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Three sets of Galloway siblings with
common bonds and uncommon passions.
How did one school nurture
such differences?
4 Happenings
Three seniors share their lifechanging experiences across the
globe, a time-honored tradition
continues, and a new head of
school is warmly welcomed.
8 Sibling Revelry
Three sets of alumni siblings
share how their experiences at
Galloway made them who they
are today.
12 Oh, Suzanna!
Hot on the heels of our new
head of school’s arrival only
months ago, four alumni
get answers to their burning
questions about Suzanna
Jemsby.
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16 Events
Find out about who and what
you missed, and what’s already
in store for the coming months.
18 From A-Town to
Jamestown
How do you connect works of
art with economic concepts?
What does the color yellow
have to do with productivity?
And how would you set
up a colony so as not to be
vulnerable to attack? Find
out how Middle and Upper
Learning students have
answered these questions.
22 Arts
Theater director J. Scott
McNair receives a coveted
nomination for a prestigious
award, our very own chorus
students sing one out of the
ballpark, and a Spanish tragedy
is brought to life on stage.
Editor
Jennifer Pons
Contributors
Mark Feinberg
Leslie Fisher
Ben Gumpert ’95
Jim Hilleary
Max Levy ’13*
Michael Maziar ’01
Mark McCandless
Janet Reed
Jacqueline Roeder ’13*
Maddie Vogelsang ’13*
Associate Editor
Melanie McNeely
Creative Director
Steve Parker
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24 Athletics
What did the Middle Learning
boys soccer team do for a fifth
time? Which talented senior just
signed to play baseball in college?
Find out the answers and get the
latest Scots news from athletics
director Jim Hilleary.
31 Giving Back
Ben Gumpert ’95 had the ideal
Galloway experience and is
actively using it today. Find out
why else he says it’s important to
give back.
32 Class Notes
Find out the latest news about
your fellow classmates. Who
moved, got married, had a baby,
got the promotion, or all of the
above?
Photography
Kira Burr
Gibbs Frazeur
Billy Howard
Jeff Jones
Max Levy ’13 *
Patricia O’Driscoll
Lindy Shoemaker
Maddie Vogelsang ’13*
Cover Photo
Jerry Mucklow
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*A special thanks to these Galloway students who contributed stories and photos as part of the
newly created Galloway Correspondent Network. This initiative allows interested Upper Learning
students to gain real-world experience in journalism under the guidance of teacher Lexi Hunter
Fields ’98 and Galloway’s communications staffer Melanie McNeely as editor and mentor.
I would like to introduce myself as your new Alumni Council
president for the 2012-2014 term. It is truly an honor and privilege to serve in this role
and represent your voice on the Galloway Board of Trustees.
My excitement is compounded with the enormous pleasure of the entire community
welcoming our new head of school, Suzanna Jemsby. Her welcome ceremony was festively filled
2012–2013
Alumni Council
Suzanna has a deep understanding of the “Galloway Way” and tremendous vision for the school’s
future. She has great connections to our school including the mentorship of Dr. Joe Richardson, Elliott
Galloway alumni are active, dedicated individuals who care as much about
Galloway’s handpicked and immediate successor for head of school. She even regularly drinks mugs of
our community today as they did as students. A number of alumni have
hot water, which she enjoyed long before knowing it was also Elliott’s drink of choice! If you have not
chosen to give of their time by serving as class liaisons. With the goal
yet had the opportunity to meet Suzanna, she is very interested in hearing from alumni.
of helping the school maintain a strong connection with alumni, class
many complimentary remarks about Suzanna and the importance of The Galloway School in the
landscape of Atlanta’s independent learning environment.
Michael Maziar ’01, president
Anne Lokey ’04, vice president
Rachel Fox ’01, giving chair
Gloria Kantor ’00, events chair
Jennifer Barich ’88
Megan Torbett Becker ’97
Mike Feldberg ’01
Lexi Hunter Fields ’98
Hillary Fixelle ’05
April Johnson Husted ’97
Jeff Lowenberg ’72
Seth Morganstern ’01
Lauren Rock ’86
Marthame Sanders ’88
Amy Stevens Smith ’89
Our school remains dedicated to nurturing every student to “play the game of learning, not the
game of school.” With that said, I have been continually impressed with the issues with which the
board has been most concerned. However, if you have any questions or concerns you would like
heard, please do not hesitate to contact me. If we personally have not yet connected, please find me
on the medium of your choice: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, pigeon delivery, or cloud writing.
As always, kindly keep an eye on your email for more details, announcements, and upcoming
events. If you are unsure whether we have your most current address(es), please send an update
through your alumni class liaison or shoot an email to Leslie Fisher in the alumni office.
I look forward to hearing from you and seeing you soon!
Sincerely,
Michael A. Maziar ’01
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who’s your
class liaison?
with music, dance, and a keynote address by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. Mayor Reed shared
“Our school remains
Welcome
liaisons serve as a go-to for all Galloway news and events, and are an easy
way for you to share your class notes or address updates.
Galloway is grateful to the following alumni for their enthusiasm,
service, commitment, and support as class liaisons:
Alumni from Galloway
Classes 1980-1989
Alumni Class Liaisons
Rusty Spears ’76
Phillip Daves ’77
Lylian Voss ’79
Alfred Moon ’82
Jason Evans ’85
Lauren Rock ’86
Heather Dittus ’87
Marthame Sanders ’88
Jason Bowen ’89
Julianna Evans ’89
Colin Kirkman ’89
Sharon Funk ’92
Jodi Mekyten ’92
Reese Barnard ’93
Cathy Poley ’94
Kathryn Morgan
Stempler ’00
Kwame N. Yankson ’00
Gloria Kantor ’00
Rachel Fox ’01
Jesse Greenspan ’02
Sasha Greenspan ’02
Taylor Mathis ’03
Scott Covington ’04
Kathleen Bazaz ’07
Lindsay Mass ’07
Kevin Luptowski ’08
Evan Shapiro ’08
Rachel Cole ’09
Jasmyn Turner ’09
Dakota Foard ’11
Lauren Godfrey ’11
Jake Grant ’11
Sara Cramer ’12
Max Goldwasser ’12
If you would be
interested in serving as
a class liaison, please
contact Leslie Fisher
in the alumni office at
404.252.8389.
Alumni from Galloway
Classes 1990-1999
dedicated to nurturing
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every student to ‘play the game of learning, not the game of school.’”
Alumni from Galloway
Classes 2000-2007
myths,
The Happening celebrates
legends,
and
tall tales
For the 37th annual Happening, each grade in
students participated in range of events such as
or tall tale. As part of the long-running tradition,
fencing, an archery demonstration, a visit from a
the EL specialists extravagantly decorated the Sims
falconer and hawk, a magic carpet ride through
Atrium. Children arrived on Monday, Oct. 22, and
Middle Eastern countries, and an inspired
found that it had been completely transformed to
performance by the head of school, Suzanna
reflect a variety of familiar legends, myths, and tall
Jemsby, as the “Pied Piper of Hamelin.”
tales yet to be discovered over the next three days.
Above: The Shoemaker/Asher
kindergarten class heads to
Hamburger Pond to search for
the Loch Ness Monster.
During the three days of The Happening,
Early Learning studied a different legend, myth,
The Happening began as a gift from the
These legendary themes included Sherlock
specialists to the students to emphasize each
Holmes (3s), Jungle Book (Pre-K), the Loch Ness
specialist’s area: art, music, physical education,
Monster (kindergarten), American folk tale legends
and language.The tradition continues and has
(first), Lost Continent of Atlantis (second), Arabian
developed, not only as an important part of the EL
Nights (third), and King Arthur and the Knights of
curriculum, but also as a highly anticipated event
the Round Table (fourth).
each year.
Galloway welcomes
new head of school
On Sept. 30, with more than 700 parents,
students, alumni, and friends in attendance, we
officially welcomed Suzanna Jemsby. Students
welcomed our new head with beautiful dance,
chorus, band, and strings performances, and we
heard wonderful reflections on Elliott Galloway’s
vision for the school, and how Suzanna Jemsby
exemplifies his mission.
A number of Galloway friends spoke at
the event, including past heads of school Joe
Richardson and Linda Martinson, current
board chair Jim Benjamin, alumni parent and
grandparent Bill Stevens, who emceed the event,
and Jeff Galloway, Elliott’s son. “Suzanna, I clearly
feel that this is your treasury,” Jeff said. “You have a
lot of good things to look forward to, and we are
so glad that you are here.”
Introduced by parent Peter Aman, Atlanta
Mayor Kasim Reed joined us for the celebration
and praised Galloway’s emphasis on diversity.
“From the moment of its inception, the Galloway
family made the decision the school would be
inclusive,” he said.
New head of school Suzanna Jemsby was
presented with a crystal ball by past heads
Richardson and Martinson. “In a certain
sense, this crystal ball is to look back at the
past,” Suzanna said. “But I also see myself as
an educational futurist—to look in to the ball,
see what’s coming, and prepare our students
appropriately to go out and make changes in
the world.”
Happenings
Use your smart phone to scan
the QR code above to see Mayor
Reed’s TV interview at the
welcome ceremony.
Clockwise from left: Former
head of school Joe Richardson
presents Suzanna Jemsby with a
crystal ball from the school.
Above, right: Carol Wall and
Charlotte Bock’s third-graders
show their class’ magic carpet
project from their Arabian Nights
studies.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed
welcomes new head of school
Suzanna Jemsby.
Middle Learning teacher Mark
Boswell ’01 and eighth-grader
Lenore Alexander place flowers
in the Galloway vase during the
traditional flower ceremony.
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EL art teacher Carmen Gonzalez explains the “Legend of the Love Flute,” a Native American legend about how the Native
flute came to be.
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Three seniors participate
in global service through
Shoulderto-
Shoulder
Over the summer, three Galloway students
participated in life-changing global service
experiences through Shoulder-to-Shoulder.
Jacob Jones ’13 journeyed to Nepal where he
worked with The Small World, digging a trench
and inserting a pipe to bring water to a girls’
hostel and eventually to an entire village.
“When we got back to the hostel (after the
pipe was installed), they turned on the faucet and
water started flowing out,” Jacob said. “The girls
were all hugging each other and hugging us. It
was an incredible feeling—one of the best I’ve
ever had.”
Davis Parker ’13 made the trip to New
Orleans where he worked with Common
Ground Relief in its efforts to help the city
recover ecologically from the long-term damage
caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Davis
worked on a team that planted thousands of reeds
per day in the wetlands.
“I left with the realization that things like
Katrina don’t impact an area just for the time they
are on the news, but continue to impact people
long after,” Davis said in a Northside Neighbor
article.
Sierra Tokanel ’13 traveled to Rurrenabaque,
Bolivia, where she volunteered for the Rio Beni
Health Foundation, helping a clinic build and
install concrete water filters for a small village.
“Galloway has strong sense of community,”
Sierra said. “And when you’re in such an
unfamiliar place, you really have to trust everyone
you’re with and work as a community to get the
job done and accomplish your goals.”
Happenings
Use your smart phone to scan
the QR code at right to find out
more about what Jacob, Davis,
and Sierra experienced on their
Shoulder-to-Shoulder journey.
Jacob Jones ’13 traveled to Nepal
where he helped bring water to a
girls’ hostel.
Sierra Tokanel ’13 spent the
summer building and installing
concrete water filters in a small
village in Bolivia.
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Galloway teachers will tell you that one of the joys of teaching is watching children
develop into the people they were meant to be. To find out what inspires and moves
them.To help them discover what interests them most.
When it comes to siblings, it’s fascinating to see the vastly different beings that emerge
from the same gene pool. In the case of three Galloway families—the Jaffes,Watsons, and
Malones—our school was home to exceptional pairs of brothers and sisters who chose
very different paths.
Read on as we revel in these siblings’ love and respect for each other, their
accomplishments in their chosen fields, and of course, their diverse interests and talents.
Medicine and Music
Philip Jaffe and Adam Jaffe
Adam Jaffe ’03 and Philip Jaffe ’00
both received a Galloway education
that prepared them for very different
career paths.
SIBLING
revelry
by Janet Reed
Three sets of Galloway siblings—brothers and sisters with common bonds
and uncommon passions. How did one school nurture such differences?
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The Jaffe brothers are an impressive twosome.
Even in high school, Philip ’00 and Adam ’03
were excellent students who pursued their
interests with vigor and dedication. Now they’re
each pursuing unique careers—Philip as an
anesthesiologist assistant (AA) in Atlanta, and
Adam as a classical harpsichordist, currently
studying in the Netherlands.
Both were very active during their Galloway
years. Philip played on the basketball team,
worked on the yearbook staff, and played the
washboard in Allen Barksdale’s famous Jug Band.
Always interested in science, he convinced
beloved physics teacher Henry DeGrazia to
let him do an independent study in advanced
physics during his senior year. At Connecticut
College, Philip majored in environmental
chemistry, then earned a master’s degree in
public health at Emory University. After a year
working for the EPA in Washington, D.C., he
enrolled in the AA program at Emory and is
now on staff at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
at Egleston.
Adam was more about the arts at Galloway,
playing the lead in “The Boyfriend” and
“Anything Goes,” and of course, pursuing his
love of piano. After Galloway, Adam earned
a B.H.A. in piano performance and French
from Carnegie Mellon University and, after a
year studying in Paris, returned to Carnegie
Mellon for his M.F.A. Adam later discovered
the harpsichord, and last year won a Fulbright
Scholarship to study harpsichord and early
music at the Royal Conservatory of The
Hague. Having wrapped up his Fulbright in
May, he’s planning to stay in the Netherlands
to continue his music studies and participate in
an improv comedy group, and will be touring
Australia next summer with his newly formed
harpsichord duo.
Although the Jaffes had very different interests
in high school, “Galloway clearly taught us both
to be lifelong learners,” Adam said. “With equally
strong arts and math-science programs, we both
flourished there.”
Philip agrees. “At Galloway, everyone
overlaps—the math guy is also a cross-country
runner and maybe a singer. There’s lots of
encouragement to be active in different areas. It’s
that freedom and encouragement that let us both
thrive there—and thrive as young adults.”
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“I’m a leader, and I like a new challenge,” Lordserious
said. “Galloway teaches that if you try your best and
don¹t succeed, you learn from it.”
“We were the first in our
family to graduate from
college, and our mother
taught us to make the most
of our opportunities, not just
go to class and earn the
degrees,” Asia said.
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Learning and Law
Lordserious Watson and Asia Watson
Lordserious Watson ’02 and Asia Watson ’03
are on the go. He’s an entrepreneur in Atlanta,
currently focused on growing his successful
startup. She’s just graduated from law school and
is looking for a job as a prosecutor. Both are
highly motivated achievers who have embraced
life with zeal. For instilling in them a sense of
purpose and compassion, they credit their mom
… and Galloway.
The Watsons came to Galloway via A Better
Chance, a national program that recruits
academically talented children of color for
prestigious educational opportunities. While
Lordserious says the transition was smooth, he
noticed a lack of African-American role models
at the school. “In typical Galloway fashion, I was
encouraged to do something about it,” he said.
The result? He co-founded Sankofa, a
multicultural organization, and then served as
the first student on Galloway’s diversity council.
This, while working several jobs and excelling
academically, socially, and athletically. As a Ron
Brown Scholar at Georgia Tech, Lordserious
went on to major in industrial engineering.
After college, he launched several companies,
including his successful tutoring venture, Serious
Tutoring, which serves students at Galloway and
other Atlanta schools.
In the meantime, multitalented Asia forged
her own way at Galloway, as an active Sankofa
member and dance team captain, among many
other endeavors. At Sewanee: The University of
the South, she was honored for academic success
as a member of the Order of the Gownsmen,
was co-captain of the varsity cheerleading
team, and vice president of the school’s African
American Alliance, and started the Sewanee
dance team. Asia followed up her B.A. in
psychology with a two-year stint as a junior high
math teacher with Teach for America. A law
degree from Northeastern University followed,
along with life-changing internships with the
Human Rights Law Network in India, a law
clerkship in Honolulu, and work with the U.S.
Attorney’s Office in Nashville.
“One of the things Galloway is good at is
embracing diversity of interests,” Lordserious
said. “We were always encouraged to figure out
what we liked and go do it.”
Asia put it another way: “I follow the rules.
Lordserious creates his own rules. And both
styles are OK at Galloway.”
Science and Show Biz
Tom Malone and Shannon Malone
The Malones were born into the Galloway
family. Their grandfather was a founding board
member. Their mother, Elaine, ran Galloway’s
drama program for 23 years—which meant
that their father, a physician, was the chief tech
for many a school play. Interestingly, Tom and
Shannon have followed in their parents’ rightbrain-left-brain footsteps.
Tom ’87 loves science, and eventually
founded a biotech company in Connecticut.
Shannon ’90 loves performing, and is now an
actress and producer in Los Angeles.
At Galloway, Tom says he “did everything,”
from singing in the chorus to playing soccer. On
the academic front, he and some friends maxed
out the math curriculum, so the school created a
new math course in vector algebra to keep them
challenged.
Tom earned his first undergraduate degree
at Georgia Tech in physics, a second degree in
economics at Georgia State, and an M.B.A. at
the University of Chicago. Andersen Consulting
came next, and then Tom founded his company,
Artificial Cell Technologies, a biotech firm
currently developing vaccines for RSV, malaria,
and Marburg virus.
“It never occurred to me that I couldn’t
become an expert in whatever interested me,” he
said. “I think I learned that at Galloway.”
Shannon, who took her first curtain call
at Galloway in “A Christmas Carol” in Cindy
Rollins’ fifth-grade class, was also active in
playing sports and performing in all of the
school productions, as well as with a local opera
company. College took her to UNC Greensboro
for a B.F.A. in theater, followed by an M.F.A.
from the American Conservatory Theater.
Somewhere between gigs in New York, Atlanta,
Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Ireland, Shannon
discovered a passion for the sci-fi/horror genre,
and realized that her organizational acumen and
business skills served her well as a producer.
Her latest venture, “The House with 100
Eyes,” a movie she produced and stars in, was
nominated for several awards at the recent
Chicago Horror Film Festival and won ‘Best
Feature Film’ at Phoenix Fearcon.
“I remember Mr. Galloway saying ‘just
try and you’ll be amazed at what you can
accomplish,’” she said. “And it’s true—my
confidence and willingness to try new things
started at The Galloway School.”
Each of these Galloway grads speaks of
“community” when recalling their days at our
school. They all mention specific teachers and
experiences that inspired and encouraged them.
What they describe is, in fact, summarized in
the school’s mission statement, which concludes,
“Through innovation, enthusiasm, and high
expectations, Galloway draws students joyfully
into learning and cultivates the intrinsic
curiosity and unrepeatable talents of each one.”
Tom and Shannon have
stayed connected to Galloway
through the years. In fact,
Elliott Galloway officiated at
both of their weddings.
It’s not unusual for siblings to have different strengths, talents and interests.
But it is rare for one school to accommodate and
nurture these disparate interests so fully.
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w
hile Suzanna Jemsby would
happily introduce herself to
you, we thought it would be
interesting for some Galloway
alumni to make the introduction
themselves. Four Galloway
alumni spent an afternoon getting
to know the new face at the helm
of The Galloway School. They
learned about Jemsby’s favorite
Elliott Galloway philosophies, got
insight into her current view of
the school, and heard her vision
of the ways in which alumni
can continue to be a part of the
Galloway story.
Mitzie Goldman ’88: What is one of your favorite
philosophies of Elliott Galloway, and can you give
an example of how you have implemented it
these early months of your time here at Galloway?
Suzanna: [Gestures to a basket of fortune cookies
on her desk and invites alumni to take one. Each
opens their fortune cookie to find a “Mr. Galloway
quote” inside.] I was asked early on to identify
words of Elliott Galloway that I really liked, so I
chose some that were inspiring to myself and this
community.We had them printed onto fortune
cookies to be given out at the welcome ceremony,
and now I give them to anyone who comes by to
visit the school.The one I like the most is, “Find
out who you are and become that person.” I think
this is what the school does really beautifully in
terms of building kids with a very confident voice,
and allowing them to have confidence in who they
are. It plays out in the way they look, the way they
think, and certainly the way they carry themselves.
I don’t think I’ve done much to implement this
further other than to embrace it. It’s definitely one
[of Mr. Galloway’s quotes] that resonates most with
me. I also really like, “Behave yourself and try. And
wear shoes.”
Suzanna: I have sat in on every class except for
four, I think, and hoping to get in to those very
soon. And what did I learn? I learned that my
own chemistry education was really inadequate!
[laughs] I’ve learned that the kids are really getting
a vibrant intellectual experience as they go from
class to class. I’m also learning that the teachers
know the kids really, really well. I see areas for
improvement. For example, I think we can do
more in terms of connecting the world into
what we do and emphasizing global connectivity
around our learning.
I actually sit in on classes every Wednesday. In fact,
if you send me an email on a Wednesday, you will
get my out-of-office response. I think what that
is doing is starting a good conversation between
teachers. It also gives me a good sense of who we
are and what we do, and the only way to really do
that is to spend time in the classroom.
Ariel Baverman ’02: It’s been a while since I’ve
actually been on campus, so I’m really wondering if
it’s still the same here? I think it’s a concern of many
alumni.We just don’t know what it’s like now.
Suzanna: I think a lot of the community still
exists in much the same way as alumni remember.
My perspective, from what I hear, is that the spirit
of Galloway is still the same.
oh
Suzanna!
Lauren Rock ’86: What classes have you sat in on,
and what did you learn?
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If you read Mr. Galloway’s writings and you think
about the time in which they were written, 1967 for
most of the early documents, his ideas were cuttingedge then. He wouldn’t want us to refer back to
that in every context. Mr. Galloway was out on a
limb. He was the head of an educational movement.
Move that forward to 2012.What does a cuttingedge, educational movement look like today? And
that’s where my focus lies.
Ariel: What do you see five years from now?
Suzanna: I want to see every classroom truly
inquiry-based. Meaning, when you walk into a
classroom, the teacher’s voice shouldn’t be the
dominant one. It’s about students interacting, talking
with one another, and learning from each other.
Marthame: You didn’t know Elliott, but I know
you’ve read him quite voraciously. What’s the one
thing that you see that’s still here because of him?
Suzanna: People. People are very loyal to him
and to the school. I think this place affects people
in a way that you aren’t affected if you go to a
different school. Countless people have said to
me, “I know you didn’t know Mr. Galloway, but I
came here because of him.”
Lauren: And how do you capture that spirit as the
school has more and more teachers who never
knew Mr. Galloway?
Ariel Baverman ’02, Suzanna
Jemsby, Marthame Sanders ’88,
Mitzie Dozier Goldman ’88,
Lauren Rock ’86
Marthame Sanders ’88: Now that you’ve been
here for a few months, what do you see at the
symbolic “center” of the school?
Suzanna: The courtyard. I think there’s a lot of
great traffic and energy to it. And the bell—we’ve
actually had some interesting conversations about
the bell. As the school has grown in numbers
of students, it’s a shame they can’t all fit in the
courtyard for school-wide events, so I’ve asked
Ms. G to figure out how we can get the bell out
to events. We’re working with some welders to
see if we can move it to some of the important
events. We need to bring the courtyard to people.
It’s important.
Suzanna: It’s interesting. My summer reading this
last year was five writings of Mr. Galloway. I wanted
to be very familiar with his writing before coming
into the school. I think that’s a model we can
continue for years especially with new teachers—
to keep going back to his writings. In the first
document I read, I found something really cool, and
that’s the fact that Mr. Galloway mentions the word
“change” seven times. And so when people say,“You
aren’t going to come in and change everything, are
you?” My response is that it’s not about maintaining
the exact school as it was when Mr. Galloway passed
away, but rather, where was he trying to go? And
where would he be taking the school? So I go out
to Elliott’s Circle every day and just spend some
time thinking about that. I also keep in pretty close
contact with Jeff Galloway, which is really nice.
Marthame: What role can alumni play?
Lauren: Speaking of the courtyard, have you been
under the stairs in the courtyard to, what was, a
long time ago, the PE room?
Suzanna: Yes. I’ve been everywhere. I’ve even
been underneath the stage—that’s really cool.
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Suzanna: Get involved. Help us make connections
with your classmates.What I’m enjoying about
the school is that this is a story place. Everyone has
so many stories. And the more alumni who share
those stories, the more that adds to the community.
Come visit. I’ll give you a fortune cookie.
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Save date
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Elliott’s Evening:
Celebrating
Individuality
Mason Murer Art Gallery
Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 7 p.m.
Special ticket price for alumni!
Watch for more information in the next
alumni e-newsletter! Not receiving the
e-newsletter? Email Leslie Fisher at
l.fisher@gallowayschool.org and get added.
The First Annual
Alumni Parents Happy Hour
August 30, 2012
While the alumni office has always hosted events and opportunities for graduates to stay connected to Galloway, the school was hearing cries that nothing
similar existed for parents of graduates. To fill this gap, the newly formed Alumni Parents Association (APA) hosted about 80 alumni parents at the Alumni
Parents Happy Hour on Thursday, Aug. 30. Everyone enjoyed reconnecting, reminiscing, and hearing from our new head of school, Suzanna Jemsby.
“I’m very excited about the initiative the alumni office has begun with regards to the new Alumni Parent Association” said Hillery McNeill, chair of the APA. “It
Alumni Profession Panel
Alumni Events
Alumni discuss colleges, careers with seniors
was great seeing so many people at our first annual Happy Hour gathering. I look forward to seeing even more alumni parents at future events and hope that
In a new program developed by the alumni
office, on Oct. 23, seven Galloway alumni visited
(in person or via Skype) with seniors to discuss
college, adjustments, and their current careers.
“The Alumni Profession Panel (APP) connects
current students with alumni, keeps alumni
connected to Galloway, and provides seniors
with an idea of what a Galloway graduate looks
like,” said Leslie Fisher, assistant director of
development and alumni relations.
Alumni who participated include a law
student, journalist, field biologist, and financial
services director. Each had different advice to
offer to current Galloway seniors.
“Everything you are given to do in an
internship is an opportunity to either, 1) learn
something you will use later in your career, or 2)
make a good impression on someone who can
help you later in your career,” said Anne Lokey ’04,
who is an advertising account manager.
they will continue to find opportunities to reconnect.”
The key to attending a large university after
Galloway, according to Lila Berman ’03 who
attended the University of Texas, is to make it
feel smaller by getting involved with different
organizations.
Jon Blankenship ’98, a director at Citi,
discussed the importance of managing work-life
balance. He said he worked longer hours and did
more business travel earlier in his career, but now
he has better defined work hours.
To be ahead of the game, Jackson Reeves ’04,
digital media producer at Atlanta Magazine,
encouraged students: “Do what you want to do
before you do it. If you want to write about style,
start a style blog. It’s a way of showing you have
experience.”
With seniors coming off a school break to visit
colleges, APP was timed to offer a further glimpse
into college and career decisions through the eyes
of their predecessors.
Upcoming
Alumni Events
College-Aged Alumni Brunch
Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 at 11 a.m.
Return to where it all began and
enjoy brunch with your teachers
and fellow alumni.
Alumni Winter Toast
(21 and up)
Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012 at 8 p.m.
at SweetWater Brewery
Raise a pint to round out the year
and welcome a new one!
Alumni & Alumni Parents
Back-to-School Night
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 at 6 p.m.
Reconnect with friends and attend
a mini-class or two with your
favorite teachers.
Carol Baden Retirement
May 31, 2012
UL assistant principal Carol
Baden retired in June after
30 years at Galloway.
Galloway alumni joined with the Galloway
community on May 31 to honor the retirement
of Carol Baden. Carol held many roles in her 30
Lila Berman ’03, brand
manager at Moe’s
Southwest Grill, dishes
out career advice to a
group of seniors.
years at Galloway from assistant teaching in Early
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Learning, teaching Upper Learning math, to her
most recent position as UL assistant principal. To
help celebrate Carol’s dedication to the school,
Galloway parents, alumni parents, alumni, and
friends raised more than $25,000 to name the
assistant principal’s office in Carol’s honor.
Jackson Reeves ’04
discusses his path
to Atlanta Magazine
with seniors.
Upcoming Class Reunions
Class of 2002 Reunion
Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012
from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hobnob
Class of 2007 Reunion
Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012
from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Red Brick
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Brewing Company
Class of 1988 Reunion
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013
at 5:30 p.m.
design
star
By Maddie Vogelsang ’13
galloway EDITION
Galloway’s administration has made an effort to
involve students more than ever before. One of the
most visible signs of this is the renovation of both
the Upper Learning Commons and new head
of school Suzanna Jemsby’s office, both designed
by students in Lexi Field’s and Felicia McCrary’s
“Design Star” Excursion last May.
Over the course of a week, about 30 Upper
Learning students drew out plans for the office
and Commons, used an iPad app to determine the
dimensions of the rooms, created digital models
with Google SketchUp, chose furniture from
IKEA, and looked at how educational spaces can
be utilized for maximum productivity.
The Commons has undergone a dramatic
change since last year. Design Star replaced an old,
stained couch, florescent lights, and bleak painting
with several pieces of new furniture, bright
curtains, and a chalkboard wall that gives students a
chance to express themselves.
“It was a great chance to work on something
that I get to see the entire Galloway community
enjoy every day” said Trent Hawkins ’13, a student
who participated in the Excursion.The Commons
is now a clean, welcoming place where students
can eat lunch or just hang out.
In Mrs. Jemsby’s office, students added personal
touches such as a window from the Galloway
basement, “combining the past generations of
Galloway with this new one,” said Max Levy ’13,
who also was in the Excursion. By August, the
room was painted a cheerful yellow and white with
brown hardwood floors.
“Walking in and seeing Mrs. Jembsy’s office
actually looking like we designed it was really
exciting,” Max said.
Mrs. Jemsby found the office a perfect welcome
to Galloway. “The space that has been created is
fresh, full of energy, minimalist, peaceful, warm,
and welcoming—all things I was hoping for,” she
said. “I was also keen for main workspace to be
the round table, around which many people can
sit and collaborate.The yellow wall is beautiful, as
it is unexpected, and bright. A newspaper reporter
came out to interview me and asked where my
office was—he didn’t think that this space was
likely to belong to the head of school.The window
hanging on the wall provokes many a question. It is
an original window from Gresham, and represents
for me a perspective on Galloway’s history.”
She added, “Many parents come in and say that
the office represents a new phase of the school;
they love the juxtaposition of quite a modern look
in a building which is more than 100 years old.”
Hopefully Galloway’s future will be one of even
more student involvement, since this one was such
a success.
Academics
The Upper Learning Commons
was made over with new
furniture and a chalkboard wall
where students can express
themselves.
Students added personal touches to
Suzanna Jemsby’s new office such as a
window from the Galloway basement.
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design
star
By Max Levy ’13
Technology Lab Edition
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The Isenberg family
donated the technology lab
renovations in honor of their
sons, Ari (right), Jake, and
Jared (left).
ark Gerl had one simple instruction to a
group of Upper Learning students: “I want people
to walk in and say, ‘Wow!’”
Faced with the task of redesigning his grey,
dark room with an ancient desk and even
older curtains, the Early Learning technology
coordinator turned to students in the spring
Design Star Excursion for help.
Aside from a request for small tables with
whiteboard paint tops, Mr. Gerl let the Upper
Learning students give him any suggestions they had.
“We decided the room should have that Apple
Store feeling,”Trent Hawkins ’13 said.“White, sleek,
simplistic—that’s what the new room needed to be.”
For the last week of the 2011-2012 school
year, a group of students brainstormed and
explored numerous ways to make this space as
functional as possible while keeping an impressive,
sleek look.
The new classroom is almost unrecognizable.
The walls are stark white; the century-old
curtains are nowhere in sight. In addition to the
whiteboard-topped tables, an entire wall is coated
with whiteboard paint.
“The first day of school,” Mr. Gerl explained,
“we took each kid and said, ‘Touch the tables.
Touch the wall. Anything that feels like that, you
can write on.’”
Kindergarten students write out basic
computer programs; third-graders storyboard
games they will be designing; and students in
the robotics afterschool program calculate the
circumference of their robots’ wheels. None of
this is done on paper. It’s all done on the wall.
Adding function to form, the white tables are
small enough to move around throughout the day.
Mr. Gerl already switches up how the tables are
arranged every now and then. When the thirdgraders start programming in small groups, he
said, they will spread out and divide up the tables.
No matter the lesson plan, Mr. Gerl will not be
hindered by an inflexible room.
With such a dynamic classroom, it’s no surprise
that Mr. Gerl feels perfectly comfortable pushing
his students to use technology to its fullest. It’s
only in this type of environment that a teacher
can tell a group of 10-year-olds, “You’re game
designers now.”
At the Intersection of Art and Economics
By Jacqueline Roeder ’13
Jacqueline Roeder ’13 represents
scarcity of opportunity in the style of
English graffiti artist Banksy.
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This fall, Lexi Fields ’98 assigned her senior economics class a new kind of project: an art project. “How in the
world do economics and art connect in any way?” students first asked.
The project was to create a work of art that mimicked the style of an artist.
“I read a book over the summer called ‘Making,Thinking,Visible,’ and it kind of just got my creative juices
flowing,” Lexi said regarding her innovative assignment.
After creating the works of art, students hung them on the walls and explained the thought processes behind their works.
The project was a success—anyone who walked down the East Wing hallway was impressed with the eclectic
styles and ideas.
Did the artwork live up to Lexi’s expectations? “Yes!” she responded. “I was excited but still concerned it might
not work, but I was blown away with how excited everyone was, how many different artists were represented, and
how they were connected back to economics.”
Joanna Satterwhite ’13 mimicked a Duchamp readymade by hanging a shovel and explained that it represented
the struggles of the working class. David Wasserman ’13 portrayed the famous “Scream” painting by Edward
Munch to explain the mental and physical tolls of working two jobs to support a family.
Not only was this project a success in the classroom, each student took away something special by completing
their own project, as well as seeing everyone else’s interpretive ideas come alive through the art.
“This project was a success and will be repeated in years to come,” Lexi said. “I am excited to see what new
ideas students will continue to come up with each year!”
Academics
Peter Emmons points out the
peninsula on which students
should not have settled their
colony in order to avoid
devastation from a hurricane.
Recreating the Jamestown colony
A smokehouse to preserve meat. A garden for
growing crops. An inland location for shelter from
hurricanes.
These are factors in Peter Emmons’ “Game of
God,” which he uses with his fifth-grade social
studies students to determine whether their
invented colonies would survive like Jamestown,
the first permanent English settlement in the
Americas.
Students began by researching and analyzing
the Jamestown settlement. Then they designed
their own Jamestown colony to survive the perils
and challenges it would face.
Students chose the location based on
surrounding resources, designed the village
and explained each building, chose necessary
occupations, and designed a government.
“If you do not have a well, no laws to control
work, and have not created policies to interact
with the Native Americans, you can quickly find
yourself in deep trouble,” Mr. Emmons said. “You
can’t just rely on one thing or another.You need
to think about everything.”
Sophia Bressler planned ahead for fire by
separating the kitchen from sleeping quarters in
the model of her settlement.
Avsha Weinberg and Zach Goldman built a
schoolhouse with adequate ventilation. With vents
throughout the structure, classmate Miriam Schatz
asked how they would protect against snow and
rain.
Avsha responded that the holes could be
plugged up with mud for insulation. He added
that they could use deerskin and save the meat,
using all parts of the animal like fifth-graders
learned about on their Outdoor Education trip.
“These early colonies form the basis
for American work ethic and its sense of
independence,” Mr. Emmons said. “They
realized that they needed to be self-sustaining to
succeed. That led to creation of their own laws,
choosing their own leaders, and ultimately feeling
independent from their mother country.”
Avsha Weinberg and Zach
Goldman present the lego
model of their ventilated
schoolhouse.
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PLAYBILL
This fall, the Galloway
Theatre Company performed
Bodas de Sangre, or “Blood
Wedding,” a story about
lovers tragically torn apart as
two families in rural Spain
are intricately bound in an
unbreakable cycle of murder
and revenge. The bilingual
production is based on the
play written in 1932 by
Federico Garcia Lorca, and
features Spanish guitars and
flamenco rhythms as a musical
backdrop.
ML and UL choruses
perform at Braves game
J. Scott McNair, Galloway’s director of theatre,
was recognized as one of three finalists for the
prestigious 2012 Theatre Education Award, one of
five awards given by the Woodruff Salutes Arts in
Education Leaders Recognition Program.
The Middle and Upper Learning choruses began
the school year singing the national anthem at the
Aug. 19 Braves game.
In fact, Braves pitcher Ben Sheets told ML
chorus teacher Diane Woodard that it was the best
performance he had heard all season.
The group, which included 60 ML and UL
students and several teachers, was thrilled to be
invited, and student comments included, “This is a
really big deal” and “I thought we sounded great!”
Arts
Upcoming
Arts Events
Jan. 14-18
ML Drama Performances for
Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth
Grades
Woodruff Salutes Finalist J. Scott McNair, with Galloway
dance director Sally Cramer (left) and head of school
Suzanna Jemsby (right) at the award ceremony.
Blood
Wedding
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Woodruff Salutes
J. Scott McNair
Woodruff Salutes is an annual event that
honors arts in education leaders who have
championed the arts in their communities and
demonstrated positive impact on the lives and
learning of young people. Finalists were named
as a result of their exemplary leadership in the
use of the arts in education resulting in positive
educational impact and outcomes, and were
chosen from a statewide pool of candidates.
At the ceremony, held in September at the
Woodruff Arts Center, the audience was treated to
a performance by the Galloway Dance Ensemble.
Matthew Tennant ’14, who also performed a
spoken word piece at the event, was responsible
for McNair’s nomination for the award. She was,
in fact, the only one of the 15 award finalists to be
nominated by a student.
“It was a huge honor,” McNair said. “It was a
great night for arts education and integration, and
a great night for Galloway!”
Friday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m.
UL Dance Ensemble
Braves pitcher Ben Sheets tells ML chorus teacher Diane
Woodard that it was the best performance of the national
anthem he has heard all season.
January 26 at 4 p.m.
UL Dance Ensemble
April 17-21
Musical Theater Performances
April 25 at 7 p.m.
UL Band and Strings Concert
May 2 at 7 p.m.
ML and UL Spring Choral
Concert
May 9 at 7 p.m.
UL Dance Ensemble
Sixty Middle and Upper Learning chorus students and
several teachers performed the national anthem at the
Aug. 19 Braves game.
May 17 at 10:30 a.m.
EL Spring Concert
May 17
EL Art Show
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Carson Waln ’13 signs with
Wofford College
Sophomore claims
state
cross
country
title
Athletics
Carson Waln ’13 officially signed with the
Wofford College Division 1 baseball team on
Nov. 19. “At an early age, Carson set a goal to
play Division 1 college baseball,” his parents said.
“We have watched him plot, plan, and work to
achieve this goal.”
With his goal realized and in front of a crowd
of students, faculty, staff, family, and friends,
Carson graciously thanked his parents, younger
brother, his Galloway coaches, and his East Cobb
baseball coach. With barely a dry eye in the
room, Carson signed his Wofford offer with a
pen made by his brother, Galloway eighth-grader
Davis.
“Carson is an exceptional student-athlete who
is truly committed to excellence both on and off
the field,” said athletics director Jim Hilleary. “He
is a top-notch student in the classroom while
maintaining a time-consuming athletic fitness
and competition program outside the classroom.”
Carson was also a state runner with the fifthplace Galloway cross country team earlier this
month.
Back row, from left: Jim Hilleary,
Galloway athletics director;
Chance Beam, East Cobb baseball
coach; Mat Fallon, Galloway
baseball coach; front row, from
left: father David Waln; Carson
Waln ’13; mother Jana Waln;
eighth-grade brother Davis Waln.
State champ Reilly Friedman ’15
Reilly and ninth-place finisher
Caroline Henry ’15 show off
their medals with head coach
Denny Beatty.
Head coach Denny Beatty told those gathered at
the cross country sendoff on Nov. 2 how difficult
the competition would be at the state meet the
next day.With eight teams averaging less than 18
minutes headed to state, he wasn’t kidding.
Reilly Friedman ’15 claimed the state class A
individual title with a course record time of 15:50,
only nine days after winning the region title. His
finish was 35 seconds ahead of the second place
finisher.
“Reilly has developed as a great runner in just
his second year of high school competition,” said
head coach Denny Beatty. “He has a great work
ethic and when it is combined with his trust in
training and hunger for competition, it’s going to
yield great results.”
The varsity boys team finished fifth overall with
a team average of 17:38. All seven runners ran
either a personal best on the season or a personal
best for the state course in Macon.
“Each runner exceeded expectations and
demonstrated incredible heart during their race,”
said Beatty. Every runner improved individually,
and the team as whole improved by more than
three minutes.
The Galloway boys cross country team has
qualified for the state meet for 16 consecutive years
with the last three state finishes in the top five.
Representing the girls cross country team,
Caroline Henry ’15 earned a state medal in
ninth place with a time of 20:24. For the second
consecutive year, Caroline cracked the top 10,
competing with the elite runners in class A and
improving her time on the state course during the
season by 1:07.
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Middle Learning Softball
Despite a heartbreaking one-run loss in the
MAAC conference championship game, the team
had a tremendous season finishing 9-2-1.With
eight new players, four of whom were new to
the game, coaches and players were amazed at the
incredible progress made.The team’s potential is
very high, and several will be key players on next
year’s squad.
Varsity Volleyball
The team started the season with a second place
finish at Mt Pisgah and ended with that same
winning fight.With Captains Berkley Cohn ’13
and Gracie Heinen ’13 leading the way, this young
team fought hard in each and every match in
which it competed, learning a lot about the game,
and playing at a high level.
Fall Sports
Update
Middle Learning Boys Soccer
By defeating Saint Martin’s 3-1, the team clinched
a fifth straight MAAC championship for the Scots.
After a bout of losses and big injuries to key players,
the team stepped up its effort and focus to win the
championship in front of the biggest crowd of the
season.
Varsity Softball
Despite a season racked with injuries, the softball
team had a number of great moments. The team,
along with the help of three eighth-graders, won
the Decatur Bulldog JV tournament by defeating
Decatur, Stephenson, and Westminster. Taylor
Jordan ’14 and Sammy Martinez ’14 led the team
this season on the mound and at the plate; both
ended the season hitting nearly .400. The team
welcomed a number of new players this season
and will only lose two, senior Ali Perry, and foreign
exchange student, Sophia Queckenberg.
The season was full of excitement and many
achievements, capped by a championship meet where
each student ran his or her fastest or second fastest
time of the season, and many ran a personal best.
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After jumping out to an amazing 8-0 record, the
Blue team continued to play winning volleyball
throughout the season by winning its last two out
of three games and finishing the season with a 10-1
record.The team’s only defeat of the season came
by way of Atlanta Academy.
Athletics
Middle Learning White Volleyball
It was the first year with a third ML volleyball
team.The girls gave 100 percent effort and had a
great season at 7-3. At the last couple of games, the
girls showed their improvement by moving to the
ball, calling the ball, and helping each other get the
ball over the net.
Upper Learning Ultimate
The team finished its season by hosting a round
robin tournament at the Athletics Complex. After a
couple of tough games against much larger schools,
the Scots won a nail-biter against AIS 11-9 in their
final game of the season and of the tournament.
Despite having both fewer and smaller players
than their opponents, the Scots were able to be
competitive in each game this year by being much
better conditioned than ever before, as well as more
organized and smarter with the disc.
Junior Varsity Volleyball
Ultimately, there is one thing this team exemplified
this season: to never give up. In the last set of the
last match of the season, the Galloway girls were
down 20-24 against rival Atlanta International
School. But point after point Mollie Wild ’13
confidently served over the net, and paved the way
for the team to win 26-24. Each member of the
team improved greatly throughout the season.
Middle Learning Gold Volleyball
Middle Learning Cross Country
Middle Learning Blue Volleyball
The Gold team finished the season strong at
11-4, despite a rough start. Highlights for the
team included a win over undefeated St. Martin’s
at home, a second place finish at the annual AIS
tournament, and a second place finish in the
MAAC championship tournament.The team
set the bar for future teams by having the most
successful season in the history of the Gold team.
Middle Learning Ultimate
The team had a great season. “In the seven years
of Galloway Middle Learning Ultimate, this is the
most talented and hardest-working team we’ve
had,” Coach Andy Crosby said.
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number of ML volleyball athletes this fall
(with a 23-6 combined record!)
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2011-2012 Faculty
Endowment Awards
George Greene, Upper Learning Art and Varsity
Track and Field Coach
I used my money to pay for a USA Track and
Field Coaches’Workshop and an Art Curriculum
Planning class.
Over the years, supporters of The Galloway School have understood the
critical need to provide faculty professional development opportunities. Gifts
to our endowment have provided funds that allow faculty members to take
advantage of opportunities to broaden their knowledge and skills. Each year,
we award stipends that create opportunities for teachers to grow individually
and for the school to grow collectively.
Carolyn and Ross Arnold Fund
for Teachers Lydia Phillips, Early Learning Kindergarten
I have flown over the Grand Canyon on several
occasions, usually on the way to or from LA. Each
time awestruck by its grandeur and size. This past
summer, with the help of the Carolyn and Ross
Arnold Award, I was able to see the Canyon up
close and personal. I toured the area in a small
single engine prop, this time at much lower altitude,
and then drifted past the tall canyon cliffs by way
of the Colorado River on an inflatable raft. I
walked through canyons and caves once inhabited
by America’s first settlers. Experiencing the Grand
Canyon was a dream come true and exceeded
every expectation!
in the Subway,” “Finding Flow,” “State of Wonder,”
John and Pamela Smart
of a Buddhist Atheist,” “Steve Jobs,”
Endowment“Confession
“Benjamin Franklin: An American Life,” “Caleb’s
Elizabeth Chapman, Eighth-Grade Language Arts
It was an unexpected honor to win the Pam and
John Smart Faculty Award. I want to thank them
for supporting this generous award and thank the
principals for choosing me from among many
worthy teachers, each committed to the teaching
profession and the desire to foster a life-long love
of learning in our wonderful Galloway students. As
anyone who knows me might guess, I partially used
the award to expand my library with an eclectic
assortment: “When We Were Orphans,” “Never
Let Me Go,” “Strayed,” “When the Emperor Was
Divine,” “The Buddha in the Attic,” “The Fiddler
Crossing,” and “The Marriage Plot,” are among
my purchases. I am a passionate reader; it fuels
and sustains my mind. One of my main goals as a
teacher is to share this pleasure with my students.
I hope to show them that good writing not
only activates our imaginations but also provides
important, deeper messages about life.
Perspectives
From left: Isaac Ramsey (UL Candy and Stephen Berman
Endowment for Faculty Excellence), George Greene, and
Lydia Phillips (Carolyn and Ross Arnold Endowment)
Candy and Stephen Berman
Endowment for Faculty
Excellence
Peter Dyer, Middle Learning Technology
The award is being used in a number of creative
ways. First, I bought a new 200mm lens for my
DSLR, which I have used to shoot photos on the
ML outdoor education expeditions this year.
The balance is being used as seed money for a
project I have long cherished and wanted to do
at Galloway.Working with a senior student, Jackie
Friedes, who has expressed a specific interest in this
media, I am developing the processes and acquiring
some of the technology to start a local broadcast/
podcast channel for the Galloway community.
From left: Sarah Armstrong and Linda Floyd (Teacher
Excellence Endowment in Honor of Cindy Dearman)
From left: Elizabeth Chapman and Marcia Kochel
(Pam and John Smart Faculty Fund)
Carolyn and Ross Arnold Endowment: George Greene, UL art teacher | Lydia Phillips, kindergarten teacher
2011-2012
Award
Recipients
Candy and Stephen Berman Endowment for Faculty Excellence: Peter Dyer (ML), technology teacher | Isaac
Ramsey (UL), theatre design and tech
Linda Kappel Faculty Enrichment Endowment: Barbara Stinson, EL health and PE | Elizabeth Zorn, 3s teacher
Angela and Jeorg Matthiessen Early Learning: Mark Gerl, EL technology coordinator
Pam and John Smart Faculty Fund: Elizabeth Chapman, ML language arts teacher | Marcia Kochel, head librarian
Teacher Excellence Endowment in Honor of Cindy Dearman: Sarah Armstrong, ML language arts teacher
(currently ML assistant principal) | Linda Floyd, EL music teacher
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From left: Barbara Stinson and Elizabeth Zorn
(Linda Kappel Faculty Enrichment Endowment)
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Ben Gumpert ’95
Perspectives
erkes
Y
Mark McCandless shares about his summer at
National
Primate Center
Last winter I learned that the ION@Yerkes
program, for a decade only open to high school
juniors and seniors, had opened up to a handful of
teachers. I applied to this competitive, eight-week
summer neuroscience research program and was
accepted.
For the first eight days at the Yerkes National
Primate Center, four teachers and 10 students
received a crash course in neuroscience from
Dr. Chris Goode, a Georgia State University
psychologist/neuroscientist. Following this
introductory component, we were placed for four
days a week in the laboratory of a neuroscience
researcher/mentor at Yerkes, Emory main campus,
or GSU.
The mentors’ interests varied widely: the effect of
anesthesia on social behavior of Rhesus macaques,
bullying and submission in Syrian hamsters,
photoperiod and sex hormones in white-throated
sparrows, PTSD in rats, stress hormones in Australian
Zebra finches, simian AIDS in sooty mangabies,
to name a few. On Fridays, all IONeers returned
to the Yerkes facility to explore other facets of
neuroscience with guest speakers or through diverse
lab activities.The teachers also produced lesson plans
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reflecting our research experiences.
I worked with Dr. Laura Carruth, a GSU
neuroendocrinologist. One of Dr. Carruth’s
research interests is the effect of corticosteroids
(specifically glucocorticoids) on song learning
in zebra finches. She and her students use
immunohistochemistry (labeling proteins using sets
of antibodies) to find glucocorticoid receptors in
the song control nuclei of male birds and correlate
these with diminished song learning capability.
My research task was to begin to look at the
distribution of mineralocorticoid receptors. In
order to conduct this research, I became intimately
familiar with, among other techniques, zebra
finch brain dissection, preserving brains and
preparing them for cryostatic microsectioning,
immunohistochemistry, and microscopy. Along
the way, I read a score or more scientific papers
from journals such as General and Comparative
Endocrinology, Journal of Neuroendocrinology,
Neuroscience Research, and Nature Neuroscience.
On the whole, this summer’s experience was
challenging and stimulating and certainly good for
my teaching Galloway neuroscience unit and my
biopsychology curriculum.
Why
I Give
Giving Back
I have many fond memories from my years at Galloway. My family of
friends, the variety of activities, and the supportive environment all
made for an ideal high school experience. The teachers cared about the students
personally as well as academically; they presented me with opportunities to explore and cultured
my desire to learn. Galloway is a great place to study and grow, but it is also a fun place to be. I give
to Galloway because it ensures that I continue to be a part of that community. In a small part, I am
helping to develop new opportunities for others to learn, explore, and to just have fun.
Ben currently resides in Ocala,
Fla., with his wife Meagan
and their two boys; Cooper
(2 years old) and Fletcher (2
months old). Ben is working as
a manufacturing engineer for
Lockheed Martin and enjoys
coaching soccer in his free time.
“I give to Galloway because it ensures that I continue to be a part of that community. In a small
part, I am helping to develop new opportunities for others to learn, explore, and to just have fun.”
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1996
Chester Old’s new body of sculpture work,
“Dysfunctional Objects,” was on view at
Mason Murer Fine Art in June and July, where
it was welcomed with considerable buzz and
impressive reviews. Old’s work can be viewed at
wchesterold.com.
1983
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Jeff Clauser is currently working as a pilot
for American Airlines. He lives in Chicago
with his wife Pamela, a marketing executive at
MillerCoors Brewing Company, and their new
baby girl, Cristina.
1988
Ashley Toomer Camoosa is moving to Athens,
Ga., in October while her husband pursues
his Master of Fine Arts at the University of
Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art.
Clayton Doss recently relocated to Singapore with
his wife Kristina and daughter, Isabella, for a threeyear tour. A lieutenant commander in the United
States Navy, Clayton serves as a public affairs officer.
The assignment to Singapore follows completion of
a master’s degree in East Asian studies at the Naval
Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.
1994
Rush Harris Mitchell, above, and her husband Jory
just added goats to their small farm in historic
Mooresville, Ala. Jory manages a local bicycle
shop while Rush stays home with their daughter
Katie Anne who turned 1 year old in September.
1995
Ben Gumpert and his wife Meagan recently
welcomed their second son, Fletcher, below,
into their family.
1999
Nick Benzine married Trisha Hill on Nov. 3,
2012, at Turner Field. They look forward to
starting their new family in the Atlanta area.
Galloway’s Spring 2011 Alumni Magazine
cover story, Lindsay Stradley, pictured below,
made national news when she was named by
Forbes as one of “The Five Most Powerful
Women Changing the World with Social
Entrepreneurship,” for her work as a co-founder
and CEO at Sanergy.
Class Notes
Liz Fox Gillies welcomed a new baby into her
family on July 11, 2012. Shandon Jacob Gillies,
above, joins siblings Reilly Jane, 4, and Cole, 2.
1998
1991
Carson Morris, pictured below, returned to
Galloway to teach Upper Learning Spanish. After
receiving a B.A. in Spanish from Wake Forest
University in 2002 and an MA in Latin American
Studies from the University of New Mexico, she
is also currently working on her dissertation as
a doctoral student in Latin American History at
the University of Mexico. She and her husband
Pedro have one son, Eli, who is a Galloway preKindergarten student.
Alecia Sanders Gray is in her second year
working in marketing and events for KU
Public Management Center. Her husband B.J.
is working on his Ph.D. in anthropology, and
their 2.5-year-old son Ben enjoys Skyping with
cousins Cyrus and Galloway first-grader Ramsay.
1992
The Class of
celebrated
20 years since graduating from
Galloway in Sandy Springs on Nov. 3.
2000
Matt Miller is currently working as an engineer,
composer, and sound designer at Lime Studios,
a post-production audio house. He has worked
on some of the largest and most well-known ads
on television, including the Mini Darth ad for
Volkswagen.
Mary Moore Barstow and
Emily Baster Howard.
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Linda Ullmann Nichols, Karen Halperin Luscher,
Mackenzie Crabtree,
Meredith Pepper Bass, Mackenzie Crabtree, Bryan
Meredith Pepper Bass,
Crabtree, Cara Workman, and Phinney Marger.
Karen Halperin Luscher
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Jesse Greenspan moved to Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, and is working with Partners In Health
to implement a new supply chain management
system for the organization.
2003
been promoted recently? Gone to
grad school? Gotten engaged or
married? Had a baby?
Email Leslie Fisher at
l.fisher@gallowayschool.org
and let us know!
Alfred Quaicoe is in the third year of his pre-med
track at Northeastern University. He is currently
working as a mental health associate at Arbour
Hospital as part of a six-month co-op position
in Jamaica Plains, Mass.
Class Notes
William Ryland became engaged in August to his
girlfriend of six years, and plans to tie the knot next
September in New Orleans, La.They currently
reside in San Francisco, Calif., where he has started
his own grantwriting business, Ryland Consulting.
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Kathleen Moffitt was married on Sept. 2, 2012.
She and her husband are currently living in
Spain, where they are both teachers. Members
of the wedding party were also Galloway
alumni: bridesmaids Nicole Forgoston ’99, Laura
Perloe ’99, and maid of honor Tristin Klein ’00.
2001
Michael Maziar married Kasia Sramek in
September 2012 in Boulder, Colo.
2005
Adam Rabinowitz began the full-time
M.B.A. program at The Georgia Institute of
Technology’s Scheller College of Business in
August 2012.
Wright Wiggins began a new job at The Women’s
Fund of Greater Birmingham, and in April
became engaged to Herndon Rouse. They are
planning a June 2013 wedding.
2006
Stacy Hackner is starting her Ph.D. in
bioarchaeology at the Institute of Archaeology
at the University College London. Her topic
of study is the change in shape of leg bones in
different time periods. This year she traveled
with the British Museum to a site in northern
Sudan as their physical anthropologist.
Joining in the wedding
of Michael Maziar ’01
in Boulder, Colo., were
Seth Morgenstern ’01,
Chris Chalek ’01, Shaw
Lathrop, Rachel Fox ’01,
Henry Begner ’01, and
Jason Morgenstern ’00.
2002
2007
Sasha Greenspan, after receiving her master’s
degree in biology and environmental science
at the University of Maine last spring, returned
to Georgia, and is now working at the Jones
Ecological Research Center in Newton. Her
master’s thesis was recently published in the
Journal of Wildlife Diseases and Diseases of
Aquatic Organisms. She lives near Moultrie, Ga.,
the hometown of The Galloway School founder,
Elliott Galloway.
Lindsay Mass began a new job in June 2012,
working at Reign Agency in Santa Monica,
Calif., as an agent overseeing the youth talent
division.
Kathleen Bazaz graduated with a finance and
economics degree from Wofford College in 2011,
and has been employed at UBS Wealth Management
in Atlanta for over a year. In early September, she
passed her Series 7 Securities Representative Exam.
Elliot Kuhlman is living in Portland, Ore., and
studying music education and mathematics at
Lewis and Clark College. He currently plays in
the Portland Youth Philharmonic and with a
bluegrass band called Max’s Midnight Kitchen,
pictured above. Their recently recorded album
can be downloaded at maxsmidnightkitchen.com.
2011
Hayden Field performed in the University of
Georgia play, “Three Sisters” by Anton Chekhov,
in October 2012. She was also inducted into
the National Collegiate Honor Society in
September and was recognized as fellowship
leader in the Wesley Foundation.
2012
Jacob Lang is playing the lead role of Princeton
in a college theater group production of
“Avenue Q,” which opened Nov. 8. Jacob
currently attends Case Western University in
Cleveland, Ohio.
In Memoriam
Elizabeth “Bess” Adair Wyche
The Class of 2002 has lost one of its lights. Elizabeth “Bess” Adair Wyche, died peacefully in
Atlanta on Oct. 11. In her short, yet significant life, she had a remarkable influence on the world
around her. Those closest to Bess, as well as numerous others who witnessed her courageous
two-year battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), were touched at every turn by her
grace, dignity, and determination.
According to her family, Bess loved Galloway because the school philosophy and student
environment provided her the independence and encouragement to flourish. Whether stretching
her artistic talents, playing varsity basketball, starting the volleyball team, working on the
prom, or using her dramatic abilities, Bess noticeably expanded her horizons and developed
a confidence as a result of her time at Galloway. In her own words, “Make it happen” became
her raison d’être. Bess was a creative force, willing and ready to reach out to others in order to
launch a vision or accomplish a goal. She pursued an interdisciplinary degree that combined
arts and communications at Hollins University, and spent time studying in France and interning
in New York before graduating in 2009. After college she moved to Washington, D.C., and was
working for Pebblebrook Hotel Trust when she was diagnosed with ALL.
The Class of 2002 has established a fund in Bess’ memory. Donations can be made at
gallowayschool.org/onlinegiving. Please note your gift to be directed to the “Bess Wyche Fund.”
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“Our goal is to help each
of you to achieve a superior
education, a reasoned
understanding and acceptance
of yourself, and the willingness,
maturity, and self-discipline
to manage your own
learning, now and
throughout your life.”
Parting Shots
“Individuality plays out in a
number of different ways. The
burden is upon us to unleash
it, build it in with confidence
and send our young people
out into the world to make it a
better place. We are going to
be working as a community,
to build a community of
individuals who fearlessly
master everything in life.”
­ Suzanna Jemsby, from
—
her address as Galloway’s
new head of school during
the welcome ceremony on
Sept. 30, 2012.
— Elliott Galloway
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Sophia (left) and Tindra Jemsby (right) place the final touches on the flower arrangement during their mother’s welcome
ceremony. An honored tradition at major Galloway events, the completed arrangement and vase is meant to symbolize the
beauty of the individual as part of a total community.