevor PalmerMr. and Mrs. Kip PatronDr. Tim PettittMs. Connie Falgoust PhilburnMr. Paul Poon and Ms. Minting LinMr. and Mrs. Austin PottingerMs. Constance SandrasMr. Landon and Dr. Shondra WilliamsMr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Wink, IIIMs. Rebecca Zwart

CLASS OF 2018Mr. and Mrs. Jack BenjaminMr. and Mrs. Van BohnMr. and Mrs. Harry BrammellMr. and Mrs. Benny CollinsMs. Shelia DixonMr. and Mrs. Thomas HerringtonMr. Thomas HubertMs. Amie KrakeMs. Lauren LemmlerMr. and Mrs. Terry LevasseurMr. and Mrs. Samuel Liljeberg, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Greg PhillipsDr. Jennifer RaederMr. and Mrs. David RossMr. and Mrs. Glenn SchaeferMr. and Mrs. Steven SchluterDr. and Mrs. Daniel SpagnoliMr. and Mrs. Robert StecklerMr. and Mrs. J. Paul StouseMs. Michelle WarrickMr. and Mrs. Paul WhiteMr. and Mrs. Christian Wilms

CLASS OF 2019Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey AlltmontDr. Jennifer AvegnoMr. Christian CancienneDr. John Carlson and Dr. Caroline CampionDr. and Mrs. Brett Casey, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Josh DanzigDr. and Mrs. R. Clay GouldMr. Hanley Gremillion and Mr. Joel VanderlickDr. and Mrs. George C. Hescock, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Michael KimbleMr. and Mrs. David LavieMr. and Mrs. Dana LeamanMr. and Mrs. Michael McCraryMr. and Mrs. Brendan Minihan, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn PrechacMr. and Mrs. Samuel ProkopDr. and Mrs. Carlos Rodriguez-FierroMr. and Mrs. T. Gregory SchaferMs. Rhonda SharkawyMr. Kurt WeigleMs. Tamara White

CLASS OF 2020Mr. and Mrs. Alan Faneca, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Kyle GraffagniniDr. and Mrs. Julio GuillenDr. and Mrs. James LamMr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Lawton, IIIMr. and Mrs. Terry LevasseurMr. Aaron J. MiddlebergMr. and Mrs. Michael RuizMr. Jay Tierney and Dr. Leslie Rodrigue Tierney

CLASS OF 2021Mr. and Mrs. Devon BecnelMr. and Mrs. Philip Claverie, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Michael CohenMs. Kimberly CollinsMr. Mark and Dr. Sara FernandezMr. and Mrs. David GarnerMr. Rob Hudak and Ms. Jen HarperDr. Vivek Huilgol and Dr. Natalie BzowejMr. and Mrs. Michael KimbleMr. and Mrs. Bruce LelongMr. and Mrs. Charles N. Monsted, IIIMr. Eric Revels and Ms. Stephanie SalvaggioMr. and Mrs. David RossMr. Alistair Salisbury and Ms. Tanya MennearMr. and Mrs. John SeguraMs. Stephanie SonnierMr. and Mrs. Robert SuggsMr. and Mrs. Paul Teall

CLASS OF 2022Ms. Stephanie AlmendaresMs. Lynn BaileyDr. LaSandra BartonDr. and Mrs. Brett Casey, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Tom Drummond, IIIMr. and Mrs. Miguel EliasDr. and Mrs. Bryan EvansMr. and Mrs. Russell FosterMr. and Mrs. Charles V. Guilbault, Jr.Dr. Patricia HickhamMr. and Mrs. Brian JohnsonMr. Daniel Lines and Dr. Amanda VaughtMr. and Mrs. Damian RandolphMr. Eric Revels and Ms. Stephanie SalvaggioMr. David Rubin and Ms. Renée Seré-RubinMs. Liza Barney and Dr. Luis SerranoDr. and Mrs. Daniel SpagnoliMr. and Mrs. Paul White

CLASS OF 2023Dr. Jennifer AvegnoMr. and Mrs. Philip Claverie, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Mathieu De SchutterMr. Michael DeGeorge and Ms. Deborah HinsonMs. Julianna IacovoneMr. and Mrs. Bruce LelongMr. and Mrs. Michael McCraryMr. and Mrs. Robert SuggsMr. and Mrs. James UscholdDr. Carl Weems and Dr. Monica Marsee WeemsMr. Donglai Yang and Dr. Hong Xin

2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT

Juliana Iacovone and Allison and Tom Drummond

Doug and Lisa Mills and Liz and Greg Schafer

Mary Becnel with grandson Nicholas Becnel

Landon and Logan Williams at the Father Daughter Breakfast

Ian and Sammie Bohn at the Mother Son Breakfast

Philip, Norma and Marianne Kimble

Mike and Lynn Coatney with granddaughter Charlotte

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2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORTPreschoolDr. Mark Allen and Ms. Jennifer AllenMr. and Mrs. George A. BrownMr. and Mrs. Jon BurckinMr. and Mrs. Tyler CoatneyMr. and Mrs. Josh CollenDr. and Mrs. Donald CostelloMr. Michael Depp and Ms. Darleen MiproMr. and Mrs. Weston GanucheauMr. and Mrs. Joseph Gorman, IIIMr. and Mrs. Kevin GranierMr. John HarrisMr. and Mrs. John Hope, IVMr. and Mrs. Rene LouapreMr. and Mrs. Ryan LucasMr. and Mrs. Andrew MusaMr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Pugh, IIIMs. Emily RabornMr. and Mrs. Christopher ReznikMr. and Mrs. Michael SchmidtMr. and Mrs. David SchonbergMr. and Mrs. John SeguraMr. and Mrs. William D. St. PaulMr. and Mrs. James P. StarrMr. and Mrs. Paul TeallMr. Miguel Teran and Ms. Veronica AlmarzaMr. and Mrs. Oliver WiseMr. and Mrs. Trey Woods

Grandparent Donors Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Accardo, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Jack AlltmontMr. and Mrs. Steve BernardDr. and Mrs. Warren BillingsMr. J. Berchmans BorneMr. and Mrs. Charles R. BrammellMr. and Mrs. Thomas CampionMr. and Mrs. Daniel CarriganMr. and Mrs. John F. Carson, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Janssen L. CaseyMr. and Mrs. Donald CharlesMr. and Mrs. Frank ChristianaMr. and Mrs. Philip deV Claverie, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Michael CoatneyMrs. Jean DimakMrs. Bobette DudleyMr. and Mrs. John W. Dupaquier, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Robert EichbergerMr. and Mrs. Lester B. FalgoustMr. Julian Feibelman, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Arnold FinkelsteinDr. and Mrs. Harold FuselierMr. and Mrs. Winston F. Gardner, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Don GarveyMr. and Mrs. Lloyd GiardinaMs. Josie GristinaMr. and Mrs. James HaydelMrs. Joanne HiltonMr. and Mrs. James S. HotardDr. and Mrs. James LamMr. and Mrs. Moon LandrieuMrs. Sydney LavenderMr. Paul J. Leaman, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Paul LongMr. and Mrs. Terry J. LopezDr. Rene Albert Louapre, IIIMs. Marcia MacArthurMr. Bobby R. MartinDr. Ann MetzingerMr. and Mrs. Brendan Minihan, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Monsted, IIIMs. Kay PenstoneMrs. Lois M. Philburn

Ms. Mary RangesDr. and Mrs. James RicciardiMrs. Beverly RogersMr. Richard Simmons, Sr.Dr. Enrica SingletonMr. Werlin SmithMr. and Mrs. William A. SolitarioMs. Sandra StaplesMr. and Mrs. Richard StoneJacquelyn StouseMrs. Carroll SuggsMr. and Mrs. Gerald WagnerMr. and Mrs. Lee WalkerMr. and Mrs. Joe WarrenMr. and Mrs. David WhitakerMr. and Mrs. Sonny WiegandDr. James Wise

Faculty/Staff DonorsMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey AlltmontMs. Aimée AntoineMr. and Mrs. Stephen ArmstrongMs. Caroline G. AvegnoMr. and Mrs. Michael Bagot, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Stephen BorengasserMs. Chanel BrennanMr. and Mrs. Michael BrittMr. and Mrs. David BroussardMr. and Mrs. Alfred CannonMr. and Mrs. Philip Claverie, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Tyler CoatneyMs. Virginia CurrieMr. and Mrs. Guy CurryMr. and Mrs. Charles DawsonMr. and Mrs. Eric Davis, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. William D. DunnDr. and Mrs. Robert EichbergerMr. and Mrs. Mark FellMs. Amélie FerréMs. Kelly FineganMr. and Mrs. Paul FischerMr. Kevin FitzwilliamMs. Ava FontenotMrs. LeeAnn ForemanMs. Suzie Fowler and Mr. Bobby MatthewsMr. and Mrs. Joshua FrenkelMs. Avery FriedmanMr. and Mrs. Weston GanucheauMr. and Mrs. Robert GardaMrs. Patsy GibbonsMs. Jennifer GrahamMr. and Mrs. Kevin GranierMr. and Mrs. Scott C. GriffithMs. Eileen Guillory and Mr. Patrick RenfroMr. and Mrs. Paul HarangMr. and Mrs. Bruce HaydenMr. and Mrs. Lawrence HoffmanMr. and Mrs. Peter H. HopkinsMs. Donna JimersonMs. Hannagan JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Greg JohnsonMs. Laura JohnsonMs. Kate Kenny and Mr. David KoscielniakMs. Christine KruseMs. Melissa LadnerMs. Tara LangMr. and Mrs. Roy E. Lassus, Jr.Mrs. Mona LeingangMr. and Mrs. Terry LevasseurMr. and Mrs. Samuel Liljeberg, Sr.Ms. Claire LoughranMr. and Mrs. Casey McAllisterMs. Mary Ann McCall

Dr. and Mrs. Mark McCarthyMr. and Mrs. Adam McConnellMr. and Mrs. David C. MinerMs. Maureen MissavageMr. and Mrs. Neil MockMrs. Katie MortonMr. and Mrs. Andrew MusaMr. and Mrs. Jimy NegrottoMs. Bianca PapaliaMr. and Mrs. Michael PerezMr. and Mrs. Ignace A. Perrin, IIIMs. Connie Falgoust PhilburnMs. Shany Rashidi and Mr. Elham RabbaniMr. and Mrs. Michael RuizMs. Karin Sandstrand and Mr. Bill TimmonsMr. and Mrs. Christopher SavoyMs. Eliza SchulzeMr. and Mrs. John SeguraMr. and Mrs. Larry SimpsonMs. Pam SkehanMr. and Mrs. Mitchell SmithMs. Elise Smith and Mr. Randall BrownDr. and Mrs. James SmithMr. Werlin SmithMr. and Mrs. Jonathan SontagMr. and Mrs. Robert StecklerMr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Talley, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Paul TeallMs. Gwendolyn B. van BenthuysenMr. Matthew WaldronMr. and Mrs. Richard E. WegmannMr. and Mrs. Michael WeiserMs. Emma Whitman and Mr. David HagueMr. Paul Williams, III, and Ms. Hailey BowenMr. and Mrs. Trey Woods

Designated Gifts

Ms. Aimée AntoineMr. and Mrs. Michael Bagot, Jr.Ms. Marilyn BerniusMr. and Mrs. Ralph BrennanMr. and Mrs. William H. Brundige, Jr.Ms. Sally Miles BrunsMr. and Mrs. Walter Carroll, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Walter D. CockerhamCoughlin Saunders FoundationMr. and Mrs. Thomas DalrympleMr. and Mrs. Martin deLaurealMr. and Mrs. Oliver DeleryMr. and Mrs. Thomas G. DianoDr. and Mrs. Robert EichbergerMr. and Mrs. William J. FaulknerMr. and Mrs. Thomas B. FavrotMr. and Mrs. Lee FiskMr. and Mrs. Hardy FowlerFreeport McMoRan FoundationMr. and Mrs. Fabian FromherzMr. and Mrs. William R. GardnerMr. and Mrs. Cyril Geary, IIIMr. and Mrs. James GearyMr. and Mrs. G. Anthony Gelderman, IIIMr. and Mrs. Michael S. Giovingo Sr.Mr. Thomas M. GordonMrs. Natalie GouletMr. and Mrs. George GriswoldMr. and Mrs. Oscar M. Gwin, IIIMr. and Mrs. Gerard E. HenryMr. and Mrs. Barton JahnckeMrs. Natalie JamesMr. and Mrs. Philip E. James, IIIMr. and Mrs. Richard KammerMr. and Mrs. Burt H. KeenanMs. Christine KruseRev. and Mrs. Michael KuhnMr. and Mrs. H.D. Lanaux, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. LeBlancMs. Melissa LeMay and Mr. Jeffrey StallingsMr. and Mrs. August LeopoldMr. and Mrs. Terry LevasseurMr. and Mrs. E. Ravenel MansfieldDr. and Mrs. Richard H. MarshallMs. Mary Ann McCallGustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Fund

Mr. and Mrs. L. Richards McMillanMr. and Mrs. Kirk MichelMr. and Mrs. Oliver B. Miles, Jr.Mrs. George R. MontgomeryMrs. Deborah S. MooneyMr. and Mrs. Dudley D. MorganNorthwestern Mutual LifeDr. and Mrs. Frank S. Oser, IIIMr. Pat M. PeytonRev. James QuigleyMr. and Mrs. Shaun RaffertyMr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Rodriguez, Jr.Ms. Elinor SandersMr. and Mrs. L. Moye SandersMr. Lemuel M. Sanders, Jr.Ms. Karin Sandstrand and Mr. Bill TimmonsMr. and Mrs. Michael F. SchottMr. and Mrs. G. Arthur Seaver, IIIMr. and Mrs. Larry SimpsonMr. and Mrs. Ben R. Slater, IIIMr. and Mrs. J. Benton Smallpage, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Smith, IIIMr. and Mrs. L. Clayton SmithMr. Joseph B. StahlMr. and Mrs. Robert StummMr. and Mrs. Patrick SummerourRev. and Mrs. Toby SummerourMr. and Mrs. William SummerourMrs. Anne Reily SutherlinMr. Clifford B. SutterMr. and Mrs. Herndon J. ThomasonMr. Timothy J. TrapolinMr. and Mrs. William L. Treadway, IIIMr. and Mrs. W. W. van Benthuysen, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. James C. WadeMs. Patricia Whitney WatersMr. and Mrs. Peter B. WatersWaters, Parkerson & Co., LLCWells Fargo Matching Gift CenterMr. and Mrs. J. Parham WerleinMr. and Mrs. Thomas WestfeldtMr. and Mrs. E. Burton White, IIIMrs. E. Burton White, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Scott WrightMr. and Mrs. William E. Wright, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Wynne

Arthur Carroll Waters, III, Spirit Award FundThe Arthur Carroll Waters, III, Spirit Award is presented annually to a deserving member of the rising eighth grade class and is a partial tuition scholarship. Through the generosity of the Waters family and friends, the fund stands at more than $196,000.

St. George’s gratefully acknowledges donors to the Arthur Carroll Waters, III, Spirit Award Fund from December 1, 2010 to June 30, 2014.

2014 recipient Samantha Raeder ‘15 with Dr. Rob Eichberger

Thank you to the following donors for supporting the arts at St. George’s: 1414 Veterans LLCMr. and Mrs. James L. CahnCompliance Solutions Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Gordon C. DumontFeldman Charitable FoundationFirst Choice Technologies, Inc.Mr. David GlassmanGeneva Capital Solutions, Inc.GoConferenceMr. and Mrs. Kenneth HeggelundHome BankNetcom Data Southern Corp.Mrs. Judith NowalskyMr. and Mrs. Leon NowalskyMs. Shirley NowalskyMr. Henrik A. PontoppidanRiverbend Telecom, Inc.Mr. Stanley B. SeeligMr. and Ms. Leonard D. Simmons Jr.Mr. Robert J. SorrentinoStartel. Inc.Ms. Kathy Wagner

Special FundsDue to the generosity of the St. George’s community, several special funds have been established to pay tribute to loved ones while at the same time supporting important strategic initiatives of the school. These funds provide support for faculty professional development and retention, financial assistance to families, campus preservation and student scholarship awards.

Thanks to the effort and generosity of Leon and Ava Nowalsky, St. George’s “first notes” were played in the 2014-2015 school year by the school’s first concert band.

The Fund for Faculty ExcellenceSt. George’s has established the Fund for Faculty Excellence to support the ongoing education, training, academic enrichment and retention of faculty mem-bers. A lead gift from Mr. Burt Keenan has enabled St. George’s to enhance and expand efforts in this area. The fund provides the necessary support to further St. George’s mission of ensuring a quality academic experience for each child.

The Erin Grenon Memorial FundMr. and Mrs. Roy E. Lassus, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Randy Opotowsky

Val Kehoe Scholarship for Resource ServicesMs. Suzie Fowler and Mr. Bobby MatthewsThe Stanley W. Ray, Jr. Philanthropic and Civic Trust

2013 RECIPIENT:

First Grade Teacher Chrissy Negrotto with her husband Jimy and daughter Colleen Dupepe

2014 RECIPIENT:

Speech-Language Pathologist Suzie Fowler with son Kyle Matthews, husband Bobby Matthews and Sarah Kerrin

BETSEY KING AWARDS 2013-2014The Betsey King Award was established by Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Lelong to recognize an outstanding member of the St. George’s faculty. It also serves to honor founding head of St. George’s, Betsey King, who was a beloved and dedicated teacher, as well as a fundraiser and supporter of St. George’s throughout its early history.

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There are many reasons to support St. George’s: to express gratitude to dedicated teachers, to give back to the school that was instrumental in building one’s educational foundation, to ensure

that others are able to experience a quality education that builds confidence in each student. Whatever the reason for giving, at the heart of each gift is the will to make a difference,

to provide the St. George’s community with the means to continue to impact student lives and prepare each student for future success.

Your gift today will be essential in Securing Our Future!

If you would like more information on how your gift can have a lasting impact, please contact our Advancement Office at 504-891-5509.

The St. George’s Endowment will provide stability in the coming decades

and create an opportunity for growth at St. George’s. By supporting the St. George’s Endowment, you will

not only be leaving a lasting legacy but Securing Our Future.

Please join us in making a lasting gift to St. George’s Episcopal School.

OUR

The St. George’s Endowment

Members of the Headmaster’s Circle: Rob and Elaine Eichberger, Ann and Robert Boh, Milly and George Denegre, Ellen and Mac Ball, Bruce and Lynn Lelong.

Headmaster’s Circle Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Ball, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. BohMr. and Mrs. George Denegre, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Bruce LelongMs. Loretta Mince

Heritage SocietyMr. and Mrs. Frank ChristianaDrs. Michael Grieb and Joy CohenMr. and Mrs. T. Gregory SchaferSt. George’s Parents Group

General Endowment DonorsCahn Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. Charles T. Curtis, Jr.Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family FundMerrill Lynch

St. George’s Endowment: Securing Our FutureWe are grateful for the generosity of the following donors who have made a Leadership Gift to the Endowment Fund. Their gifts will provide financial support and stability for the school for generations to come.

Gifts below were committed between July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014.

Honor/Memorial Donors July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014

St. George’s gratefully acknowledges those donors that have made a gift in memory of a loved one, or in honor of a loved one’s birthday, anniversary or other special occasion. All honor and memorial gifts go into the St. George’s Endowment to benefit not only our current students but future generations as well.

GiveNOLA Donors July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014

St. George’s participated in the inaugural GiveNOLA Day by the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF). During these 24 hours of giving, St. George’s received $13,810. With the addition of dollars from GNOF’s Lagniappe Fund, St. George’s received a total of $14,686.49. Thanks to all of the generous donors listed below who participated. Save the date for this year’s GiveNOLA Day – May 5, 2015.

In memory of Michael BohMr. Carter Patteson

In memory of William Bradley BoydMr. W.C. Abernathy, Jr.Clifford E. CardoneMr. and Mrs. Frank ChristianaMr. P. Michael GerhardtHarrison Family FundGalatoire’s RestaurantThe Clifton D. LeBlanc FundMr. and Mrs. Tony LottMr. John M. MorganMr. Gordon E. RountreeMs. Tara WalthersTom and Teresea Whaley, Jr.

In memory of Mrs. Evelyn GruberMr. and Mrs. Michael Bagot Mr. and Mrs. James L. Cahn

In memory of Thelma Trapolin Mr. and Mrs. James L. CahnMr. and Mrs. Arthur W. NeadSt. George’s Episcopal School

In memory of Pat WadeSt. George’s Episcopal School

3 Anonymous GiftsCatherine AccardoVictoria AllisonRachel AlltmontStephanie AlmendaresPeggy ArmstrongJennifer AvegnoClaire AvegnoCaroline AvegnoBettye BagotJennifer BernardYolande BernardMichael BloomfieldAllison BootheCatherine BoozmanAlexander BreckinridgePriscilla CannonJoshua ChangPhilip and Laura ClaverieRebecca CoatneyCindy CockeAnne Curry

Julie DavenportMartha DoneganJeanette DonnellyElaine and Rob EichbergerMarna EissaJane El-DahrCJ El-DahrMargie FellMarsha FergusonErnest FitzgeraldCaty FlowerAva FontenotKatherine Forshag MortonRussell FosterSuzie FowlerPrentice FuselierFiona GardaHeidi GouldKevin and Wendy GranierJennifer GriffithMarion GropenSandra Gutierrez

Marla HamiltonHayley HarangNicelle Herrington George HescockPatricia HickhamLayne HiltonDeborah HinsonKrystal Howard HenryBeckett HoworthGarreth JohnsonBrian JohnsonDee-Dee JohnsonLaura JohnsonHannagan JohnsonFrank JordanLaura Kufta-LeeKathleen LassusBeth LavinMona LeingangJack LittleRomaine McCarthyKelly McCrary

Rebecca MetzingerShelley MiddlebergDoug MillsMargaret Ann MinihanMaureen MissavageChristine NegrottoLeon NowalskyKaren and Denny PerschallAlan PetersenConnie PhilburnJennifer PhillipsGail PhillipsRob PittmanSarah PostJennifer RaederBart ReillyChristopher & Heather ReznikSam RichardsCarol RooneySutton RuizAntoinette SalmenAshley Salmen

Constance SandrasLiz SchaferCatherine SchieffelinAllie SeguraRichard SimmonsPamela SkehanMichael and Ann SopchakGary and Donna SpanglerDawn StecklerKeely ThibodeauxWarner and Linda ThomasCharlie ThorntonFrank and Patsy TodaroKrystal VaughnJulie-Ann WegmannMaryann WejnertRobert Wiegand IITanisha WilsonSuzy Xiu

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