FSS Impact Report

FSS Impact Report 2018-2019 Fiscal Year

Dear Friends,

It is with deep gratitude for our community that I share this snapshot of the impact of your philanthropy from 2018-19. You will see from the two program updates and the long list of donors by classroom, that we are a school that understands the power of coming together and supporting our mission and values. We look forward to giving you a fuller picture and recognizing all our donors at all levels in our Annual Report once the work on our annual audit is underway. However, we wanted to take a moment now as we start the school year to say, “Thank You” and celebrate our donors from 2018-19.

I truly appreciate all the generosity you all showed me in my first year, both with the time you took to engage with me and the gifts you all made to ensure my first year would be a success. I look forward to reporting to you in more detail in the Annual Report, but in the meantime, thank you for your support, generosity, and partnership.

Warm Regards,

Kim Ridley

Laptop Program

Fayerweather’s laptop program began as a pilot initiative during the 2018-2019 school year. It was initially rolled out for grades seven and eight. This program aimed at solving a range of technology problems in the classroom, such as:

Lack of device availability
Costly upkeep and maintenance of older Windows devices
Older, inefficient computers slowed down the pace of learning
Equity issues - some homes had top-of-the-line computers for every family member while others had an older desktop shared by whole family

All of the seventh and eighth grade students received a Chromebook. These devices were used on a day to day basis by the students and were brought home at the end of the school day so students could work on homework. Giving each student a device helped teach responsibility and internet safety. Metrics gathered from the devices in Spring 2019 showed that the top sites visited by students were Google Classroom, Google Docs, and Gmail; clearly our students were highly focused on their academics.

Based on the positive feedback from the first year, the laptop program has been expanded to grades five and six for the 2019-2020 academic year. Grades five and six have access to their own Chromebooks during the school day, however students do not take them home at the end of the day. Additionally, outdated PC computers in grades three and four have been updated to Chromebooks; this brings the total device count to 130 Chromebooks. These technological advancements were made possible by contributions to the FSS Annual Fund.

2018-2019 Donors by Classroom

Kevin & Kerryn Pre-K - 98%

Ingleed Auguste and Jean Numa
Farley Urmston and Karl Bandtel
Carolyn Bloomberg-O'Brien and Timothy O'Brien
Alain Davis
Marion Decaillet and Clement Michel
Julie Ebin
Jennifer and David Falk
Katherine and Patrick Gaughen
Dominique Jennings and Ned Kirkpatrick
Adria and Rackham Karlsson
Pema Latshang
Jessica Liao and Nicholas Conway
Erin McLaughlin and Eric Masunaga
Abby Murphy
Scot and Rachel Oxholm
Joseph Sokol-Margolis ’92 and Katherine Reid

Tara & Sabrina Kindergarten - 64%

Anonymous
Erin Fera and Andy Stein
Katrina and Adam Garcia-Eveloff
Ashley and Laroy Harding
Katherine Hughes and Grant Godfrey
Meredith Moore and Abhijit Gurjal
Ananda and Duncan Rose

Mark & Lauren 1/2 - 70%

Anonymous
Aaron Bennett and Sarah Dunbar
Alissa Cardone and Jeff Cleary
Alain Davis
Jennifer and David Falk
Melissa Feuerstein and Ben Dunlap
Janelle and Mark Fisher
Kristen and Chris Juliani
Adria and Rackham Karlsson
Pema Latshang
Alison Lobron and Peter Laipson
Justin and Karen Miel '84
Mireya Nadal and Joe Ronayne
Courtney and Donovan Quinn
Carolina and Bryan Sadowski

Tracey & Ami 1/2 - 80%

Amy Armstrong and Adam Limb
Carolyn Bloomberg-O'Brien and Timothy O'Brien
Alissa Cardone and Jeff Cleary
Cecilia Cole and Daniella Pizzurro
Marion Decaillet and Clement Michel
Genie and Dov Fogel
Katherine and Patrick Gaughen
Kristen and Chris Juliani
Adria and Rackham Karlsson
Jessica Liao and Nicholas Conway
Laura Major and Bobby Cohanim
Annika Malmberg and Steven McCarroll
Laurie and Ken Marden
Stephanie Mitchell and Andrew Smiles
Kathleen Mulvaney and Andrew Feller
Lauren Stewart and Ben Vigoda

Aaron & Diana 3/4 - 98%

Kelly Butler
Alissa Cardone and Jeff Cleary
Lauren Dias and Peter Kochansky
Amelia Dunlop and Andrew Krivak
John Paul Dunn
Melissa Feuerstein and Ben Dunlap
Liz and Bryce Flint-Somerville
Katrina and Adam Garcia-Eveloff
Sonya Green and Jason Wadsworth
Rebecca Lowenhaupt and David Meshoulam
Barbara Pearlman and Noah Smith
Kate Perkinson and Hugo Trappe
Courtney and Donovan Quinn
Stephanie Rudloe '82 and Antonio Regalado
Jennifer Smith and Josh Golin
Zoe Stark
Karen Thomas-Alyea and Garret Alyea
Sara Tolley and Nicholas Putnam
Parra Tomkins and Greg Shaw

Eric & Brad 3/4 - 98%

Maria Aliberti Lubertazzi and David Lubertazzi
Anonymous
Michelle Apigian and John DiModica
Sigall and Pete Bell
Kristen and Roger Bock
Lucy and Rodrique Bunning
Charan Devereaux and Andrew Ott
Lianne Fisman and Todd Zickler
Kerryn Hinds
Tammy Kahn
EJ and Tom Long
Lauren and Steve Magoun
Lori Michau and Dipak Naker
Ananda and Duncan Rose
Lauren Stewart and Ben Vigoda
Beth Stokes
Richard Stokes
Julie Winslow '87 and Ned Regina

Chrissi & Abby 5/6 - 98%

Catherine and David Allan
Eve Alpern and Brenda Morris
Sigall and Pete Bell
Kelly and Gary Blank
Julie Carpineto and Philippe Clemenceau
Julia and Mike Cavanaugh
Ophelia Dahl and Lisa Frantzis
Jennifer Hunter
Lauren and Steve Magoun
Justin and Karen Miel '84
Stephanie Mitchell and Andrew Smiles
Elizabeth and Robert Oakes
Nicole and Kevin Pirani
Lisa Price and Spencer Lynn
Karen Schwartz and Andrew Wellnitz
Robert Sugiura
Aiden Winslow '85 and Russell Horwitz

Cindy & Sara 5/6 - 78%

Michelle Apigian and John DiModica
Kristen and Roger Bock
Luisa Botero-Schwartz and Lawrence Schwartz
Jennifer Craft and John Campbell
Cary Friedman and Rick Wellisch
Gita and Peter Givertzman
Melody and Josh Komyerov
Allyson Kurker and James Weitzman
Rebecca Lowenhaupt and David Meshoulam
Lauren Mueller and Elizabeth Gruber
Lia and Chad Novotny
Lisa Price and Spencer Lynn
Carey and Peter Thomson
Cristina and Andrew Ullmann

Carolyn Unit - 98%

Farley Urmston and Karl Bandtel
Dan Cignarella and Lori Schneider
Anne Ellsworth
Cary Friedman and Rick Wellisch
Tia Gary
Rosa Knudsen
Erika Malchiodi and Aaron Helsinger
Hercot Miller
Mara Radulovic and Nenad Grmusa
Sue and Doug Voet
Kathy Wolff and Steve D'Amato

Jenn Unit - 99%

Amy Abelove and Richard Bowen
Asa Aulin Ahlberg and Christopher Ahlberg
Luisa Botero-Schwartz and Lawrence Schwartz
Lauren Dias and Peter Kochansky
Jennifer and Gregory Katsoulis
Maureen and Robert Powers
Erin Rowland and Stephen Sloan
Julie Winslow '87 and Ned Regina
Kathy Wolff and Steve D'Amato
Ilyon Woo and Youngjoon Park

Scot Unit - 99%

Catherine and David Allan
John Paul Dunn
Lee Gjertsen Malone and Scott Malone
Gretchen Landwehr and Stephen Szaraz
Patricia Lotterman and David Neiman
Tracey and Eric Lowenstein
Erika Malchiodi and Aaron Helsinger
Annika Malmberg and Steven McCarroll
Erin McLaughlin and Eric Masunaga
Lia and Chad Novotny
Beth Stokes
Richard Stokes

Stacey & Chela Unit - 99%

Anonymous
Dana Ansel and Krishna Rajagopal
Rhea and Tod Brubaker
Florentien deRuiter and Tom Bok
Jennifer Dorsen
Amelia Dunlop and Andrew Krivak
Ashley and Laroy Harding
Kerryn Hinds
Jeannie Ramey and Bruce Biewald
Carolina and Bryan Sadowski
Cristina and Andrew Ullmann

2018-2019 Annual Fund Donors

Board 2018-19

Amy Abelove
David Allan
Pete Bell
Heidi Berke
Julia Cavanaugh
Lance Conrad
Rob Cosinuke
Peter Givertzman
Therese Hendricks
Kerryn Hinds
Courtney Jackson
Laura Johnson
Peter Kochansky
Kate Lee
Lauren Magoun
Lauren Mueller
Diane Norris
Lia Novotny
Courtney Quinn
Carolina Sadowski
Stephen Sloan
Dorla White-Simpson
Lisette Zinner

Grandparents

Larry Apfelbaum
Carol and James Armstrong
Judi and Mark Canter
Amiel Cooper and Lori Adcock
William Courtenay
Sandra and Mike Craft
Lois Ebin
Margee and John Falk
Susan and Lloyd Feller
Andrew Feuerstein
Marilyn and Jeff Gilbert
Judy and Ed Godfrey
Sarah and Abhay Gurjal
Ted and Lisa Hallstrom
Ann and Winston Hughes
Ingrid and Lou Kahn
Regina and Ken Kurker
Eileen and Dechen Latshang
Carol Lobron
Rosalyn and Charles Lowenhaupt
Peter Magoun
Elizabeth Miel
Barbara and Richard Moore
Mindy Nierenberg and Bob Fera
Denise and Kevin Nordberg
Karol O’Brien
Sharon Pici
Vera H. Price
Judy and Jim Putnam
Elma Quinn
Nancy Regalado Horwitz
Nan and Edmund Regina
Mary and Jim Robinson
Sandra and Robert Sadowski
Zelda and Paul Schwartz
Judith Segal and James Kelley
Janet Sortor and Tim McLaughlin
Constance Tucker
Sheila and Tom Urmston

Alumni Parents

Jane Aibel and Joel Weisberg
Dana Ansel and Krishna Rajagopal
Asa Aulin Ahlberg and Christopher Ahlberg
Karl Bandtel and Farley Urmston
Kim Bandtel
Heidi Berke and Jeffrey Halperin
William Braunlin and Cathy Siebold
Jill Breitbarth
Janine Byrne and Bruce Picard
Sally Carr
Julia and Mike Cavanaugh
Chhuni Cheshatsang
Candace Clampitt and J. Shea Ennen
Cynthia and Ted Cohen
Marianne and Michael Collins
Kathy Crowley and Chris Abouzeid
Patricia Davidson
Deanna Dement Myers
Tammy Dowley-Blackman and Mark Blackman
Margie Garner-Perse and Richard Perse
Carol Goss and Donald Straus
Margaret Ann Gray
Ted and Lisa Hallstrom
Therese Hendricks and Larry Oliverio
Jennifer Hunter
Courtney Jackson and Mark Ontkush
Laura Johnson and Alex Harwitz
Shira Karman
Joyce Klein and Malcolm Slavin
Robert and Tatyana Knight ‘87
Jennifer Krier and Robert Cosinuke
Anintita and Kijja Laoboonchai
Kate and Rob Lee
Sang-Jeong Lee-Min and Alex Min
Diane Levin and Gary Goldstein
Jennifer and Charles Lieber
Carol and Rick Myers
Robin and Phil Nachman
Mindy Nierenberg and Bob Fera
Diane and Charles Norris
Natalie Olsen and D. Andrew Hall
Mary and Gary Pforzheimer
Debra Poaster and Brent Whelan
Cindy Probst and Sue Pearce
Mary and Rudy Rubenis
Dr. Rosalind Segal and Michael Greenberg
Barbara Timken
Jennifer Van Campen and Paul Densmore
Lucy Wittenberg
Liliane Wong and Daniel Halston
Anonymous

Alumni

Ivy Dement ‘15
Peter Ellis ‘76
Ami Feldman
Erin Fera ‘94
Hannah Gittleman ‘79
Margaret Ann Gray
Michaela Karman ‘06
Robert Knight ‘87
Katherine Lobo ‘75
Karen Miel ‘84
John Oliverio ‘01
Oliver Reuben Rosand ’15
Stephanie Rudloe ‘82
Will Sargent ‘85
Joseph Sokol-Margolis ‘92
Aiden Winslow ‘85
Julie Winslow ‘87

Staff

Ingleed Auguste
Chela Badell-Watson
Sharon Bedig
Aaron Bennett
Brad Bennett
Connie Biewald
Carolyn Bloomberg-O’Brien
Abigail Branch
Maxie Chambliss
Kevin Clark
Melissa Defay
Deanna Dement Myers
Cindy Dill
Iris DuPont
Ami Feldman
Hannah Gittleman ‘79
Joannie Grisham
Kerryn Hinds
Sufia Jamal
Jennifer Kay.Goodman
Robin Khadduri
Chelsea LeClair
Kate Lee
Rob Lee
Eric Lowenstein
Tracey Lowenstein
Tara McCaffrey
Charlie McDermott
Lauren Mueller
Molly O’Connor
Ikuko Oseki
Scot Oxholm
Angela Pendleton
Kim Ridley
Sarah Tahang-Bianco
Diana Tatz
Dorla White-Simpson
Lucy Wittenberg
Kate Yohay

Unit Fitness

For the 2019-2020 academic year, our Unit students’ schedule has been adjusted to beginning their day with fitness. The Unit Fitness program expands our definition of physical fitness to include knowledge of team sports, strength and conditioning, and mind/body connection through the practice of yoga. The three goals of this pilot program are:

Start the students’ day with physical fitness to increase focus, energy and productivity as they begin their academic program
Broaden the students’ view of physical fitness
Increase the amount of time the students are physically active

Unit students participate in all three classes, three times throughout the year.

Yoga

Yoga teaches body awareness and the connection between thoughts, emotions, and physical state. Students explore the history of yoga by learning basic shapes and breath work techniques that overlap in a variety of yoga lineages. Students also learn to use the tools that are most helpful for the modern teen. An important goal of this yoga class is to provide an opportunity for students to be curious and open to new forms of movement and find connections between themselves and the community around them.

Movement and Strength

Movement and Strength is designed to work all muscle groups with an emphasis on building strength and conditioning. Students are exposed to different styles of strength training such as obstacle courses, circuit training, and speed and agility workouts, all with the specific mission to engage the muscles and challenge students in a safe and fun way. The Movement portion of the class addresses the range of motion of the human body. Along with building strength and analyzing movement, the class spends time learning and understanding how the muscular system operates.

Team Sports

Team Sports classes work towards the refinement of individual skills used in the performance of games and sports. For each unit there are warm-up activities, lead-up games, fitness related skills, and specific skill development. Students participate in games and tournaments throughout the year, while exercising leadership roles by learning referee skills, applying game strategies, and studying the rules of each sport. Students play soccer, kickball, floor hockey, basketball, touch football, volleyball, baseball, and use the climbing wall.

Your contributions to the Annual Fund help provide programatic opportunities like these.

Appreciate