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A Graduate Comes Home, page 7
2013 Faculty Appreciation Night, page 16
50th Anniversary Gala, page 20
Ana Maria De Souza, page 28
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRESCHOOLS • Fall 2014
A Milestone Birthday for IPS
A Few Days in the
Mountains
In June, Cathleen and I attended the annual NYSAIS Early Childhood/Lower School
Heads Conference at Mohonk Mountain
House in upstate NY. This is usually the
highlight of my spring. I not only enjoy
spending time with my colleagues in a
beautiful setting, but the conference topics
are usually very interesting and thought
provoking. This year the title of the conference was “What makes a Child Ready for
Kindergarten?” The panel consisted of four
very well accomplished professionals.
I would like to share with you some of the
most interesting points that I came away
with.
Dr. Barbara Novick spoke about brain development. She said that from conception
to the age of six is the fastest rate of brain
development. At birth all the wires are
where they should be, but they aren’t all in
working order yet. Maturation of the brain
is uneven and takes place in spurts, rapidly
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A big thank you to everyone in The International Preschools
community who took part in our fiftieth anniversary year celebrations
and activities. It was a time to reflect on our beginnings and a time to
look forward to our future. The planning started back in 2012 when
we realized the anniversary year was a milestone to celebrate.
We put together a year-long series of events that brought the celebration to current
and former students, parents, faculty, staff and board members. Carole Sleeper,
Parents’ Association President and Jackie Ahn, PA President Elect, were invaluable
in recruiting current parents to volunteer and attend every event. Thank you to
Donna Cohen, Paul Kane and the IPS Board for their support and leadership.
Our best resource for planning was
the many past parents, staff and board
members who have stayed connected to
the school long after their reasons for daily
contact had ended. Dr. Edward Davies,
founding member of the IPS board, was
our link to the earliest days. Former
location director, Joan Colen organized
our impressive trove of memorabilia into
a true archive and hosted many in our
community on a trip down memory lane.
These opportunities for reminiscing helped
us build a contact list so we were able to
invite participation by personal contact,
mail and email. We even had a presence
on Facebook!
Enjoy the recap and photos of each
event, starting on page 8.
Ken Metz, 50th Anniversary Chair
A Few Days in the Mountains
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in some areas and more slowly in others. Thus we see such a
wide range of abilities in children up to the age of five. Executive function, the ability to plan and modulate behavior, is not
generally in place until age six. Thus age six is a benchmark
year when children are ready to learn what used to be considered a first grade curriculum.
Soifer, a speech pathologist who uses a cognitive linguistic approach with her patients. She feels that play helps to construct
knowledge; play involves thinking, problem solving, negotiation and following social rules. Dr. Soifer teaches the value of
putting away all electronics and being with, and playing with,
your child! Make them the most important thing at that time!
Talk to each other! In the classroom a good teacher will model
the thought process. They will “think” out loud. They will say
things like
Dr. Novick believes that before age six, an appropriate curriculum teaches children how to:
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ask good questions
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find their own answers
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think outside the box
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collaborate with a partner to get things done
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find multiple solutions to questions raised
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be flexible
Dr. Novick is concerned that our increased expectations of a
five year old today, and our accelerated kindergarten curriculum over the past decades, is harmful to children. There is no
data to suggest that brain pathway connections in young children are developing more rapidly than in the past. A five year
old brain is primed to learn in the areas bulleted above, and
a head start in these areas could be correlated with ongoing
success inside and outside the classroom.
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I’m thinking about…
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What do I need to know…
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I’m wondering…
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How can we do this?
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What happened?
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What can we do about it?
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That’s a great question!
They model for children that thinking is an activity and a
source of fun. If a Martian came to earth, what would you tell
them about?
She further reminded us that to tell a story you have to plan
and organize. A four and a half to five year old can tell a story
involving a central character, using logical sequence, including
I was also very impressed by what I learned from Dr. Lydia
The scenic and historic Mohonk Mountain House (www.Mohonk.com) in New Paltz, NY is the site of many educational conferences. It also has miles of scenic hiking trails and other activities for families, either as overnight guests
of the hotel or as day visitors.
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a series of adventures and feelings, and uses the words “and,”
“but” and “because.” Their story will be open-ended. It is so
important for parents to do things with their children and
talk about what they are doing. Dr. Soifer also suggests that to
get a child to share information, it’s best to make a comment,
rather than ask a question. She says a comment will generate
a conversation.
pearls of wisdom interesting and useful when spending time
with your child. Dr. Novick and Dr. Soifer, and all the work
they do with young children, are worth a deeper look.
Donna Cohen
Director
It was a very full two day conference. I hope you find these
News from Admissions
As we celebrated our 50th anniversary AND the opening of
our beautiful new East 86th Street location, hundreds of
young children and their parents visited IPS for the first time.
After many open houses, tours and receptions, we are looking
forward to welcoming 198 new students in September 2014.
Among these are 67 younger siblings who will be joining their
big brothers or sisters at the three locations.
We are so very grateful to the Japanese Parents Association
who organized and executed with great skill all of our important mailings.
It is impossible to express our gratitude to the indefatigable
members of the Parents Association who helped organize and
attended every event to welcome new families.You are definitely our best advertisement.
Sadly, we said good-bye to Deirdre Martin and we wished her
well as she and her family moved to Hong Kong in December.
She is sorely missed by the admissions team and all who had
the privilege of knowing her. We miss you, Deirdre! But we
stayed calm and carried on! In September, Susan Ehrlich will
be joined at West 76th Street by Mary Busby. Amanda Quinn
will conduct admissions tours at East 86th Street with Martha
Smeaton. And Daryl Katz and Cathleen Vasserman will continue meeting applicants at 45th Street. Amanda and Daryl
both helped boost enrollment by giving birth to future IPS
students this Spring. Congratulations to you both!
I would like to extend a special THANK YOU to the parents
who overcame fears of public speaking and shared their own
personal IPS experiences at our monthly admissions information meetings. This past year, Mary and Paul Busby, Livia
and Van Nguyen, Joanna Walsh (twice!), Brad Ennals, Lotta
Tahtinen, Rajesh Midha, Manisha Manglani, Sheree Chiou,
James Gerding, Jackie Ahn, Paul Britton, David Bear, and the
team of Jen Bobker and Lara Chassin charmed our audiences
with their heartfelt stories of life at IPS. With this great group
of cheerleaders, it’s no wonder that so many families want to
send their children to IPS!
Thanks to Amy Lorowitz and Ben Kelly, they kept us on our
toes throughout the year. Thank you, Amy, for greeting every
family at 45th Street with your beautiful smile, and for organizing all of our admissions events. Ben supported us behind
the scenes while managing the After School Program and
Summer Camp.
Kevin Abernathy
Director of Admissions
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Family Picnic in Central Park
The poster said, “Come One, Come All,” and that’s
just what we did. More than 500 people from the IPS
community came to Central Park on May 17th where we
enjoyed the beautiful weather, socialized and participated in carnival games, face painting, balloon twisting, and glitter tattoos topped off with a bit of magic.
Children enjoyed playing builders and bulldozers, alien
pinball and popcorn toss. The younger ones squealed
with glee while jumping on Benny Bulls and waving
bubble wands. Of course, no picnic is complete without
treats. Families snacked on apples, hummus, sandwiches and cotton candy. Many thanks to the face painters
and balloon twisters who delighted children the entire
afternoon, and a special shout out to Josh Male, dad at
IPS 86th Street and owner of Gate Hill Day Camp, for
donating the activities and games; Scotto’s for providing the sandwiches, and all the parents who volunteered
their time and effort. This event’s enormous success can
also be attributed to the diligence and hard work of my
wonderful and supportive co-chairs, Stephanie Lobron
and Tom Dunigan. We hope next year’s picnic will be
an even greater event. So remember, “Come One, Come
All” to the IPS Spring 2015 Picnic!
Stacy Calder
Family Picnic Co-Chair
International Visitor Tours 86th Street
Mrs. Sahar Haider O. Hajjar, wife of the Ambassador of
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, visited the 86th Street
location of The International Preschools in early June.
Mrs. Hajjar was interested in visiting IPS as she is
involved with managing an early childhood centre in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. While touring our newest facility
and meeting the faculty, Mrs. Haijar observed many
similarities with her own program in Riyadh but was
particularly impressed with the state of the art facility,
the teachers resources and the professionalism of the
teachers.
Valerie Kennedy
International Liaison
Monique Tabbs, Valerie Kennedy, Sahar Haider O. Hajjar,
Bernadette Weiss at the 86th Street Location
Education Director Lynne Mueller,
left, maintains a blog on the IPS website titled “Lessons from Lynne.” Each
month she writes an interesting article on education and parenting topics. Here’s one with a timely message.
Find more at https://www.ipsnyc.org/
lessons-from-lynne/
A “Lesson from Lynne” on Holidays
To help your children get the most out of this time
of year, I recommend that you prepare them. If
you celebrate Thanksgiving, take some time a week
or two before to share your family Thanksgiving
photos from last year and talk about how your family
celebrated this holiday. Don’t do this too early, since
children don’t have a sophisticated sense of time.
A story about your child at last year’s Thanksgiving
feast will also go a long way. Just as a side note, in
general, children love to hear stories about when they
were little. (My own adult sons still enjoy this!)
Between now and the end of the year, all of us will be
spending a lot of time celebrating. No sooner have
we cleaned up the Thanksgiving turkey leftovers than
the December holidays are upon us. Special events
and celebrations that fill the end of the year can overload our already busy lives, making our time even
more limited.
Magazines, newspapers and television are already
reminding us about the joys of this time of year.
But in reality it is not always easy. If you think the
festivities are stressful for you, they can be doubly
anxiety provoking for your children. Children pick up
on their parents cues and they feel their own stress
from different schedules that may include extra
family outings, special activities and excessive food.
Then before the next round of holidays, again share
photos and stories with your child. The more you can
bring these holidays alive for your children before
they occur, the better equipped they will be to adjust
to changes in their routine and the more the whole
family can focus on the holiday and each other.
Children don’t have the tools to cope with the
excitement and interruption since they thrive on
routines and structure. Also, young children have
limited holiday experiences: although they know
holidays are special, the very youngest children
haven’t had enough holiday experiences to fully
remember and understand what that means for
them. Anticipation of unknown events can get
children overly excited and even anxious.
Best wishes for a joyous, calm holiday season.
Lynne Mueller
Education Director
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Ongoing Schools Results
Changes are coming in private school kindergarten admissions! After years of questions about the validity of standardized tests for young children, the 2013-14 admissions season
was the last year that most private schools will require or even
consider the test known informally in New York City as the
“ERB” for kindergarten admissions. The official name of the
test is the Early Childhood Admissions Assessment, given
by testers employed by the Educational Records Bureau. This
test will now only be required of kindergarten applicants in a
handful of schools. (Many schools will continue to use the ERB
or other standardized tests for older applicants.)
The big news in public school admissions is the new online
application. In January, parents were able to apply to up to
twenty zoned and non-zoned general education programs.
Admission priority is given to zoned children, but if space is
available, places will be given to out of zone applicants. When
initial placement offers were made in April, many schools had
waiting lists for even zoned children! However, once Gifted
and Talented placements were made later in the spring, waiting lists began to clear and all zoned students were seated. The
Department of Education will maintain waiting lists through
October and promises to contact families if a school they
ranked higher becomes available.
ISAAGNY (Independent Schools Admissions Association of
Greater New York) member schools have developed a “toolbox” of more than a dozen assessment activities. Applicant
children will be asked to work on a few of these activities
during their school visit. Schools will be able to choose activities that assess skills that are important to their own program
and make their own observations about each child. Most
schools are making the child’s visit longer and hiring additional staff to accommodate the on-site assessment. Application
fees may increase, but most parents will no longer have to pay
for the ERB test.
Zoned schools remain a popular choice for IPS families. We
saw quite a few parents turn down private school seats or
G and T options because they wanted their children in their
neighborhood school. Next fall sixty-five IPS graduates will
enroll at zoned or district general education schools, ten will
enroll in G and T programs and four will enroll in Hunter College Elementary School.
As always at The International Preschools, families move
abroad, either to their home countries or on an international assignment. Five IPS grads started kindergarten in a new
country this fall.
Even though this year’s applicants took the ERB, most private
schools considered the child’s visit the most important part of
their selection process. Fifty-five children from IPS will start
kindergarten at private schools this fall.
Whether a child is continuing on to a school just around the
corner or halfway around the world, we hope all our former
families keep in touch with The International Preschools!
Cathleen Vasserman
Ongoing Schools Advisor
IPS students will be enrolling in Kindergarten and First Grade
at the following schools in September 2014:
Private Schools
Allen-Stevenson
Bank Street
Birch Wathen Lenox
Blue School
Brearley
Cathedral
Chapin
Collegiate
Columbia Grammar
Dalton
Dwight
Friends Seminary
Hewitt
Le Lycee Francais
Public Schools
Marymount
Nightingale-Bamford
Spence
Speyer Legacy
St. Bernard’s
St. David’s
St. Ignatius Loyola
The School At Columbia
The Studio School
Trevor Day School
Trinity
United Nations International
School
Hunter Elementary
Lower Lab
NEST+M
P.S. 6
P.S. 9
P.S. 11 G & T
P.S. 40
P.S. 59
P.S. 87
P.S. 116
P.S. 124 G & T
P.S. 130 G & T
P.S. 151
P.S. 158
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P.S. 163 G & T
P.S. 183
P.S. 199
P.S. 212
P.S. 225
P.S. 267
P.S. 281
P.S. 290
P.S. 333
P.S. 340
P.S. 452
P.S. 146(Brooklyn)
A Graduate Comes Home
When I graduated from The International Preschools on East
45th Street in the spring of 1993, I had discovered a few
truths about the world: there were not, after all, monsters living in my closet, it was a daily delight to live in the excitement
and diversity of New York, and I absolutely loved school.
tions, as a microcosm of the globe. My mother, a high school
teacher who was in graduate school when I was in preschool,
has said she chose IPS because of its embrace of diversity
and difference and its openness to recognizing both individual uniqueness and shared human values.
Now that I am, twenty two years later, about to join the faculty on West 76th Street, those truths are still true. Closets hold
nothing scary beyond the occasional long-forgotten item of
clothing, and except for the years I went away for college, I am
still thrilled to live in the great world city of New York. Most
of all, I still love school.
When I visited the 76th Street location this past spring for
my interview, one of my former teachers, Klara Reisinger,
recognized me - even though she had last seen me when I
was four years old - and greeted me with a warm hug. The
creativity, enterprise, and delight in the world that I learned
at IPS have stayed with me and it is a remarkable gift that
now I will be joining the staff whose care and teaching
started me on my life’s journey. As a classroom teacher, I am
eagerly looking forward to this coming year and hope there
will be many opportunities to help students discover the
truths and wonders that await them.
IPS introduced me to so much: to the laws of physics as I
pedaled a tricycle around the climbing structure in the middle
of the gym to find the faster you go, the more centripetal force
makes you dizzy; to the alchemy of art, dressed as a tree for
Halloween in brown leggings and a green turtleneck festooned
with a variety of both actual and paper leaves and branches, I
could embody all four seasons at once; to the wonder of global
community, as we passed the water pitcher past each of our
families’ national flags; to the possibilities of imagination
brought to bear on real problems, as I sat at my friend Peter’s
kitchen table, planning how we might construct a zipline that
would span the interior of the block to connect his window on
41st Street to mine on 40th Street.
Julia Cunningham
Teacher, 76 Green 1/Red 2
My mother and father were committed to raising my brother
and me in the city, and to our neighborhood by the United Na-
Julia as a new IPS teacher, above.
As a young student at The International Preschools, left.
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September 2013
Family Field Day
A Year of 50th
Anniversary
Events!
Current and former families,
faculty and staff, and friends of The
International Preschools enjoyed
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faculty-parent dodgeball game,
a performance by the Paper Bag
Players and a Happy Birthday singa-long followed by mini-cupcakes
for all.
a fun filled day at Chelsea Piers
on Saturday, September 28th to
kick off our year of anniversary
celebrations. Activities included
an array of children’s athletics, a
Photographs pages 8-9 by Paul Kane and Bernadette Weiss
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November 2013
Concert and Sing-Along
Over 400 adults and children
joined us at Symphony Space, the
legendary concert hall on the Upper West Side, on Saturday, November 23rd for The John Farrell
Holiday Concert. John Farrell’s
set included songs about holiday
celebrations around the world and
the joy of snowfall and he ended by
inviting all of the children on stage
to sing and sign his signature piece,
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“Love Grows.” The concert opened
with a video from the Mukwashi
School in Zambia which is a direct
recipient of money raised during
IPS’s annual international social
outreach program, Bridges of
Peace and Hope.
Photographs pages 10 - 11 by Paul Kane
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February 2014
Film Premiere
and Dim Sum
umentary entitled A Window to the
World: The Story of the International
Preschools. Approximately 175 people attended the screening on February 9th at the Tribeca Performing
The International Preschools commissioned Stork Films to capture its
history and mission in a short doc-
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The finale of our
celebrations was
the Gala on May
1st, described on
pages 20 - 27.
Arts Center. Following the premiere,
attendees were whisked by charter
busses to Jing Fong restaurant in
Chinatown for a family -style dim
sum feast. The documentary is available for streaming on the schools
website: ipsnyc.org
Photographs pages 12 - 13 by Kayla Poole
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Thank You from the Parents’ Association President!
I feel incredibly fortunate to have been a part of
The International Preschools community for the
past five years.
The international community that is comprised by our IPS
families represents the diversity that makes New York so
special and is one of greatest benefits of living and raising our
children here. Being immersed within this diverse community
has yielded many benefits for our children in their friendships,
experiences and perspectives. My three-year-old son often
asks me when we can go to India to visit his friend who moved
back there earlier this year. My daughter, who graduated from
IPS last year, continues to celebrate Diwali each year with one
of her IPS Crèche friends. The Winter Solstice celebrations
and the individual family visits that teach our children about
other family traditions have been wonderful experiences.
The school’s structured, play based curriculum and warm,
supportive and nurturing environment help our children
to grow, think, learn to solve problems, communicate,
collaborate and understand how to be positive members of a
community. Our children have learned so much each day and
have grown into better people all while “playing” and having
fun. The foundation of a love of learning and appreciation for
community that IPS has instilled in our children will stay with
them for their lifetimes.
put into each and every event. I want to take this opportunity
to thank all of the volunteers who have committed their time,
resources, ideas and energy to the school and its many events
that rely on parent participation. I feel lucky to have been able
to volunteer alongside you and make friendships that will
last a lifetime. I have learned so much from so many about
parenting, friendship and life in general. I wish all IPS families
a lifetime of health and continued happy experiences while
learning!
I am so grateful to Jacqueline Ahn for her encouragement,
tireless efforts, friendship and commitment. She is always inspiring and is going to be an exceptional Parents’ Association
President next year!
I was so happy to be here to celebrate the 50th Anniversary
year! It is hard to express my appreciation for everyone who
makes up our wonderful community: the families, faculty,
support staff, administrative leadership and the Board of
Trustees. The history of our school is as unique and inspiring
as the people who have created this special place – both those
who have been here for so many years and those who have
recently been attracted to the school and its mission. It is
extraordinary how many of our parents return as staff to the
school because it is a place to which they feel so connected and
do not want to leave even when their children do.
Thank you for making my year as Parents’ Association President so rewarding. I can’t begin to tell you how much I appreciate having the opportunity to take on this role this year. The
support of our Parents’ Association has been tremendous and
it is awe-inspiring to watch the commitment and enthusiasm
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Carole Sleeper
Parents’ Association President
Parents’ Association Officers and
Committee Members
The Parents’ Association Board
would like to express our
gratitude to the many volunteers
who took on leadership roles in
the past year’s activities.
Officers
Carole Sleeper, President
Jacqueline Ahn, President
Elect
Livia Nguyen, Secretary
Lauren Chung, Treasurer
Katherine Zoepf,
Communications
Lara Chassin, Newsletter
Senior Vice
Presidents
Joanna Walsh, 45th Street
Mary Busby, 76th Street
Sunny Nagel, 86th Street
Vice Presidents,
45th Street
Sheree Chiou, Class Parents
Sabrina Vaishnavi,
Volunteers
Lara Chassin, Newsletter
Nicole Mata
Giselle Wyckoff
Vice Presidents,
76th Street
Lora Martinez, Class Parents
Ellen Lundquist, Volunteers
Colette Bennett
Elizabeth DePaolo
Muriel Jara Lee
Livia Nguyen
Vice Presidents,
86th Street
Anya Roles, Class Parents
Aparna Mulukutla ,
Volunteers
Tom Dunigan
Akiko Firneno
Elda Papapoulou-Englund
Garin Torin
50th Gala
Yearbook Chairs
Jacqueline Ahn, Lead Chair
Richard Werner, Techonology
Chair
Sunny Nagel, Team Mentor
Lara Chassin, Production
Co-Chair
Nicole Mata, Production CoChair
Jennifer Bobker, Production
Tara Hanson, Production
Jacqueline Ahn
Jeannie Lee
Lisa Thung
Japanese Parents
50th Gala
Committee
Kaori Groen, President
Auction and
Hitomi Martel, SVP 76th
Acquisitons
Street
Akiko Firneno, SVP 86th
Street
Hiroko Kasuga, Treasurer
Faculty
Appreciation
Night
Colette Bennett
Sweta Chanda
Kim Cook
Giselle Wycoff
Carla Brillembourg-Clark
Alison Richardson
Sabrina Rana Vaishnavi
Book Fairs
Mary Busby
Sheree Chiou
Nicole Flower
Megan Heanue
Jane Lam
Muriel Lee
Natasha Nicolaides
Jennifer Sauer
Lina Won
Mary Busby, Co-Chair
Lauren Chung, Co-Chair
Livia Nguyen, Co-Chair
Joanna Walsh, Co-Chair
Amber Paquette, 45thStreet
Co-Chair
Jennifer Sauer, 45 Street
Co-Chair
Ellen Lundquist, 76th Street
Chair
Stephanie Sobel-Lobron,
86th Street Chair
Sherree Chiou
Aditi Deeg
Bonnie Tellgmann
Elizabeth Traub
Family Picnic
Chairs
Stacy Calder
Tom Dunigan
Josh Male
Stephanie Sobel-Lobron
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Dads Night Out
Tom Dunigan
Bake Sales
Hay-Won Byun
Sheree Chiou
Elizabeth DePaolo
Sandra Medina Rendon
Natasha Nicolaides
Judy Rothman Wagner
Faculty Lunch
Carole Sleeper, Chair
Jennifer Bobker
Sheree Chiou
Elizabeth De
2013 Faculty Appreciation Night
The annual IPS Faculty Appreciation
Night was held on Friday, November
22, 2013, at Landmark on the Park.
It was a spectacular night of shared
cultures and international food and
drinks, honoring the 15 milestone recipients for their hard work and their
dedication to IPS:
Kevin Abernathy, Director of Admissions - 35 years
Ana Maria DeSouza, Teacher - 30 years
Katherine Seidner, Director of Crèche & Special Projects - 25 years
Monique Tabbs, Location Director, 86th Street - 25 years
Martha Smeaton, Eastside Director of Admissions - 15 years
Janine Louis, Teacher - 10 years
Christina Branton, Teacher - 5 years
Victor Manuel Euse, Maintenance - 5 years
Quintilia Greene, Teacher - 5 years
Elizabeth Hornick, Writing Workshop Teacher - 5 years
Deirdre Martin, Admissions Associate - 5 years
Amanda Quinn, Teacher - 5 years
Philomena Saunders, Teacher - 5 years
Dara Vogel, Teacher - 5 years
Families and Faculty were surrounded by stunning decorations and incredible food and drinks. The evening was filled
with music, photos and laughter. The night began with guests
being welcomed by Carole Sleeper, President of the IPS Parents’ Association, Jacqueline Ahn, President-Elect, Liz Patrick,
Chair of IPS Board of Trustees, and the Co-Chairs of FAN. A
video presentation by Blane Friest of DDM production LLC
highlighted the honorees’ achievements with a special recognition to Kevin Abernathy, who has been at IPS for 35 years.
Lynne Mueller, Director of Education and Donna Cohen,
Director of IPS, presented each milestone recipient with an
award and gift to show their gratitude and commitment to the
IPS community.
The raffle was a huge success with many items donated and
solicited by IPS families. There were gift cards, hand bags,
jewelry, sport and opera tickets, spa treatments, camps and
tutoring for kids, golf outings and much more. Thank you to
all the families who joined the celebration and made generous
donations. Special thank you to Ty Kuppig at TYGER Productions for creating a beautiful ambience for the guests and to
Sasabune for their generous Sushi donation. The Japanese
Parents’ Committee also had a table with hand-crafted items
with all the proceeds going to IPS.
FAN raised a record-breaking amount of money this year.
With the additional funds raised, teachers were able to attend
more professional development courses. Each staff member
also received a coffee mug with a Starbucks gift card.
Colette Bennett, Sweta Chanda, Kim Cook, Giselle Wyckoff
Faculty Appreciation Night Co-Chairs
Scenes from Faculty Appreciation Night
Milestone Honorees
First row: Monique Tabbs, Martha Smeaton, Kevin Abernathy, Janine
Louis, Kathy Seidner
Second Row: Elizabeth Hornick, Quintilia Greene, Victor Manuel Euse,
Dara Vogel, Deidre Martin, Christina Branton
Hitomi Martel, Akiko Firneno, Hiroko Katsuga,
Katsuho Dechiario
Donna Cohen, Paul Kane, above, select
winners for the raffle items, displayed at left
Jacqueline Ahn, Kim Cook, Sweta Chanda, Giselle Wyckoff, Carole Sleeper,
Carla Brillenberg Clark, Colette Bennett
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Photographs pages 16 - 17 by Gavin Toren
Faculty Appreciation Night
The Faculty Enrichment Benefit Committee thanks the
following for their
support:
Benefactors
Anonymous
Paula Arrojo & Franco Finstad
Libby & Dan Goldring
Mark Mahoney & Kim Cook
Emilio & Amy Mena Jr.
Livia & Van Nguyen
Jennifer Rearden
Carole & Nate Sleeper
Ashley & James Smyth
Navin Roy & Srilakshmi
Vallabhaneni
Sponsors
Herbert Allen & Monica de la Torre
Hakan Altintepe & Asli Rustemli
Adam Barone & Wenleyen Chan
Mary & Paul Busby
Andrew & Elizabeth Byington
Michael Chen & Elizabeth
Coleman-Chen
David & Elizabeth DePaolo
Stephen F. & Ariane G. Finkel
Charles & Akiko Firneno
Vivek Jetley & Rena Nigam
Jason Kirschner & Sheree Chiou
Mark & Micki Kwan
Melissa & Marc LawrenceApfelbaum
Patty Laxton
Edward & Stacy Le Melle
Muriel & Gordon Lee
Chung Won Lee & Heuikyeong Jeon
Toh Tsun & Linda Lim
Michael Miraflores & Elaine Chien
Kenji R. Ota & Anne R. Kaufmann
Anthony & Amber Paquette
Matthias PaVon & Mae ChengPaVon
Grigor Peradze & Alina Turian
Evan Steen & Shari Hellman
Maynard Um & Jacqueline Ahn
Leslie A. & Valerie F. Valdes
Patrons
Colette & Daniel Bennett
Matthew & Karine Blake
Christopher R. Brown & Ann M.
Tran
Elaine Ho & Hayden Chan
Lauren Chung
Nancy Dennery
Christopher Hutton & Celine
Moyroud
Ali & H Melis Ibrahimiye
Oliver & Natalia Legg
Micha S. & Denise V. Magid
Ivan & June Martin
Jason & Mary Minard
David Moszer & Heather Smith
Mr. Frank Moy & Ms. Judy Lee
Lluis & Melissa Pedragosa
Bart & Donna Pasella
Hari Ramanan & Himayani Puri
Matias Ringel & Sylvia Bigio
Nima Safabakhsh & Tina Kashef
Sourabh & Allison Sen
Garin L. Toren & Tanya Vaysman
Eric & Judy Wagner
Jane & Alexander Wang
Kristy & Milko Milkov
Clint White & Marilou Aquino
Faculty Ticket
Sponsors
Adel Abdellatif & Patricia Chaves
Puneet & Shveta Agarwal
Herbert Allen & Monica de la
Torre
Andre & Terri-Marie Assous
Kelvin Au & Kristina Patterson
Stephen Baker & Nadine Chang
David Chaiyarat & Nikita Bear
Deric Behar & Cynthia Finkelman
John Bessonette & Ginger
Thames
Sasha Blair-Goldensohn &
Rebecca Min
Adam Bloom & Kalsang Tshering
Heli & Thomas Blum
Matthew & Rita Blumberg
Thomas & Marianna Bouleuc
Anonymous
Trevor & Maria Brown
Mary & Paul Busby
Jorge Carrion & Sandra Medina
Derek Chan & Rebecca Pacholder
Christopher Chan & Libby
Cantril
Amy & Leo Chiang
Lauren Chung
Taeyoung Chung & Natasha
Nicolaides
Charles E. & Carla Brillembourg
Clark
Paul Colatrella & Amy Brown
John Coughlin & Cynthia Balfour
Aditi & Michael Deeg
David & Elizabeth DePaolo
Anand & Swaroopa Desai
Thomas L. Dunigan & Johanna
Abreu Dunigan
Elda & Jonas Englund
Brad & Juliette Ennals
Daniel Farrell & Meredith Meyer
Jed & Heather Finn
Paula Arrojo & Franco Finstad
John Fletcher & Aurelle DauphinFletcher
Guillaume Foss & Jorgelina Sabez
Spiros G. & Rosalia Frangos
Jason R. & Elizabeth K. Frew
Rohit & Meena A. Gandhi
Evan Garfein & Tanya Simon
Garfein
Nicolle Gatto & Kasia Reterska
Kayvan Ghassemi & Roberta
Seiler
David Goldberg & Maricor
Santiago
Anonymous
Libby & Dan Goldring
Burak & Esen Gonul
Nancy Dennery
Simon Greer & Sharna Goldseker
Lora Martinez & Christopher
Guenther
Gary Haase & Robin M. Campbell
Stephen & Tara Hanson
Hiroyuki & Masako Hayashi
Manabu & Akiko Hirabayashi
Jacob & Sarah Hollinger
Hidetaka & Ayako Horikawa
Maureen Huff
Christopher Hutton & Celine
Moyroud
Vivek Jetley & Rena Nigam
Alexander Johnston & Caroline
Lombardo
The Kant Family
Selcuk & Ebru Karakaplan
Matt & Teryn Kendall
Nasir Khan & Mona Anand
Kumar & Heena Khemchandani
Younghoon & Jeeyeon Jennifer
Kim
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Brian Kim & Kim Nguyen-Kim
Yung Kyun Kim & Joo Young Lee
Ken Metz & Forrest King
Jason Kirschner & Sheree Chiou
Takuya & Colleen Kisaka
Jamie & Celena Knox
Gene & Sharon Ko
David Kopman & Maria Castillo
Mark & Micki Kwan
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Le Melle
Jong Lee & Stacy Allen
John Lee & Jin-Ah Lim
Christian & Ting Lee
Oliver & Natalia Legg
Adrian & Georgina Liddiard
Michael Liou & Jenny Diep
Sproule & Farah Love
Ming & Qi Lu
Richard Ma & Kristy Sundjaja
Micha S. & Denise V. Magid
John P. & Heather D. Magnan
Joshua R. & Alison L. Male
Terry Maltese & Arielle
Whitman
Aravanan Metupalle & Jenny
Shen
Rajesh & Peggy Midha
James Miller & Heather Miller
Jason & Mary Minard
M. Reza Mohammadinia &
Tehmina Akhtar
Daniel & Yandoub Monahan
David Moszer & Heather Smith
Thomas & Amelia Murphy
Sunny & Kyle Nagel
Jayant Narayan & Rama
Balachandran
Livia & Van Nguyen
Sarah & James O’Malley
George Olley & Amy Caton
Yao Hua & Nanett Ooi
Yogesh & Priya Pandit
William Thomas Pannell &
Eloise Wagner
Anthony & Amber Paquette
Josh Parker & Nancy
Frankenberg
Patty Laxton
The PaVon Family
Grigor Peradze & Alina Turian
Bart & Donna Pasella
Peter & Michele Polk
Mr. Alejandro G. and Mrs.
Flavia R. Przygoda
Harish Rajaram & Aparna
Ramakrishnan
Jennifer Rearden
Oleg & Rebecca B. Rezzy
Matias Ringel & Sylvia Bigio
Carmen & Carlos Rodriguez
Pete & Melissa Rogers
Anya & Eric Roles
Jay & Chantelle Rosenthal
William Ross & Yoonsun Chung
Gillian & James Round
Malcolm & Michelle Rutherford
Nima Safabakhsh & Tina Kashef
Jinya & Akane Sato
Claudio & Jennifer Sauer
Gary & Michelle Schaeffer
Neeraj & Krupa Sharma
Gene D. & Caryn Adelman
Skarin
Carole & Nate Sleeper
Brian & Kristin Smith
Ashley & James Smyth
Kemnay Advisory Services
Edward & Binh-Minh Sobol
Shan Stansbury & Christina
Wyatt
Evan Steen & Shari Hellman
Roberto Storaci & Giuditta
Scordino
Abi & Zahida Subramanian
Cass Sunstein & Samantha
Power
Abbas Tahir & Shazia Anam
Stephen Thompson & Ellen
Lundquist
Jack Thompson & Karin
Ouchida
Garin L. Toren & Tanya Vaysman
Maynard Um & Jacqueline Ahn
Lily Khaykina
Omar & Sabrina Vaishnavi
Anthony Vasapolli & Rochelle
Hestnas
Jay Venkateswaran & Shuhag Ghosh
Joanna & Matthew Walsh
Jane & Alexander Wang
Bradley Wasserman & Jennifer
Capla
Kristy & Milko Milkov
Lisa & James Watts
Clint White & Marilou Aquino
Anu & Jeffrey Willoughby
Marc & Jennifer Wolfson
Giselle & Matthew Wyckoff
Michael & Nathalie Yavonditte
Brian & Ginnie Yoo
Food, Beverage
Raffle Prize
& Entertainment Donors
Thank you to the following
Donors
corporate and individual donors
We would also like to thank
the following corporate
and individual donors for
contributing the wonderful food,
beverages and entertainment
that contributed to the success
of the event:
Andre and Terri-Marie Assous
Daniel and Colette Bennett
Paul and Mary Busby
Rahul and Sweta Dani
Steve and Arie Finkel
Johannes and Kaori Groen
Matthew Hebiton and Natalie
Barnett
Michele Ingram
Cheolsoon and Christina Jang
David Kim and Minjoo Lee
Amy Lorowitz
Shawn Lytle and Alison
Richardson
Karl and Hitomi Martel
Lora Martinez
Yoshihiro and Michiko Morita
Van and Livia Nguyen
Natasha Nicolaides
Josh Parker and Nancy
Frankenberg
Nate and Carole Sleeper
Ashley Smyth
Stephanie Sobel-Lobron
Kenji and Nami Takahashi
Maynard Um and Jacqueline
Ahn
Eric and Lily Vainer
Giselle and Matthew Wyckoff
Flavia and Seth Zeleznik
The Japanese Parents Committee
who provided the exciting prizes
for the Parents Raffle:
Colette Bennett
Jennifer and Adam Bobker
Carla Brillembourg Clark
Sheree Chiou
Cheryl Garver
Mark Mahoney and Kim Cook
Josh Male
Manisha Manglani
Marianna Matakova
Timothy and Mary O’Connell
Laura Palmisano
Thomas and Zeynep
Schoenwaelder
Nate and Carole Sleeper
Sabrina Rana Vaishnavi
Valerie Walsh Valdes
Giselle and Matthew Wyckoff
Thank you to the following
corporate and individual donors
who provided the exciting prizes
for the Teachers Raffle:
Colette Bennett
Jen and Adam Bobker
Paul and Mary Busby
Jason and Sonia Huse
Arvind Krishnamurthy and
Shalinee Sharma
Mark Mahoney and Kim Cook
Karol Markowicz
Matthew Maxwell Monahan
Livia and Van Nguyen
Timothy and Mary O’Connell
Carolina Paschoal
Thomas and Zeynep
Schoenwaelder
Nate and Carole Sleeper
Giselle and Matthew Wyckoff
Corporate
Matching Gifts
American Endowment Foundation
American Express Charitable Fund
Bank of America
Goldman Sachs
Kemnay Advisory Services
Morgan Stanley
Pfizer
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Special Donor
Acknowledgements
Neil King, Invitation Design
Garin Torin, Photography
Blane Friest of DDM Production,
LLC, Videography
Ty Kuppig at Tyger Productions,
Decor
Japanese Parents Committee
and Sasabune, Sushi
FAN Volunteers
Elaine Chien
Karen Dahl
Nancy Dennery
Elizabeth DePaolo
Tom Gannuscio
Libby Goldring
Tara Hanson
Ami Jayne
Magdalena Karaoglu
Heena Khemchandani
Ellen Lundquist
Shawn Lytle
Lora Martinez
Heather McGuiness
Amy Mena
Kim Nguyen-Kim
Natasha Nicolaides
Jorgelina Sabez
Julie Schwietert
Shalinee Sharma
Steve Thompson
Stacy Trihas
Sonia Tze
Liang Zhou
Thank you to ALL
of the parent
volunteers who
helped with tasks
large & small to
make this evening
a success. We could
not have done it
without you!
50th Anniversary Gala
like to express a heartfelt THANK YOU to all of the parents,
teachers, staff, and friends who volunteered their time and
talent, donated or solicited gifts, attended the Gala, and bid
on the auction items. The night was flawless, attendance was
astounding, and enthusiasm palpable. The event’s success
could not have been achieved without the help and input of so
many amazing people. We would like to offer a special thanks
to our incredible group of teachers and staff members who
donated AMAZING play dates and events to the auction and
to our Class Parents for their creative ideas and priceless class
projects.
The Golden Anniversary Gala was held
on May 1, 2014 at 583 Park Avenue to
celebrate The International Preschools’
50th year. This incredible venue was
transformed into an elegant Gala space
by a group of devoted IPS parents of
both current students as well as alumni. We hosted over 500 guests, which
included both current and new families, alumni, current and former staff
members, teachers, as well as Board
members.
In addition, we were incredibly fortunate to have two very
special guests attend to help celebrate this memorable occasion – Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, the wife of Secretary General
of the United Nations, and Ms. Samantha Power, United
States Ambassador to the United Nations and IPS mother.
The evening began with an elegant cocktail hour and a silent
auction that featured a wide variety of items for even the most
discriminating bidders! The evening’s program was capped off
by speakers Donna Cohen (Director), Elizabeth Patrick (Chair
of the Board of Trustees), Samantha Power (United States
Ambassador to the UN), Valerie Kennedy (IPS International
Liaison) and Carole Sleeper (PA President). In addition, IPS
honored Trustee Dr. Edward Davies for more than 50 years of
commitment and support.
We are also thrilled to report that the 2014 Gala raised over
$160,000. This great accomplishment reflects the generosity,
spirit, and commitment of the IPS community. We would
The 50th Anniversary Gala was made possible only through
the support of an amazing group of committee members.
The Production Chairs and Committee, which envisioned the
evening from start to finish, designed and assembled all of the
décor, worked with the AV Crew and made sure that we had
a flawless and enjoyable evening: Nicole Mata, Lara Chassin,
Tara Hanson, Jennifer Bobker. The Acquisitions and Auction
Committee, which catalogued, prepared and organized over
350 auction items: Joanna Walsh, Mary Busby, Livia Nguyen,
Lauren Chung, Sheree Chiou, Aditi Deeg, Bonnie Tellgmann,
Elizabeth Traub. Richard Werner and his IT team, who were
hard at work from the moment the doors opened. Our location Acquisition Co-Chairs: Jennifer Sauer, Amber Paquette,
Ellen Lundquist, Stephanie Sobel-Lobron. Former PA President, Sunny Nagel, served as our source of experience and
wisdom. Thanks to the IPS Staff for all their hard work and
tireless support in making the evening possible.
A complete list of all of our generous underwriters, donors,
solicitors and volunteers can be found in this issue of The
Scribbler.
Nicole Mata, Carole Sleeper,Jen Bobker, Lara Chassin, Tara Hanson,, Amber Paquette, Donna Cohen, Jacqueline Ahn, Joanna Walsh, Sunny Nagel,
Stephanie Sobol-Lobron, Mary Busby, Ellen Lundquist, Livia Nguyen
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We also want to thank our incredible outgoing PA President,
Carole Sleeper, who provided our headquarters and whose
enthusiasm, optimism, and energy motivated us all to push
through the nights and weekends and whose leadership made
the event an incredible success.
And, finally, we owe our sincere gratitude to our Director,
Donna Cohen, and our CAO, Paul Kane, for their guidance
and support as well as their overall leadership of IPS.
It was an honor and a pleasure to serve The International Preschools by planning and producing the 50th Gala. We hope
that you all share in our fond memories and look forward to
next year’s Spring Benefit!
Jacqueline Ahn, Jennifer Bobker, Mary Busby, Lara Chassin,
Sheree Chiou, Lauren Chung, Aditi Deeg, Tara Hanson, Ellen
Lundquist, Nicole Mata, Livia Nguyen, Amber Paquette,
Jennifer Sauer, Stephanie Sobel-Lobron, Bonnie Tellgmann,
Elizabeth Traub, Joanna Walsh, Richard Werner
50th Gala Co-Chairs
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May 1, 2014
Mary Busby, Livia Nguyen
Ban Soon-taek
Jacqueline Ahn, Nicole Mata
Liz Patrick, Edward and Suzanne Davies
Sunny Nagel
Melissa and Marc Lawrence-Apfelbaum,
Joe Silvestri and Carolyn Risoli
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Scenes from the 50th Anniversary Gala
Nancy Frankenberg and Josh
Parker
Heena and Kumar Khemchandani
Deepa Dadlani, Melody Kim
Sheree Chiou and Jason Kirschner
Brenda and Mark Berman
Carlos Gomez Lopez and Ozlem Koldemir
Edward and Stacy Le Melle
Johanna and Tom Dunigan
Anya and Eric Roles
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Nicholas Callias and
Karolina Mzyk
Dana Glaser and Brian Bernstein
Shiho and Takashi Mashiko
Mary and Jason Minard
Lauren Mazer and Gary Kurnov,
Katie and James Gerding
Heather Smith and David Moszer
Nicole Diamondf, Michele Polk,
Heena Khemchandani
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Aline Sans Pai and Nischai Pai
Ellen Lundquist and Stephen Thompson
Dr. Davies, Founding Trustee
Alisa and Nick Pologeorgis, Auctioneer Adrien Meyer
Parents’ Association President
Carole Sleeper
Former Director Valerie Kennedy, Director Donna
Cohen, Former Directors Nancy Brown, Betsy
Newell and the IPS Birthday Cake
Enthusiastic Bidders
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Photographs pages 20 - 25 by
Francisco Collazo, Van Nguyen, and Gavin Toren
50th Anniversary Gala
Benefactors
Anonymous
Herbert Allen & Monica de
la Torre
John W. Barnum
David Chaiyarat & Nikita
Bear
Suzanne & Edward Davies
David & Elizabeth DePaolo
Chad Gallant & Barbara L.
Becker
Alan Gilbert & Kajsa WilliamOlsson
Libby & Dan Goldring
Carlos Gomez-Lopez &
Ozlem Koldemir
Michael & Jacqueline Katz
Scott & Lilian Kim
Ken Metz & Forrest King
Michelle & Michael Najjar
Livia & Van Nguyen
Matthias PaVon & Mae
Cheng-PaVon
Matthew & Rachel Russell
Gaurav & Falguni Shah
Joseph Silvestri & Carolyn
Risoli
Carole & Nate Sleeper
Ashley & James Smyth
Kemnay Advisory Services
Maynard Um & Jacqueline
Ahn
Anthony Vasapolli & Rochelle
Hestnas
Rosemary Weaver
Sponsors
Faculty Ticket
Sponsors
Melissa & David Bernstein
Lisa Dallmer
Jason Kirschner & Sheree
Chiou
Mark Mahoney & Kim Cook
Christina & Frank Nasta
Hari Ramanan & Himayani
Puri
Jennifer Rearden
Ravi Sachdev & Megan
Heanue
Marcelo & Fabiana
Takieddine
Jane & Alexander Wang
Patrons
Andre & Terri-Marie Assous
Colette & Daniel Bennett
Adam & Jen Bobker
Andrew & Elizabeth Byington
Sylvie Cherry
Lauren Chung
Connie & Larry Cranch
Lana & Patrick Deharveng
Luc M. & Daisy W. Dowling
Paal & Roseann Elfstrum
Michael Ficazzola & Daria
Drew Ficazzola
Stephen F. & Ariane G. Finkel
Hale & Liz Gurland
Alexander Johnston &
Caroline Lombardo
Micha S. & Denise V. Magid
Sid Mandelbaum & Diane
Oshin
David Moszer & Heather
Smith
Betsy & Peter Newell
Boris & Reine Okuliar
George Olley & Amy Caton
Sourabh & Allison Sen
Mark Silverstein & Vicki
Andreadis
Evan Steen & Shari Hellman
Clint White & Marilou
Aquino
George & Sally Begley
Colette & Daniel Bennett
Matthew & Rita Blumberg
Michael Chen & Elizabeth
Coleman-Chen
Lauren Chung
John Coughlin & Cynthia
Balfour
Lana & Patrick Deharveng
Althea Duersten-Saslow
Libby & Dan Goldring
James & Jessica Gray
Hale & Liz Gurland
David Kim & Minjoo Lee
Brian Kim & Kim NguyenKim
Jason Kirschner & Sheree
Chiou
Takuya & Colleen Kisaka
Mark & Micki Kwan
Charles-Antoine Laplante &
Emmanuelle Poltras
Toh Tsun & Linda Lim
James Lindsay & Alejandra
Lagos
Richard Ma & Kristy Sundjaja
Ivan & June Martin
Jason & Mary Minard
Thomas & Amelia Murphy
Sunny & Kyle Nagel
Livia & Van Nguyen
Deirdre & Hamish Norton
Boris & Reine Okuliar
George Olley & Amy Caton
Anthony & Amber Paquette
Matthias PaVon & Mae
Cheng-PaVon
Harish Rajaram & Aparna
Ramakrishnan
Jennifer Rearden
Giselle & Matthew Wyckoff
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Jeremy & Jessica Reiss
Claudio & Jennifer Sauer
Joseph Silvestri & Carolyn
Risoli
Carole & Nate Sleeper
Ashley & James Smyth
Shane Stansbury & Christina
Wyatt
Peter & Jo Toolan
Anthony Vasapolli & Rochelle
Hestnas
Jane & Alexander Wang
Clint White & Marilou
Aquino
Marc & Jennifer Wolfson
Brian Wu & Anne-Marie Fink
Special Donor
Acknowledgements
Francisco Collazo
Jason Lee
Kenneth Metz and Forrest
King
Adrien Meyer
Van Nguyen
Nate and Carole Sleeper
Garin Toren
The Japanese Parents
Committee
A-1 Moving
Creative Cakes, Inc. by Bill
Schultz
Sasabune
Sugarella Sweets and Treats
Totem, A Creative Content
Agency
Yumiko Tomita, Master of
Ohara School of Ikebana
50 United Nations Plaza
583 Park Avenue Staff
Corporate
Matching Gifts
Auction
Item Solicitors
Alliance Bernstein
American Endowment
Foundation
American Express
Charitable Fund
Bank of America
Goldman Sachs
Kemnay Advisory Services
Macy’s Foundation
Morgan Stanley
Pfizer
Jaqueline Ahn
Dane Atkinson
Marilou Aquino
Terri-Marie & Andre Assous
Brenda Berman
Louise Boticelli
Darryl Burke
Mary Busby
Stacy & Eric Calder
Jennifer Capla
Nadine Chang
Sherree Chiou
Lauren Chung
Kim Jennifer Cook
Elizabeth DePaolo
Ana Maria DeSouza
Dan Farrell & Meredith
Meyer
Franco Finstad & Paula
Arrojo
Alan Gilbert & Kajsa WillianOlsson
Tara Hanson
Paul Kane
John Lee & Jin-Ah Lim
Minjoo Lee
Stephanie Lobron
Theresa Lopez-Vandever
Micha & Denise Magid
Alison Male
Jill Miller
Rebecca Min
Yandouba Monahan
Sunny Nagel
Sonia Newby
Livia Nguyen
Natasha Nicolaides
Mary O’Connell
Sarah O’Malley
Amber Paquette
Carolina Perez
Donna Pisella
Alisa Pologeorgis
Himayani Puri
Chantelle Rosenthal
Karen Rosenthal
Rachel Russell
Pia & Sumit Sablok
Gillian Sarner
Jenn Sauer
Zeynep Schoenwalder
Kathy & Allison Seidner
Lori Silverstein
Carole Sleeper
Bonnie Tellgmann
Elizabeth Traub
Anu Willoughby
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Thank you to ALL
who donated,
created or bought
auction items,
and thank you
to everyone who
attended the
benefit. You helped
make an evening
worth remembering
for the next fifty
years!
Ana Maria DeSouza Retires after 30 Years
This past year, IPS celebrated the thirty year
career of Ms. Ana Maria DeSouza. During those
years Ms. DeSouza worked as an assistant teacher at a variety of locations including 74th Street
and most recently 76th Street. On May 29th, the
76th Street Pre-K classroom hosted a party for
Ms. DeSouza who had also decided to retire at
the beginning of the school year. The room was
filled with students who were educated by her
and ranged from age four to thirty plus. Attendees wrote or drew their good wishes for Ana Maria on fabric squares that were assembled into
Anonymous
Kevin & James Abernathy
Paula Arrojo & Franco Finstad
Babette Ayassamy
Michael Bagalman & Sonya
Sklaroff
Mary & James Bank
Adam Barone & Wenleyen Chan
Maged & Christen Bishara
Sasha Blair-Goldensohn &
Rebecca Min
Christina Olio Branton
Nancy & Frank Brown
Mary & Paul Busby
Michael & Stephanie Cantor
Elena Clarke-Balasa
Joan & Jay Colen
David & Elizabeth DePaolo
Stephen F. & Ariane G. Finkel
Andrea & Kenneth Fitzsimons
Eunice Folla
Marie Claire & Marc Foss
Peggy Gallagher
Lea Garofalo
a quilt. This past year was not without its difficulties for Ms. DeSouza as a fire started in her
Upper West Side apartment building in February
and she and her sisters were forced to evacuate
the building. Many IPS families reached out to
the school to offer services and financial support
to assist Ms. DeSouza during her displacement.
The following people contributed to the Fire
Fund which continues to aid Ms. DeSouza until she is fully settled back into her apartment
building.
Libby & Dan Goldring
Nancy Dennery
Mona & Eric Green
Mr. & Mrs. Hale Gurland
Minoru & Nana Harada
David & Motoni Hodges
Maureen Huff
Julie & Blair Jarvis
Ersin Karaoglu & Magdalena
Laski-Karaoglu
Paul, Laura & Hugh Kane
David & Daryn Katz
Valerie Kennedy
Jason Kirschner & Sheree Chiou
Jamie & Celena Knox
Colleen Krowl
Melissa & Marc LawrenceApfelbaum
Jong Lee & Stacy Allen
Christian & Ting Lee
Peter Li & Elizabeth Patrick
Adrian & Georgina Liddiard
John & Terri Liftin
Michael Liou & Jenny Diep
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Matthew & Stephanie Lobron
Kathleen & Christopher
Loughlin
Hitomi & Karl Martel
Marc Massar & Nathalie Risse
Deborah Matlovsky
Kristy & Milko Milkov
Christopher Mohney & Lisa Brill
Astrid Moises
David Moszer & Heather Smith
Mr. Frank Moy & Ms. Judy Lee
Sunny & Kyle Nagel
Livia & Van Nguyen
Lois & Tom Nix
George Olley & Amy Caton
Kenji R. Ota & Anne R.
Kaufmann
Fraser Patterson & Anna Karp
Rodriguez
Bart & Donna Pasella
Mr. Alejandro G. and Mrs. Flavia
R. Przygoda
Brian Reich & Karen Dahl
Kathryn & Jack Romita
Karen Rosenthal
Thomas & Zeynep Schoenwalder
Katherine Seidner
Richard Shin & Hay-Won Byun
Carole & Nate Sleeper
Steven Schreiber & Amy
Lorowitz
Ashley & James Smyth
Frances Staples
John & Ann Eberle Thomas
Cathleen & Roman Vasserman
Jane & Alexander Wang
Amanda Weinberger
Sharon Werner & Amy Rowland
Mark & Anna White
Ronald White & Stefanie Shelley
Alyssa Wisoff
Giselle & Matthew Wyckoff
Alayna & Vincent Zayas
Annual Fund 2013 - 2014
Since 1963, The International Preschools has
been opening a window on the world for young
children from all corners of the globe, and it
is your support that allows IPS to continue
its mission. The 2013-2014 50th Anniversary
Annual Fund helped raise money for the 76th
Street lobby renovation, the creation of the Eiko
Shimada Library and Mini-Gym at 45th Street
and facilities improvements such as the new
1963 Society
Sponsors
Gifts of $15,000 and above
Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999
Anonymous
Paula Arrojo & Franco Finstad
David Chaiyarat & Nikita Bear
Jason Kirschner & Sheree Chiou
Peter Li & Elizabeth Patrick
Livia & Van Nguyen
Ravi Sachdev & Megan Heanue
Carole & Nate Sleeper
Ashley & James Smyth
Juin Wang & Chatchada
Chiamprasert
Adel Abdellatif & Patricia Chaves
Eric & Stacy Calder
Sylvie Cherry
Paul Colatrella & Amy Brown
Paul Craig
Libby & Dan Goldring
Vivek Jetley & Rena Nigam
Selcuk & Ebru Karakaplan
David Kim & Minjoo Lee
Mark & Micki Kwan
Jong Lee & Stacy Allen
Adrian & Georgina Liddiard
Mark Mahoney & Kim Cook
Adrien Meyer & Darien
Taittinger-Meyer
James Miller & Heather Miller
Christina & Frank Nasta
Sarah & James O’Malley
George Olley & Amy Caton
Patty Laxton
Jonathan P. Pearce & Liang Zhou
Matthew & Rachel Russell
Richard Shin & Hay-Won Byun
Joseph Silvestri & Carolyn Risoli
Evan Steen & Shari Hellman
Leslie A. & Valerie F. Valdes
Jane & Alexander Wang
Lisa & James Watts
Scott Weinstein & Lauren
Shaffer
Director’s Circle
Gifts of $10,000-$14,999
Herbert Allen & Monica de la
Torre
Brian Kim & Kim Nguyen-Kim
Eiko & Naoki Shimada
Benefactors
Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999
Hakan Altintepe & Asli Rustemli
Mary & Paul Busby
Collin Ching & Cheryl Tam
Connie & Larry Cranch
Suzanne & Edward Davies
Aditi & Michael Deeg
David & Elizabeth DePaolo
Melissa & Marc LawrenceApfelbaum
Christian & Ting Lee
John Lee & Jin-Ah Lim
Matthew & Stephanie Lobron
Hitomi & Karl Martel
Rajesh & Peggy Midha
David Moszer & Heather Smith
Thomas & Amelia Murphy
Sunny & Kyle Nagel
Michelle & Michael Najjar
Hari Ramanan & Himayani Puri
Matias Ringel & Sylvia Bigio
Claudio & Jennifer Sauer
Maynard Um & Jacqueline Ahn
Chun Wong & Henghe Tian
Friends
Gifts of $500 - $2,499
Anonymous(2)
Kevin & James Abernathy
Nick & Caren Abramovich
Puneet & Shveta Agarwal
Danish Agboatwala & Tanya
Ghani
Andre & Terri-Marie Assous
Kelvin Au & Kristina Patterson
Mary & James Bank
Adam Barone & Wenleyen Chan
Melissa & David Bernstein
John Bessonette & Ginger
Thames
Monica & Dan Bitar
climbing wall at 86th Street. In addition to these
capital improvements, the Annual Fund provides
crucial support for scholarships and professional
development for faculty and staff.
The list below includes all gifts that were made to
the school between September 1, 2013-August 31,
2014. Thank you to everyone for making this past
year’s annual fund the most successful one in the
history of IPS.
Sasha Blair-Goldensohn &
Rebecca Min
Steven Bliss
Adam Bloom & Kalsang Tshering
Adam & Jen Bobker
Christopher R. Brown & Ann M.
Tran
Darryl & Anne Burke
Andrew & Elizabeth Byington
Eric & Jenny Cha
Jonathan & Lara Chassin
Michael Chen & Elizabeth
Coleman-Chen
Lauren Chung
Charles E. & Carla Brillembourg
Clark
Elizabeth & Derek Cribbs
Avinash D’Souza & Alpa Lotlikar
Lana & Patrick Deharveng
Aaron Z. & Nicole M. Diamond
Luc M. & Daisy W. Dowling
Thomas L. Dunigan & Johanna
Abreu Dunigan
Lewis Eisen & Jamie Rosenberg
Elda & Jonas Englund
Atil & Sezin Erken
Daniel Farrell & Meredith Meyer
Brian & Danielle Felczak
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ficazzola
Stephen F. & Ariane G. Finkel
Richard Friedman & Hiroko
Akimoto
Chad Gallant & Barbara L.
Becker
Rohit & Meena A. Gandhi
Evan Garfein & Tanya Simon
Garfein
Nicolle Gatto & Kasia Reterska
Irfan & Vidhya Gilani
Alan Gilbert & Kajsa WilliamOlsson
Suzanne L. Glass
Joseph & Carson Gleberman
David Goldberg & Maricor
Santiago
Kieran Gorman-Best & Nana
Taona Kuo
Simon Greer & Sharna Goldseker
Yutaka & Tomomi Grivel
Rakesh Gupta & Sumi Hagiwara-
Gupta
Gary Haase & Robin M.
Campbell
Matthew H. & Erin Y. Halper
Hamblett Family
Ari & Kayle Jacoby
Rahul & Hemani Jadhav
Thomas Jonchere & Patricia Ahn
Paul, Laura & Hugh Kane
Yoshiaki & Hiroko Kasuga
Younghoon & Jeeyeon Jennifer
Kim
Jamie & Celena Knox
Jayant Kumar & Tiloma
Jayasinghe
Edmund Lan & Alana Zhou
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Le Melle
David Lee & Vennette Ho Lee
Sherman Lee & Julia Kao
Mr. & Mrs. Soon Hyouk Lee
Arthur Leiz & Anna Sadlek
Juan Leon & Umut Ergun
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lipschutz
Anja Loefken
Richard Ma & Kristy Sundjaja
Mabris - Hubis Family
Wendy & Steve Madden
Micha S. & Denise V. Magid
Joshua R. & Alison L. Male
Lora Martinez & Christopher
Guenther
Emilio & Amy Mena Jr.
Guillermo Mendez & Lovette
Mollison
Ken Metz & Forrest King
Michael Michetti & Min Zhong
Jason & Mary Minard
Christopher Mohney & Lisa Brill
Lynne Mueller
Deirdre & Hamish Norton
Yao Hua & Nanett Ooi
Kenji R. Ota & Anne R.
Kaufmann
Anthony & Amber Paquette
Josh Parker & Nancy
Frankenberg
The PaVon Family
Grigor Peradze & Alina Turian
Leigh Perry
Amjad & Stephanie Pervez
Fernanda & Edgar Piedra
Bart & Donna Pasella
Peter & Michele Polk
Harish Rajaram & Aparna
Ramakrishnan
Jennifer Rearden
Oleg & Rebecca B. Rezzy
Anya & Eric Roles
Gillian & James Round
Sumit & Pia Sablok
Nima Safabakhsh & Tina Kashef
Thomas & Zeynep Schoenwalder
Kabir Sethi & Alix Heywood
Elin & Jeffrey Strong
Andy Strott & Hochin Chung
Cass Sunstein & Samantha Power
Abbas Tahir & Shazia Anam
Marcelo & Fabiana Takieddine
John & Ann Eberle Thomas
Stephen Thompson & Ellen
Lundquist
Matthew Tierney & Dana Orange
Garin L. Toren & Tanya Vaysman
Navin Roy & Srilakshmi
Vallabhaneni
Anthony Vasapolli & Rochelle
Hestnas
Eric & Judy Wagner
Kathleen Walsh & Gene
Bernstein
Bradley Wasserman & Jennifer
Capla
Richard Werner & Lisa Donovan
Sharon Werner & Amy Rowland
Clint White & Marilou Aquino
Ian & Halina White
Ronald White & Stefanie Shelley
Anu & Jeffrey Willoughby
Marc & Jennifer Wolfson
Linda & Theodore Won
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Wright
Brian Wu & Anne-Marie Fink
Giselle & Matthew Wyckoff
Michael & Nathalie Yavonditte
Isabel & Christopher Yeagley
Herbert Yeh & Caroline Hahn
Rosadel & Eric Yellin
Bo Sung & Jihun Yi
Seth & Flavia Zeleznik
Mirt Zwitter-Tehovnik & Bonnie
Tellgmann
Supporters
Gifts up to $499
Anonymous
Paul S. & Anna C. Armsby
Andrew & Ama Alexis
Madeleine Alvesund
Babette Ayassamy
Vijay & Nitu Bachani
Jay F. & Terri L. Bacow
Stephen Baker & Nadine Chang
Maura Baritot-Finnerty
John W. Barnum
Michael Basen & Victoria
Comerchero
Lauren Berkowitz
Brenda & Mark Berman
Brian Bernstein & Dana Glaser
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Blake
Christina Olio Branton
Scott & Holly Brown
Steven Bruner & Eden Abrahams
Frank J. & Alexandra B. Brunetti
Jack Byers
Brian Byrd & Carolyn Kalos
Nicholas Callias & Karolina
Mzyk
Denise Caron-Quinn
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Carroll
Jeremy Carvalho & Tran Vinh
Mayu Cavior
Karen Chaitram
Derek Chan & Rebecca Pacholder
James & Elizabeth Chandler
Jeremy & Christine Chase
Claire Yim Chau
Amy & Leo Chiang
David Chiang & Vannita SimmaChiang
Johnelle Childs
Taeyoung Chung & Natasha
Nicolaides
Elena Clarke-Balasa
Robyn Cleary
Donna Cohen
Ashish Contractor & Amy Lung
John Coughlin & Cynthia
Balfour
Dean & Amy Crutchfield
Lisa Dallmer
Rahul Dani & Sweta Chanda
Alan & Katsuho Dechiario
Tiffany Decker
Maria & Daniel del Rio
Nancy Dennery
Elizabeth Denton
Liz & Steve Derrick
Anand & Swaroopa Desai
Jonathan & Erica DickmanWilkes
Jeremy Dobrick & Tamara
Hoover
Susan Ehrlich
Mr. & Mrs. Paal Elfstrum
Brian Eng & Joyce Bogus
Brad & Juliette Ennals
Sabine Feldmann
Camilla Field
Michael Filler & Christine Austin
Rosie Finizio
Jed & Heather Finn
Charles & Akiko Firneno
Eunice Folla
Marie Claire & Marc Foss
Spiros G. & Rosalia Frangos
Brant Fredriksen & Patty
Boontanond
Mary Carroll French
Jason R. & Elizabeth K. Frew
Ryoichi & Yoko Fukada
Peggy Gallagher
Lea Garofalo
Kayvan Ghassemi & Roberta
Seiler
Meredith Glazer
Adrienne & Ted Goldthorpe
Carlos Gomez-Lopez & Ozlem
Koldemir
James & Jessica Gray
Mona & Eric Green
Johannes & Kaori Groen
Abhishek Gupta & Prerna Kapur
Judith Halleran
Jennifer & Rick Halper
Kenneth & Gail Warner
Hamblett
Medill & Donald Harvey
Hiroyuki & Masako Hayashi
Matthew Hebiton & Natalie L.
Barnett
Jason & Kerin Hempel
Marion & Phil Heubner
Manabu & Akiko Hirabayashi
Elaine Ho & Hayden Chan
Jacob & Sarah Hollinger
Clive R. & Reeta K. Holmes
Hidetaka & Ayako Horikawa
Maureen Huff
Raita & Mayumi Ide
“Mr. Andrew Jobe and Ms.
Lindsay Jobe
on behalf of Carolyn Risoli”
Polly Johnson
Barry Julien & Jennifer Kierans
Minoru & Eiko Kano
Yoshinori & Ai Kasa
David & Daryn Katz
Benjamin Kelly ’76
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Kennedy
Paul Kent & Catherine Gratton
Mary M. Khan
Nasir Khan & Mona Anand
Joon Kim & Mina Yu
Yung Kyun Kim & Joo Young Lee
Kiyokazu & Yumiko Kimura
Takuya & Colleen Kisaka
Gene & Sharon Ko
David Kopman & Maria Castillo
Gary & Lauren Kurnov
Roy Kuruvilla & Amrita Mary
Mathew
Barak Laks & Donna Krouzman
Marlene & Lenny Landon
Megan Larkin
Alicka & Robert Lawsky
Chung Won Lee & Heuikyeong
Jeon
Jason & Jeannie Lee
Toh Tsun & Linda Lim
Michael Liou & Jenny Diep
Jaspal & Lucy Louis
Sproule & Farah Love
Evan Lynn & Marlisa Popper
Kimberley Macari
Silvia & Thomas Maginnis
John P. & Heather D. Magnan
30
Sid Mandelbaum & Diane Oshin
in Honor of Bernadette Weiss
Michael Marino & Erika Easter
Ines Maria & Carlos Marque
Hadley & Edward Marshall
Shiho & Takashi Mashiko
Molly & Mark McCooey
Judith McIntyre
Holly McKnight
James & Marissa Metcalf
Kevin Michelsen & Maria Pino
Jimenez
Tracey Mininni
Michael Miraflores & Elaine
Chien
Kotaro & Fumi Miyoshi
M. Reza Mohammadinia &
Tehmina Akhtar
Daniel & Enis Molina
Yoshihiro & Michiko Morita
David Morris and Evelyn Krache
Morris
Scott Murry & Catherine Lee
Hiroharu Nakamura
Sonia Newby
Satoshi & Asako Nonaka
Satoshi & Chieko Okamoto
Keiichiro & Tomoko Okimoto
Jill Allison & Scott Opell
Sunshine Osterman & Sarah Ball
Nischal & Aline Sans Pai
Iris Pallay
Paolo Palmero & Teresa Lenzi
William Thomas Pannell & Eloise
Wagner
Umair & Shabana Patel
Lluis & Melissa Pedragosa
Victor Perez
Sangeet Pillai & Vandana
Radhakrishnan
Tom & Mariola Pogacnik
Nick & Alisa Pologeorgis
Michael R. & Ami Jayne Powers
Richard & Andrea Quek
Mr. & Mrs. Habib Rahman
Klara Reisinger
Jeremy & Jessica Reiss
Aleem Remtula & Furhana
Husani
Karen Rosenthal
William Ross & Yoonsun Chung
Jerilyn Rubenstein
Tmisha Sanders
Joshua Sandler & Sauni Perera
Sandler
Eric J. & Gillian E. Sarner
Jinya & Akane Sato
Nishant Saxena & Sahebba
Sabherwal
Agnes & Hilmar Schaumann
Jason & Danielle Schechner
Jenny Schreiber ’95
Steven Schreiber & Amy
Lorowitz
Zara Schreiber ’04
Jenny Schwartz
Katherine Seidner
Sourabh & Allison Sen
Sarat & Kanika Priya Sethi
Mehul Shah & Menja Sinha
Ramit & Raina Shakdher
Alison Shurell
Mark Silverstein & Vicki
Andreadis
Charlene Sison
Gene D. & Caryn Adelman
Skarin
Martha & Gordon Smeaton
Townsend & Marina Smith
Artur & Eugenie Spiguel
Shan Stansbury & Christina
Wyatt
Frances Staples
Stanley Stillman
Roberto Storaci & Giuditta
Scordino
Carol Straker
Eira & Stephen Sukhra
Junichi & Yukiko Sumi
Monique Tabbs
Kenji & Nami Takahashi
MacKerrow Talcott
William Telepan & Beverly Ivens
Amy & Gurbir Thind
Jack Thompson & Karin Ouchida
Peter & Jo Toolan
Emi Tosabayashi
David & Elizabeth Traub
Elaine & Russ Turner
Cathleen & Roman Vasserman
Dara Vogel
Joanna & Matthew Walsh
Akihiko & Narumi Watanabe
Amanda Weinberger
Bernadette Weiss
Alyssa Wisoff
Paul Yee & Manuela Hapin
Barbara Zarow
Grazyna Zukowska
Matching Gift
Companies and
Foundations
American Endowment
Foundation
American Express Charitable
Fund
Ares Operations, LLC
Bank of America
Barclays Barclays
Benevity Community Impact
Fund
Cassin & Cassin LLP
Deutsche Bank
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
GE Foundation
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
IBM
JP Morgan
Juliet Rosenthal Foundation
Kemnay Advisory Services
Macy’s Foundation
Morgan Stanley
Oppenheimer Funds Legacy
Program
Pfizer Pfizer
Schroder Investment
Management North America,
Inc.
Strott Family Foundation
The Bank of Tokyo- Mitsubishi
UFJ, Ltd.
The New York Community Trust
The Tierney Family Foundation
Thomson Reuters My
Community program
UBS Foundation
Valerie Kennedy
Scholarship Fund
Established in 2010 to honor
the school’s former Director
by supporting international
students in need of financial
assistance.
Michael Basen & Victoria
Comerchero
Jack Byers
Lewis Eisen & Jamie Rosenberg
Marie Claire & Marc Foss
Irfan & Vidhya Gilani
Jacob & Sarah Hollinger
Andrew & Lindsay Jobe on
behalf of Carolyn Risoli
Paul, Laura & Hugh Kane
Benjamin Kelly ’76
Brian Kim & Kim Nguyen-Kim
Jong Lee & Stacy Allen
Guillermo Mendez & Lovette
Mollison
Michael Michetti & Min Zhong
Scott Murry & Catherine Lee
Frances Staples
Monique Tabbs
MacKerrow Talcott
Ian & Halina White
Frances Staples
Science and Technology Fund
Established in 2011 to honor
Frances Staples, who gave 40
years of esteemed service to
The International Preschools as
Classroom Teacher, Science
Teacher, and Location Director.
Gifts support science and
technology, including the
school’s iPad program.
Brenda & Mark Berman
Frank J. & Alexandra B. Brunetti
Eunice Folla
Irfan & Vidhya Gilani
Clive R. & Reeta K. Holmes
Yung Kyun Kim & Joo Young Lee
Kimberley Macari
Umair & Shabana Patel
The PaVon Family
Nick & Alisa Pologeorgis
Hari Ramanan & Himayani Puri
Klara Reisinger
Sourabh & Allison Sen
Ramit & Raina Shakdher
Alison Shurell
Eira & Stephen Sukhra
Junichi & Yukiko Sumi
Bradley Wasserman & Jennifer
Capla
Marc & Jennifer Wolfson
Michael & Nathalie Yavonditte
Eiko Shimada
Library Fund
Established in 2012 by
the Shimada Family. Mrs.
Shimada’s relationship with
The International Preschools
spanned 45 years as a parent,
a grandparent, a volunteer,
and an esteemed member of
the administrative staff. The
fund enhances libraries at all
locations which have been
renamed The Eiko Shimada
Libraries.
Patricia Chaves
John W. Barnum
Andrew & Elizabeth Byington
Robyn Cleary
Paul Colatrella & Amy Brown
Richard Friedman & Hiroko
Akimoto
Mona & Eric Green
Manabu & Akiko Hirabayashi
Hidetaka & Ayako Horikawa
Polly Johnson
Younghoon & Jeeyeon Jennifer
Kim
Mark & Micki Kwan
Hari Ramanan & Himayani Puri
Juliet Rosenthal Foundation
Eiko & Naoki Shimada
Joanna & Matthew Walsh
Bernadette Weiss
Clint White & Marilou Aquino
Cassie Bliss
Reading Corner
In May 2014, Cassie Bliss, a
beloved Assistant Teacher passed
away. She will be remembered
in a Reading Corner in the
45th Street library, created with
donations from following people.
Anonymous
Andrew & Ama Alexis
Vijay & Nitu Bachani
Brenda & Mark Berman
Alicia Bliss
Steven Bliss
Scott & Holly Brown
Eric & Stacy Calder
Tiffany Decker
Jonathan & Erica DickmanWilkes
Brad & Juliette Ennals
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Camilla Field
Brant Fredriksen & Patty
Boontanond
Mary Carroll French
Nancy Dennery
James & Jessica Gray
Judith Halleran
Kenneth & Gail Warner
Hamblett
Hamblett Family
Marion & Phil Heubner
Jacob & Sarah Hollinger
David & Daryn Katz
Mary M. Khan
Barak Laks & Donna Krouzman
Juan Leon & Umut Ergun
Michael Liou & Jenny Diep
Hadley & Edward Marshall
Peter Matson & Susan Colgan
Molly & Mark McCooey
Holly McKnight
Guillermo Mendez & Lovette
Mollison
David Morris & Evelyn Krache
Morris
Jill Allison & Scott Opell
Iris Pallay
Leigh Perry
Joshua Sandler & Sauni Perera
Sandler
Jenny Schwartz
Katherine Seidner
Sarat & Kanika Priya Sethi
Mark Silverstein & Vicki
Andreadis
Elaine & Russ Turner
Cathleen & Roman Vasserman
Kathleen Walsh & Gene
Bernstein
Scott Weinstein & Lauren
Shaffer
Family Yankees Outing
Sunday September 7, 2014
Even before classes started, The International
Preschools community came together to watch the
New York Yankees play the Kansas City Royals at
Yankee Stadium. The Yankees lost, but a good time
was had by all. Surely many of the preschoolers
will have lasting memories of being in the stands
for the team’s tribute to retiring shortstop Derek
Jeter.
Everyone enjoyed refreshments served on the
stadium’s Malibu Rooftop Deck and delighted in
seeing the IPS contingent welcomed on the video
board!
The Scribbler is the newsletter of The International Preschools and is edited by Cathleen Vasserman. Please
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