Volume 35 • SUMMER 2017 MISSION STATEMENT: Greensboro Day School develops the intellectual, ethical, and interpersonal foundations students need to become constructive contributors to the world. Greensboro Day School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, disability (to the extent that reasonable accommodations are possible), or sexual orientation in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, or any other programs administered by the school. Susan Davis, Editor Director of Communication and Marketing susandavis@greensboroday.org Contributing Writers Susan Davis Dana Smith Whitney Forbis‘17 Susan Ferguson Marvella Taylor Rose Marie Cook Marie MacKay Shelby Finch‘17 Randy Mintz Ruthie Tutterow Kelly Sipe Melissa Lehman Crystal Zhou‘17 Michael Sumner‘04 Graphic Designer Sherry Poole Clark Greensboro Day School 5401 Lawndale Drive Greensboro, NC 27455 336.288.8590 Fax 336.282.2905 www.greensboroday.org Facebook.com/GDSBengals Facebook.com/GDSAlumni Twitter: @GreensboroDay Instagram.com/GreensboroDay GDS Magazine is published two times a year. Third class postage paid at Greensboro, N.C. If you have changes or additions for our mailing list, please contact Beth Barnwell at 336.288.8590, ext. 233. ____________________________ BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2016-17 Mr. Marius Andersen Mrs. Lynn Callicott Baranski ’84 Mr. Jeffrey L. Beach Mr. David L. Brown Mr. Eric R. Calhoun Mrs. Fran Davis Ms. Catherine Dunham Mr. Harley Garrison Mr. Thomas A. Glaser Mrs. Penny Graves Mr. Wade G. Jurney, Jr Mrs. Melissa W. Leonard Ms. Catherine Levinson Dr. Matthew Olin ’89 Dr. Kara Penfield Rev. Wendell F. Phillips Rev. Grier Booker Richards ’97 Mrs. Melinda Rucker Mr. John G. Scott, Jr. ’90 Mr. Robert Smith Mrs. Jane Trevey Mr. Marshall Tuck Mrs. Ruth Watakila Mr. James W. Whitley, Jr., Chair Dr. Kyle A. Young ____________________________ ADMINISTRATION Mark C. Hale, Head of School Tommy Webb, Assistant Head of School Gail Isaacson Bernstein ’76, Assistant to the Head of School Robin Schenck, Interim Upper School Director Barry Davis, Middle School Director Gillian Goodman, Lower School Director Pam Hemphill, Chief Financial Officer Randy Doss, Director of Admission and Enrollment Dana Smith, Director of Educational Technology