Dear Fayerweather Community,
As I reflect back on the past year, particularly the last eight months, I could not imagine that the Fayerweather learning community would be in a place of thriving and moving forward with excitement. The re-design of school has taken an enormous effort, as well as an incredible amount of financial, time, and energy resources that could have only happened through collaboration and partnership with staff, students, parents and friends of Fayerweather.
I am overwhelmed with gratitude! I have seen our staff, students, and families rise to a new and uncharted global pandemic that upended day-to-day life with grace, determination, and compassion and creativity. The impact of your partnership has turned lemons not just into lemonade, but lemon meringue, lemon bars, and so much more.
We started this school year with a new sense of purpose and a belief and trust that together, we shine! New resources, including state of the art technology, furnishings and renovations; health & safety equipment; software and operational systems like the Magnus Student Health; expanded Wifi capacity; subscriptions to new educational resources; and our most important resource—people! We have invested in employing more staff during the school day to support students and teachers, allowing us to redeploy our extended day staff and avoid any furloughs or layoffs. We have provided professional development to every staff member focused on outdoor and online learning for our teachers and multi-faceted training for administrators on how to re-open, operate, plan for a safe and successful school year.
And so it is with this overwhelming gratitude, that I present this snapshot of the impact of your philanthropy. You will see updates about some of the professional development in which staff participated and how they are implementing those learnings. We often like to say that Fayerweather is a community of learners - that asking questions, exploring options, and seeking meaning aren’t just things that Fayerweather students do, but things most of us do during our time at Fayerweather. In the classroom, on committees, participating in philanthropic efforts: being in this community means being active in this community, and we appreciate so much the ways in which the Fayerweather community shows up and seeks understanding about the goals and challenges we share as a school, and then pitch in to see our students succeed.
Your belief in Fayerweather is essential to the success of our school—in this unusual year and in the future. I know that we will all look back on this year as a time when our community came together, learned, grew, and moved forward stronger than ever.
In partnership,
Kim
Forest School
Place-based Outdoor Education
Classroom teachers in the younger years spent time this summer attending sessions with the Forest School outdoor program in order to prepare for Fayerweather’s hybrid learning model. After a difficult spring teaching PreK/K students through Zoom, Forest School seemed like a natural antidote, and hope for making school in-person possible for the fall. The values of Forest School align well with Fayerweather’ values: curiosity and wonder, experiential learning, inquiry-based learning, student-directed learning, project-based learning, seeing the whole child, risk-taking, fostering caring relationships with each other, and with the world around us, valuing diversity, social responsibility.
Being in nature involves being flexible and adaptable - to the physical environment, and to the weather. The COVID world requires more flexibility around adhering to safety standards and protocols, and Forest School helps students to develop this skill. Accessing outdoor spaces such as Fresh Pond gives some figurative and literal breathing room for cohorts.
New PreK teacher Amy Rothschild noted that “nature provides its own provocations and really puts teachers in the learner role right alongside the students. On one of our first trips to Fresh Pond this year, we planned to lead a lesson about identifying poison ivy. But as soon as we arrived, we spotted a green heron hunting a frog just feet away from where we sat. We offered students their journals to sketch the green heron, and we took out our field guide to learn alongside them.”
This professional development was made possible by contributions to the FSS Annual Fund.
2019-2020 Annual Fund Donors by Class
PreK - Julie & Melissa - 99%
- Carolyn Bloomberg-O'Brien and Timothy O'Brien
- Alissa Cardone and Jeff Cleary
- Karina Davis and Kenroy Cayetano
- Adria and Rackham Karlsson
- Laura Major and Bobby Cohanim
- Bobak Moshiri and Robina Bhasin
- Scot and Rachel Oxholm
- David Rand and Elizabeth Paci
- Josy Raycroft and Katy Tooke
- Sandra Rojas and Carrie Dirmeikis
- Joseph Sokol-Margolis '92 and Katherine Reid
Kindergarten - Tara & Sabrina - 100%
- Maria Aliberti Lubertazzi and David Lubertazzi
- Dacia and Shanel Antunes
- Miri and Evan Apfelbaum
- Ingleed Auguste and Jean Numa
- Marion Decaillet and Clement Michel
- Julie Ebin
- Jennifer and David Falk
- Carie and Matt Hersh
- Adria and Rackham Karlsson
- Pema Latshang
- Jessica Liao and Nicholas Conway
- Wendy and Jeffrey Liszt
- Michael and Sarah MacGillivray
- Erin McLaughlin and Eric Masunaga
- Christer Mjåset and Marit Orhagen
- Jeannie Seidler
1/2 - Mark & Lauren - 80%
- Dacia and Shanel Antunes
- Miri and Evan Apfelbaum
- Raveen Basran and Stanton Smith
- Aaron Bennett and Sarah Dunbar
- Alissa Cardone and Jeff Cleary
- Erin Fera and Andy Stein
- Pema Latshang
- Meredith Moore and Abe Gurjal
- Courtney and Donovan Quinn
- Josy Raycroft and Katy Tooke
- Glory Ruiz-Mercado and Manuel Molina
- Anpu and Andrew Stephens
1/2 - Tracey & Ami - 100%
- Maggi Berwind-Dart and Joe Finsterwald
- Alissa Cardone and Jeff Cleary
- Karina Davis and Kenroy Cayetano
- Mahmood Firouzbakht and Deidre Deegan
- Katherine and Patrick Gaughen
- Cynthia and Jeremy Gilbert
- Ashley and Laroy Harding
- Keri Hughes
- Adria and Rackham Karlsson
- Laura Major and Bobby Cohanim
- Lefteris Kordis and Yota Haloulakou
- Jessica Liao and Nicholas Conway
- Annika Malmberg and Steven McCarroll
- Morgan Wahl and Tamara Joy Harper
- Kathleen Mulvaney and Andrew Feller
3/4 - Aaron & Diana - 90%
- Carolyn Bloomberg-O'Brien and Timothy O'Brien
- Alissa Cardone and Jeff Cleary
- Cecilia Cole and Daniella Pizzurro
- Patricia Cortes and Felipe Bohorquez
- Amy and Ethan d'Ablemont Burnes
- Jennifer Dorsen
- Amelia Dunlop and Andrew Krivak
- Melissa Feuerstein and Ben Dunlap
- John Frank and Elsie Sunderland
- Sonya Green and Jason Wadsworth
- Kristen and Chris Juliani
- Alison Lobron and Peter Laipson
- Emie and Daniel Michaud Weinstock
- Justin and Karen Miel '84
- Courtney and Donovan Quinn
- Lauren Stewart and Ben Vigoda
- Karen Thomas-Alyea and Garret Alyea
- Sara Tolley and Nicholas Putnam
- Parra Tomkins and Finn McCool
3/4 - Eric & Nabia - 91%
- Maria Aliberti Lubertazzi and David Lubertazzi
- Michelle Apigian and John DiModica
- Amy Armstrong and Adam Limb
- Raveen Basran and Stanton Smith
- Jennifer Clay and Philip Tan
- Iain Cockburn and Johanna Richwagen Cockburn
- Marion Decaillet and Clement Michel
- Charan Devereaux and Andrew Ott
- Jennifer and David Falk
- Kendra Field and Khary Jones
- Janelle and Mark Fisher
- Kristen and Chris Juliani
- Tammy Kahn
- Adria and Rackham Karlsson
- Laurie and Ken Marden
- Josh and Jamie Mendelsohn
- Mireya Nadal and Joe Ronayne
- Carolina and Bryan Sadowski
- Dr. Niall Stephens
- Lauren Stewart and Ben Vigoda
5/6 - Chrissi & Abby - 91%
- Catherine Allan
- Eve Alpern and Brenda Morris
- Kelly and Gary Blank
- Kristen and Roger Bock
- Kelly Butler
- Julie Carpineto and Philippe Clemenceau
- Julia and Mike Cavanaugh
- Melissa Feuerstein and Ben Dunlap
- Lianne Fisman and Todd Zickler
- Liz and Bryce Flint-Somerville
- Linda Garmon
- Lori Michau and Dipak Naker
- Chloe and Naoto Mizuta
- Barbara Pearlman and Noah Smith
- Kate Perkinson and Hugo Trappe
- Nicole and Kevin Pirani
- Benjamin Selman and Sonya Sheats
- Jennifer Smith and Josh Golin
- Zoe Stark
- Beth Stokes
- Mary Weitzel and David Halfpenny
5/6 - Cindy & Sarah - 86%
- Michelle Apigian and John DiModica
- Sigall and Pete Bell
- Luisa Botero-Schwartz and Lawrence Schwartz
- Lucy Bunning and Rodrique Ngowi
- Jennifer Craft and John Campbell
- Lauren Dias and Peter Kochansky
- John Paul Dunn
- Mahmood Firouzbakht and Deidre Deegan
- Carie and Matt Hersh
- Allyson Kurker and James Weitzman
- EJ and Tom Long
- Rebecca Lowenhaupt and David Meshoulam
- Christer Mjåset and Marit Orhagen
- Emily Newmann
- Lia and Chad Novotny
- Stephanie Rudloe and Antonio Regalado
- Carey and Peter Thomson
- Mary Weitzel and David Halfpenny
- Julie Winslow '87 and Ned Regina
Unit - Carolyn - 99%
- Amy Abelove and Ric Bowen
- Dan Cignarella and Lori Schneider
- Anne Ellsworth
- Jennifer Hunter
- Melody and Josh Komyerov
- Christer Mjåset and Marit Orhagen
- Susie Shayegani and Robert Ellison
- Farley Urmston and Karl Bandtel
- Sue and Doug Voet
- Aiden Winslow '85 and Russell Horwitz
Unit - Jenn - 78%
- Asa Aulin Ahlberg and Christopher Ahlberg
- Luisa Botero-Schwartz and Lawrence Schwartz
- Rhea and Tod Brubaker
- Cary Friedman and Rick Wellisch
- Erika Malchiodi and Aaron Helsinger
- Justin and Karen Miel '84
- Julie Winslow '87 and Ned Regina
Unit - Kate - 100%
- Kristen and Roger Bock
- Ophelia Dahl and Lisa Frantzis
- Amelia Dunlop and Andrew Krivak
- Jennifer Feller and Sam Palmer
- Ashley and Laroy Harding
- Rosa Knudsen
- Rebecca Lowenhaupt and David Meshoulam
- Lisa Price and Spencer Lynn
Unit - Scot - 78%
- Sigall and Pete Bell
- Rachel Cooper and Victor Ramde
- Cary Friedman and Rick Wellisch
- Tracey and Eric Lowenstein
- Erika Malchiodi and Aaron Helsinger
- Jeannie Ramey and Bruce Biewald
- Karen Schwartz and Andrew Wellnitz
Unit - Stacey - 100%
- Michael Brown and Mumtaz Badshah
- Gita and Peter Givertzman
- Annika Malmberg and Steven McCarroll
- Erin McLaughlin and Eric Masunaga
- Lauren Mueller and Elizabeth Gruber
- Lisa Price and Spencer Lynn
- Carolina and Bryan Sadowski
- Cristina and Andrew Ullmann
Staff Professional Development Work
Over the summer, Fayerweather’s 3/4 teaching staff completed professional development work around math and project-based learning. The primary goal of this professional development work was to help meet specific needs of our learners through tailored, differentiated lessons that focus on choice and challenge.
Project based learning is a way of thinking about designing curriculum that motivates students to learn deeply about a topic and provides opportunities for students to make choices in their learning. One 3/4 teacher, Diana Tatz, commented that “the PBL workshop was a reminder of some of the reasons I believe in project-based curriculum design, and provided a clear structure for planning, reflection and student choice. It taught me some new ways to build in skills and check points for self- and teacher assessment. We also learned new ideas for collaboration via zoom, and ways to share steps in a project for peer feedback.”
The Math professional development sessions provided a variety of strategies for supporting in-depth math conversations with students as well as new ways of differentiation for students who are struggling, English language learners, and kids who need more challenge.
Every gift to the FSS Annual Fund supports our students and staff on a day-to-day basis. Your support opens the doors of opportunity for engaged learners to become graduates with a sense of purpose, passion, and a strong belief in themselves and the power of community.
2019-2020 Annual Fund Donors
Board
- Amy Abelove
- David Allan
- Emily Anderson
- Pete Bell
- Carolyn Bloomberg-O'Brien*
- Abby Branch*
- Julia Cavanaugh
- Lance Conrad
- Rob Cosinuke
- Ben Dunlap
- Peter Givertzman
- Therese Hendricks
- Kerryn Hinds
- Laura Johnson
- Lauren Mueller*
- Diane Norris
- Lia Novotny
- Courtney Quinn
- Carolina Sadowski
- Dorla White-Simpson*
- Lisette Zinner
* = Faculty director
Staff
We are proud and excited to announce 100% giving from our full-time Teachers, Staff, and Administrators! Thanks to the following people for making a gift in addition to all you do for our students every day.
- Ingleed Auguste
- Chela Badell-Watson
- Graciela Barreto
- Sharon Bedig
- Aaron Bennett
- Chrissi Betz
- Connie Biewald
- Carolyn Bloomberg-O'Brien
- Abigail Branch
- Mark Breneman
- Melissa Bruce
- Andrew Campion
- Alan Catrina
- Maxie Chambliss
- Mimi Coppinger
- Karina Davis
- Melissa Defay
- Cindy Dill
- Iris DuPont
- Ann Eggleston
- Jennifer Falk
- Ami Feldman
- Tia Gary
- Raymond Giles
- Hannah Gittleman
- Joan Ann Grisham
- Kerryn Hinds
- Jennifer Kay.Goodman
- Kate Lee
- Rob Lee
- Eric Lowenstein
- Tracey Lowenstein
- Tara McCaffrey
- Charles McDermott
- Nabia Meghelli
- Lauren Mueller
- Molly O'Connor
- Ikuko Oseki
- Scot Oxholm
- Angela Pendleton
- Sarah Perkins
- Kimberly Ridley
- Sabrina Sajous
- Nick Shostak
- Stacey Smiar
- Sarah Tahang-Bianco
- Diana Tatz
- Dorla White-Simpson
- Julie Winslow
- Lucy Wittenberg
- Kate Yohay
We received Annual Fund Gifts from the following donors in addition to our Parents, Staff, and Board:
- Shirley Biewald
- William Braunlin and Cathy Siebold
- Jill Breitbarth
- Maxie Chambliss and Davis Sweet
- Candace Clampitt and Shea Ennen
- Cynthia and Ted Cohen
- Marianne and Michael Collins
- Lee Cooprider
- William Courtenay
- Kathy Crowley and Chris Abouzeid
- Jan and Michael Devereaux
- Lois Ebin
- Anne Eisner and James Taff
- Ruth Faas and Andrew Bush
- Margee and John Falk
- Robert and Toni Fera
- Andrew Feuerstein
- Cecile Garcin and Fred Chereau
- Margaret Ann Gray
- Sufia and Yasin Jamal
- Ingrid and Lou Kahn
- Eugene Kay
- Joyce Klein and Malcolm Slavin
- Robert and Tatyana Knight '87
- Julia Kramer
- Regina and Ken Kurker
- Cynthia Landau and David Weiner
- Anintita and Kijja Laoboonchai
- Eileen and Dechen Latshang
- Sang-Jeong Lee-Min and Alex Min
- Jennifer and Charles Lieber
- Katherine Lobo
- Carol Lobron
- Anne Magoun
- Lauren and Steve Magoun
- Monique McNally and Murray Barg
- Carol and Rick Myers
- Sarah Newhouse and Steven Mikulka
- Mindy Nierenberg and Bob Fera
- Karol O'Brien
- Aline Otero
- Cindy Probst and Sue Pearce
- Judy and Jim Putnam
- Elma Quinn
- Peter and Laurie Raymond
- Raytheon
- Emily Roos and Tina Morello
- Ollie Rosand
- Erin Rowland and Stephen Sloan
- Sandra and Robert Sadowski
- Judith Segal and James Kelley
Big Night Out
Thanks to the following donors who made a donation for Big Night Out to help support the Horizon Fund, Professional Development, and Financial Aid. These donors, along with the 150 guests who attended and purchased items in the auction or wine pull helped raise over $35,000.
- Amy Abelove and Richard Bowen
- Catherine and David Allan
- Asa Aulin Ahlberg and Christopher Ahlberg
- Farley Urmston and Karl Bandtel
- Sigall and Pete Bell
- Maggi Berwind-Dart and Joe Finsterwald
- Michael Brown and Mumtaz Badshah
- Rhea and Tod Brubaker
- Julia and Mike Cavanaugh
- Iain Cockburn and Johanna Richwagen Cockburn
- Cecilia Cole and Daniella Pizzurro
- Amy and Ethan d'Ablemont Burnes
- Charan Devereaux and Andrew Ott
- Lauren Dias and Peter Kochansky
- Julie Ebin
- Ann and Jeff Eggleston
- Mara Evans and Gregory Murdock
- Jennifer and David Falk
- Melissa Feuerstein and Ben Dunlap
- Mahmood Firouzbakht and Deidre Deegan
- John Frank and Elsie Sunderland
- Gita and Peter Givertzman
- Therese Hendricks and Larry Oliverio
- Allyson Kurker and James Weitzman
- Erin McLaughlin and Eric Masunaga
- Justin and Karen Miel '84
- Christer Mjåset and Marit Orhagen
- Kathleen Mulvaney and Andrew Feller
- Emily Newmann
- Lia and Chad Novotny
- Nicole and Kevin Pirani
- Maureen and Bob Powers
- Courtney and Donovan Quinn
- Jeannie Ramey and Bruce Biewald
- Kimberly and Robert Ridley
- Glory Ruiz-Mercado and Manuel Molina
- Carolina and Bryan Sadowski
- Mercedes Tompkins
- Wegman's Medford
- Mary Weitzel and David Halfpenny
- Lucy Wittenberg
Thank you to the following donors who made gifts to support special funds or projects at the school:
Endowment:
- Carolyn Bloomberg-O'Brien and Timothy O'Brien
- Liz and Bryce Flint-Somerville
- Luxy Germain
- Rosa Knudsen
- Meredith Moore and Abe Gurjal
- Berit Pratt and Betsy Smith
Horizon Fund:
- Anonymous
- Michael Brown and Mumtaz Badshah
- Ruth Faas and Andrew Bush
- Liz and Bryce Flint-Somerville
- Jennifer and Charles Lieber
- Annika Malmberg and Steven McCarroll
- Brucie Moulton and Chris Huvos
- Beth Stokes
Library:
- Amy Abelove and Richard Bowen
- Eve Alpern and Brenda Morris
- Carol and James Armstrong
- Raveen Basran and Stanton Smith
- Rodrigo and Louise Botero
- Amiel Cooper and Lori Adcock
- Ophelia Dahl and Lisa Frantzis
- Lois Ebin
- Anne Ellsworth
- Margee and John Falk
- Susan and Lloyd Feller
- Mahmood Firouzbakht and Deidre Deegan
- Marilyn and Jeff Gilbert
- Alice and Steve Golin
- Ingrid and Lou Kahn
- Eileen and Dechen Latshang
- Rosalyn and Charles Lowenhaupt
- Jackie and Ronald Mariello
- Justin and Karen Miel '84
- Lawrence Millner
- Margaret Mitchell
- Kathleen Mulvaney and Andrew Feller
- Karol O'Brien
- Sandra and Robert Sadowski
- Judith Segal and James Kelley
- Nancy and Tim Smith
- Barbara and Tom Somerville
- Janet Sortor and Tim McLaughlin
- Lauren Stewart and Ben Vigoda
- Judith Swahnberg and Carl Novotny
- Doreen Vittori
- Eva and Helmut Wellisch
- Margaret Winslow
- Andrew Feuerstein
Matenwa:
- Beth Stokes
Restricted for Special Use:
- Connie Biewald and Jeff Thomas
- Maxie Chambliss and Davis Sweet
- Ophelia Dahl and Lisa Frantzis
- Jennifer Krier and Robert Cosinuke
- Jeannie Ramey and Bruce Biewald