May/June Newsletter | 2015
A Time of Transformation and Celebration:
Reflections on Our Eighth and Twelfth Grade Classes
The curtain rises on the palace of Theseus and talk of impending nuptials, the opening scene
in an enchanted evening with star-crossed lovers, royal fairies, wood sprites, and elves. It is the
eighth grade production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare’s most popular
comedy, performed before an enthusiastic community audience during a three-night run at
Dakin Hall in late May, a capstone of the students’ grade school experience together.
After the final bows, the class regroups for a night of rest then sets off to Ashland, Oregon.
The weeklong trip combines adventure (rafting), entertainment (theater), community, and
reflection.
The play and class trip mark important transitions for the class, many of whom began with
their Class Teacher, Tamar Resnick, in first grade. With these final events, as through the
past year, the students are called upon to take on new responsibilities for themselves and in
collaboration with classmates.
Through the curriculum, the eighth graders have been increasingly challenged to think
critically and creatively, exploring topics like physiology and physics, the Reformation and
the American Revolution. They are in a period of transformation and some tumult in which
adolescence firmly takes root. And adolescents, according to Rudolf Steiner, “have the longing
Photo Credit: Kelli Yon
Diane David, Stepping Down After
Decades with SFWS
~Joan Caldarera
Diane David wore the perfect Halloween
costume for years, an apron hung all over
with dolls. She was the woman in the
shoe, with so many children…But Diane
always knew what to do where children
were are concerned. She and her husband
John constitute a rarified class in the school
community: mother of 6 children, all of
whom went through the Waldorf School.
And Diane has always been surrounded by
adoring little ones, even as she is now with
her eight grandchildren, all of whom are
drawn to her warmth and full-hearted care.
Photo Credit: Daniel Dreilinger
Continued on page 2 ““DIANE”
Continued on page 3 “TRANSITIONS”
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In this issue...
Diane David, Kindergarten Teacher pg.1
A Time of Transformation and Celebration pg.1
College Acceptances – Class of 2015 pg.2
Engaging our Community with Lea Bushnell (SFWS 2011) pg.4.
San Francisco Waldorf School Alumni Program pg.5
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Alumni Giving Race pg.5
Fundraising at San Francisco Waldorf School, 2014-2015 pg.6
Appreciation for Our Dedicated Parent Volunteers pg.6
Upcoming Public Events pg.9
Continued from page 1 “DIANE”
She is especially open to those children who have special needs, but all
children feel safe within her wise and gentle embrace.
virtues is a long one.
We have been lucky to have had Diane David teaching our youngest
students, first in the original Elves’ Corner home daycare, and then in
the SFWS kindergarten—for almost 30 years all together. She is now
recognized as a master teacher, and is sought after in teacher education
programs where she loves to guide the next generation of teachers, and
in the work of the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North
America (WECAN). She is a regular at international early childhood
conferences, and seems to know everyone. We at SFWS are the grateful
ones: honored to have gotten to know her and deeply benefited from her
daily presence. We wish her all the best as she retires not from teaching,
that would be impossible, but from being at the school everyday. We will
miss her grounded presence.
Diane used to rise regularly at dawn in order to fold the laundry, swim a
few laps, and read the paper, all before going over the day’s story, getting
her children off to school and arriving in the classroom in time to get
the soup going or arrange the flowers. All of this, after having taken
in a play at ACT the night before and planned a festive meal for her
extended family and friends for the weekend. Or, maybe she attended
an SFWS Board meeting or one for the Performing Arts Workshop
she championed. So many people counted on Diane over the years,
and she always had room for one more: one more request or one more
child or one more person at her table or observing in her kindergarten.
She remains patient, giving, keenly insightful, and loyal. The list of her
College Acceptances – Class of 2015
Allegheny College
Austin College
Bard College
Bard Berlin*
Beloit College
Bennington College
Bentley University
Boston University (2)*
Brandeis University
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
Butler University
California Marymount University
Cal Poly, Pomona
University of California
Davis
Merced
San Diego*
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz*
College of the Atlantic
College of Charleston
Clark University
University of Colorado, Boulder
Cornell College*
CSU, Channel Islands
CSU, Monterrey Bay
CSU, Stanislaus
Denison University
University of Denver
Dickinson College*
Dominican University*
Drake University
Drew University
Earlham College
Eckerd College*
Emerson College
University of Falmouth (UK)*
Fordham University
Gettysburg College
Goucher College
Hampshire College*
Haverford College*
Highpoint University*
Hofstra University*
Howard University
Humboldt State University
Knox College
Lafayette College
University of La Verne
Lawrence University*
Lewis and Clark College (2)*
Macalester College
Manhattanville College
Marquette University
University of Massachusetts,
Amherst
Mills College
University of Montana*
Montana State University
Mount Holyoke College
Nazareth College
New York University
Northeastern University*
Notre Dame de Namur University
Oberlin College* (2)
Occidental College
Ohio Wesleyan
University of Oregon
Oregon State University*
University of the Pacific
Pepperdine University*
University of Puget Sound*
Quest University of Canada
University of Redlands
Rhodes College
Rider College
Ripon College
St. Francis College
St. Mary’s College of California
St. Michael’s College
University of San Francisco
San Francisco State University(2) *
Santa Clara University
*Denotes Intention to Matriculate
2
Photo Credit: Jim Stearns
University of Santa Fe*
Sarah Lawrence College*
Scripps College
Seattle University *
Simmons College
Smith College*
Southern Oregon University
Spelman College
Stony Brook University
Swansea University (UK)
Trinity College
Vassar College
Western Washington University
Wheaton College (MASS.)*
Whitman College
Whittier College
Willamette University
College of Wooster
Continued from page 1 “TRANSITIONS”
to discover that the world is founded on truth.” Ahead are years of
rigorous intellectual inquiry as students strengthen their capacities for
independent judgement.
Meanwhile on the high school campus, the seniors rehearse their play,
a modern adaptation of the Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts
and the “first voyage of the world.” On their quest, the players are
faced with questions of glory, destiny, love, and commitment.
It is a tradition at SFWHS for the graduating students to offer a
parting gift to the community as they prepare to leave and meet their
futures. With the gift of “Argonautika’” the students reflect their
imminent quest for the shining possibilities that lie in wait for them,
like the fleece that Jason and his crew strove for, with the help of the
gods.
Along with the play, their high school career ends with a Main Lesson
block called Symptomatology, taught by Joan Caldarera, in which
seniors examine the symptoms of health and illness in the modern
world. Symptomatology can be considered to be a phenomenological
approach to understanding underlying conditions in world events, not
only diseases of the times, but also defining characteristics. The students
focus on what might be called meta-history, an overarching view of what
history itself might mean. They look at at “signs of the times” during the
last 110 years to try to determine the character of the 20th century and
into the 21st, asking if there is a recognizable change in consciousness or
a paradigm shift that can give us a clue to the direction of the future, and
how they might help to shape it.
The main reading for the course, Man’s Search for Meaning, is written
by concentration camp survivor and psychiatrist Victor Frankl, who
explores how focusing on the future, appreciating the barest hints of
beauty in nature or artistic pursuits, and holding the image of love can
help people withstand even the most dehumanizing conditions.
Photo Credit: Daniel Dreilinger
specialty teacher for each subject. But each class has a three faculty Class
Sponsors who guide the class and keep watch over the social health of
the students. These senior sponsors, John Burket, Caroline Alba, and
Cynthia Renegar, know the students and the parents well, working to
provide bridges within the community.
“One of the amazing things about working with the seniors is seeing
their individualities emerge and begin to shine over the course of
the senior year,” notes Dr. Burket, biology teacher and class sponsor.
“It never ceases to impress me. We saw it in the Senior Project
presentations, and we teachers see it happening in the classroom as well.”
The eighth graders return from their trip and ready themselves for the
final ceremony of their grade school years, a celebration as they are
graduated to high school. Faculty and families gather to recognize
the class for their creativity, academic and athletic accomplishments,
and strong sense of community. They have served as role models to
the younger students throughout the year, and their individuality and
enthusiasm will be missed on the Washington Street campus.
The senior year curriculum guides students to understand the tension
between individualism and global consciousness. The students explore
questions of morality in Goethe’s Faust, study the utopian visions of
Thoreau and the American Transcendentalists, and assess the economic
and environmental challenges of our time. Seniors have developed the
capacity to synthesize what they learn as they begin to envision their
emerging place in the world.
SFWHS teachers and staff will welcome many of these students to the
high school in the fall, and the whole school welcomes each and every
student and family into the grade school alumni community. We send
best wishes to all eighth graders as they head to diverse and esteemed
high schools around our city.
Like the eighth graders, the seniors follow their theatrical work with a
final trip, this year to the Havasupai Indian Reservation near the Grand
Canyon. The group debarks from the a long ride on the Green Tortoise
Bus and hikes eight miles to reach the small town of Supai, the most
remote town in the continental U.S. They make camp surrounded by
some of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world.
And to the senior Class of 2015, now also part of the school’s
expanding and enthusiastic alumni community, the school offers
special congratulations and sincere gratitude. The class has ably led the
high school student body and each student has shown a unique and
independent spirit. This is a creative, diverse, and talented group who,
notes College Counselor Lauren Rudsten, have thought deeply about
their plans for the future. Those plans include physics and filmmaking,
literature and language study, pre-med and education. They will play
music and sports and act in in theater productions. Many, of course, are
undecided in their major field of study and excited to explore academic
interests at small liberal arts colleges, medium-sized colleges, and large
research universities, both in the United States and abroad.
In addition to the creativity of the play and the grandeur of the senior
trip, there is meaning in more modest school traditions such as the
“walk through the grades,” when the seniors visit the grade school
classrooms to reflect on their own schooling while being bidden farewell
by the children. There is an important moment when the soon-to-begraduates sit in the circle of the full N-12 faculty to offer insight into
their experience at SFWS. This meeting is followed by the senior-faculty
dinner, an evening of conversation, critiques, remembrances, and hopes
for the future. As one beaming senior noted, “We talked together like
adults, about the school, the world, and our future.”
We are proud of all of our graduates, from 8th and 12th grade alike,
and look forward to hearing about the achievements of each one in the
future.
The teachers, as always, strive to support students at their place in
development. Unlike the grade school with its Class Teacher model, San
Francisco Waldorf High School operates in many ways likes other high
schools; students move from classroom to locker to classroom, with a
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Alumni Corner
Engaging our Community with Lea Bushnell (SFWS 2011), Alumni Association Chair
I always need to be planning
something. Now that planning is,
“What am I going to do after school?”
that honored our unique experiences and individuality. With my role
in the Alumni Association I hope to be able to bring people together
and help alumni find a space to continue in the community, even if our
lives take us in different directions. It’s an opportunity to reflect on the
community that held us for so many years, as we continue to grow as
individuals. And it’s a chance to reconnect and give back to the school.
For instance, we recently started the Alumni Giving Race, a way for
alumni to help fund a program with an important personal connection
— like theater or athletics — while supporting today’s students.
This year, I graduated from
Connecticut College in New London,
with degrees in economics and art.
I also served as captain of the varsity
sailing team and sailed in the 2013
Women’s National Championships
and the 2014 Coed National
Championships. At college, I met so
many new people and made amazing
friends. I have become part of the
Connecticut College community and
love everything it has brought to my
life — academics, sailing, friendships, and personal growth.
As I look forward to my future, I always seem to return to planning.
From planning the fundraising initiatives for our Waldorf senior class
trip, to planning the events for my sailing team, I know that I want
continue this work. San Francisco Waldorf School has given me the
opportunity to enhance my skills in fundraising and events, continuing
to support my interests and passions.
Even with all of these college experiences, I recognize that the Waldorf
experience is unique. No matter what someone’s interests or aptitudes,
the community encourages strong bonds to form, bonds that continue
to grow long after graduation. When I was asked to be the Chair of the
Alumni Association I was honored and excited to help grow the San
Francisco Waldorf Alumni community. Waldorf is a part of so many
lives, even after we leave. I’ve been away from the school for almost four
years now and I still apply the lessons in my everyday life — moving
easily between very different subjects, art and economics, for example.
At a liberal arts college I take classes in numerous departments and each
of these classes I can relate back to my Waldorf studies. I will always
value the ways in which Waldorf taught us to learn and to be unafraid of
looking into the world for new and exciting experiences.
There aren’t many people who spent their lives at a Waldorf school,
people who know what eurythmy is, have studied Norse myths, had
woodwork and handwork, or put on a class play every year. We have
each had these experiences and have grown from our classes and teachers.
As I see myself growing and moving away from my own family I think
about my family at Waldorf, and realize that no matter where we are in
the world we have a connection with each other.
In 2013 I started working with the Advancement Office to help plan
the class reunions. Now I am able to help build a program for a school
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San Francisco Waldorf School Alumni Program
June marks the official launch of the San Francisco Waldorf School Alumni Association,
establishing a formalized link between individual Class Liaisons and their former classmates while
strengthening the school’s growing alumni network. The Association is run by the Advancement
Office under the direction of Seraph White, and with the leadership of Association Chair Lea
Bushnell (’11). Liaisons will provide ideas and support for events, build connections with former
classmates and the school, and help build fundraising.
The establishment of the Alumni Association is one part of a comprehensive alumni program
that helps alumni maintain strong ties with each other, the school, and the principles of Waldorf
education. The school hosts several special reunions: grade school, high school, and all-school
events in which students and parents get reacquainted with their old friends. An annual winter
alumni event at the high school draws alumni, parents, and teachers. We also hold a summer
reunion for alumni only - this year’s reunion will be held at Smokestack at Magnolia Brewing
Company. Special guests are the high school Class of 2005, celebrating their ten-year reunion.
The alumni community is strong and growing; there are twenty-eight graduated grade school
and fifteen graduated high school classes, for a total of nearly 1,000 alumni. Alumni stay in touch
through the year on Facebook pages and at events. And the entire school community can read
about the endeavors of alumni here in the monthly newsletter. The profiles of this diverse group –
students, artists, doctors, entrepreneurs -- are always available on the school’s website
Eurthymy is a gift that
always helps me stay
balanced.
Thank you Ms.
Thiersch!
~Chris Jensen, 2009
Alumni Association:
Thank you to the following alumni serve as alumni class liaisons:
Philippine Alba, 2014; Jackson Stewart, 2013; Andre Amarotico,
Maude Molesworth, 2012; Pietro Carini, 2011; Allason Leitz, 2010;
Andreas Bloom, 2009; Cody Fusco, 2008;
Dilys Sun, 2006;
Gabriel Goldthwaite, 2005; Lauren Cook 2002; Coeli Polansky,
2001; Bronwen David, 1996; Dorian “Jamal” Cool, 1995; Mayela
Gutknecht, 1994.
Reunions:
The alumni program supports the involvement of alumni in a number of ways. The first is a
robust set of annual reunions, each with different focuses. The first reunion, started in the summer
of 2010, is just for alumni who are over the age of 18 and is typically held at a restaurant/bar
somewhere in San Francisco. The second reunion, started in the winter of 2010 is for alumni over
the age of 18 and their parents. We hold this reunion at our high school and usually see attendance
of between 75 and 100 people. Since 2012 we have worked with AWSNA’s cosponsorship to
engage Waldorf alumni from schools around the world who live in San Francisco.
In addition to these two all alumni reunions, we have three smaller reunions to meet the individual
needs of classes. We hold a 9th grade and 12th grade reunion for our grade school classes, allowing
grade school alumni to return to their old campus. This allows us to reconnect with students who
have attended other high schools, before they go to college, as well as help the students who are
still at the high school to feel a sense of growth and maturity in relationship to their grade school
days. We also occasionally hold a 25th reunion for our grade school classes, a tradition that started
in 2012 with our founding class. We hope to strengthen this reunion in coming years.
Monthly Newsletter
Every month during the school year, SFWS publishes this newsletter, offering pedagogical articles
and community information. A section of this newsletter is dedicated to alumni communications
with updates, announcements, and upcoming events highlighted. The cornerstone of the alumni
section is the alumni profile. We choose a variety of young people, having found that the Waldorf
story is told best through individualized anecdotes of success. Interviewees include doctors,
lawyers, artists, entrepreneurs, scientists, business people, and more. Interviews are posted on our
website, on facebook, and in the alumni section of our annual report.
In our fourth year of extensively collecting these profiles, we have noticed some commonalities
between our alumni. All of them are individualistic, all of them are following their passions and
dreams, all of them on the road to success in their chosen fields, and all of them value creative
thinking. As Michael Bloom (‘01) said in his profile, “a lot of schools teach you to analyze,
and many others teach creativity, but very few teach at the intersection of those two. It is this
intersection of creative thinking that allows for success.”
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Alumni Giving Race
This year we made our first push toward
alumni participation in our Annual Giving.
Using our Alumni Liaisons network and
social networking tools we more that
doubled alumni gifts.
We would like to offer particular
appreciation to the Class of 2011 and the
founding Grade School Class of 1988 for
both reaching nearly 15% participation!
The people who gave from each of these
classes will recieve prizes at our reunion.
Thank you to everyone who gave to the
Alumni Giving Race
2014-2015 Alumni Annual Giving
GS Class of 1988
Natasha Mallie
Tzaddi Thompson
GS Class of 1994
Anonymous
GS Class of 1996
Bronwen David
Class of 2001
Coeli Polansky
Portia Diwa, Faculty Fund
In Honor of Susan Cook
Class of 2002
Liv Leuthold Harmon
Lauren Cook, Faculty Fund
Class of 2003
Rhian David
Class of 2005
Anonymous
Class of 2006
Yu Dilys Sun
Class of 2009
Christopher Jensen, Eurythmy Fund
In Honor of Astrid Thiersch
Kyle Walenga
Andreas Bloom
Class of 2010
Aminah McNulty
In Memory of Peter Cook
Class of 2011
Anonymous
Anonymous, Theater Program
Léa Bushnell, Student Council
Pietro Carini, Faculty Fund
Logan Hart
Isabella Serrano, Eurythmy Fund
Tabeetha Sun, Student Council
Class of 2012
Maude Molesworth
Fundraising at San Francisco Waldorf School, 2014-2015
Thank you to everyone who donated to one or more of our campaigns this school year.
Annual Fund 2014-2015
Rudolf Steiner Society ($20,000+)
Anonymous
Jian Hang Jin and Caihong Zhou
Visionaries ($10,000+)
Anonymous
Amy and Matt Berler
In Honor of Tamar Resnick
Carol and Mark Carges
Liz and Ian Halifax
Lawson and JoAnn Rollins
Diana and Doug Stewart
Benefactors ($5,000+)
Anonymous
Catherine and Mike Conley
Danielle Dignan and Dan Zuiches
Allison Carroll and Daniel Dreilinger
Amber Hanlin-Rowney and Kevin Rowney
Grace Kim and Hans Helbekkmo
Paul Hurley and Cynthia Cummins
Janice and John Lucena
Emily and Patrick O'Keeffe
Alison Sant-Johnson and Richard Johnson
Jessica and Aaron Sittig
Marcia Vickers and David Rynecki
Kris and William Wolcott
Builders ($2,500+)
Anonymous (3)
Kate Holcombe and Craig Appel
Jennifer and Banks Baker
Nina Gold and Chris Wade
Amy Gregg and Peter Belanger
Christopher and Holly Hollenbeck
Kim Hopper and Jim Stearns
Annette Hughes-White and Brett White
Debby and Steve Kelleher
In Memory of Eliza Lee
Melinda Morrison King and Steven King
Anh and Todd Oppenheimer
In Memory of Luka Pelka
Rick Orr and Bridget Quinn
Katharine and Claudio Salusso
Sheila Schroeder and Jason Phillips
Victoria Slaker and Richard Howarth
Tzaddi and David Thompson
Elizabeth Collier and John Trevithick
Please contact Mitch Mitchell in the
Advancement Office with any questions
about giving, events, and community
outreach.
Email [email protected] or call
(415) 875-7211.
Patrons ($1,000+)
Anonymous (5)
Josh Allain
Laura Ambroseno and Raffaele Savi
Lisa and Paul Anderson
Marina and Zoran Basich
Amy and Jeffrey Belkora
Joel Benson and Justine Costerouse
Mary McNear and David Bialer
Susan Brandabur and Bill Puetz
William Brockenborough
Joan Caldarera and John Bloom
Bob and Leslie Carroll
Melissa Estayo-Castellucci and Tony Castellucci
Ben Chambers and Madhulika Jain
Helen and Felix Charpentier
Diane and John David
Daniele De Iuliis and Janine Wiedmer
John DiDomenico
Louise and Noel Dockstader
Robert and Mariko Dreyer
James Emery and Paul Irving
Elisa Pitashny-Ferrando and Gerardo Ferrando
Hartmut Fischer and Anne Harvey
Courtney Woodrow and John Froley
Anne Fung and Jeffrey Sternberg
Vanessa Lane and Michael Gibson
Lori and Randy Grey
Ghita Harris-Newton and Scott Newton
Paige and Andrew Hart
In Honor of the Hart Family
Cynthia Hogan and Meserve Platt
Traci and Keith Hollander
Kyle and Jackie Holm
Erik Hughes and Lorissa Kimm
Ron and Barbara Kahlow
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Kinney
Marc Levine
Benjamin and Linda Miller
Heather and Mitch Mitchell
Amy Pang Moon and Rob Moon
Leslie Murchy and Eric Lundquist
Karen and Damon Nelson
Mona and Michael Nemetz
Michele-Hoaiduc Nguyen and John Marin
Adam Noah and Melinda Scully
Helena and Ted Nordstrom
Oliver and Katja Radke
Tara Rota and Danny Coster
Elizabeth and Lewis Rutherfurd
Beatrice Santiccioli and Samuel Lising
Liv and John Selle
Amy and Robert Tachoires
Josh Taylor
Hayley and Arnold Thompson
Moira Walsh and Michael McQuaid
Weiwei Wang and Demin Mao
Barbara Whiteside
Kirby Freeman and Abraham Williams
In Memory of Quinette Henry
Sandra Salatich and Michael Windholz
Ru Xu and Jichao Feng
Shangjin Zhou and George H. Zhang
Appreciation for Our Dedicated Parent Volunteers
It was a full house at June Board meeting, the last of the school year and a special time to
honor volunteer leaders for their contributions to our community. With their inspiration
and the support of more than 600 individual parent volunteers, our school continues to
thrive and grow.
The Advancement Office acknowledged several special parent leaders, departing in their
roles, who transformed these key programs:
Juliana Beach helped raise $1.25 million over nine years as Spring Night Chair. Thanks to
Julianna, each auction built on the fundraising and fun of the last (1920s theme night!), and
brought the community together for an evening of great food, music, and merriment.
When Charlie Spiegel became parent chair four years ago, Annual Fund became the
100% Parent Participation Fund and the school quickly reached its target of full family
participation. Charlie retires his position as his daughter graduates, but left his mark with
this program and throughout the school.
Though she moved on a few years ago, Ellen Stephens’ efforts with the high school Parent
Council is felt in the strength of that organization today.
Finally, we would like to extend a huge thank you to our Advancement Liaisons, who have
worked tirelessly over the past year to bring the school community to 99% participation
(and nearing 100% quickly)!
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Friends (up to $999)
Anonymous (40)
Deborah and Noor Adabachi
Lisa-Marie Ahearne
Kumi Akiyoshi and Kyu Che
Caroline Alba
Andrew Aldrich and John Kirkley
Jeanann Almirol
Stephanie Alston and Kelly Quirke
Bryan Anderson
Mary Anderson and Lance Harriman
Erika and Arthur Andreas
Heena and Rahul Asave
In Memory of B. M. Asawa
Kyra Baele
Virginia Balogh-Rosenthal and Allan Rosenthal
Mary and Ralph Barhydt
Mary and Ralph Barhydt
Sarah and Fred Barnes
Lisa Barry
Juliana Beach and Mark Forsythe
Alina Bednarz and James Bucher
Ariana Beels and Adam Vanderwaard
Sarah Bell and Wymond Miles
Cindy and Geoffrey Bennett
Dina Berkowitz and Allan Heydon
Yuan Sang and Satish Bhatti
Hope Mitnick and Andrew Black
Andreas Bloom
Peter Priel and Daphne Blumenthal
Susan Bolich
Edweana and Paul Bootlis
David and Sylvia Borgonovo
Jeffrey and Paulette Wilkerson
Sherril and Edward Brennan
Rachel and Gary Bridges
Dr. Stephen D. and Mrs. Linda B. Brown
Ty-Shell Brown
Wendy Brummer
Suzanne Bryan and Peter Carlstrom
Shannon Bryant and Fernando Ruarte
Caleb and Genevieve Buckley
Ronit and Benyamin Buller
Shannon Burchard
Allen and Ruth Bushnell
Léa Bushnell
Thomas and Emilie Calhoun
Sarah Caplan and Russell Fong
Lalla and Paolo Carini
Pietro Carini
Paul Cesewski and Ledia Carroll
Silvia Castellanos and Lyn Shimizu
Dana Castro and Kevin Bosch
Victoria Chaban and Roland Courtenay-Bishop
Gabrielle and Scott Chernis
Karen Childress
Marilyn and Ronnie Chism
Kathryn Sulzner and Jerome Christensen
Lisa Lee-Chummers and Colin Chummers
In Honor of Violet Lee
Sandi and Marcus Colabianchi
Holly Coleman and David Strandberg
Samantha and Collin Conoley
Lauren Cook
Susan Cook
Jeanette Cool and Georges Lammam
Amanda Coslor
Aviva and Matt Cuyler
Cara and Kenneth Daniels
Catherine Gaffney and Michael Danzansky
Bronwen David
Rhian David
Yasmin and Keith Decuire
Jill and Eric Dietiker
Steven Goldbeck and Solveig Dimon
Cynthia DiNardo
Marisol and Stephen DiNardo
Taline and Daniel Dinenberg
Alyson Dinsmore and Scott Murano
Portia Diwa
In Honor of Susan Cook
Duncan and Margaret Dow
Anna Dreilinger
In Honor of Daniel Dreilinger and Allison Carroll
Christina Dreyer
Paul Dunbar Jr.
Monique Duncan and Matthew Gould
Parnell and William Eagle
Yoko and Christopher Eaton
Kenia Echeverria
Betsy Eddy and John Wilk
Jessica Eicher and Ben Frombgen
Dagmar Eisele
Krisztina Emodi and Lorenzo Kuqi
Kara Jo Engelbrecht and Jon Pruett
Margo and Gerhard Engels
Kevin Farey
Krista Farey and Vishwanath Lingappa
Corinne Fendell and Steve Hovland
Janice Vorfeld and James Finn
Nicolle Foland
In Honor of Mary Anne McGill
Kathleen and Douglas Fong
Elena and Christian Forrer
Cynthia Foss
Joseph Freund and Kenneth Poudrier
Joanna Fugalli-Frost and Brian Frost
Sara and Brian Fusco
Jane and Scott Gallardo
Jessica and Justin Ganz
Diana Garcia-Blanco and Fabio Garcia
Carla Gerner
Holly and Robin Gilthorpe
Anne Fischer and Nathaniel Gleason
Brett Glickman and Joel Mullennix
Sarah and Peter Glover
Garrick Snider and Ernie Brown Gomez
Lisa Goodfriend and David Fullarton
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Matching Gifts
Over the past several years, the number of families that are doubling their gifts through corporate and foundation matching programs has steadily
grown. This year, nearly 20% of income to Annual Fund was given through this matching program. Many thanks to those families and the
corporations/foundations where they work!
Corporations and Foundations
Anonymous
Advent Software
Amazon
Apple, Inc.
Applied Materials, Inc.
Aspiration Investment, Inc.
Autodesk
Bi-Rite Catering, LLC
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Clif Bar & Company
Dolby Laboratories Educational Program
East Bay Healing
Firetrail Pizza
Franklin Templeton
Gap Foundation Gift Match Program
Genentech Employee Giving Program, Inc.
Google, Inc.
IDEO
IGive.com
Intel
Intuit Inc.
Kaiser Permanente
Levi Strauss Foundation
Nomura America Foundation
PG & E Corporate Foundation
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Rainbow Grocery Cooperative, Inc.
RSF Social Finance
Samsung Corporation
Schmidt Family Foundation
Schoola
Strandberg Engineering
Target Take Charge of Education
The James Irvine Foundation
Uriel Pharmacy, Inc.
Visa
Yahoo! Matching Gifts Program
Endowment 2014-2015
Class of 2014 - 8th Grade M
Class of 2015 - 8th Grade A
Anonymous (3)
Anonymous M
Anonymous KA
Anonymous
In Memory of Henry Dakin
Karen and Lawrence Ames
Kate Holcombe and Craig Appel
Patricia Ardziejewski and Pepijn Gooiker A
Ernie and Brenda Kerby Bean
Amy and Jeffrey Belkora A
Joel Benson and Justine Costerouse
Amy and Matthew Berler A
Maxine Siu and Joel Bleskacek A
William Brockenborough MC
Caleb and Genevieve Buckley
Joan Caldarera and John Bloom M
In Memory of Gary Aylesworth
Elizabeth Carney
Allison Carroll and Daniel DreilingerA
Sasha and Dmitri Cavander
Michael Cohn and Sarah Stein
In Memory of Henry Dakin
Anna Colibri A
Victoria Chaban and Roland Courtenay-Bishop A
Aviva and Matt CuylerA
Danielle Dignan and Dan Zuiches
Robin and Larry Doyle
Dagmar Eisele Winter
Estelle Eisendrath
Margo and Gerhard Engels
Mark and Heidi Finser
Beth Foster and Geoff Sears
John Froley and Courtney Woodrow
Sara and Brian FuscoA
Nina Gold and Chris Wade
John Gottfurcht
Monique Renée Grund
In Honor of Joel Benson and Justine Costerouse
Gail Rosenheim Gurewitz and Ronald Gurewitz MC, M
Liz and Ian Halifax M
Ghita Harris-Newton and Scott Newton MC
Jian Hang Jin and Caihong Zhou M
Ansel Kinney A
Cynthia Dewar and Sami Kudsi
Richard Lehman
In Memory of Henry Dakin
Monika Leitz and Daniel Polikoff
Eva and Oskar Leuthold
Jerry W. Mapp
Paula McCabe and Larry Habegger A
Donald and Judy McCubbin O
Linda and Benjamin Miller A
Catherine Miller MC
Heather and Mitch Mitchell O, M
Amy Pang Moon and Rob Moon A
Leslie Murchy and Eric Lundquist M
In Honor of Monique Grund, the Extraordinaire!
Anh and Todd Oppenheimer M
Cory Powers and Patrick Markle
Sheila Schroeder and Jason Phillips
Susan Raczka
Ruriko Miura-Raffa and Damien Raffa A
Gay and Jack Reineck
Victoria and Bruce Robertson
Elizabeth and Lewis Rutherfurd
Jeffrey Saarman and Teresa Ferrari M
Alison Sant-Johnson and Richard Johnson O
Claudia and Patrick Schmitz A
Susan Hurst and Stephen Skartvedt A
Bonnie Zimmerman and Evan Smith
Rev. Victor and Barbara Sokolov
Susan Speedy and Charles Humphreville
Charlie Spiegel
Kim Hopper and Jim Stearns M
Zach Stewart
Ethel and Victor Tang-Quan M
Josh Taylor A
Moira Walsh and Michael McQuaid
Seraph and Marshall White
Sandra and Paul Willingham
In Memory of Willie Gwathmey M
Kris and William Wolcott
Nicholas Wong A
Ellen Stephens and Michael Zatopa M
Companies and Foundations
Anonymous
Seed Fund O
Thomas J. Long Foundation
Yahoo! Matching Gifts Program M
Key: M=Monique Endowed Faculty Fund; O=Outdoor Classroom Fund; MC=Multicultural and Diversty Fund;
KA= Karen Apana Ph.D. Fund for Student Support & Counseling; A=Grade School Athletics, name TBD
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Lucy and Ged Goodhart
Sachi and Michael Gowe
Ann Grandin
Pavlina Ecclesiarchou and Dar Greenberg
Zoe Gressel
Monique Renée Grund
Gail Rosenheim Gurewitz and Ronald Gurewitz
Karmin Guzder
Paula McCabe and Larry Habegger
Fonta Hadley and Evan Sornstein
Anna and Nick Haemel
Khalid and Torey Halim
Jan Hammock and Arthur Bender
John J. Hanlon
Phaedra Harris and Joachim Hanwright
Liv Leuthold Harmon
Marlis Harris
Liesel and Jason Harris-Boundy
Logan Hart
Noreen and William Heavlin
Michele McArdle and Gil Heiman
Jon Helfman and Beth Craig
David Henstock and Kirstin Bach
John Hinkle and Nozomi Hayase
Julia Sterling and John Hoffsis
Nora Dwyer and Daniel Ingoglia
Maria Iorillo and Dina Munsch
Amber Isaacs and James Munden
Anamaria Isaacs and Dan Ford
Dawn and Michael Isaacs
Takeshi and Manami Ito
John Jackson
Laurence Jaquet and David Bushnell
Yabo Wu and Hongming Jiang
David Merkoski and Jodi Jirsa
Paul Johns
Tamika Jones and Armando Concha
Aaron Kahlow
Yuka Kakinuma
Pamela Kong and Ajay Kapur
Janie Kass and Eric Silverman
David Katz
Lijuan Ke
Erin Keller and Marlon Scott
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Erin Kemp and Lou Colaneri
Stan Barnett and Laura Ketterer
Christiane Medina and Alison Kim
Ken Kitch
In Memory of Hilary Kitch
Martine Paris and Andrew Klinman
Kate Steinheimer and Peter Klivans
Nanette and Robert Kroupa
In Honor of Alexandra Kroupa
Bader and Anne Kudsi
Cynthia Dewar and Sami Kudsi
Judith Kutney
Rhonda Emmert and Marc Lambros
Chris Larrance
Mark Lawson
Mena Trott Lazar and Joe Lazar
Deborah and Tim LeDean
Bok Lan Kim and Sung Ho Lee
Sonia Caamano and Wilson Lee
Lisa and Bob Lehto
Norma and Felix Lemus
Daniel Leonard
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Upcoming Public Events
Saturday, June 20, 6:30-10:30pm Summer Alumni Reunion smokestack
Monday, August 24 High School Begins high school campus
Wednesday, September 2 Grade School Begins grade school campus
Visit our online calendars and news pages at www.sfwaldorf.org.
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Erica Levin and Belmer Negrillo
Ellen and Sid Levine
Xiao Hong Liang and Tie Jun Mai
Christine and Erik Lindquist
Linda Lingane
Pamela Apple and Michael Lipson
Cathy Liu and Craig Steely
Lorraine Woodruff-Long and John Long
Nicole and Greg Lemon
Krista and Zeke Loretto
Joe Luger and Lily Ford
Hank and Stefanie Lum
Heather Malcolm
Chitvan and Pravir Malik
Natasha Mallie and Simon Ireland
Elizabeth Maloney and Abraham Nahum
Carolyn Gereau and Ken Mancuso
Susanna Mandel
Mercy and Kevin Manning
In Memory of Tom Ringelmann
Mary and Joseph Manzare
Kari and Craig Marble
Peter Marshutz
Annalisa Chasan and Alex Martin
Juliet Martine and John Baker
In Memory of Grandma Juanita
Lorena Zertuche and Jorge Martinez
Robert and Ellen McDermott
Marina McDougall and Zane Vella
Mary Anne McGill and Joshua Sondheimer
Tammy and Brad McMillen
Aminah McNulty
In Memory of Peter Cook
Saundra McPherson
Linda Meier
Fei Meng
Monja Merkel and Andrew Kitchen
Ana and Charles Migos
Maude Molesworth
Martina and Alfonso Mora
Stephanie Mueller and Oblio Jenkins
Andrew Murray
Teresa and Stephen Myers
Allen Ng and Janice Chow
Laura Ragsdale and Thanh Nguyen
Shima Noori and Babak Behnia
Elias and Sabrina Moosa
Flora and Marc Ojanen
Anna Pang
Robin Paredes Brown and Wenceslao Paredes
Terry and John Pelka
Marica Chen and Scott Peter
Nancy Petrin
Coeli Polansky
Cory Powers and Patrick Markle
Melinda Price
Sandy Huang and James Propp
Amelia Pryor and Michael Slade
Eileen Purcell and Jose Artiga
Ruriko Miura-Raffa and Damien Raffa
Deepa and Mahendra Ramsinghani
Cynthia Randolph and Andrew Simsak
Heike Rapp-Wurm
Ann and Rein Ratsep
Matt and Melanie Ray
Tamar Resnick
Kathia Sakamoto Reynolds and Ross Reynolds
Brian Riley
Regina Riordan and Erik Fouts
Susan Robinson
Jaime Roman
Jennifer Rossi and John Tormey
Lauren Rudsten
Jaimee Rungsitiyakorn
Abigail Greene Ryan and Thorin Ryan
Essa and Mona Sadoun
Claudia Valsi-Sandmeier and Scott Sandmeier
Deirdre and Jan Santos
Lisa Sargent
Claudia Schmitz
Fred and Ingun Schneider
Karen and Frank Schulkin
Heidi and Robert Schwarzenbach
Asha-Rose Sereda
Robin Serrahn
Isabella Serrano
Rebecca Sheehan
Craig Miller and Jacqueline Shelton-Miller
Darci Fletchall and Mark Silva
Daniel and Jana Silverman
Maxine Siu and Joel Bleskacek
Susan Hurst and Stephen Skartvedt
Amelia and Andy Smith
Stephen and Dona Snow
Becky and Carsten Sorensen
Joanne Spalding and Mark Torresan
Charlie Spiegel
Julie St. Germaine and Kate Jacobson
Karen Staller and Hugh Molesworth
David and Hilary Steinberg
Barbara Steinkemper
Janet Stone
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Min Yi Su and Cameron Parker
Leslie Sullenger
Christine and Ben Sun
Tabeetha Sun
Yu Dilys Sun
Hisae and Yoshimichi Takahashi
Candace Tam and Orrin Ailloni-Charas
Gigi and Ken Taylor
Yelena and Michael Tcheng
Astrid Thiersch and David Weber
Christopher Thomas
In Memory of Roberta Blake
Patricia Townsend
Geoff Traxler
Frances and Ben Trefny
Benjamin Trott and Sarah Betts
Janet Tsang and Chi Meng Lam
Victoria Turk and Scott Craig
Patricia Tyson
Natasha Vanderhoof and Michael Burkett
Monica Viarengo Terpeluk and Brett Terpeluk
Gloria Vo-Truong
Charlene Davis and Kenneth Walenga
Kyle Walenga
Mia Walker
The Zele Family
Geoff Birnes and Armani Walker-Birnes
In Memory of Our Ancestors
Jennifer and Mark Wallace
Bo M. Wang
Evelyn Wang and Phillip Ludwig
Suzy and Damon Way
Ellen Weston
Nichola Clark and Morgan Whately
Anne B. White
Debbie White
In Memory of Patty White
Lawrence White, MD
Seraph and Marshall White
Bob and Cheryl Williams
Sandra and Paul Willingham
Alison Wong
Nick Wong
Carol and Henry Wu
Yoriko Yamamoto and Ari Salomon
Kelli Yon and Jason Jagel
Patricia Delgado and Miguel Zanabria
Ellen Stephens and Michael Zatopa
Amy and Neal Zeavy
Pete and Julie Zernik
Toni Zernik
Spring Night Thanks & Donations 2014-2015
Event Sponsorships
Journey Sponsors
Anonymous
Doug and Diana Stewart
Fort Mason Sponsors
Anonymous
Daniel Dreilinger and Allison Carroll
Amy Gregg and Peter Belanger
Victoria Slaker and Richard Howarth
Level B
Christopher and Holly Hollenbeck
Beatrice Santiccioli and Sam Lising
Level C
Anonymous
Craig Appel and Kate Holcombe
John Arlt and Gretchen Hillenbrand
Hartmut Fischer and Anne Harvey
John Froley and Courtney Woodrow
Robin and Holly Gilthorpe
Erica Levin and Belmer Negrillo
Janic and John Lucena
Benjamin and Linda Miller
Heather and Mitch Mitchell
JoAnn and Lawson Rollins
Jeffrey Sternberg and Anne Fung
Hayley and Arnold Thompson
Carina Trowbridge
Suzy and Damon Way
Outdoor Classroom
Laura Ambroseno and Raffaele Savi
Sarah Bell and Wymond Miles
Joan Caldarera and John Bloom
Jennifer Boone
Rachel and Gary Bridges
Thomas and Emilie Calhoun
Marsela Pecanac-Causevic and Elvir Causevic
Nichola Clark and Morgan Whately
Samantha and Collin Conoley
Cara and Kenneth Daniels
Charlene Davis and Kenneth Walenga
Taline and Daniel Dinenberg
Karmin Guzder and Brook Williams
Liz and Ian Halifax
Pamela Hollings and Sherman Wood
Debby and Steve Kelleher
Grace Kim and Hans Helbekkmo
Mercy and Kevin Manning
Mary Anne McGill and Joshua Sondheimer
Benjamin and Linda Miller
Heather and Mitch Mitchell
Alison Sant-Johnson and Richard Johnson
Craig Miller and Jacqueline Shelton-Miller
Amelia and Andy Smith
Charlie Spiegel
Carol and Henry Wu
Voluneer Leadership
Juliana Beach, Auction Chair
Patrick O’Keeffe, Auctioneer
Amy Moon, Online Auction Coordinator
Paula McCabe, Silent Auction Coordinator
Alyson Dinsmore, Event Decor
Chris Lawrence, Rein Ratsep, and Khader
Keileh for lighting set-up and break down
Michele-Hoaiduc Nguyen, Invitation Design
Joel Benson, Dependable Letterpress, Printing
Joseph and Mary Manzare of Globe, Catering
Dave McLean, Magnolia Beer
Fund-A-Dream
Anonymous (2)
Deborah and Noor Adabachi
Stephanie Alston and Kelly Quirke
Kate Holcombe and Craig Appel
David Henstock and Kirstin Bach
Bernard Hirschbein and Wendy Baschkopf
Shannon Bryant and Fernando Ruarte
Jennifer and Erik Burke
Laurence Jaquet and David Bushnell
Thomas and Emilie Calhoun
Valeria Cardoso-Tan and Joe Tan
Allison Carroll and Daniel Dreilinger
Gabrielle and Scott Chernis
Nichola Clark and Morgan Whately
Tara Rota and Danny Coster
Diane and John David
Taline and Daniel Dinenberg
Jennifer Hoban and Jonathan Drum
Parnell and William Eagle
Inbar Sarig and Jesse Elliott
Justine Hinderliter and Dave Engen
Angie Fa
Kenyon Gjerde
Sarah and Peter Glover
Sachi and Michael Gowe
Paula McCabe and Larry Habegger
Liz and Ian Halifax
Amber Hanlin-Rowney and Kevin Rowney
Grace Kim and Hans Helbekkmo
Aloisia Moser and Brian Hennessey
Christopher and Holly Hollenbeck
Takeshi and Manami Ito
Pamela Kong and Ajay Kapur
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Erica Levin and Belmer Negrillo
Mercy and Kevin Manning
Cory Powers and Patrick Markle
Donald and Judy McCubbin
Mary Anne McGill and Joshua Sondheimer
Tammy and Brad McMillen
Ana and Charles Migos
Craig Miller and Jacqueline Shelton-Miller
Karen Staller and Hugh Molesworth
Karen and Damon Nelson
Flora and Marc Ojanen
Emily and Patrick O’Keeffe
Anh and Todd Oppenheimer
Rick Orr and Bridget Quinn
Melinda Price
Cynthia Randolph and Andrew Simsak
Kathia Sakamoto Reynolds and Ross Reynolds
Paul Sabharwal
Sandra Salatich and Michael Windholz
Yoriko Yamamoto and Ari Salomon
Ellen Stephens and Michael Zatopa
Yelena and Michael Tcheng
Monica Viarengo Terpeluk and Brett Terpeluk
Tzaddi and David Thompson
Frances and Ben Trefny
Carina Trowbridge
Jennifer and Mark Wallace
Kris and William Wolcott
Carol and Henry Wu
Renee and Claude Zellweger
Angel Ticket Sponsors and Other Support
Anonymous (3)
Carol and Mark Carges
Silvia Castellanos and Lyn Shimizu
Nichola Jane Clark and Morgan Whately
Jeff Fallick
Joe Freund and Ken Poudrier
Aneta and Peter Goldman
Liz and Ian Halifax
Noreen and William Heavlin
Jennifer Hoban and Jonathan Drum
Kim Hopper and Jim Stearns
Ellen and Robert McDermott
Marina McDougall and Zane Vella
Noel and Penny Nellis
Scott Peter and Marica Chen
Laura Ragsdale and Thanh Nguyen
JoAnn and Lawson Rollins
Michael Shapiro
Michael Slade and Amelia Pryor
Amelia and Andy Smith
Moira Walsh and Michael McQuaid