2010Echoes

On The Cover

From the Head

Legendary Science Teacher Phil Wood Retires

Anne Coggan Johnston Leaves Enduring Legacy

Print Added to Collection Honors Artistic Vision of Former Art Teacher

Portrait Show Featured Work of Photographer Angela Stott ’86 & Seventh GradersOriginal Plays by Charlie Lovett ’77 Performed Worldwide

Katherine Hollis ’94 Works to Improve Global Sustainability

Abigail Browning ’99 Pursues Her Passion for Learning

Facilities Director duWayne Amen – Innovator, Collaborator, Educator

Summit Says Goodbye to One of its Original 18 - Elizabeth Cobb Greer ’39Eagle Scout Garden Project Fulfills Lifelong Dream

Cabell Philpott ’90 Public Address Announcer for Winston-Salem Dash Baseball Team

Martha Albertson Receives Teaching Excellence Award

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The School admits students of any race, religion, color, and national or ethnic origin. Summit provides a challenging curriculum within a caring environment to help students develop their full potential.

Students and special friends of the School created this hands-on artwork based upon Summit’s Six Promisesduring a tour of the Arts and Technology Building. Art teachers Brad Calhoun and Lisa Tudor provided direction.

Perspective literally to look through or to see clearly—is invaluable. Why? When we achieve perspective, we are able to see the surprise in the otherwise familiar, and thereby gain gratitude for life’s simple but profound blessings. In Onward & Upward: A History of Summit School, author and alum Charlie Lovett ’77 writes, “[Summit] is, above all, a place where every day a remarkable group of individuals becomes a community striving to reach its full potential.” For seventy-eight years, the Summit community has lived its mission each day and in so doing has led students, parents, grandparents, teachers, administrators and all who are familiar with the School to expect Summit to provide “a challenging curriculum within a caring environment to help students develop their full potential.” The surprise in the familiar? That takes the form of the wit and wisdom expressed by our most recent alums, whose experiences embody—and whose words reflect—what striving to achieve one’s full potential looks and sounds and feels like—in short, what it adds up to in the life of a student.

Michael takes on the role of student for a day, here with Mary Johnson’s third grade class.

In the quotes on the next page, members of the Summit class of 2010 offer inspiring perspectives: insight into themselves, into life, and into the future. Culled from students’ blog entries on their ninth grade ning, these perspectives demonstrate

our mission in action — and they reveal the growth and maturity that are nourished in a vital learning community committed to scholarship at its best, intellectual independence, state of the art facilities, sturdy confidence, a fertile learning environment and educators who engage the whole child. continued on next page

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Finally, in a June letter to the Summit staff, Megan Probst, a member of the class of 2010 and a Summit “lifer” (attending from Junior Kindergarten through ninth grade), offers reflections on her eleven years at Summit:

“One thing that has remained the same throughout my Summit years is that Summit has always been a safe place: safe to be yourself and to try new things, safe to face your fears and your failures and safe to grow up. I can tell you right now that it’s a big part of what I’ll miss about this place. No matter what, it will always have that familiarity to it. Summit is that haven, that light and warmth that makes a kid feel like they can do anything, try anything. I know for me, it was the place where I first learned that it’s okay to speak up in class and answer a question wrong, where I learned how to sing in front of a crowd and give a speech to a theater full of people. Summit allowed me to try out for a sport that I’d never played before, a sport that I really wasn’t that good at, but one I came to love anyway. In a nutshell, it’s where I found out that my limits were a lot farther then I’d originally thought.”

The perspectives of the Class of 2010 resonate with the experiences of seven decades of Summit alums who know what it means to live Summit’s mission by developing their full potential—and then some.

Onward and upward,

Michael Ebeling

These quotes come largely in response to three questions: How has Summit prepared you for the future? What tips do you have for your classmates to become better lifelong learners? What traits of successful students do you exhibit? Our youngest alums’ insights offer life lessons and inspiration for all of us.

“I have learned that it’s o.k. not to be perfect; that it’s o.k. to set high goals. I have always set high goals and ambitions for myself because Summit has given me the confidence to aim that high.” (Katy Brath)

“Summit shows you that failure is not the end, but the gateway to a new beginning.” (Hayes Brenner)

“Summit has taught me to give back to my community from day one. . .Even as a little girl I tried to give back in my own ways by holding a birthday party where I didn’t receive presents, just donations to a certain organization, such as the Humane Society. . .And making service hours a requirement for Upper Schoolers is a very good way to reinforce what Summit has been teaching us all along: giving back is necessary.” (Carrie Fulton)

“My tip is to get your keester off the couch and do some work.” (John Gorelick)

“My tips for being a lifelong learner are always to stay interested and to keep a fire within that inspires learning. Overall, we must keep in mind that learning, like the Pursuit of Happiness, is a journey.” (Sam Ogburn)

“To become a better learner, just listen. Whether it’s in a classroom or someone is teaching you more important things outside of class, you need to listen. When you’re finished listening, ask questions and make sure you understand the topic.” (Noah Granger)

“I have learned how to be a leader—and how to be led. I’ve learned to make a difference—and I’ve been allowed to be different while I’m doing it.” (Scott Snelgrove)

Two Heads are better than one. Michael Ebeling looks on as Head for the DayGarrett B. makes announcements.

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he knew what it felt like to ride the bench. As a result, he was dedicated to making sure that everyone played as much as possible. “My teams focused on developing a chemistry where the boys got along, trusted each other, and were proud of one another’s accomplishments,” he says. “I was a coordinator who managed the strengths and weaknesses of the players in a way that helped them help the team…I loved hearing my players say things like, ‘This is the most fun I have had in my life.’” Patrick Caldwell ’06, who plays basketball at Hampden-Sydney, called Phil the calmest coach he ever had, but one who was always able to get his points across. “It was an enjoyable way to play basketball,” says Patrick. “Coach Wood was someone who wanted the best from his players, but he kept the stress level down.”

“Phil Wood is an individual that you want working with your children, whether it be in the classroom or on the hardwoods,”says Athletic Director Ryan Mihalko. continued on next page

“Coach would never raise his voice, change

To those who know science teacher Phil Wood, he is a man of few words, wry humor, and great substance. Long recognized as a master teacher, this remarkable educator has made a profound difference during the 34 years he shaped, nurtured, and inspired Summit students. Last spring Phil announced his retirement. Although he is sad to leave a School he has so dearly loved, he is excited to spend more time with his family. “When you are my age, you have the chance to help the older generation (your parents) as well as the younger generation (your grown children and grandchildren), he says. “And I plan to have as much fun with my grandkids as with my students!”

Recent graduate Megan Probst ’10 wrote about the impact Phil has had upon his students: “…Though his journey at Summit is ending, his students will remember him forever. It’s not every day that you come across a teacher who can make a class like IPS fun with a little dry humor and awesome experiments that actually make sense. We might be losing him to his grandkids, but we’ll never forget the lessons we learned from Mr. Wood.”

The lessons Phil taught extended outside the classroom setting. For thirteen years he shared his love for the game of basketball in his role as a Summit coach. When asked about his coaching philosophies, Phil says as the sixth man on his high school team

Legendary Science Teacher Phil Wood RetiresLegendary Science Teacher Phil Wood RetiresPhoto: Martin Tucker

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“Phil is sure and steady. He is our anchor. He never seems flustered or frustrated. You know that you can count on him for advice, or help, or anything! I know that I have asked him over and over for forecasts, which I could look up myself, and he always generously tells me what I need to know. No judgments. He has a wonderful sense of humor, which is priceless in the teaching profession. We rely on him for so much more than teaching. He is irreplaceable and will be sorely missed by all.” Martha Albertson, Upper School Math Teacher

“For 21 years I was fortunate to occupy the room across the preparation area from Phil Wood. During those years, plus the many summers that we painted the School together, I probably got to know our ‘resident meteorologist’ as well as anyone did. The first thought that comes to my mind was what a team player Phil was. He was always willing to help a colleague in need. In fact, I never heard him turn anyone away, even when he had other tasks he was trying to finish. Almost every day there seemed to be several folks asking for weather reports, especially when they were planning trips. Without Phil’s expertise in geology, earth science, and the physical sciences, I don’t know where I would have found the answers to biological problems involving these areas of science. I’ll never forget Phil’s dry sense of humor. Oh, how it could brighten a dreary day. One of my happiest moments was when Former Head Sandra Adams allowed us to rename the School science award to honor this most deserving individual. To be able to announce that change during graduation was indeed a highlight of my own tenure at the School.”

Tom Seaverformer Upper School Biologyand History teacher

his emotions, or lose his composure with his players. Every player with whom he worked developed their basketball skills through sound coaching strategies and preparation. They learned the game of basketball from Coach Wood and a lot about life in the process.” Other former players describe Coach Wood as “amazing in getting the most out of each player. You always felt like you were an important part of the team. You knew Mr. Wood respected you. And you respected Mr. Wood.”

The word respect is often used when students, parents, and colleagues speak of Phil. They respect him as an educator, as a mentor to his students, and for the ways in which he demonstrated a wonderful combination of love and respect for his students’ individuality, interests, and intellect.

Always knowledgeable and current on public school system policies, procedures, and academic requirements, Phil approached former Head Sandra Adams in 2001 and suggested adding an online Earth Science course for ninth graders as an innovative response to the state of North Carolina’s decision to require high school graduates to earn three science credits. “By offering our ninth graders this online course, we freed them up to enjoy other science course options in the long term,” says Phil. “But I didn’t want ninth graders to have to give up study hall, so I proposed that this be offered as an independent study course online.” The course covers 54 lessons, which focus on weather, astronomy, geography, and environmental issues. It begins in July and runs through the school year. Phil is excited to continue teaching the course, which started with five students and has grown to an enrollment of 34 for next year.

For most folks the name Phil Wood is synonymous with expert weather forecasting. It is impossible to imagine how many times he

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has heard the question, “Mr. Wood, is it going to snow?” No matter how often he was asked, he patiently answered. His legendary meteorological expertise grew out of a fascination with weather that began with climatology, astronomy, and geophysics classes he took as a geology major at UNC-Chapel Hill. Teaching Earth Science further fueled his interest in learning more about weather patterns and how broadscale events in weather repeat themselves on an 18-year cycle.

In the early 1980s when word of his uncannily accurate weather forecasts began to circulate, WXII-TV and WSJS weatherman Glenn Scott asked Phil to call into his show and give the forecast for the upcoming months. After Phil spoke on the subject to a group at Home Moravian Church, Allen Goslen, a local printer who publishes Blum’s Almanac, approached him. Allen asked him to contribute the long range forecast for the publication. Each year during spring break, Phil writes his forecasts for the Almanac, which is printed in June.

After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill in three-and-a-half years, Phil entered graduate school where he pursued an M.A.T. in Earth Science. His first job was in his native Winston-Salem at Wiley Junior High where he began teaching IPS and coached basketball. In describing his approach to science teaching, Phil takes the role of both coach and mentor. “Teamwork in my classroom and in science is important,” he says. “Students work with partners and are often engaged in contests. This gets across the point that scientists work in teams, where major discoveries, inventions, and innovations come out of both collaboration and competition as teams work together in the face of a challenge.”

In 2008, Phil’s colleague and friend, longtime science teacher Tom Seaver, approached Head Sandra Adams to suggest that the Summit Science Award be renamed after Phil to honor his long history of teaching excellence. Phil counts the surprise announcement made at graduation that year among his most memorable moments.

As for the future, Phil and his wife Ann will be helping out daughter Suzanne Wood Wilkison ’91 and husband Bill, by spending three days each week in Raleigh babysitting for fifteen-month-old granddaughter Charlotte. When he isn’t coaching Charlotte on the finer points of basketball, Phil enjoys spending time back home with daughter Emily Wood Lemons ’88, husband Robert, and boys Bobby 11, and Wesley 9, who live in Clemmons.

When reflecting upon his 34-year tenure, Phil says he is most proud of the accomplishments of his former students and is humbled when he hears that he has made a difference in their lives.

“In celebrating Phil’s 34 years of transforming children’s lives, we are also celebrating the gift that all educators give to children...In researching the history of those characteristics that make teachers memorable, I discovered three common traits – competency, compassion, and character – all of which describe Phil. …I have been humbled and very grateful to be in the presence of someone I could count on every minute of every day and every day of the year.”

Dane Perryformer Associate Head and Sixth Grade teacher (speaking at a reception to honor Phil)

“I have probably known Phil Wood longer than anyone in the Summit community. After all, I taught him when he was in high school. I did my student teaching at North Forsyth and Phil was the star of my fourth year Latin class. His intelligence was immediately obvious as was his wonderful sense of humor. The twinkle in his eye and wonderful shoulder-shaking laugh seen often in Summit classrooms were very much in evidence in his high school years. I am sure neither of us imagined that we would be colleagues for over thirty years in an independent school on Reynolda Road. Phil is the epitome of the consummate professional – vastly skilled in his subject area, innovative, research oriented, loyal to institutional goals, dependable in all. …I could always count on Phil whatever the task. I am forever grateful that I had the privilege of working with this honorable man.” Sandra AdamsFormer Head of School

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three of them headed west for a year in California. An adventurous trip it was, some adventures more scary than others, and when the trio returned, Doug asked Anne to become the sixth grade math teacher. Now, Anne had not majored in math, but that didn’t stop this “smart, smart, smart” teacher from being an excellent sixth grade teacher. Her students remember her as “a cool teacher who made math interesting and fun.” Anne’s joyful spirit permeates all that she is and does, so math became a favorite for many sixth graders during her stint in that position.

The School was growing and Doug realized we needed to add an administrator to the Lower School Division. He asked Anne to become the Head of Lower Primary (JrK through 1st). Doug comments, “Anne always exceeded my hopes and expectations. She solved problems cheerfully and made others feel they deserved the credit. Amazing woman, wonderful teacher, and cherished friend.”In my role as Coordinator of Staff Development and Counseling, I had joined the Administrative Team and now was able to work closely with Anne under Doug’s leadership. Anne’s creative, intelligent contributions to our administrative meeting made me look forward to our weekly sessions in Doug’s office.

As in most independent schools, administrators at Summit have many roles. When I became Head of School, Anne added my duties as Director of Staff Development to her ever-expanding position. She now affected the entire school as she kept us on the cutting edge of educational research. Anne was able to bring in the most powerful educators of the day and the Summit community benefited from what we heard. Anne managed to help us incorporate new ideas without adopting the jargon that often accompanies innovation. She created a new Staff/Mentor program that helped new folks learn “the Summit way” that permeates our culture. She refined our Teacher Evaluation Program and helped teachers set meaningful, professional goals that affected every Summit student. When Head of Upper Primary Beverly Spainhour retired, Anne added grades two and three to her duties. She became an Associate Head, who, along with Associate Head, Dane Perry, were my unbeatable team.

“One of the small, framed photographs on my dresser is a shot of Anne, Sandra and me dressed in our orange Safety First traffic vests, grinning broadly as we greet the children on the first day of a new school year. Our arms are comfortably draped around each other’s shoulders as we start another year with its yet undiscovered joys and struggles,” says Dane. “From time to time I glance at that

Anne Coggan Johnston Leaves Enduring Legacy

by Sandra AdamsHead of School, 1990-2008

When former Headmaster Doug Lewis hired Anne Coggan Johnston as a junior kindergarten teacher in 1975, he could not have imagined the profound effect she would have on Summit. Anne began her career under the watchful eye of Rachel Malcolm who was then Head of the Lower School. I was a junior high teacher at that time and knew Anne primarily through Rachel’s comments.

“Smart, smart, smart,” she would say about Anne, and because I knew Rachel so well, I knew Anne had to be really smart to earn that accolade. Rachel had high expectations for her teachers and Anne exhibited the professional qualities that Rachel valued highly. “Anne Johnston, what a creative mind! Her ability to think outside the box makes her a success professionally, and a delight socially. Anne meets life head-on, with courage, integrity, a sense of humor, and unfailing dedication to her goals. She has lived a life beloved by her family and hosts of friends. She is a role model for us all,” says Rachel.

Like many Summit teachers, past and present, Anne chose Summit for her career in part so her children Kathleen‘84 and Devin’85, could be in the best educational environment possible. After several years in the classroom, Anne decided that her children needed a travel adventure, and the

A student shares a secret with Anne in the classroom.

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Once in a while, a great while, an educator of Anne’s caliber comes along. Lucky is the school that attracts such an educator, and Summit is lucky that Anne chose to spend most of her outstanding career here. Her mark is felt throughout our learning community—in the classrooms, in the Anne Johnston Dining Room for Young Children, on the playground, in staff development, in our focus on diversity and gender equity, in community building events, in sustainability, and in most every program that distinguishes Summit from other schools. Anne’s obvious intellect, vast experience, willingness to do what is right even when it is not comfortable, unfailing desire to make decisions that are in the best interest of children, passion for justice, and her wonderful sense of joy made being her colleague a highlight of my career. She has left her mark on Summit and on me, a mark that will be with us forever.

photograph and wonder how is it that these three people with such very different personalities and perspectives worked so closely together? The answer, I believe, is found in Anne’s recent musings about her roles at Summit. She was convinced that a good administrator hires the very best teachers she can find and then gives them room to grow and improve through professional development, mentoring experiences, collegial planning, and curriculum enhancements. She stressed the importance of respect among all members of the school community, even in the midst of heated arguments. Anne lived every one of these convictions daily at Summit.”

Anne has created programs for Summit that have lasting power. She expanded the Afterschool Program, started the Chess Club, started Summit Summer and Summit at Night, and headed the Dare to Dream community playground build. The Anne Coggan Johnston Dining Room for Young Children is a model in our area. When Anne planned a staff party, we knew the food would be delicious and the environment perfect. She is gracious in every way and willing to go the extra mile to help others feel special. Anne’s delicious coffee in the Main Lounge started the day for many of us.

Anne with the plaque naming the Anne Coggan Johnston Dining Room for Young Children in her honor.

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Frolics and the School Auction. Over the years, groups of students, under the guidance of the art teachers, have selected a piece to add to the collection.

Alumnus Bob Myers ’41, a classmate of Sue Moore, has been an avid art collector for most of his life. An architect by profession, he worked primarily in New York. On one of his visits home to see his family, Camille Townsend, Director of Development and curator of the School’s art collection, gave Bob a tour of the School. Impressed by the quality and diversity of the artwork on display, Bob decided to donate a number of pieces from his personal collection. He found it appealing that the work would be used as part of the educational process. His gift included oils by Nellie Dodson Boyd, under whom he studied as a child, and prints by a group of local women artists referred to as Winston-Salem’s first five printmakers: Virginia Ingram, Anne Carter Pollard, Anne Kesler Shields ’47, Martha Dunnigan, and Sue Moore ‘41.

Print Added to Collection Honors Artistic Vision of Former Art Teacher

Years ago when former art teacher and well known artist Sue Moore ’41 was asked to purchase reproductions of famous artwork to use at the School she flatly refused. She believed students should be surrounded by original artwork that would instruct and inspire. Thus was the beginning of Summit’s art collection which reflects a rich legacy of some of the influential and respected artists in the region.

A fund which provides money to purchase art was established several years ago when former Summit grandparent and noted North Carolina artist Bob Timberlake, regularly donated his work for sale at May

Art teacher Lisa Tudor ‘84 (left) and Bob Myers ‘41 (right) with the group of students who chose the Sue Moore artwork to add to the School’s collection.

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This year Bob donated three more pieces from his collection and spoke with a group of eighth grade students encouraging them to find ways to turn their passions into viable careers. He accompanied a group of eighth grade art students to the Salem Academy and College Fine Arts Center to view a retrospective exhibit and sale of Sue’s work entitled “The Purist: Celebrating the Art of Susan Moore.” The more than 60 works in the show honored Sue for helping “to bring the modern art movement to the area.” The collection reflected her development from an art student at Salem first experimenting with abstraction, to her study at Black Mountain College under Josef Albers, a German-born American artist who had studied at the Bauhaus. Sue had her first solo shows in New York City in the early 1950s and continued as a working artist for the next 50 years.

In Summit’s archives is a letter from sculptor Mitzi Shewmake discussing Sue’s artistic vision: “Art is a kind of language. It is a way to tell people things. [Sue] is using combinations of color, line, etc. to produce particular emotions. Imagine any of her works in a different color. If you see how such a change would completely ruin, or at least completely change her painting, you have come a long way toward understanding and appreciation.”

Bob perused the show with the students, explaining the artistic process and sharing his memories of conversations with the artist.

“Sue was fascinated by the color of the Yadkin River and the muddy tones appear in a series of her work,” he says. “She was very much her own person and her work always came out of her personal experience.” He referenced seminal moments in her life which informed her work such as a barn door she happened across on a trip to the British Isles. He remembered Sue once commenting that “I cannot speak for my art, my art speaks for itself.”

After much deliberation, the students agreed upon a small encaustic painting entitled “Composition.” Student Ross Osborn said it reminded him of a bird’s eye view of a city block.

Bob encouraged the students to become art collectors. “You don’t have to be a Rockefeller,” he told them. “You can start small. He referred to his passion for acquiring art as a rewarding hobby that can get one’s mind off the daily grind and the frustrations of life.” After the show closed, Sue Carson, a longtime friend of Sue Moore’s, donated to Summit one of Sue’s prints entitled “Dove in the Rain” and Elizabeth Messick, a co-curator of the Sue Moore retrospective show, donated the accompanying woodblock. The two were framed together with a clear panel on the back so students can see both sides of the woodblock carving. It is a fitting way to honor Sue who wanted to ensure that all the art in the School’s collection serve as an inspiration for the artistic process.

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“Port of Call” - 1976, Mixed media on paper. Gift of Philip Hanes ‘41.

“Composition - Brick Splash” - 1998,Encaustic on handmade paper.Recent purchase through Timberlake Art in Education Program.

“Dove in Rain” - Date unknown,Woodblock Print on handmade paper.Gift of Sue Carson.

“Dove in Rain” - Date unknown,Woodblock.Gift of Elizabeth Messick.

All works by Sue Moore

Thank you Martin [Tucker, photography teacher] and Camille [Townsend, Director of School Support] for being such a great support and for making this happen! The new Arts and Technology Building has a fabulous gallery space that will be appreciated for years to come.

“I graduated from Summit School in 1986. Almost twenty-five years later I’m finding myself hanging-out in the halls and against the walls again. Setting up for this exhibit has been a wonderful experience that I’ll admit at moments has brought a little mist to my eyes. Summit has remarkably blossomed. The facilities are incredible, the education is rich. While visiting the new and old halls of Summit, I was deluged by memories. These are only a few:

“I walked into the (now named) Loma Hopkins Theatre in which I played Georgiana in ‘Jabberwock.’ Not only did I have to kiss a boy for the first time in my life, but I had to do it ON STAGE.

“The most daunting thing I ever did at Summit was in that same theatre. I delivered my ninth grade speech to the entire upper school.

“I saw the courtyard into which we fifth graders stepped adorned in brown robes after having taken vows of silence for Monk Day. (I suspect that whoever came up with how to keep fifth graders silent for an entire day became teacher of the year.)

“I remembered finally mastering my kip and winning eighth in the state on bars, thanks to the best gymnastics coach in the world, Mr. Capers Carlton.

“I saw the wall I sometimes sat against as a child, slumped to the floor, where my beloved French teacher, Madame Miranda sent me ‘Out!’ to think about my behavior. You might say some of these things took courage to pull off (or perhaps Madame might have said ‘not a wise choice’). Regardless, while hanging the show I noticed small posters gracing many of the walls on which the word ‘courage’ was boldly written. Ironically, ‘courage’ happens to be the Character Trait of the Month at Summit, or at least it was that evening. I love that Summit has such focus and that as the evening got late and Martin and I grew tired that I didn’t have to process too many inspirational themes at once!

Faces: Photographic Portraits by Summit students and alumna Angela Stott ’86 opened in January in the Arts and Technology Building gallery. Angela, an award-winning portrait photographer, lives in Asheville, NC, but spends extended periods working in Bangkok, Thailand. The show featured black and white images of children and families she photographed there between 2003 and 2006. They were shot on film and most were taken in the working areas of the Wat Suan Plu Buddhist temple.

Angela’s photography is published regularly, and has appeared on several magazine covers each year. In 2008, Angela won the Silver Award in the Portraiture/Children category and a Merit Award in the Travel/People category in the prestigious Black and White Magazine’s Single Image Contest. Black and White Magazine is the definitive guide for serious collectors of fine art black and white photography. In February, 2010, a chapter was dedicated to her in the book The Art of Posing: Techniques for digital Portrait Photographers.

The following blog reflecting memories of her years at Summit was posted on Angela’s website soon after she installed her photography exhibit at the School.

“Summit School in Winston-Salem, NC, is hosting a student/alumna photography exhibit in which the seventh graders will feature their portraiture along with portrait work I created between the years of 2003 - 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Portrait Show FeaturedWork of Photographer

Angela Stott ’86and

Summit Seventh GradersMartin Tucker and Angela Stott

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“But these little signs nicely offered me something through which I could filter my memories. I reflected on the fact that because of the challenges I faced while I was a student at Summit, I learned to flex my courage and to take perceived risks. In this way I’ve created a path for myself so that now as an adult I have a body of work to show for it. Many of the images presented in this exhibit were created by taking risks, sometimes with baby steps and sometimes with larger leaps.

“Stepping out to genuinely offer yourself to the world takes courage, and that is exactly what the students at Summit are en-‘couraged’ to practice on a regular basis. Another opportunity for Summit’s students to practice courage has come in the form of monthly art shows which will take place in their new and impressive Arts and Technology building.

“…It was at Summit that I decided one of the most important things I need to do is be myself, says Angela. “My first attempts to do this were made at the School where I found those around me celebrated my creativity. …I am thrilled and honored to be featured as Summit’s first ‘outside’ community artist for this new gallery space and to present my work across the walls from so many talented young photographers.”

The seventh grade student photographs were created in Martin Tucker’s photography class, Portraits and Photographing People. Students learn about composition, uses of light, incorporating reflections, shadows, silhouettes, and applying the ‘decisive moment’. “The class encourages students to interact and look at the world around them,” says Martin. “This project has given us the opportunity to showcase Angela’s work as well as the work of our very talented students.”

See more of Angela’s remarkable work on her website angelastott.com

Editor’s Note: Martin Tucker, Summit School photography teacher, has been a professional photojournalist for 20 years. His photographs have been published in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, People Magazine, and Southern California Sports Magazine.

Faces: Photographic Portraits

by Martin Tucker, Photography Teacher

This exhibit grew out of numerous conversations between Camille Townsend and myself. We knew we wanted to do an exhibit of artwork with an alumnus. Camille had been in contact with Angela Stott ‘86 for sometime and Angela had donated portrait sittings for some of our fundraisers. I contacted Angela last year and proposed the idea and she was excited from the start. Angela is a professional portrait and wedding photographer based in Asheville. I had seen her work on her website and I really like her combination of art, documentary, and environmental portraits. She seems to capture people’s personalities in her portraits and that’s what I work on with my students.

My seventh grade studio block is Portraits and Photographing People. It builds on the sixth grade Digital Photography/Photoshop studio block and positions my students for the ninth grade Documentary studio block where they select a person or event that they feel strongly about and tell that story visually. In the seventh grade block students learn composition, use of various types of light from natural to flash, incorporating reflections, shadows and silhouettes and applying the decisive moment. For 10 days students are told, “Don’t put the subject in the middle of your photo,” “Pay attention to your background” and “If you get stuck, take them to a window.” They’re encouraged to take fundamental techniques and use them as a springboard to discover their own personal photographic voice. The studio block culminates with a real world fashion shoot where I photograph the students individually and their classmates act as assistants.

The Portraits and Photographing People studio block accomplishes several things. It fits perfectly in the middle of the 6-9 photography curriculum. It helps to reinforce and sharpen students’ photographic techniques. And it encourages them to interact and look beyond the surface of each other and the world around them. This joint project has given us the opportunity to bring a successful alumna back to Summit and showcase her work and also showcase the work of our very talented students.

Photo: Angela StottPhoto: seventh grader Jana Klages-MillerPhoto: Angela Stott

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When Charlie Lovett ’77 offered to help his wife Janice write a play for Summit’s third graders in 2001, he had no idea he was embarking on a career that would enrich the lives of students in thousands of schools around the world. Janice had recently been hired as Summit’s third-grade drama specialist and was troubled by the dearth of good plays for elementary school actors.

“So much of what was on the market talked down to children or assumed limitations that I didn’t believe were there,” says Janice. So Charlie, then a free-lance writer and author of several books of non-fiction, offered to fill the gap with a new play, written especially for Summit third graders. The result was Twinderella, produced for the first time at Summit in 2002.

The success of Twinderella led to a job offer—if Charlie would write plays for the third graders and write an Upper School comedy each year, Sandra Adams would take him on as the School’s first Writer-in-Residence. Though, in the years since, Charlie’s job has covered a wide variety of duties, from writing the history of the School (Onward and Upward, published in 2007) to working on the new website, playwriting has remained a central part of his contributions to Summit. Since 2001, he has written fifteen plays for Summit students, most directed by his wife, Janice.

But what of Twinderella, the play that related the story of Cinderella and her long lost twin brother, Bob? Encouraged by the response of Summit audiences, Charlie submitted the play for publication and Pioneer Drama, a company specializing in plays for school and amateur production, accepted it. Not only was the play published in 2004, but Twinderella also received Pioneer’s Shubert Fendrich award

for playwriting, beating out over 750 entries. The popularity of Twinderella on school stages led to its adaptation as a musical in 2005.

Twinderella was the beginning of a strong relationship not just between Charlie and Summit students, but also between Charlie and Pioneer Drama. The company has published twelve plays by Charlie, three of which have also been adapted as musicals. Two of his plays have even been translated into Dutch.

Summit has often taken a leadership role in education, from the architecture of its original 1946 building, which drew visiting educators from across the state, to its pioneering Math Lab in the 1970s and 80s where teachers from other schools learned innovative techniques. With Charlie’s plays, Summit is again able to educate beyond its own borders. To date, Charlie’s plays have been seen in over 2000 productions in all fifty states and fifteen foreign countries. Roles originated by Summit students have been performed by children from Australia to Alaska, from Shanghai to Seattle, from Brazil to South Africa, and even at other schools right here in Winston-Salem.

Charlie stays connected to the wider world of school theatre not only through his publisher, but also through his website (www.charlielovett.com) where teachers and students can find study guides to all of his plays and even a tutorial on how to write a children’s play.

Charlie frequently receives e-mails from drama teachers who have enjoyed working with his material. One teacher wrote, “Our show

Original Plays by Charlie Lovett ’77are Performed Worldwide

Photo: Charlie Lovett

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Third grade play “The Shoe Fits”

“My school drama club is doing the musical Twinderella, and I wanted to say how fun it is! Everyone is having a great time doing it. I like how you made it funny but not offensive. And everyone likes how you took the story of Cinderella, and twisted it. But my favorite thing about it is that the king is kind of dumb, and dorky, but in a good way.”

And what does the future hold for Charlie Lovett? This past fall Janice directed a group of Summit eighth and ninth graders in the premiere of his new comedy, Rude Mechanicals, an updating of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which has recently been accepted for publication. His latest effort is the third-grade play, The Shoe Fits, which premiered in April. If you didn’t get a chance to see it, who knows, in a year or two you might be able to catch a performance in Dubuque or Boise or wherever creative children are being inspired by their drama teacher and Summit’s Writer-in-Residence.

will open in November and we are really excited about how it is progressing. This is the third show of yours that we have done. Thanks and keep up the good writing. We really appreciate it!” Another commented, “We produced Romeo and Harriet this summer, and Twinderella last summer. Both shows were a hit, and the kids and audiences both adored them. I agree with your philosophy on children’s theatre, that their performances will rise to the level of the material.” A teacher in Beaumont, Texas, wrote simply, “In my short directing career, you seem to be the one playwright that I trust to write something that is absolutely impossible to ruin. Your stuff just performs itself.”

But Charlie’s favorite e-mails come from children, across the country and around the world, whose lives have been touched by words he wrote here at Summit. “Their grammar may not be perfect,” says Charlie, “but their emotions are unmistakably genuine.” A few excerpts prove his point:

“We did our play last week and it went really well. We did a great job but had a hard time saying goodbye to everyone. We became like a second family and that was all thanks to your amazing play that brought us all together so thanks sooooooooooo much.”

“OMG I thought Romeo and Winifred was phoneanamal (or how ever you spell that word, let’s just go with awesome times infinity)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This year my school is performing Omelet the Chef of Denmark. After reading Romeo and Winifred I know this one is going to be hilarious.”

Upper School play “The Rude Mechanicals”

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Last year was a memorable one for Katherine Hollis ’94. While working on her masters in Sustainable International Development through the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, she spent eight months in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, working with the international development organization Mercy Corps. While there, Katherine connected via Skype with Summit staff during a technology workshop held last winter.

“My years of work with Outward Bound reflect my passion for mountains, and I knew I wanted to spend the second year of my graduate program incorporating community development, natural resource management, and/or sustainable livelihoods in a mountainous area. With strong Spanish and lots of experience in South America, I started to look for work there, but when I found this position in Kyrgyzstan I couldn’t turn down the opportunity. Mercy Corps programming here invests in the country’s development by improving education and vocational opportunities for youth, establishing a framework for improved natural resource management and providing financial services and business advice. My time in Kyrgyzstan has included working with communities on Lake Issak-Kul to improve their home garden practices in order to produce and sell higher quality and quantity fruit. I’ve also worked with Mercy Corps’ Food for Education program, a school feeding and infrastructure repair program that couples all aid with community capacity building. It has been an adventure getting to know this unique

place of stunning mountains, real winters, substantial poverty, and some truly open-hearted people: a young country working to define itself within its nomadic traditions of the Kyrgyz people and the undeniable imprint of over half a decade of Soviet rule. I’ve managed to squeeze in a few days of climbing, mountaineering and skiing, too.”

Below is an entry from one of the Mercy Corps, blogs Katherine posted during her stay.

Getting Creative with Nutrition for Kyrgyz Kindergarteners

“The small kitchen bustles with activity as cooks crowd around the counter dicing and slicing meats and vegetables for soups and salads. The air is thick with the aroma from baking pastries and frying patties. On the counter, people are rolling dough and flour for hand-prepared laghman noodles. However, there is not the usual kitchen banter among these cooks as they make their delicious creations. Heard above the sound of ingredients sizzling as they hit the pan is a loud and in-depth discussion about the nutritional value of the ingredients.

Katherine Hollis ’94Works to

Improve Global Sustainability

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show was felt by all at the cook-off: cooks had limited time and specific ingredients with which to prepare their meals, all-the-while being watched and photographed by many eager on-lookers. While there could be only one ‘top chef,’ the kindergarteners are the real winners here.”

Editor’s Note: In early April, 2010, as Katherine was nearing the end of her time in Kyrgzstan, thousands of armed, opposition protestors attacked the President of Kyrgyzstan’s office. Hospitals filled quickly with the dead and wounded. Tensions had been mounting in the country over what opposition supporters felt was increasingly repressive government policies. Katherine and other Mercy Corp staff were sequestered for several days in a guest house outside Bishkek where they could hear the sounds of gunfire. She was able to safely return to the U.S. a week later and soon after received her M.A. in Sustainable International Development.

“These cooks are from local kindergartens throughout Kyrgyzstan, and they have the important job of helping students reach their optimal growth and development by making satisfying, nourishing meals.

“Currently 36 percent of households in Kyrgyzstan are considered to be food-insecure, and almost 30 percent of Kyrgyz children under the age of 5 suffer from stunted growth due to malnutrition. Unfortunately, kindergarten cooks are faced with the challenge of preparing nutritious food on a limited budget of only $0.70 per child, and this past year food prices in Kyrgyzstan increased by 32 percent — the highest rate among all former Soviet States.

“Mercy Corps Kyrgyzstan’s Food for Education (FFE) project, funded by the United States Department of Agriculture, recently held our first master-class training seminar on childhood nutrition for cooks and school directors of local kindergartens. These ‘training-of-trainers’ workshops are conducted so that upon completion, the participants return and hold similar workshops for all those involved in kindergarten nutrition in their respective districts.

“The goal for this day-long training was to provide participants with information on how to serve children healthier menu options from dishes made with inexpensive, easy-to-find local ingredients that are rich with vitamins and minerals. Participants were shown how to prepare dishes from carbohydrate and protein-rich foods like beans, peas, oats, rice, flour, and nuts. Some of the cooks said that they had never before cooked with beans, an ingredient that is packed with fiber and protein.

“Two kindergarten cooks square off in a ‘best chef’ competition, using a limited array of fresh ingredients to create a school meal that’s nutritious — and delicious — for young children.

“Creativity with food preparation was also introduced, as aesthetic appeal is an important element to consider when preparing food for young children. By the end of the training session, the dining table was covered with tasty dishes including stuffed peppers with grated vegetables, meatball soup, pastries, and tartlets bursting with fruit and jam.

“A result of these trainings were new approaches to how to meet nutritional needs at their schools, and innovative ideas for recipes and food preparation were introduced to school kitchen employees. This exchange of ideas and techniques culminated in a regional ‘cook-off,’ where these kindergarten cooks competed to produce the best tasting and most nutritional meal. The energy and intensity expected on a TV

A woman prepares her apples for display and sale at the 4th Annual Apple Festival, Southern Shores of

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by Stephanie Lovett, Former Summit Parent

Summit School sent Abigail Browning ’99 out into the world with many strong passions to pursue. One was a love of writing that she credits to her third grade teacher Edna Green. Abigail took that interest with her to Vanderbilt University, where she majored in English and Creative Writing.

Summit also gave her a love of the arts from early childhood. As a faculty child—her mother Lyn taught social studies and math in the Junior High— she always found herself in spare moments in one or another of the arts facilities at School. She fondly remembers hours in the pottery studio, the auditorium, and especially the photography studio. Even though her high school didn’t have many arts facilities, she was prepared to step right into photography and other arts at Vanderbilt thanks to Roberta Tefft and other Summit arts teachers. Abigail was even able to teach community classes in photography while she was still a student at Vandy.

Another of her arts interests has been dance, and after her graduation in 2006, Abigail opened a dance studio in Nashville. She had gotten involved with the dance community while a student and wanting to continue with this, became a resident artist in the Nashville public schools.

Teaching dance to small children as part of this program was a catalyst for Abigail to decide to pursue the other great passion Summit had instilled: education itself. She chose to move to Washington, DC to do this, as she liked the city and its dance community. Fortunately, Sidwell Friends School was interviewing at the time for a coaching position but soon also found itself in need of an assistant to the Head of School.

Founded in 1883 by the Religious Society of Friends, Sidwell enjoys a sterling reputation in Washington and beyond. Its Quaker values have attracted families who want not only the best education but also deep character development as well. Children of diplomats, writers, and presidents have been among Sidwell’s diverse student body, and currently the presence of Sasha and Malia Obama has added to the excitement at Sidwell Friends.

Working so closely with Head of School Bruce Stewart (who attended Guilford College, was involved with the founding of UNC-School of the Arts, and worked at Page High School) has given Abigail a crash course in school administration. She is involved in countless aspects of the day-to-day running of a K-12 school, as well as special events like a capital campaign and a school auction. Sidwell has recently finished a Middle School building with a LEED Platinum certification that includes a wetlands water treatment area, and they are currently at work on an underground athletic facility, so there have been many exciting things to learn about environmental stewardship.

Abigail intends to go back to school in Fall 2010 and earn an M.F.A. in writing or an M.Ed. in teaching. She is looking forward to teaching undergraduates while working on her degree, as she has already enjoyed being a teaching assistant at High Point University. It’s easy to predict that Abigail will have an enormously satisfying career that will be touch many lives, and that will combine teaching and school administration, not only because of her experiences so far, but because of her philosophy: “I love the sound of learning!”

Abigail Browning ’99Pursues Her Passion for Learning

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Facilities Director duWayne Amen Innovator, Collaborator, and Educator

duWayne Amen

five days to complete the project. “It was my first challenge of that magnitude,” says duWayne. “Even after four months of intensive preparation, I wondered if we would be able to pull it off.” duWayne, Billy Stoltz, and other maintenance crew members were responsible for borrowing tools, setting work schedules, training volunteers, and supervising the entire process. “It was like a recipe for a huge cake that we had to pull together,” he says. “I can’t describe the way I felt that Sunday when the project was finished and the ribbon was cut.”

In 2007, the Board of Trustees approved the $13.5 million Learning that Lasts Forever Capital Campaign. The centerpiece was the construction of four major buildings: a 36,347 sq. ft. Athletic Center, a second and third grade classroom building, a state-of-the-art Arts and Technology Building, and a new Dining Hall. The last of these wascontinued on page 23

In an era of specialists, Director of Facilities duWayne Amen is a Renaissance man. Unassuming and humble, duWayne has never met a challenge he didn’t fully embrace— accepting each task with unflappable enthusiasm. The king of innovation and creative problem-solving, he has long been the go-to man for an astonishing variety of projects.

When asked which of his roles is closest to his heart, duWayne is emphatic. From the day he arrived at Summit in 1976, he has approached each task with the mindset of an educator. Before tackling each project, he considers how it will impact the students and how he can turn it into a learning experience for them. “Doug Lewis wanted all the staff to interact with the children,” says duWayne. “From the beginning I felt I was invited and expected to be part of the children’s lives.”

While a student at Wake Forest, duWayne began driving buses as a way of earning some extra money. He realized that a daily schedule combining work and college classes suited him well, so he began scheduling his classes around his Summit work schedule. Under the tutelage of legendary maintenance head Jack Tally, duWayne’s duties were soon expanded beyond driving. Jack was a mechanic by trade and duWayne was a quick study. “I was always fascinated with machines as a child,” he says. “My mother and grandfather were role models for anything hands-on and homemade.” After finishing a B.A. in Philosophy at Wake Forest, he joined the maintenance staff full time. “The School always looked to our department as a problem-solving area,” he says.

Calling the maintenance staff resourceful is a gross understatement. If there is a problem, they find a solution. “You can always hire an expert to solve a specific problem like repairing a roof or fixing a sewer line,” says duWayne, who truly flourishes when faced with unique challenges that need to be solved. “Summit has all these people with creative ideas for projects, like the Auction committee,” he says. “We help bring those ideas to life.”

When Jack Tally retired in 2000, duWayne was named as his successor. Of all the projects he has worked on, his most satisfying experience was the Lower School community-build playground. Fort Tally no longer met safety guidelines, and former Associate Head Anne Johnston envisioned a project in which parents, staff, and students would join together to build a new playground. After months of planning by Anne and her Dare to Dream committee members, hundreds of volunteers worked in three shifts a day for P

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Elizabeth Cobb Greer ’39, known as Libbie, passed away on December 16, 2009. She was one of the School’s original eighteen students, and one of four students in the fourth grade when the School opened in 1933. She left Summit after the sixth grade and went on to Wiley School and Reynolds High School. After graduation from Women’s College, now UNC-G, she worked as map editor for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga where she met Earl Hinkle Greer. The two married in 1947, honeymooned in California, and decided to make their home in El Cerrito until moving to Ashland, OR, in 1994. Libbie was the busy mother to three children, Sylvia, Hunter, and Allen, and active in the PTA and Tutor Guild. She volunteered as a classroom aide and was on the Civic Music Board. In addition to her volunteer work, she also enjoyed gardening, knitting, and reading.

Anne Mercer Kesler Shields ’47 knew Libbie through her parents, who were friends with the Cobbs. When Libbie passed away Anne shared some of her memories with the Greer children:

“…Your grandfather must have died when Libbie was an infant. My Dad liked to tell about how he tried to teach Libbie to walk. He held a string and Libbie held the other end and walked. When he let go of the string, she would immediately fall down. Annie and Jack [Anne’s parents] were always very fond of Libbie. Since I wasn’t born until 1932, I suspect they considered her like a niece…

When Libbie became a teenager she often baby sat me. She remembered sometimes going to sleep, so that

Jack just picked her up, put her in the car and took her home. That didn’t seem to keep them from having her baby sit. …Annie, Jack and I always enjoyed visits from the five of you when you came to Winston-Salem. In later years, I loved hearing Libbie tell stories about my parents. I certainly miss her cheerfulness and her fantastic memory.”

Julia Stokes Elsee ’39 met Libbie as a Summit fourth grader when they were the only two girls in the class. Libbie lived in Ardmore and walked to Summit each day, stopping by Glade St. where Julia lived so they could finish walking to school together. “Libbie was so smart but she never lorded it over you,” says Julia. Early newspaper clippings show that both Libbie and Julia received “the highest A average” as students. “I remember how proud I was and how much my mother praised me,” says Julia. Their friendship continued long distance throughout their lives, mostly via phone conversations, after Libbie married and moved to the west coast. “She was so much fun and so creative,” says Julia. “Once when I was visiting she had a bridge party for me and served ice cream in these little cups with a jonquil sticking out of each one. She was always so clever.”

Julia also reminisced about her early years at Summit. “I had gone to Mrs. Lillian Dalton’s school [the Twin City Private Primary School] and then to Wiley. I had trouble with arithmetic in public school so my parents sent me to Summit,” she says. Although Julia found Head Louise Futrell intimidating, she has positive memories of sitting on the front porch of the Summit house while Mrs. Futrell patiently brought to light the mysteries of long division. Her innovative approach to learning resonated with Julia.

“I developed a love for math for the rest of my years in school,” she says. It is a wonderful example of the educational philosophy that Miss Futrell regularly shared with her teachers: “Until a child has learned you have not taught.”

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Libbie and her husband Earl

An early photo of Libbie

In Memoriam

Elizabeth Cobb GreerJanuary 16, 1924–December 16, 2009

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Eagle Scout Garden Project Fulfills Lifelong Dream

David (center) and volunteers construct the garden fence

For years kindergarten teacher Deanna Moss had planned and dreamed about creating a Frontier Garden at the School. She envisioned a teaching garden that would bring to life the Summit third grade studies of life on the frontiers of America.

Last fall when Class of 2010 graduate David Moore was planning his Eagle Scout project, he decided he wanted to do something for Summit. David and his father Rob ’76 met with incoming Board of Trustees Chair Mark Conger to discuss the possibilities. Later reviewing options on campus with Scout advisor Lee Schwall, David and Rob ran into Deanna. It was a match made in horticultural heaven.

They identified a space outside the downstairs first grade classroom, facing the circle in front of the Athletic Center, as being an ideal location for the garden. “The hardest part was planning and organizing how to go about it, and then figuring out what was needed and how much it would cost,” says David, who had to prepare a bill of materials before he knew how much money needed to be raised. He began by consulting with Deanna and Craig Mauney, horticulturalist with the Forsyth County Cooperative Extension Service and Head of the Master Gardener program, who agreed to serve as David’s sponsor for the project. The plan turned into a nine-page proposal, which David submitted to his troop Eagle advisor for approval.

David researched frontier gardens and the kinds of hardy vegetable, herb, and medicinal plants that would be authentic to the time period and not require a lot of water or maintenance. It was also decided to add a small Native American section. “David did all the legwork and measurements, created a design on graph paper, and set the dimensions for the beds,” says Craig. “The garden is modeled after those found along America’s Southeastern frontier in the 18th century,” says Deanna. “It is typical of the community gardens and individual dooryard gardens in the ‘back country’ of that period.”

Most of the money required to prepare the garden space was raised through donations made by more than 150 supporters who attended a hotdog cookout held by the Moore family. David estimates he cooked more than 200 hotdogs during the event, raising more than $3,100, enough to pay for materials with funds left over to buy plants for the garden, which will be planted in the fall.

In preparation for creating the garden, Director of Facilities duWayne Amen and his crew removed and relocated a sidewalk and gate and coordinated the delivery of materials. As a lifelong Scout, experienced Scout leader, and volunteer, duWayne was eager to help support the project.

On several Saturdays in late spring, David organized workdays and secured the needed volunteers. His family, fellow members of Scout Troop 920, and Summit staff including duWayne and Deanna, joined Craig and other Master Gardeners to prepare the garden space. Due to the poor quality of the soil, much of the time was spent bringing in new dirt and digging the plant beds. Rock dust was spread to create the base for pathways directing students around the beds, and giving them close access to the plants. Other major installations include a cedar pergola with a garden seat, which will be planted with rose vines, and a wooden stake fence, which gives the space an authentic feel.

“Of all of the projects I have worked with, and I have worked with a lot, this is the most organized and professional project I have ever worked on,” says Craig. “David is an incredible young man and Deanna has been so great to work with. She really had a wonderful vision. It is so unusual to see a school where there is so much support and so many staff involved.”

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Garden Project - continued“Eleven years ago, David headed off for his first day of school with his red hair, dimple, light-up tennis shoes, and Summit book bag to meet his JrK teacher, Ms. Moss. And look at them now. The two, along with many others at Summit have been working for the past nine months to provide a garden where children can learn, grow and have fun. This is what makes Summit special–relationships built with teachers who mentor their students long past the last day of school for that grade.”

In turn, Deanna expressed her gratitude to David for helping the vision come to fruition: “I am so appreciative that you thought this particular project, so long hoped for by many of us on staff, a worthy one for your Eagle Scout project. I think it is quite remarkable that you’ve been able to keep tabs on so many details, to do so much research in all sorts of unfamiliar domains, to harness the resources of your troop members, friends, and family, to get your driver’s permit, to study for confirmation, and still keep up with all that must be involved in finishing your last year at Summit. Incredible!”

As for David, he graciously thanks everyone who helped make this project a reality. He thanks his parents for their support and for

“giving me a kick in the pants if I needed it to stay organized.” He also expressed his gratitude to all of those people at Summit who have helped him become the young man he is today. “Summit taught me how to learn, to ask questions, and the importance of creating something that will help others,” he says. “It was the least I could do to share the things they have taught me with other students.”

Thanks to the Following Volunteers who Helped Make this Project a RealitySummit Students & Members of Troop 920William BodenhamerAllen CorpeningPierce CorpeningJack ElsterArthur KimbroDavid MooreSam OgburnJack OgburnClark OsbornRoss OsbornPatrick SchwallGeorge Whitaker Other Summit StudentsMatthew ArcuriBenjamin CarsonJohn GorelickNoah GrangerElizabeth MooreWalter Simpson

Summit Alums & Members of Troop 920Matt BreeseBlake BozymskiCole FullerRyan FullerTyrone Rice Other Summit AlumsSam HausDaniel HerzbergGeorge MooreTom Moore

Summit Administration/StaffduWayne AmenChris Culp Doug Johnson Deanna Moss Roanne Ornelles Luanne RejeskiBilly StoltzCamille Townsend Summit ParentsGuy ArcuriCharles CorpeningDiann KimbroRuss KimbroAngel MooreRob MooreDru SimpsonRick SimpsonGeorge Whitaker

Troop 920 ScoutsNicholas DishnerCooper EricksonCharlie LawsonJoseph MahoneyCollin Requarth (& brother Alex) Troop 920 ParentsTom LawsonJay Requarth Forsyth County Cooperative Extension ServiceCraig Mauney, Horticulturalist Bill Crowley, Master GardenerWalt Hall, Master Gardener

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Cabell Philpott ’90 Public Address Announcer

Winston-Salem Dash Baseball Team

By Michael Breedlove, writer Winston-Salem Monthly Magazine

JOB DUTIES: As the voice of the Dash, Cabell’s main duties are to announce the team’s lineup, introduce batters, and note any in-game changes that occur. He also introduces special groups at the ballpark over the stadium’s state-of-the-art sound system. “The team really wanted someone who could interact with the crowd from the booth,” he says. “I’m not going to be that cookie-cutter announcer that just tells you who’s up to bat. It’s really more of an active role.”

EXPERIENCE: Cabell was hired to be the P.A. announcer for the Dash last season and spent about a month calling games. “It’s really exciting to know you’re going to be the first guy to do P.A. in the new stadium,” he says. “I grew up [in Winston-Salem], so it’s something that really means a lot to me personally.”

DID YOU KNOW: While this is Cabell’s first P.A. job, he has plenty of radio broadcasting experience. Listeners of 790 The Ball — an AM station in High Point — might recognize his name, as he used to have a sports-talk program on the station. He also works as a producer and studio host for ISP Sports.

This article first appeared in the April 2010 issue of Winston-Salem Monthly magazine. It appears with their permission.

Editor’s Note: Cabell, a member of the Class of 1990, played football, lacrosse, and basketball at Summit and played lacrosse at Lynchburg College. An avid sports fan, he dreamed of pursuing a career in sports broadcasting. After working for several years as an early childhood computer integration consultant in schools offering Head Start programs, his wife Maile encouraged him to enroll in the Connecticut School of Broadcasting near Washington, DC. Since then Cabell has worked for ISP Sports as a studio host and producer and has continued on page 23

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As the recipient of the 2009 Marian Millaway Douglas Award for Faculty Excellence, Upper School math teacher Martha Albertson represents the best of what makes the Summit faculty so extraordinary.

Martha, who has taught at Summit for 20 years, is recognized as an innovative master teacher known for her understanding of students’ unique learning styles. She is also a community volunteer who has been a long-time supporter of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization.

Friends and family of Summit alumna Marian Millaway ‘69 Douglas established the teaching award in 2000. The endowment fund honors Marian’s parents, as well as Marian’s many years of support to Summit as a volunteer and Board Member. Each year, the award is given to a Summit teacher “whose excellence and enthusiasm spark the flame of learning in students.”

Martha arrived in 1972 to teach math in 7th–9th grades. After 10 years she left to spend more time with her children Zach ‘95 and Hannah’97. Well known for her generous spirit, Martha never really left Summit. She volunteered to provide math enrichment in 2nd–6th grades and was a long-term substitute for two sixth grade teachers. After teaching at the UNC-School of the Arts, and later, at Salem Academy, Martha returned to Summit in 1999.

“Jim Pettit held my job for me,” she laughs. “He replaced me when I left in 1982 and I replaced him when he retired in 1999.”Former Upper School Head Dane Perry wrote of Martha: “Your ability to teach students with such varying degrees of math aptitude and with such a broad range

of learning styles continues to amaze me. Even though you have been teaching for a long time, you continue to prepare lessons and classroom assignments with an eye towards freshness and engagement for your students.”

Martha says she is most passionate about teaching the subject of math because it makes sense. “I try to get my students to understand it and not simply memorize it,” she says.

How has teaching changed in the 10 years she since she returned to Summit? In 1999 mastery of the graphing calculator was considered essential but the School had none. So Martha bought and donated twenty of them. Though she wanted her students to be proficient in their use, she stressed the importance of knowing where the calculations come from. “I am always going to teach for understanding because that is the only way it will make sense,” she says.

Martha brings her sense of humor into her classroom which is a joyous space full of math toys and games and a quirky collection of unusual clocks. A Daliesque version seems to be melting off the wall. One has numbers that Martha removed and randomly rearranged. On another, the numbers appear in reverse order. A digital version has a grid of color dots that take some concentration to read. One of her students observed that there isn’t a traditional clock in sight.

Martha Albertson ReceivesTeaching Excellence Award

Martha Albertson (second from left) with Marian Millaway ’69 Douglas,Upper School Head Danette Morton, and Head Michael Ebeling

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Martha has also pioneered innovative and creative extensions to her math lessons. Students write math-related poetry and songs. They take photos of geometric shapes that exist out in the world and make albums and become “experts” in an area of math which they share with younger students. Each year they celebrate Pi Day with games, posters, and, of course, pie eating.

Former algebra student Madeline Helms ’10 was inspired by the way Martha always took the time to make sure all of her students understood each lesson.

“She really made sure to connect with each of us,” says Madeline. Martha credits much of her teaching success over the years to the quality of preparation her students received from teachers such as former faculty member Doreen Mabe. It was the quality of the staff that initially drew Martha to Summit and the primary reason she wanted her children to come to the School. “I wanted my children to experience excellent teachers who were also outstanding individuals such as Julia Sneden, Kay Fowler, Alice Cleland, Jane Miller, and Pat Capps.

Dedicated. Insightful. Passionate. Inspired and inspiring. Martha has established her own legacy as a master teacher, and an incredible human being.

duWayne Amen - continuedcompleted in spring 2009. “It is a tribute... to the work of duWayne and his staff that the buildings were finished on time and under budget,” says Board President Marie Arcuri ’77. Throughout the process, duWayne, and his co-workers Billy Stoltz and Doug Johnson handled countless details, first and foremost insuring that students and staff could safely move around campus. duWayne attended endless meetings with architects, contractors, and engineers—never forgetting his role as an educator. A large window at the end of the old second and third grade hallway provided a view into the daily progress of the A&T building construction as it rose from foundation to completion. Who but duWayne would have thought to build a see-through panel in the wall to provide a sneak peek of the inner workings of the building?

“Figuring out how to make things work is such a collaborative effort,” he says. “I find that element thrilling.”

What duWayne considers to be his strongest skills: Minor plumbing and locksmithing.

A typical day: Doesn’t exist. duWayne says each day reveals a set of new challenges and problems to be solved. His days almost always include meetings with outside contractors and repair crews and he fields an average of 30 calls a day from vendors, parents, and staff.

Hobbies: Has been involved with the Boy Scouts all of his life. Donates at least 10 hours a month at Camp Raven Knob and serves as Curator of the Old Hickory Council Historical Association. Enjoys spending free time with wife Cinda who supports his hobby of collecting vintage Boy Scout patches. He has acquired over 10,000.

You may not know: duWayne was featured in an issue of Our State magazine for his work with the Boy Scouts.

Quotable quote: “Working in an atmosphere so filled with creativity inspires me to work even harder to be a better person and contribute all I can to the School.”

Cabell Philpott - continuedhosted a sports-talk radio show. His work with ISP sports is seasonal so he jumped at the offer to serve as the P.A. announcer for the Winston-Salem Dash baseball team. Cabell will serve as the voice of the team for 172 home games. “If you love what you do then you never have to work a day in your life,” he says.

At Summit, Cabell held the lead in several musicals and credits former drama teacher Mary Kerr and music teacher Loma Hopkins with helping him improve his voice projection and enunciation. “I developed wonderful relationships with so many people at Summit,” he says. “School wasn’t always easy for me, and I got so much help from people like Mr. Carr and Dr. Adams. They were saints.”

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In Memoriam

Elizabeth (Libbie) Cobb Greer ‘39December 16, 2009

Robert (Ted) Edward Lasater Barnes ‘42June 16, 2010

George William Colvin, Jr. ‘48October 6, 2009

Sylvia (Tibby) Marie Ferrell Sinclair ‘53

June 2, 2010

Lynn Holmes Trotter ‘59

April 20, 2010

Ralph Edward (Reg) Garner ‘67

June 26, 2009

Carl MacArthur Stewart ‘67

August 27, 2009

Sarah Elizabeth Insch ‘74

March 9, 2010

Henry M. Booke, Jr. ‘79

June 9, 2009

Aaron Kenneth van de Rijn ‘88

February 4, 2010

Class NotesClass of 1951 Alums Marvel at Changes

Six alumni from the Class of 1951 had a blast when they visited the School last fall. They gathered to look at historic pictures posted in the foyer of the Main Building and were amazed by the new buildings. The group regaled the staff with memories of their years on Summit Street, and the 1946 move to the current Reynolda location.

Paxon Glenn, from Dallas, TX, identified many of his classmates and friends among the old photographs and remembered how much they looked forward to their daily snack— a TruAde orange soda and saltine crackers. They commented on how drastically the facilities in the new Athletic Center contrasted with their games of dodge ball and kick ball played in the small backyard of the Summit Street house. Balls frequently landed in the middle of Fourth Street where a teacher would have to retrieve them.

An 8th grade digital animation project reminded them “high technology in our day was switching from black boards to the new green boards, which were considered better for our eyes.” They all agreed that School Founder, Miss Louise Futrell, “would have loved this.”

Their visit was the first in a series of “Taste and Tour” events held throughout last year, which invited alums and friends of the School to come for lunch in the Dining Hall and tour the new facilities.

Thanks to Paxon Glenn ’51 who sent this wonderful photo of he and his classmates: Paxon wrote: “Here’s a great photo that never made the Summiteer but perhaps it’s time has come! This was taken on the Summit Street playground about 1945. Please note the grassless area! We were in the fourth grade with Mrs. Gertrude Reed as our teacher. We moved to Reynolda the next year for the fifth grade.

Members of the Class of 1951 visit the Animation Studio in the Arts and Technology Building. (L to R) Florence Fearrington, Ed Irvin, Deedee Fenwick, Barbara Cantrell Weathers, Marilyn Strum Massey, and Paxon Glenn

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1954Bob Shouse retired as a college reference librarian from Towson University in Baltimore, and has lived in Fayetteville, NC, since 1998. Over the years, he has enjoyed singing and dancing as a member of the Baltimore Folk Music Society, which included Shape Note singing and performing the English ritual dance called Morris Dance with BaltiMorris, 1980-1991. He danced with the English Country Dancers at Bethabara Park Visitor Center.

1957Sam Stimson works with Boston-Power. They are developing and manufacturing Li Ion batteries for personal electronics and notebook computers. They have also launched a large format battery to be used in electric vehicles and are planning to bring the production facilities back to the U.S., creating jobs and reducing the carbon foot print.

Sam is creating a manufacturing shop floor control system that automatically gathers production data, judges fitness for use, analyzes data, charts variables, and attribute data for decision making. He writes, “it is really quite unique in this particular industry. Each battery cell is serialized and can be tracked back to all the raw material and processes used in its manufacture. Hey, it sounds exciting to me. I just hope I wasn’t that dull during my years at Summit.”

1968Congratulations to Steve Roberts who has finished a new collection of poems which he has been working on for 12 years. “These poems focus on relationships, the pain and the joy we all experience, and so often find it difficult to express,” writes Steve. He is working with Main Street Rag Publishing Company which published his former book “Another Word for Home,” as part of their poetry series.

To read a sampling of his poetry and find out more about purchasing his new book go to his website at mainstreetrag.com/SRoberts.html

1969Peter Brawley writes, “(I am) looking for a full time job as my old employer, NCB (National Cooperative Bank) offered me an ‘early retirement package’ in Nov 2007. I’m back to school at NVCC - Northern VA Community College in Manassas, VA, taking an accounting course that I took at Lees McRae College 30 yrs ago. I need to get hold of my classmates; I do miss Chris Ferris and Bill Wilson in Winston-Salem.”

1975Nawal Ebeid Giscard d’Estaing lives in Paris, is married, and has a 10-year-old son. Her husband is a “Deputé” of the Assemblée Nationale and mayor of Auvergne, France. She enjoys keeping in touch with Cinny Strickland & William Graham and Betsy Sutton Hoppe when she visits Winston-Salem every year. She is a soloist with an amateur choir made up of spouses of well-known people in France. They sing for charity and performed at the Opera de Chatelet in April, 2010.

1981Congratulations to Julia Archer who received the Salem Academy Distinguished Alumna Award.

1982Bryan Adams received the 2010 Producer Guild Award for his work on “The Colbert Report.” He has recently signed a contract to serve as writer and producer of the new ABC sitcom “Mr. Sunshine,” starring Matthew Perry. It is scheduled to air in January 2011.

Alumna Lois Abernethy Davis ’58 (left) with granddaughter Erin, a rising first grader, on Special Persons Day. Also visiting Erin was her great-grandmother Vella Webb. Erin and her sister Abigail, are third generation Summiteers.

Judson Davis ’63 with granddaughter Abigail,

a rising kindergartner.

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Dana Rawson writes, “I have finally purchased the horse farm of my dreams and hope to stay here for a really long time. It is located within walking distance of Kerr Lake in Henderson, NC. I love it here. Check out the web site and come enjoy a trail ride sometime.” www.bridgeviewstables.com

1983Lisa Pappas Fields has three children Virginia (6), Henry (5), and Nicholas (1).

1984Joanie Lacy Preyer and husband John have two children, Lacy, 3, and Pike, 7 months, and love living in Chapel Hill. “Now that I have children and, in a couple of years, decisions to make regarding their education, I wish there was a Summit School here,” she writes. “I cannot imagine a better school in the world. I have such strong memories of my classmates, teachers, and coaches. No matter how wonderful the school we choose for them will be, I just don’t think anything can measure up to Summit and to my experience there.”

1985Rosemary Pauca Medeiros and husband Rick have been living in Topsfield, MA, since May 2004 with their two children, Daniel age 9, a third grader at the Steward School, and Alexandra, age 4. Rosemary is working in vascular technology at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Devin Johnston teaches English at Saint Louis University. His book of poetry entitled “Sources” (2008) was a finalist for the prestigious National Book Critics Circle Award. A former

poetry editor for the Chicago Review from 1995-2000, Devin co-founded Flood Editions with Michael O’Leary. Established in 2001, Flood Editions is an independent publishing house for poetry and short fiction based in Chicago.

1986Chris Burris, a 2nd degree black belt in tae kwon do, is pursuing an MLIS degree at UNC-Greensboro.

Lorrie Dixson recently moved to Charleston, SC, after living in Atlanta for 15 years. She is building a house and running her own advertising agency.

1987Congratulations to Joe Koufman and wife Michelle who welcomed twins Joss Gabriella and Radley Benjamin on April 4th, 2010.

After singing in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Aspen and Germany, Barbara Allen Meyer-Mitchell got married in 2004. She reports that she has two beautiful children, Nina and Tristan.

1988Frank Shepherd writes, “Beth and I moved to Charlotte, from Denver, CO. Despite missing dear friends and the Rockies, we are thrilled to be surrounded by the eye-popping beauty and rich history of NC. Being close to family and the beach is the icing on the cake.”

Yana Cleland Richards ’85, her husband Chuck, and children visit Summit during Come Take a Peek.

Mac Sherrill ‘88 was rising first grader Iris L. guest on Special Persons Day.

Artists Charles Walker ’85 and wife Katie Womack create sidewalk art as part of Summit’s fundraiser for Chalk it Up for Arts for Life. The organization raises money to support pediatric clinic art programs, patient and family art support groups, and inpatient art programs.

1991T.R. Keith moved to Winston-Salem after spending the last four years in Nashville, TN. His wife Jen, son Everett (14 months), and two dogs (McKinley and Piper) are doing well. T.R. is in his fourth year of participating in triathlons and is currently training for his first Half Ironman in September, 2010. Most recently, he finished third in his age group in a race in Charleston, SC. T.R. works for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

1992Susan Spaugh Alexander writes that she has two children— a son Cole, 2, and Claire Virginia Alexander born December 8, 2009 and weighing 9lb. 3oz.

1993Nicole Price Londono married Miguel Fernando Londono on June 27, 2009 at Graylyn. She is the first grade transitional bilingual teacher at Brunson Elementary School in Winston-Salem.

1994Clayton Capps Brant writes, “Keith and I finished renovating a house outside Shippensburg a year ago, and we, along with our “rescued dog,” Harold, have enjoyed living in the Pennsylvania countryside. (We are sometimes awakened in the morning by the sounds of Amish buggies and horses traveling on our road). In addition to teaching studio art, I continue to write and work in my studio. A friend and I recently formed an interior design business, The Purple Bicycle, in Baltimore, and we have completed our first major contract.

Deanna Pauca and husband John Colthar moved from California to Virginia in July 2006. Deanna is a special education teacher in the Fairfax County Schools.

Julianne Smith writes, “I am living outside of Charlotte with my 12-year-old son, Alex. I work uptown in commercial real estate for Colliers Pinkard.”

1989Julia Lankton received three awards during the 2009 Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Graduation Awards: the Alfred Angrist Prize in Necropsy Pathology Award, the District of Columbia Academy of Veterinary Medicine Award, and a commemorative plaque and cash award given by the District of Columbia Academy of Veterinary Medicine Board of Directors to a fourth–year student who demonstrates proficiency in small animal medicine and/or surgery.

1990Jordan Capps writes, “Winston now has a sister, Harper Anne, who was born on December 3, 2009. We are living in Manassas, VA, for a year while Brian (Hoffman) attends the Marine Corps University at Ft. Quantico. We will be moving to Fort Bragg and hope to be there for several years. Brian has been deployed to Afghanistan and Iran more times than I like to count and no doubt will be called more times in the future.”

The Class of 1990 celebrated their 20th Reunion on June 19th in Winston-Salem. A family friendly morning was spent at Summit (the playground and Athletic Center are perfect for young children) and then the alums had a night out at Christopher’s, which is owned by Summit alum, Chris Fulk ‘85. (L to R)- Back: Kendra Grubbs Redmon, and Candler Vaughn Cox. Middle: Alexa Memory Bazley, Sally Holmes Meehan, Ann Nicastro Gibson, Brenn Maready Kennedy, and Jordan Capps. Front: Martha Benbow Massey, Ansley Crotty, Mary Linville Jones, and Elizabeth Irvin Cassidy.

Summit alums attending the June 2009 wedding of Catherine Hunter’92 Tracy included: (back, from left) Michael Myers ’91, Eleanor Cross ’94, Jim Barber ’92, John Kenneth Moser ’89, Drew Cannon ’91 (front, from left) Hesta Fleming ’92 Monday, Eric Tracy (the groom), Catherine Hunter Tracy, Claire Cannon Lipman ’88, Caroline Sanders ’92, and Aly Kleinmaier Moser ‘92.

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1997Satu Rautaharju attends the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City.

1998Tempe Carlton Caldwell is studying to get an RN degree. She will then pursue a masters degree to become a Family Nurse Practitioner.

1999Dixon Douglas married Gaines Donaldson on February 20, 2010 in Greensboro, NC. A large group of Summit alums were there to help them celebrate. (See accompanying photo.) The couple lives in Charlotte.

Congratulations to Sandlin Douglas, and his wife Hunter, on the birth of their son Sandlin Millaway Douglas, Jr. “Mills,” born on August 16th, 2009. Mills enjoyed the festivities at the wedding of his Uncle Dixon ’99 and Aunt Gaines.

Katherine Hollis completed her masters in Sustainable International Development (through the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University). She spent eight months in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, working with the international development organization Mercy Corps. The program invests in the country’s development by improving education and vocational opportunities for youth, establishing a framework for improved natural resource management and providing financial services and business advice. Her time in Kyrgyzstan included working with communities on Lake Issak-Kul to improve their home garden practices in order to produce and sell higher quality and quantity fruit.

Katherine has also worked with Mercy Corps’s Food for Education program, a school feeding and infrastructure repair program that couples all aid with community capacity building. She writes, “It has been an adventure getting to know this unique place of stunning mountains, real winters, substantial poverty and some truly open-hearted people: a young country working to define itself within its nomadic traditions of the Kyrgyz people and the undeniable imprint of over half a decade of Soviet rule. I managed to squeeze in a few days of climbing, mountaineering and skiing, too.”

1995Denise Gagnon Faulhaber works in Dubai for The Boeing Company as Director Of Government and Industrial relations for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Her primary responsibilities include regional political strategy and industrial engagement strategy in MENA. During a Summit staff technology workshop earlier this year, she connected via Skype while traveling through Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya with a U.S. Dept. of Commerce Trade Delegation to explore further opportunities for partnership with U.S. companies.

1996Harlan Blynn is a 2010 MBA candidate at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.

Robby Cox ’97 (second from left) married Emily Mayor on September 19, 2009. The groomsmen included fellow Summit classmates Reid Long ’97 (left) and William Bouldin ’97 (second from right). Also pictured is Joe Lentz.

A large group of Summit alums helped celebrate the February 20, 2010 wedding of Dixon Douglas ‘99 and Gaines Donaldson.

Future Summiteer Mills Douglas, son of Hunter and Sandlin Douglas ’94.

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2002Ashley Griffin graduated from Furman University in May 2009 with a BA in psychology and women’s and gender studies. She is attending Appalachian State where she is enrolled in a masters program in marriage and family therapy. She married Trey Levers, a University of Georgia alum and Atlanta native, in August of 2009.

2003Ashley Broyhill Beach graduated Cum Laude from New York University May 12, 2010. She has been named a University Honors Scholar for her academicachievements.

Elizabeth Krewson graduated Cum Laude from N.C. State University on May 15, 2010. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and earned the University Scholars distinction.

2004Keith Butler is a Parks and Recreation (Commercial Rec./Travel and Tourism) major and Spanish minor at The University of North Carolina Wilmington. He is a drummer in the band B-Side Breakdown; their website is www.myspace.com/3iof.

Wilson Douglas, a rising senior at Wofford, was elected Vice President of Interfraternity Council.

Elly Yousefpour Barrineau writes, “our son, Melvin Vincent Barrineau (Vince) was born on March 20, 2009 at 1:22pm weighing 7 pounds 3 ounces and 19.25 inches long.”

2006Ian Stokes graduated with honors from The Forman School in Litchfield, Ct. in June, 2009. He attends Montana State University.

Blake Bozymski, Davis Masich, Dylan McGowen, & Dylan Rollins have received their Eagle Scout rank as members of Troop 920 at Centenary Methodist Church in Winston-Salem.

2007Congratulations to the R.J. Reynolds Varsity Lacrosse team that finished the season with a 14-1 record and were ranked #6 in the state. Reynolds was the undefeated Conference Champion in this first year that lacrosse was sanctioned by the NCHSAA. Many Summit alums made significant contributions to the team. Alums included on the team were R.J. Barrett, Spencer Brill, Davis Rainey, Dek Timberlake, Austin Welch, and Rob Whaling—all from the Class of 2007. Team members from the Class of 2008 included: Sam Haus and George Moore.

Rob Whaling will attend UNC–CH in the fall. Rob was one of approximately 60 incoming freshman to receive the Class of 2014 Distinguished Scholarship.

Last fall, Maggie Barclay was elected Vice President of the National Honor Society at R. J. Reynolds High School.

Blitz Hoppe was awarded the Congressional Award Gold Medal and was recognized at a ceremony held in Washington, DC, last summer. The Award is the U.S. Congress’s award for young Americans. To earn a Gold Medal, participants must complete more than 400 hours of volunteer service as well as excel in three other areas: personal development, physical fitness, and expeditions and explorations. Blitz is a 2010 graduate of Salem Academy where she was President of the Student Council. She will attend Texas Christian University in the fall.

Annie Ornelles ’05 shared her artistic talents during May Frolics. Her sidewalk drawing for Chalk it Up for Arts for Life was inspired by her recent travels to Spain. Annie is a rising junior at Wake Forest.

Front Row (L to R): Spencer Brill, Dek Timberlake, R.J. Barrett, George MooreBack Row (L to R): Rob Whaling, Austin Welch, Davis Rainey, Sam Haus

Ashley Beach ’03 graduated from New York University in May, 2010.

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Music Teacher Loma Hopkins

with CarolAnn Carter ‘07

Scott Snelgrove ’10 explains the marvels of the Digital Music Studio

2008The following members of the Class of 2008 were recognized as receiving all A’s this year at R.J. Reynolds High School: Parker Chang, George Cleland, Joe Hunter, and Sarah Murphy.

Joe Hunter is a rising senior at R. J. Reynolds. He was chosen to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Program at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro. As a nominee from Reynolds, he completed an application process which included submitting an essay and interviewing with program leaders. He was one of 54 students chosen from a hundred–mile radius of Greensboro.

Charlie Martin has received his Eagle Scout rank as a member of Troop 920 at Centenary Methodist Church in Winston-Salem.

George Cleland was elected lieutenant governor for district 20 of Key Club International for 2009-10. As lieutenant governor, he acted as a liaison between the clubs in his division and the district Key Club board. He also visited each club and published a monthly divisional newsletter. George has been an active member of the Reynolds High School Key Club and was instrumental in re-energizing the recycling program at the school.

2009Catherine Hinshaw and Leslie Rainey were recognized as receiving all A’s this year at R.J. Reynolds High School.

2010Keenan Brown, Christopher Cleland, Colleen Moir, and Evanne Timberlake were recognized as receiving all A’s this year at R.J. Reynolds High School.

2011During his eighth grade year at the UNC School of the Arts, Dustin Wilkes–Kim won first place in the state portion of the Music Teachers National Association competition. Last January he advanced to the regional portion of the competition in Birmingham, AL, and won an alternate position.

Alumni Tour New

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Thanksgiving

Reunion Alumni and their families gathered in the new Summit

Dining Hall the Saturday after Thanksgiving to catch up

with each other and tour the magnificent new facilities.

The wow factor was evident as they visited the Athletic

Center, Second and Third Grade Building, and the Arts

and Technology Building. Will McCall ’04, an industrial

engineering student at N.C. State, said “there is more

technology per classroom at Summit than at State.” Martha

Benbow Massey ’90 said she could never have envisioned

these kind of state-of the art facilities at Summit. “It is so

true to the School’s beginnings and its emphasis on the

arts,” she said. “Now, the same thing is true of technology.”

The Class of 2009 returned to the School last August for a yearbook party held in the new Ninth Grade Lounge. Their reunion included a first look at their newly installed name bricks on the walkway outside the Upper School.

Former Head Sandra Adams, daughter Jennifer Adams Dock ’84, and her daughter Sarah Grace

enjoy digital music courtesy of john gorelick ’10.

sean kelley ‘97 and heather angell ‘95

tour the athletic center with ryan mihalko

Loma Hopkins with Rick McFarland ’84

and Turner m. ‘14

Drama Teacher Janice Lovett, Jordan Flowers ’02,

and Writer-in-Residence Charlie Lovett ‘77

2002 Classmates Jordan Flowers

and Ajouli Butler

Head of Early Childhood Program Jeff Turner

visits with Collier Wimmer ’08 and Sam Faulken ‘09

Athletic Director Ryan Mihalko, Gaither Jenkins ’84,

Lara Bruce ’84, Rob Mayer ’83, Heather Angell ’95, and Sean Kelley ‘97

Head Michael Ebeling with Sean Kelley ‘97

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